Starting training 2/8

Just wondering if anyone else has gone through Millis in the past few months. I know things are going to be different with Covid. I’m going to be training in Seagoville Tx at a heartland drop yard because the burleson tx facility is being rebuilt...... which is great because it’s only 45 minutes from home. Kind of curious if Millis is still training on manual transmissions now that most of the fleet is automatic. I think that’s what I’m most nervous about, having driven stick my whole life it’s gonna throw me off big time.
Beyond that I guess I just have some uncertainties of what to expect during driver training. How much time do I drive versus the trainer. How forgiving are they when it comes to needing to stop and rest. Eating and living with a complete stranger... lol yes I know what I signed up for. My recruiter seemed to indicate that trainers will often run you as a team after a week or two and that all miles the trainer drivers are also paid to the student.

 

Now I’m curious. What sort of changes have they made? Honestly as long as the pay they quoted doesn’t change I should be ok. I was only really trying to get my cdl with them. After a year I’ll be trying to get into a day cab with a local company. Dallas is a major shipping hub and I shouldn’t have a problem finding what I’m looking for.

 

94coupe, if I may ask who are some common customers of Millis. I’ve been trying to find out but info seems scarce. Also maybe I’m being unrealistic but I have family in rockland county NY. How possible would it be for me to get runs up there and see them. I know Millis runs nationwide but I never saw them when I lived in NY.... I’ve only actually seen one truck here in Texas. My wife is under the impression that if I tell my dispatcher I’m looking to get to ny or nj (we have a beach house) that they can arrange for that and then have my normal 2 days off or 34hr reset.