never taught manual transmission !!!

at the very worst,maybe a refresher school. going through the full 4 weeks again is... silly

still, shifting a truck is - as has been pointed out - NOT like shifting a car. I hold that it's also not something you can learn by watching. You can get the basics, probably - but getting it right requires time on the road, at the wheel

 

I went through Schneider training in May. Sitting in a pumpkin truck as I type this.
I've seen nothing but Eaton Fuller 10 speeds at Schneider. I know they have a one week course for those that already have a CDL, So I would encourage you to question the recruiter about it. And I know even the experienced drivers go out for a time with a training engineer before getting their own truck.
When I was looking to get into trucking I looked at a couple of companies that ran all autoshifts but decided that I needed to know how to drive the manual first. So that if I did want to go somewhere else, I wouldn't have this dame problem.
I wish yoiu luck. Perservere, you'll get there.
Again, if you want to go with Schneider, keep talking to them, my experience with them has been mostly positive.

 

so does Interstate distributors

 

Heres a little off the top of my head, some have been mentioned already.

U.S. Xpress
PAM
deBoer
TransAm
Maverick
Paschall
Bison
Summit
Interstate Dist.

There are many more Im sure, I still just dont know them all.

 

Everyone has to start somewhere, alot of people refer to autoshift as automatic, if you can drive tractor trailer you should be able to adjust to any tranmission in a few minutes.
I've driven most transmissions, Mack 5 speed, 6 speed, 10 speed, 12 speed, Duplex, Triplex, Quadruplex (18 & 20 speed.)
Spicer SST6+1 (junk.)
Fuller Eaton 9, 10, 13, & 18. If I can do it, you can. You'll catch on. Just take your time, it will come to you.

If you've never driven a standard tractor, it'll take a lot more than a few minutes.
Once you learn the basics then switching from say a 10 speed to a 13 isn't too hard.
Learning to match your speeds downshifting is usually the hard part to learn. Anyone can up shift on a straight run.

 

I trained on manual transmissions. Went with a P.A.M. trainer in an auto shift truck for 4 weeks.
An hour after being dropped off at their home terminal, I was in the testing yard. After the inspection test, they watched you drive around their layout. Going around obstacles, backing up to imaginary docks, etc.
Then, the road test. All of these were in a manual transmission truck. And the traffic in the Fayetteville, Ar area can be horrible. Some of us newbies didn't have any problems. However, a couple of the guys did. They couldn't pass any of the tests. Especially having to come to a complete stop in a busy intersection, because they tried to change gears and didn't make it. Couldn't get it in gear, and had to stop.
I never really understood why they tested on a manual shift truck, but would most likely put you in an auto shift truck. I say most likely, because they only had about 10 manual shift trucks at the time, and they were about to be put out of service.
Of course, that was a few years back. Things may have changed since then.

 

Here is my 1/2 cent worth of advise. Everyone has given you great advise, but here one more. Be honest with them and tell them the problem and they should work with you. Sadly most requires you to road test, but since your starting out and 99.9% of the time yes you will have to go out with a trainer, so you will have time to learn.

 

Well, as much I hate to say it, if you're a fresh graduate with a CDL, Central will send you through a four week training program with a trainer (duh?), but they won't make you do a road test. I had to take a road test and do two weeks with a trainer because I had only driven for US Xpress before. Your second two weeks (or the whole time, in my case) will probably be glorified team driving, since Central actually pays their trainers LESS per mile when they have a trainee.

 

PAM road tests you now in an automatic truck without the clutch pedal