Central Refrigerated Truck Stop

From talking to my recruiter, she says 2 wks cdl class,3 days orientation, 5 wks on truck with trainer. Back to yard to upgrade test,issued a truck and then sent home. Roughly 9 weeks total before your home for a few days.

 

I started with centrai in may 2010.first lie was recruter MARIO.i have 20 years exp,was told i would start at.31 cpm.after 7 months the liar would never help me to resolve this issue,or answer my e-mails,or return my calls.[pretty sorry ,huh].Istayed out 5-7 weeks at a time.always had hard time getting home even w/10 day,s advance notice.my d/m in Atlanta,GA [SHE]is just as big lier.Iwas out from 10/19-12/19.needed to get home for surgery on 21st had me in fulton ,mo wanted me in GA nxt day and do local del.i turned down ld.but was promised a load home that day.when i got to GA i was terminated.the reason was a so called service failuire.the prior load was repowered .the kid got there swaped trlrs he sat there for a hour and was late for appt.Igot blamed for it because he was a o/o.what about centrals service failerto drivers when you have to sit 1.5day,s for m-t trlr?][happend to me 5-times in one month.now they are stealing my money by not paying me for last 3 loads,100.oofor king pin lock,and they don,t reimburse you for load locks they force you to buy.[try takeing them on bus].now after working my but off for them,makeing there paycheck for them,staying out for 6=8 weeks at a time they won,t talk to me ,they hang up on me. my medical card got damaged,i only wanted a copy for the co.i,m going to work for,they refused.what kind of sorry humanbeings does this co hire in mgmt.also lied to abt my up grade truck.like most ,promised anice new truck,i was dropped in GA and was given a piece of junk volvo,no a/c,q-com light out,curtins torn up,cabinets torn out on one side doors missing.and nasty inside.WARNING!!! PLEASE read ALL contractual papers lots of hidden costs.these poeple don,t pay enough for the crap they shovel out. WORSTco i,ve ever worked for.they jurt don,t care.

 

Wow! Sounds like you got off on the wrong foot and really ticked someone off! Hope life is better for you now.

 

So far everyone I have talked to here... (except for Carlos) is a transplate from UT.... But that is the training and recruit.
I asked about the hardwired inverters, as long as it is installed at an approved shop there is no problem with it.

 

You have been a driver for 21 years. You should know better than to turn a load down. As a company driver any company would have fired you for that. Also as an experienced driver you should know better than to plan on being home on an exact date. That is just part of being an otr driver. I am not insulting you, but come on, where have been trucking the last 20 years?!

 

I'm here now.... but I hope to be on the road by tomarrow with my trainer..

 

Go get 'em, Gary! I know you will do just fine. Best advice...breathe!

 

That's really great, they got you going so quickly. So what do you think of Central so far?

 

Sorry dude, have to call you out on some stuff there. What do you think you shouldn't have to pay for load locks? They are one of a truckers' tools. Does a 5 star restaurant give their chefs knives? No, the chefs come with their own knives.
Did you turn in your trip paks? That IS how you get paid. If you turn them in all at once on Thursday you may not get paid until the following week. I have ALWAYS gotten paid for all my loads. How so you know that the repower was the late one you got blamed for? You monthly review doesn't say which one was late. Could have been a Walmart you went to on time and spent 45 min at the gate and by the time you handing your paperwork you were late getting to the receiving window. Walmart counts that as being late even though you were at their gate. I'd there were no empty trailer they would get you a preload or even to a few drop yards and look foray empty yourself? your medical card is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY, NOT CENTRAL'S. When DOT asks for your medical card , what so you say? "I' m sorry officer, can I have Central fax it to you?" You DO know you are supposed keep your medical card with you, right? You seem VERY Disorganized and if I were a dot officer and you didn't have your #### together, I would get you for everything I can. No offense but I think your supertrucker attitude did you in. Central does have its faults but a lot of yours seems to be brought on by yourself. If I were your fleet mgr I wouldn't talk to you either.

 

Just try to get along and you'll be fine