Complaint / Review
Schneider National Trucking & Training Academy
Bogus Training Charges

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!