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ekeith3 11-26-2006 12:38 PM

newbie looking for info about CRE
 
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 11-26-2006 02:43 PM

Re: newbie looking for info about CRE
 
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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.

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


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Useless 11-26-2006 03:05 PM

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 11-26-2006 03:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 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!!

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 11-26-2006 03:28 PM

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 11-26-2006 03:43 PM

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 11-26-2006 05:24 PM

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

11-26-2006 05:28 PM

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 11-26-2006 07:01 PM

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.

11-26-2006 07:01 PM

Re: newbie looking for info about CRE
 
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Originally Posted by ekeith3
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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