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Complaint Review: Schneider National Trucking & Training Academy - Green Bay Wisconsin
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3101 South Packerland Drive Green Bay, 54306 Wisconsin, U.S.A.
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Schneider National Trucking & Training Academy Bogus Training Charges Green Bay Wisconsin
I have unfortunately been through the Schneider Training Academy run-around.
I quit this program on after Day 5, because I found the training to be INCREDIBLY unsafe. They had us DRIVING a truck, WITH a 48-foot trailer on the back, ON CITY STREETS, on Day 4. The only preparation you get for this is classroom training, and part of a day in simulators, in which the sole purpose is learning how to shift.
The contract states that it can be cancelled within 72 hours, excluding Saturdays & Sundays. I signed the contract on Saturday morning, which gave me until midnight Wednesday to cancel. However, it was a late day on Wednesday, and I did not get back to the academy until around 7pm. There was no one there to discuss the cancellation with, to my knowledge.
I called one of the training supervisors first thing Thursday morning, and said I was leaving the program. I did not attend any classroom or labs that day.
Now, they are trying to stick me for $1250 of training cost, even though for all intense purposes, I cancelled my contract within the specified time frame. (Or would have, if anyone would've been there!)
BEWARE of this company! Know what you are getting into BEFORE you sign the contract!
Robert
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
U.S.A.
I quit this program on after Day 5, because I found the training to be INCREDIBLY unsafe. They had us DRIVING a truck, WITH a 48-foot trailer on the back, ON CITY STREETS, on Day 4. The only preparation you get for this is classroom training, and part of a day in simulators, in which the sole purpose is learning how to shift.
The contract states that it can be cancelled within 72 hours, excluding Saturdays & Sundays. I signed the contract on Saturday morning, which gave me until midnight Wednesday to cancel. However, it was a late day on Wednesday, and I did not get back to the academy until around 7pm. There was no one there to discuss the cancellation with, to my knowledge.
I called one of the training supervisors first thing Thursday morning, and said I was leaving the program. I did not attend any classroom or labs that day.
Now, they are trying to stick me for $1250 of training cost, even though for all intense purposes, I cancelled my contract within the specified time frame. (Or would have, if anyone would've been there!)
BEWARE of this company! Know what you are getting into BEFORE you sign the contract!
Robert
Peshtigo, Wisconsin
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Robert
Peshtigo,Wisconsin,
U.S.A.
I'm not BLAMING SNI
#2Author of original report
Wed, January 17, 2007
I'm not trying to BLAME SNI for how they structure their training program. I just found it to be a bit unsettling. My biggest beef with this company was that they were trying to charge me tuition, even though I cancelled the contract within the deadline. I am currently working to absolve this problem. And, just so you are aware, I have NEVER failed at any job except for this one. I was a school bus driver for over 6 years, so I was surprised how much different an 18-wheeler can be. Maybe that is what was intimidating.
J
Newport News,Virginia,
U.S.A.
You are wrong
#3UPDATE Employee
Tue, January 16, 2007
Schneider training is considered by many drivers to be the best and safest CDL training program available. Thousands of SNI drivers have successfully completed the training. You may have been intimidated by hitting the streets so early in the program but that's not a fault of the SNI program. That's your own limitation. Many who complain about SNI do so because they can't accept the cold, hard truth that maybe, just maybe, they weren't cut out to be a truck driver. No problem. Go find something that you can handle. But if you fail at that too then perhaps you need to look at where the real problem lies.
