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Originally Posted by -FlyByNight-
I also wanted to mention two things I'd heard from CFI drivers that I didn't really like and played a small part in why I chose Marten over them at the time. I heard you can get caught in that Joplin, MO to Laredo, TX loop and sit at the border waiting on loads and I heard about the driver unload tire loads. Other than that, I've heard mostly good things and I wish you the best of luck with CFI if you go there and hope to hear how you like it.
As a driver with 7 years at CFI, prior to my "hiatus".... and I started my hiatus 3 weeks ago.... I can tell you that CFI has less border freight than before, so getting "caught" in a Joplin/Laredo loop is highly unlikely. In the past couple of years I was in Laredo maybe 8 times, and even then I rarely even spent the night down there. Most of the time I just took the trailer to the terminal, dropped it and left within 2 hours or so.
Tire loads....haven't had one of them in over 2 years. That contract went by the wayside when the company raised the stop pay to $75 for the 3rd and subsequent stops.... the contract went to a "cheaper" company. The only tire loads that we pulled after that went from SC to Detroit and were unloaded by members of the UAW....not us.
Folks... CFI is, "simply put", an EXCELLENT COMPANY!! Were it not for my particular situation, one out of my control..... I would still be there driving for them and enjoying it and the paycheck that I made with them, driving some of the finest equipment on the road, excellent benefits, superior management, great fleet managers, etc.
If you do not consider CFI as an employer....you are making a mistake. In my "humble opinion" even if they are not the "greatest", they sure as heck are ahead of whoever else is in second place.
Don't take my word for it.....just do yourself a favor and go to
http://www/cfidrivers.com and register...read the feedback from drivers there and especially the "newbies" who have signed on....see what they have to say....then make your decisions.