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Originally Posted by Rev.Vassago
There are two things you shouldn't do with your employer:
1. Rent a job from them by lease purchasing a truck
2. Rent a job from them by lease purchasing an education.
Heh, ain't that the truth!
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Originally Posted by wsclinger
Beginning to narrow down my choices and fro what little I am able to find out about this company on their website, they don't seem to be all that bad. They have a driving school about 2 hours from my home and I would then imagine that they have several freight lanes running in or through the Central Ohio area where I live. Their rookie finishing pay, when with a trainer on the road, doesn't seem too bad, but I do wonder about miles as to whether they are going to be constant or not?
Forget the McMega carrier grist mills. Head on down to your local community college or local vo-tech and inquire if they have a CDL curriculum. If so, you'll generally find the prices cheaper, the length of training longer, and their interest is in actually training you...not just putting meat into seats. You can attend evening and weekend classes around your day job and when you graduate, you don't owe your soul to the company store. You're a free agent and the truckin' world is your oyster...which means no contract hanging over your head like the sword of Damocles. No running like an iterod sled-dog under the thumb of some crack-the-whip Captain Ahab dispatcher. No being shackled to an 8X10 fiberglass cell with a 6-month "trainer" who's allergic to soap, deoderant, and hot water. Any such gruff and you just ride away into the sunset and try your hand at another outfit. That in itself is its own reward.
There's good money to be made in this biz if you know how to play your cards. And that's the real key. You've got to know when to hold em', know when to fold em', know when to walk away, and know when to RUUUUNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!! :lol: