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Old 12.23.2008
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I was with Crete twice. First time was wonderful and up to that point was the best company I'd worked for in my short three year driving career.

I had eye surgery and since I was out for quite awhile, I had to basically go thru the hiring process all over again when I decided to return to work.

Sadly, I was put on different fleet manager's board when I came back and THAT made it one of the worst companies I've driven for. I left after only two months. I believe I went from one of the best FM's in the company during my first time thru, to the WORST FM, the second time thru.

I was lied to(repeatedly), ragged on(a lot), and just generally treated like $^#$ the second time. That manager was one of those "glass of water is half empty" type of people. I could do 100 things perfect and never hear one word of thanks (for a job well done) . One little "goof" though and that manager would be all over me. All in all, a real "downer" both as a person AND as a manger.

Bottom line is that Crete is probably one of the best around, but it all depends upon who you "draw" as a manager. Just my experience..... I do/did not intend to bad-mouth Crete.

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Couldn't you have just changed you FM?
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Couldn't you have just changed you FM?
Possibly, but it seems that most carriers I've been with frown on those requests, so I chose not to bother.....

Besides myself, many "old time" Crete drivers (which I am not) will tell you that the company (while still better than many) has gone "downhill" tremendously over the last few years. I know I saw one heluva difference during my medical time off which was only about 9 months. Perhaps it has something to do with the Florida accident, who knows?

I guess what I'm saying it that it MAY not ALL have been my FM's fault.

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I'm a month & a half into my training with Crete. I could not ask for a better trainer. I could not ask for a better fleet manager. I feel for dispatchers trying to keep drivers happy with meager frieght. I could ask for better times. Yes there are some who could do their jobs (better). I'm trying to do that. Lets hang together during this time and pray for strength & the blessing of better times. Anything else only hurts us all and makes it worse. Tough times never last, but good people do.
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I'm thinking about getting into trucking. I have a few questions if someone would please answer for me. First is Do they hire out of louisiana, where do you keep trucks when your home, do all trucks have apu's?
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i'm thinking about getting into trucking. I have a few questions if someone would please answer for me. First is do they hire out of louisiana, where do you keep trucks when your home, do all trucks have apu's?
yes i belive so
most dont have apu's but there working on it
keep you truck at home if they let ya, i have to park mine in deland fl and drive home from there...hope this help
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So Crete is your first company? What experience did you have prior to Crete? I'm studying to get my CDL and really like what I've read about Crete, but I didn't think they hired newbies. I'll check around in some of the other threads, but any info you may provide is appreciated.

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they do hire new hires but they have to be from a ptdi approved school to be considered for employment is what i have been told
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I'm thinking about getting into trucking. I have a few questions if someone would please answer for me. First is Do they hire out of louisiana, where do you keep trucks when your home, do all trucks have apu's?
Crete doesn't have any schools in Louisiana that are approved at this time. If you can get on with another carrier for 6-12 months, we could take a look at you then. 6 months exp would require some additional training. Or if you can get a year in, you could come over with no additional training.
Most drivers take their trucks home for hometime, unless they live too far from the freight. And we are working on the APU thing. Hope this helps =)
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does crete have approved schools in S. Georgia?
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Please do not take this the wrong way. It would be much easier to do a search on yahoo or google for ptdi schools in the state in which you would like to know about. The PTDI accredidation is Professional Truck Drivers Institute. Many schools have this as it is getting more and more common as a requirement for trucking companies today. Some schools you may want to check out ar C1, Roadmaster to name a few.
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Please do not take this the wrong way. It would be much easier to do a search on yahoo or google for ptdi schools in the state in which you would like to know about. The PTDI accredidation is Professional Truck Drivers Institute. Many schools have this as it is getting more and more common as a requirement for trucking companies today. Some schools you may want to check out ar C1, Roadmaster to name a few.

Thanks for the response. I have already checked the PTDI website, and it doesn't show any certified schools in Georgia. Thought maybe the poster could help.
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