Metro CDL school, Miami, FL

Hi to all of you,
I am wanting to obtain my CDL, and want to work for Prime in order to get my first year of experience under my belt, I will be joining some family in Missouri in order to do this, but I do not want to do Primes PSD program because I can't really afford to go a month with no income and want to obtain my CDL on my own. I have Metro CDL school as an option, but someone who went there over 10 years ago told me that some companies will not hire out of certain CDL school. Has anyone attended this school or have any experience with a company turning down a certificate from a certain school? I certainly don't wanna waste my time or money if this is the case and I'd rather go the hard route and wait a few months while I save some money to make it possible to do the PSD program.

Thanks in advance for any helpful replies.

 

As I understand it, it is a 160 hour school, the package I would choose offers unlimited time on the yard practicing backing and parking.

 

The school actually did not offer any placement options from what I saw, they just had a service that helped with job search. I actually would relocate to Missouri upon gaining my CDL so my plan was to apply to prime straight off the bat. Thank you for the info, I will give one of Primes recruiters a call tomorrow to see what their take on it is.

 

Yes that was my plan from the beginning, my relatives already gave me the all clear to use their address and if need be put a utility bill or something in my name to use as proof of residency. Leasing a truck is out of my head and has been from the start, I do not want to jump into the deep end as a complete noob and I am perfectly fine with spending a year OTR as a company driver in order so I can jump ship to something local/regional later on.

 

@Chinatown the program, I had originally discussed with metro won't give me the 160 required hours, they want twice the amount. Honestly, after being at metro for a class I decided against it, they are extremely unorganized, some of the instructors have no clue what they are doing and there is no accountability for the students whatsoever. It looks like I will try to go with Sheridan vocational college in Broward and do their 320 hour course. It's gonna take approximately 14 weeks but I would rather go thru the proper training than return to that mess of a CDL mill. Not to mention, the equipment there is extremely tired, this morning one of the trucks used for parallel parking wasn't starting it took them 3 hours to get it up and running, the other 2 trucks used for offset and straightline backing were in horrible shape, the gear shifter on one of them didn't even have the pattern on it and then the instructor took forever and seemed unwilling to help anyone out. I recommend to anyone considering this metro CDL to stay far away from there if they actually want to learn anything and feel comfortable in a truck.