Do companies reimburse you for paying for CDL school if you paid with a check?

Good luck to you.

 

i'm not real sure how it works, but it sounds to me like the 12 months working for a company after the train you is what i've heard called Return Of Service or ROS. the company is recouping their training costs by having you work a certain amount of time. if i was you, i'd make real sure that any company offering to reimburse your training costs doesn't have a clause in there somewhere in the fine print, locking you in to a set period, to get their money back. if you have to do ROS for them training you, it would make sense that you'd have to do ROS for them covering the cost of your training somewhere else.

 

Watkins & Shepard will reimburse you if you paid for your own school. They have 2 terminals in Ohio.

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Majority of companies have tuition reimbursement some companies pay u directly others pay loan directly what ever company u choose 2 sign with make sure they know upfront that u paid for school in full and keep and take all your records with u teebut u should be fine

 

Either or, They should pay you back for it, they may have a limit like the $6000.00 for School looks a little high. But they may reimburse you up to an amount. Like Chinatown stated, Watkins and Shepard would be a good fit for you where you are, they pay good stop pay and you are in a 10 day Orientation/Training session/Interview and then out you go, Be sure wherever you go, That they are an accredited school, if you contact W & S call them and ask them whichh scools in your area do they approve of? I hope this helps.

 

Keep in mind that once you hire on with a company that does reimburse you for your school that, if for any reason you decide to leave before they have paid off your school, typically you won't get anything from the next company. I would not let that deter you from getting away from a really truly crappy employer though, a man has to do what a man has to do. When I came out of CDL school (Owens C.C. which has actually partnered with Trainco now) back in 1997, TMC offered reimbursement and I went through their training program. My trainer cut me loose a bit early and I was supposed to get my own truck and start on my own.... Well a few phone calls later I was told that I had 2 choices. Come back to Des Moines and wait on a TMC truck, work around the yard for $7.50/hr, (of course no time frame given when I'd get my truck, it could be 3 days it could be 3 weeks) or I could run for a week with a regional trainer and work for Shamrock (their regional operation at the time). I ran the week with Shamrock and decided that $500 gross/week wasn't enough for running Detroit to Chicago area all week so I jumped ship and hired on with an environmental services company that was local and paid way better than $500/week. Yes I lost any reimbursement BUT, I made up for it and then some with the higher pay.

 

i had no prob with Schneider (bulk) reimbursing me, and I paid for school upfront. However, they only pay $150/mo, so if you quit, you only get what's already paid. But if you're quitting, chances are the pay and/or other benefits will more than make up for the diff.

As for your school question, I went to Great Lakes, but I don't know anything about the other you mentioned. I had a great time there and learned a lot. If you're a shy type, or cant handle yourself around old schoolers, it might be a little rough. If you can handle it, and can bust their nutz when they bust yours, AND you're not into this new age politically correct crap, you'll have a blast.

Good luck!

 

That's way too much. CDL school should cost you no more than $1,500-$1,800.