Its decided. Going back to Crete on Mid Atlantic Regional. Home on weekends the way it sounds. I think they are a good fit for me. I feel at home there. I have been hearing alot of people latley bashing them, but i think they are about as good as you will find for a major carrier. I like that they dont bug you. They just give you a load and your on your own. Perfect........

 

i am going to apply there this week

 

Probably heard the bashing in the thread I started. A few of those people are 100% anti-OTR anyway.

Recruiter I'm working with called me today. The bastards who bought the place I worked at a few years ago claimed I never worked for them. No idiots, I worked for the previous owners. So now I gotta get that straightened out Hope to get things squared away to head out in early February.

 

hey ics and gmh if you get on board at crete I think you will like it.

 

Two employers ago, the company was sold to a bunch of incompetents. The recruiter (Bill) had trouble getting them to own up to my being employed by them. Fortunately, the company split at the same time it was sold, and some people in that division had some records to verify my employment.

And it seems there is some confusion as I work at the school where I did my CDL training. So I'm in a bit of paperwork hell right now. Reminds me of when I worked in the medical industry.

 

I called Crete today and they are sending me an app. I hate filling out the internet ones for some reason. All ready got pre-heirs with Warner and Swift, but this Crete is the place for me. I hope I will get in!!!!!!

 

Everybody around here slags Swift and Werner. I've got no experience with them, but a friend of mine had an awful trainer at Werner. That seems fairly hit or miss at most of the big companies, and something that I won't put up with.

 

Swift pays better than werner :wink: ...But what you have to consider about Werner is that after enduring the training period ,and sharing a 6x8 space with some dude ,and only making $325.00wk for your 275 hours training ,which often turns into 300+ before actually get off the trainers truck ...your pay is only going to be .26 cpm if you go 48/canada ..less if regional .,and the average ...non dedictated ...otr driver at werner only makes 1800-2200 miles per week ..some make more Heck I've had a few months of 2700-3000 mile wks , But then a few months of nothing but east coast and 1800 mile weeks ,so you only really average 8500-9000k miles a month ...at .26 CPM...The trainers at Companies like Werner are 99% of the time training ,Because they can't make decent money as a solo ,So they train ,which actually pays less per mile as you lose .02 cPM when you train ,And you get no cash compensation for training ,So your only benefit from training is to run hard ,and treat your student like an experienced driver pushing him to run back 2 back 11 hour cycles ...And this is why most Werner students come out of the 275 hr course and still don't know what way to turn the wheel to back up , as the trainers can't affor to spend the time taking an hour or so at a dock letting the student learn ,So the student ,becomes a very efficient sterring wheel holder on major highways and interstates where they pretty much just keep the truck between the lines for about 500 miles in a straight line maybe changing 1 or twice from one highway to the next .

 

As far as OTR goes, Crete seems to have the best rep out there for new and experience drivers. BOL.

 

I have heard great things. I will be disappointed if I don't get in.