newbie looking for info about CRE

[ekeith3]

i'll be finishing school this friday dec. 1. if all goes well i'll have my cdl by dec. 5. i did however get my financing for the school through CRE and have to work for them until i have it paid off or suffer lots of problems.

i been read about all the bad stories about their L/O programs. i had no intention of doing that untill i had gotten some exp. under my belt. now i have no interest at all. but now i would like to know anything at all about being a company driver for them; good or bad.

[Double R]

i'll be finishing school this friday dec. 1. if all goes well i'll have my cdl by dec. 5. i did however get my financing for the school through CRE and have to work for them until i have it paid off or suffer lots of problems.

i been read about all the bad stories about their L/O programs. i had no intention of doing that untill i had gotten some exp. under my belt. now i have no interest at all. but now i would like to know anything at all about being a company driver for them; good or bad.

RUN!!!!!!!!! DON'T WALK!! GET AS FAR FROM CRE AS YOU CAN


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[Useless]

Well, it looks like you are a wee bit stuck. In any event, stick it out, try to stay safe, and make the best of things.

Stay away from their "Fleece-Ownership" program. It is just an economic vacuum cleaner!!

[Flash]

Well, it looks like you are a wee bit stuck. In any event, stick it out, try to stay safe, and make the best of things.

Stay away from their "Fleece-Ownership" program. It is just an economic vacuum cleaner!!

I agree with Useless. CR England's bad reputation has more to do with their lease/purchase program than the company driver side. As long as you know this going in I think it would benefit you to get your year in and then go elsewhere if you choose.

[ekeith3]

by what i hear i am stuck. but i will have to stick it out for my year. hopefully then i'll be able to got out. hopefully it won't be too bad.

[classicxl]

just make the best of it get your experience then decide if you want to change or not. Who knows you may like working for them and stick around

[BigDawg]

oh boy here we go again another one,go to this site www.ripoffreport.com and where it says search reports hit that. Good Luck

I just searched through that rip off site.....that site proves that there is a driver at every company that is not happy.....i think every company was represented on that site lol

[BigDawg]

just bottom of the barrell feeders like CRE,Prime and etc etc.....
some of the reports you can beleive and some ya can't just like the boards, like some ppl. say this is the internet. cause there is disgruntled workers where ever you go and almost in every profession not just trucking.

now i would like to know anything at all about being a company driver for them; good or bad.

I have a buddy out of Nevada who pulled for em' awhile back. According to him, CRE was a total nightmare. His biggest problem was getting lumper authorizations at food warehouses. Apparently England wants their drivers to lump freight after 10-11 hours behind the wheel. His other issue was hometime - of which there was precious little.

The thing that finally pushed him over the edge was when he was scheduled for hometime on Xmas day and England tried dumping a NYC hot potato run in his lap. He said "F that!" and dead-headed back to the yard in SLC and tossed em' the keys to his rig. England turned around and trashed his DAC. Oh yeah, if you want to see anyone in the home office, you've got to walk through a metal detector and bullet-proof glass.

Good luck. You're sure gonna need it at ole' Crash and Roll.

[1xtruckindj]

Started there back at the tail end of '96. Lasted just about 90 days. The only thing I can say good is that I had a terrific trainer. Very casual, but informative, patient, and encouraging...class guy.

Everything else negative I've read on CAD I can certainly relate to.

Good luck in your search.

[spencerian]

now i would like to know anything at all about being a company driver for them; good or bad.

I have a buddy out of Nevada who pulled for em' awhile back. According to him, CRE was a total nightmare. His biggest problem was getting lumper authorizations at food warehouses. Apparently England wants their drivers to lump freight after 10-11 hours behind the wheel. His other issue was hometime - of which there was precious little.

The thing that finally pushed him over the edge was when he was scheduled for hometime on Xmas day and England tried dumping a NYC hot potato run in his lap. He said "F that!" and dead-headed back to the yard in SLC and tossed em' the keys to his rig. England turned around and trashed his DAC. Oh yeah, if you want to see anyone in the home office, you've got to walk through a metal detector and bullet-proof glass.

Good luck. You're sure gonna need it at ole' Crash and Roll.

Bull****. I work for CRE. They were more than willing to give me Thanksgiving off. Furthermore they are family owned Mormons, so Christmas is EASY to get off.

By the way, who was open on Christmas to take yer buddy's load?

Bull****. I work for CRE. They were more than willing to give me Thanksgiving off. Furthermore they are family owned Mormons, so Christmas is EASY to get off.

And if I weren't the suspicious type, I might think you were a well-heeled CR England recruiter. :?

By the way, who was open on Christmas to take yer buddy's load?

OK, where did I write that the load was to be delivered ON Xmas day? Did it ever occur to you that even if it delivered a couple of days before, there was NO WAY this dude was gonna (legally) make it home by Xmas day to Vegas? Or are you using that phunky CR England fleece-scam trucker math?

[Ian Williams]

When you show up for orientation they will try to hard sell the Fleece-Purchase. Steel your resolve against their sales mind F&%*.

At this point you might as well stay and get your 4-6 months of rookie time out of the way.

As a company driver they are no worse than most of the other McMegaCarriers. At least for teams they have plenty of long hauls. One of the guys who trained in the last in house class at my terminal in Reno quit to go work for them. Our CDL school is longer and more intensive so he was able to skip training with them. Last I heard he was happy and getting plenty of miles as a team driver. He is a single guy with no overhead who still lived with his parents.

Do they pay off your training costs on a monthly basis or is a stay for 1yr all or nothing deal? FYI many carriers offer a signing bonus paid out over time or school load reimbursement.

Where do you live any way?

BOL

[greg3564]

Furthermore they are family owned Mormons, so Christmas is EASY to get off.

Mormons don't hold Christmas to the same high standards that Christians do. So that is not much of an argument. But, this is neither the time or the place to debate theology.

[ekeith3]

When you show up for orientation they will try to hard sell the Fleece-Purchase. Steel your resolve against their sales mind F&%*.

At this point you might as well stay and get your 4-6 months of rookie time out of the way.

As a company driver they are no worse than most of the other McMegaCarriers. At least for teams they have plenty of long hauls. One of the guys who trained in the last in house class at my terminal in Reno quit to go work for them. Our CDL school is longer and more intensive so he was able to skip training with them. Last I heard he was happy and getting plenty of miles as a team driver. He is a single guy with no overhead who still lived with his parents.

Do they pay off your training costs on a monthly basis or is a stay for 1yr all or nothing deal? FYI many carriers offer a signing bonus paid out over time or school load reimbursement.

Where do you live any way?

BOL

they take weekly payments out of my check. that will help me crappy credit (trying to stay positive). i live in detroit. planning on being solo