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If THEY sent you to Oregan,,,then made you sit 4-days,,THEY should have made sure the HAD freight to get out of there BEFORE again BEFORE they accepted that load!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Its not your fault,,You should have been PAID!
piss poor planning by CRETE.......DRIVERS!! GET WITH A COMPANY
that has ther act together.....IF YOU ARE NOT AT YOUR HOME,,
You ARE WORKING...YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO GET PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to agree with you on That Tenn. I had never had probs before getting a load though and thought nothing of it. There were quite a few of us and two that sat for 5 days. Then everyone aks for sit pay and each was told that the policy was no sit pay if there is no freight to dispatch. Really piss poor. Now I am single and no kids but all the others except one has family and need to feed their families and pay bills. Not even acceptable behaviour.Originally Posted by tenn trunk monkey
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Quite a few drivers are out of Florida and get home bugt I always hear complaints of never when they want so don't make any pressing plans. It is that way with many drivers. I get home when asked a majority of the time but it is frustrating sometimes when you need to be there and they can't seem to do so. Many times I refuse a load as it is not getting me home and voila.....Magic I get one soon after. Crete does not care or try to get one home except at their convenience. They will do so eventually.
The miles can be very good and sometimes I will approach what the other guy said especially when I hold a trip back from the week before. Right niow is the slow period for most companies so the freight will pick up soon hopefully. I did just sit in Orgon for 4 days as there was no freight and when asked for sittting pay was told that Crete company policy was no sitting pay if there is no freight so I have to make diddly this week.
Every once on a blue moon a load will go the NYC area and if yoy get more than one choice then you can pick one of the others but if not then refuse it and then they will just make you sit. I have found many times I have gotten a choice and this has been real big with Crete for the years I have been with them is they will send a crappy load either on miles or to a crappy place like NYC that can be made on time. Then the other two choices are impossible to make legally. This it seems is a standard company policy as it has been going on for many years.
They have assigned routes. Sometimes I shake my head at them but usually it is what I would have taken anyway. They will do anything to avoid paying tolls though and will route you through the woods. It has been funny when they started to pay miles closer to the actual trip and even started putting it on their ads. Then they will route you their way and the out of route miles are the same as before. Many times though the miles and trips are close or somewhat close.
Any other questions then feel free to ask and I will come in here and try to answer truthfully.
I am starting to maybe look at another outfit myself but know there are no other companies that treat their drivers better. They all could care less about the drivers and care more about the truck also like Crete. They have a new deal starting and even though I doubt the rumours are true I may leave them because of them.
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I live in Tampa and it's always an issue but I'm told 2-3 weeks out which is more than I want to be out but I'll live with it I guess. How long are you out at a time?
You say you're getting good miles. Care to elaborate on that? I'm hoping for 2800/week or more.
Have you had any runs up to NYC? I really don't wanna drive through that neck of the woods. Can you refuse to do NYC if you don't want to do it?
Are you able to route your own trip or are you assigned a specific route to follow?
Thanks
Dok
Howdy Dok. I been with Crete now for 6 years and can answer a few questions.Originally Posted by Doktari
Hi Haze. I was happy to read your post. I sent in my application to Crete the other day. Waiting to hear back from them now. I live in Tampa and it's always an issue but I'm told 2-3 weeks out which is more than I want to be out but I'll live with it I guess. How long are you out at a time?
You say you're getting good miles. Care to elaborate on that? I'm hoping for 2800/week or more.
Have you had any runs up to NYC? I really don't wanna drive through that neck of the woods. Can you refuse to do NYC if you don't want to do it?
Are you able to route your own trip or are you assigned a specific route to follow?
Thanks
Dok
Quite a few drivers are out of Florida and get home bugt I always hear complaints of never when they want so don't make any pressing plans. It is that way with many drivers. I get home when asked a majority of the time but it is frustrating sometimes when you need to be there and they can't seem to do so. Many times I refuse a load as it is not getting me home and voila.....Magic I get one soon after. Crete does not care or try to get one home except at their convenience. They will do so eventually.
The miles can be very good and sometimes I will approach what the other guy said especially when I hold a trip back from the week before. Right niow is the slow period for most companies so the freight will pick up soon hopefully. I did just sit in Orgon for 4 days as there was no freight and when asked for sittting pay was told that Crete company policy was no sitting pay if there is no freight so I have to make diddly this week.
Every once on a blue moon a load will go the NYC area and if yoy get more than one choice then you can pick one of the others but if not then refuse it and then they will just make you sit. I have found many times I have gotten a choice and this has been real big with Crete for the years I have been with them is they will send a crappy load either on miles or to a crappy place like NYC that can be made on time. Then the other two choices are impossible to make legally. This it seems is a standard company policy as it has been going on for many years.
They have assigned routes. Sometimes I shake my head at them but usually it is what I would have taken anyway. They will do anything to avoid paying tolls though and will route you through the woods. It has been funny when they started to pay miles closer to the actual trip and even started putting it on their ads. Then they will route you their way and the out of route miles are the same as before. Many times though the miles and trips are close or somewhat close.
Any other questions then feel free to ask and I will come in here and try to answer truthfully.
I am starting to maybe look at another outfit myself but know there are no other companies that treat their drivers better. They all could care less about the drivers and care more about the truck also like Crete. They have a new deal starting and even though I doubt the rumours are true I may leave them because of them.
If THEY sent you to Oregan,,,then made you sit 4-days,,THEY should have made sure the HAD freight to get out of there BEFORE again BEFORE they accepted that load!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Its not your fault,,You should have been PAID!
piss poor planning by CRETE.......DRIVERS!! GET WITH A COMPANY
that has ther act together.....IF YOU ARE NOT AT YOUR HOME,,
You ARE WORKING...YOU ARE SUPPOSE TO GET PAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Also now with Shaffer and Crete being consolidated and seeing a lot of Crete trailers and loads now being pulled by Shaffer drivers means a lot less for us Crete drivers. Last time I was at the Wilmer terminal and could find no trailers and saw 7 Shaffer trucks with Crete trailers. The sculttlebutt is that Crete dfrivers will now be forced to pull the Reefer Shaffer trailers and no differencial between reefer and Dry van. That is not sitting well with a lot of drivers atht came to Crete because it was a dry van company. Many came to Shaffer because it was a Reefer company. Now I am still hearing a final say so if it will be mandatory for us to haul reefer or not as many are also.