For the Newbies looking for a job, don't look @ Schneider.
#1
12-30-2008, 02:47 AM
For the Newbies looking for a job, don't look @ Schneider.
This comes from Landline Magazin Online.
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_ne.../122908-05.htm
School’s out for Schneider drivers
While most schools in the nation are still on their winter break, the driving schools at Schneider National are taking a permanent vacation. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the company is shutting the doors on the Schneider Training Academy and will now fill its driver positions exclusively with veteran drivers. That’s something the company has not done since the mid-1980s. Don Osterberg, vice president of safety and driver training for the Green Bay, WI-based trucking company, told the Journal Sentinel that it costs the company about $8,000 dollars and 45 days to train an inexperienced driver. An experienced driver can go to work for the company in about four days at a cost of $1,500 dollars. Joe Rajkovacz, regulatory affairs specialist for OOIDA and himself a former trainer for Schneider, says that this move is just another sign of the tough economic times we face. “For years, the motor carrier industry has propagated the myth of a driver shortage,” said Rajkovacz. “This move demonstrates that a driver shortage does not exist in this economy and that motor carriers can readily meet their staffing requirements with experienced and veteran drivers without expending considerable financial resources training new drivers.” The Milwaukee Business Journal reports that the 52 driver trainers currently employed with the training school will be reassigned to truck driving duties by Jan. 5, though there is a possibility that some of them could be laid off. – By Terry Scruton, staff writer They must feel confident that they can still fill seats, while keeping wages down.
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12-30-2008, 02:52 AM
This comes from Landline Magazin Online.
http://www.landlinemag.com/todays_ne.../122908-05.htm They must feel confident that they can still fill seats, while keeping wages down. Orangetxguy, was this school the last they closed or was this their only one? 
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#3
12-30-2008, 03:06 AM
Actually, Schneider is one of the better paying carriers out there:
1 year experience 39¢ - 42¢/mile 3 years experience 40¢ - 43¢/mile 5+ years experience 41¢ - 45.5¢/mile
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#4
12-30-2008, 03:07 AM
but on another note it was a damn good driving school, hands down!!
#5
12-30-2008, 03:21 AM
Hey - Schneider trucks can't be as bad as ours. Mine is an '02 with 907k on it.
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#6
12-30-2008, 03:24 AM
Kelly...I don't know how many schools they actually operated. I would have assumed that by the article that they closed the entire program.
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#7
12-30-2008, 03:49 AM
Good riddance. I hated the fact that they were always cluttering up the streets of Green Bay with their slow trucks.
#8
12-30-2008, 04:00 AM
Now come on, Rev. The Packers' running backs had to out run something.  The Pack Will Be Back... some millennium...:lol: (granted.. this is coming from a Detwa Lion hommie...  uke
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#9
12-30-2008, 04:14 AM
I had heard the Schneider had a good CDL training school. When I was looking into it, they weren't taking students from Michigan.
I think it is unfortunate to lose a good training school, if they are in fact a good program. The community college in my hometown has had a CDL school for over 30 years. They have "slow trucks" all around town. I don't mind putting up with slow trucks knowing the student drivers are in a good program.
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#10
12-30-2008, 04:17 AM
You cost The Pumpkin so much with your gear grinding that they had to spend too much money on transmission repairs!! 
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