Does Schneider hire people with felonies?

What Schneider has said

Schneider hasn't published a criminal-record hiring policy that we could find. Its warehouse hiring page says a drug test and background check may be completed. Schneider's truck drivers need a CDL, so they fall under federal FMCSA drug and alcohol testing rules, which require a negative pre-employment drug test before driving a commercial vehicle. Schneider offers paid CDL apprenticeship training for people who have a commercial learner's permit.

We didn't find a public statement from Schneider about hiring people with records: not on its careers site, in its reports, or in its announcements. That doesn't mean it won't hire you. It means there's nothing on the record to point to.

Does Schneider do background checks?

Schneider runs background checks for some roles. Schneider's warehouse hiring page says a drug test and background check may be completed during hiring. Schneider hasn't published what its background check covers for drivers or other roles.¹

• How long a background check takes

Does Schneider drug test?

Schneider drug tests for some roles. Schneider's truck drivers hold CDLs and fall under federal FMCSA testing, which requires a negative pre-employment drug test and includes random and post-accident testing. Schneider's warehouse hiring page says a drug test may be completed. Schneider hasn't published its testing method on the pages we opened.^1,2,3

Hiring programs

• CDL Apprenticeship Training (CAT) program

  Schneider's paid CDL training. To qualify, Schneider lists a commercial learner's permit from your state, a valid U.S. driver's license held for at least the past 12 months, and living in an area where the program runs. It isn't described as a second-chance program.⁴

Rules for specific jobs

• CDL truck drivers

  FMCSA says all CDL drivers who operate commercial motor vehicles on public roads are subject to DOT drug and alcohol testing, including pre-employment, random, post-accident and reasonable-suspicion tests, and an employer must receive a negative drug test before the driver operates a commercial vehicle.²

• Interstate truck drivers

  Schneider's guide to becoming a truck driver says drivers who cross state lines must be at least 21 under DOT rules, though a CDL can be earned at 18 for in-state driving.³

Your rights, and how far back a check can go

• Under the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), an employer must get your written permission before it gets a background report about you from a background screening company.^5,6,7
• Before an employer decides not to hire, keep, or promote you because of something in a background report, it must give you a copy of the report and a document called "A Summary of Your Rights Under the Fair Credit Reporting Act."^5,6
• You have the right to dispute inaccurate or incomplete information in your background report directly with the company that made it.^5,8
• The FCRA's seven-year limit does not apply to criminal convictions, so under federal law a conviction can show up on a background report no matter how old it is.^9,10
• Under the FCRA, background and credit reports generally cannot include arrest records, civil lawsuits, or civil judgments that are more than seven years old (or older than the statute of limitations, if that is longer).^9,11

Your full background check rights

Before you apply

• You can ask a background screening company for the information it has on you, and the CFPB keeps a list of consumer reporting companies, including employment screening companies, with their contact details.^5,8,12
• According to the Clean Slate Initiative, 14 states and Washington, D.C. have passed Clean Slate laws that meet its criteria for automatically clearing eligible records: Pennsylvania, Utah, New Jersey, Connecticut, Michigan, Delaware, Virginia, California, Oklahoma, Colorado, Minnesota, New York, Illinois, and Missouri, plus D.C.¹³
• The Federal Bonding Program, run by the U.S. Department of Labor, lets states give employers free fidelity bonds that protect them against losses from a newly hired worker's dishonest acts, for job seekers with past justice involvement or in recovery from substance use.^14,15

See whether you can clear your record in your state