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Old 11-26-2006, 12:38 AM
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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.
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by 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.
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Old 11-26-2006, 03:05 AM
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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!!
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 03:17 AM
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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.
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 03:28 AM
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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.
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 03:43 AM
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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
 
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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
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 05:28 AM
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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
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 07:01 AM
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just bottom of the barrell feeders like CRE,Prime and etc etc..... :lol: :lol:
some of the reports you can beleive and some ya can't just like the boards, like some ppl. say this is the internet. :lol: :lol: :lol: cause there is disgruntled workers where ever you go and almost in every profession not just trucking.
 
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Old 11-26-2006, 07:01 AM
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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.
 

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