Are there CR England success stories?

Discussion in 'CR England' started by Jabber1990, Aug 20, 2014.

  1. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    Some people have a comprehension problem. Or they tgink they're going to be the one to buck the trend. CRE stacks the chips against you. It's what they do. It's all legal too.
     
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  3. Sik_Life

    Sik_Life Medium Load Member

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    Well if you want to do a search you will find a Debi and Virgil story that was supposedly a successful story. A lease purchase success at that lol. I think the consensus was that it was really a creative CR recruiter who was just making up a fake story.
     
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  4. MysticHZ

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    A husband and wife team should have a modicum of success, provided they set their sites low ... CRE has designed their lease to force teams or trainers ... Dewey on this board got his truck and then high tailed it to Landstar ... I had friend who was a trainer on the Walmart fleet, got his truck and high tailed it to FX.
     
  5. A Bug

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    I remember my phase one trainer from CR England drove for the JC Penny dedicated account out of Spanish Fork Utah. He was making over 30 cents a mile, 4k=5k miles a week. The routes were pretty easy to get used to so he did not have to constantly watch me while driving and was able to get plenty of sleep.

    He was making around $1,500 a week while I was making $62 a day. That is a success story right there.
     
  6. stevep1977

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    The owners of cre are quite the success story when it comes to deceptive practices.
     
  7. MysticHZ

    MysticHZ Road Train Member

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    And therin lies the problem with CRE ... to clear $1500 a week you have to train ... I clear that running solo at Swift.
     
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  8. dogtrucker

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    I got fired by CR England for something stupid. That led immediately to a much better job.
    That is a kind of success story.
     
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  9. Driver320

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    Tell us your success story.... with out naming names of course.....should be interesting...
     
  10. dogtrucker

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    Well, I won't bash England because I got my start with them and had a decent job: $1000/week and home almost every day but had to put in 60 hours/week for it. Now I have an easier job at about 50hrs/week for $1145/week salary.

    It seems wages are rising for truckers. I got a recruiter offer (too late) for $1250/week "guaranteed" for reefer work. And I am seeing a lot of companies advertising higher cents/mile.

    I was fired from England for having some alcohol off-site and off-duty but then returning to my truck at the yard to sleep. They tested me and I had a tiny amount (0.018) but it was "zero tolerance". I was pretty upset and getting some rejections at first because I was self reporting the nature of m termination. Now I know there is nothing on my DAC about it and England isn't mentioning it.

    For me this was a good reminder to keep things in perspective. As I look back, whenever I was laid off or got fired in the past, it always led to a better situation. I should have left England earlier and I am grateful now that I got kicked down the road to a better place. Sometimes, we need a kick.
     
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  11. RubberDuck198

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    I started at England 8 years ago. Stayed with them for 3 years, then moved on to better things. I'm now driving for a small mom and pop shop, but I'm getting ready to leave OTR for good.
     
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