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Going to Integrad getting a lot of mixed information from fellow employees.
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<blockquote data-quote="browndingo" data-source="post: 1218884" data-attributes="member: 50642"><p>You really have no clue what the school is like so I'm not sure how you're so confident in describing it. They do not make examples of those who fail - in fact, they don't even mention it when it happens. <em>At all</em>. If someone fails one of the required tests, they are quietly taken aside and driven back to the hotel. They are not seen in class again, and none of the instructors mention the fact that someone is missing. </p><p></p><p>The fake village consists of three garden sheds from Home Depot, a few stop signs, and some paint to mark the yards and lanes. It's not like it's a movie set or anything. </p><p></p><p>The "old school" method in my district is to send the driver to a local week-long driving school, often located at a hub or the central admin location. While they are there, they are put up in a hotel and given a daily food allowance, the same as drivers sent to Integrad. UPS gets a negotiated rate on the hotels that is much cheaper than what a tourist would pay.</p><p></p><p>UPS also reimburses you for mileage for driving to school and back. In my case, I live 120 miles from the local school. The mileage rate is currently $.565/mile, so for a 240-mile round trip UPS would pay me $135.60. I just looked up what UPS paid for my plane ticket to Chicago to go to Integrad: $129.44.</p><p></p><p>So UPS actually saved six bucks by sending me to Integrad over sending me to the "old school" at my hub.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="browndingo, post: 1218884, member: 50642"] You really have no clue what the school is like so I'm not sure how you're so confident in describing it. They do not make examples of those who fail - in fact, they don't even mention it when it happens. [I]At all[/I]. If someone fails one of the required tests, they are quietly taken aside and driven back to the hotel. They are not seen in class again, and none of the instructors mention the fact that someone is missing. The fake village consists of three garden sheds from Home Depot, a few stop signs, and some paint to mark the yards and lanes. It's not like it's a movie set or anything. The "old school" method in my district is to send the driver to a local week-long driving school, often located at a hub or the central admin location. While they are there, they are put up in a hotel and given a daily food allowance, the same as drivers sent to Integrad. UPS gets a negotiated rate on the hotels that is much cheaper than what a tourist would pay. UPS also reimburses you for mileage for driving to school and back. In my case, I live 120 miles from the local school. The mileage rate is currently $.565/mile, so for a 240-mile round trip UPS would pay me $135.60. I just looked up what UPS paid for my plane ticket to Chicago to go to Integrad: $129.44. So UPS actually saved six bucks by sending me to Integrad over sending me to the "old school" at my hub. [/QUOTE]
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