When I was with Shaffer a number of years ago, their trainers had very stringent requirements. I would bet that Crete has the same or similar requirements. The first being that the trainer had at a minimum of five years safe, O.T.R. experience. Next was a minimum of three years experience with the company. Those two items alone stand out heavily when compared to what many other companies "require" of their trainers... :roll:

2 weeks of school and 6 months of driving is plenty, by then you know everything. :shock:

Sure wish I'd finished...well, you know...
 

:lol:
What high standards they have!

I'll certainly be sure to meet my dispatcher in person. It usually helps to affix a face to a name when it's someone with whom I'll be in contact on a regular basis.
Thanks for the insight!
Jewels

I love not having a fleet mgr...

Autoshift
 

Hi,i drive for Shaffer.Same as Crete, just reefer. Last time I was at
Crete in NE I was joking in the shop about autoshift trucks.
I got told they do have 3 right now, testing them out if they are better or not.
I hope for the best, I want one for myself.

Re: Sure wish I'd finished...well, you know...
 

Crete doesn't assign dispatchers to drivers. The one you get depends on what part of the country you happen to be in. Each region has its own dispatch team that you work with until you deliver the load you picked up in that area. Then they pass you off to the team that dispatches the area you pick up your next load in and so on and so on. I really like not having an assigned dispatcher.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ROTFLMAO!!!

the owner of the company I work for is also the president, dispatcher, manager and shop and payroll supervisor. works out pretty well. there is no he said, she said. it's just him and what he says goes! He does have office help, but they have no say over operations. it will spoil you pretty quickly

Along with TMC I am also pondering Crete,
Crete has emailed me a response and I have a few questions please:

My question is about logs:

What if they dispatch you on a load and there is no way its gonna be on time due to the driver being out of hours for that day?

Example:Say for instance you just drove 9 hours ...dropped a load ...and had just enough time to make it to the next pickup and get loaded...BUT...now you have to take a 10 and this will most likely make it late to the final.

What is their view on this type of situation?

Thanks :)

you dont accept the load, message them that you dont have enough hours no problem. they will dispatch you accordingly. they will NEVER ask you to run illegal, BUT it's up to you to let them know what you can and cant do