thinking about quiting company that sponsored school!

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Wait, I get it....

The company is basically building a "pool" of drivers that they can draw from as other drivers quit. Keeps him at the ready, and off the market to other companies.

That is just sick. I'm about sick and tired of companies treating drivers like that. People come into the industry ready to work and end up getting jerked around, lied to, and treated like a commodity.

 

numbers is funny

 

Nail on the head, Marine.

 

If I was told it would be 5 weeks before a trainer could pick me up, I'd tell 'em they'll have to do better. I signed on so that I could WORK, not so that I could sit around going deeper in debt waiting for them to get their act together. If you've got another job offer, and they are fully aware of the situation, then I'd take that other job that starts now. You've got bills to pay and a company that does not understand that isn't worth working for.

As far as the school debt, you are going to be on the hook for that. Depending upon the company, you may have had a small chunk withheld each week to pay for that school anyway, so why couldn't you do the same at the new employer? As long as you are making an effort to repay, there really isn't much they can do.

Thing is, in this industry, trying to hide things from your employer is a fast-track to a pink slip. There are so many ways to check a driver's background and work history it ain't even funny. Just be upfront and honest about your situation.

 

It's a crock they make you wait 5 weeks in the dog pen. This is another example of how sorry some of these companies are.
Have you been through orientation yet? If so, you are an employee and qualify for unemployment benefits. That might break the buzzards?

I do know many trucking companies require you quit before they will consider employing you. One reason is something could happen between background check and the time you quit.

On the other hand you signed a contract. You have an obligation. You have a choice right now to be one that is responsible or be one that runs away. You'll be a much better man if you stand up and finish what you started. You have 3 weeks left. That is nothing. Use it as one last vacation for the next year. Get your time in and pay the loan off. Then move to better things.

That's the right thing to do.

Next time do better homework before signing a contract.

 

Read the contract to find out the penalties for quitting early. I went to C-1 and the penalties were pretty hefty if you didn't show up to the company that sponsored your schooling. They were still stiff if you started training, but didn't get into your own truck. If you completed schooling, training and spent at least one month on your own, then left you owed the amount of your schooling with no additional penalty. I would also call the school and see what they can do to help. They may be able to get you into a different company.

I would be on the phone bugging the company to get me in a truck or release me from the contract without penalty. The school did their part, you have a cdl. Now do your part and pay for your schooling.

 

A way to look at it is you'd have to pay back that school time regardless of whether it was company-sponsored, a community college, a student loan, or writing a check to Roadmaster (the horror)...

I'd feel a lot better about being in a truck, generating the money so I COULD pay back some mony, than sitting home and worrying about ANY money is coming from to pay ANYTHING.

 

I would be on the phone bugging the company to get me in a truck or release me from the contract without penalty.

Absolutely.

 

I have to be honest.

I quit CRST before my 1 year was up.

Came home and found a job driving double bottom dumps.

They sent me a letter for the bill, and that was it.

If you don't mind a mark on your credit, go to the place you want. I mean you are not an inmate, right?

Pay them off little by little and be done with it.