CR England journal Part II

You have to ask yourself, though, why there are metal detectors and armed guards throughout the building...

 

Observers with little driving experience? Yeah....I would have sternly asked him to observe from the berthing area. What a joke!

Talk about the blind leading the blind...

 

Jim, when I was there, I went through the "train the trainer" course - more than half the 10 person class had less than 90 days in a truck - period. The "trainer" that new folks end up with after the "primary trainer" is a lease operator with 60 days to 6 months in a truck (period)... and they're "training" the newbies for 60 days.

I am completely surprised that there aren't a lot more wrecks, incidents, fist fights, etc...

 

the second trainer is a phase 2 trainer they put the trainee with the phase 2 trainer so the phase 2 trainer can sell the lease speal if the trainee wants to sighn a lease purchase then they go back in 2 weeks or if they want to stay just a company driver then they stay out for 4 weeks while the phase 2 trainer is making .78 cpm off the trainee and only paying the trainee $550 a week he pockets the rest oh and the phase 2 trainee gets a bounus for every lease he sells also. im not yelling but DON'T GO FOR THE LEASE DEAL. and for your info england has been in a law suit with ooida for 10 years. well you got to start somewhere i hope it works out for you be safe. and yes the first year of trucking is pure hell

 

The lawsuit finalized in 2008. There's no deal on 2 weeks and you're done, whether the trainee agrees to sign a lease or not - it used to be 30 days, now it's 60 days.

The trainer doesn't make .78 cpm... at any point, and in fact, they have to pay half the trainee's wages.

I have no respect and no love for this company, they totally killed me financially...but those are the facts, not whatever someone said at a truckstop.

 

# ronin
thats what the recruiter told me but i'm not gonna do there lease purchase funny how they throw that in your face. sounds like to me being a phase 2 trainer is just another way to get people to team drive wich i hear there famous for from there drivers. but we know recruiters have there silver platter full of ######## waiting to feed it to you. iv'e read so many complaints on them i'm staying away from them. i'm sorry they ruined you financially that sucks. i myself am not a team driver i like solo better team drove been there done that no thanks guy was a slow ### and never mind a complainer drove me nuts never again.

 

We recovered, we just ran out of money that I'd padded...doing great now, and have been since a couple months after the CRE experience.

 

I'm suppose to start at CRE next week and curious about the background check?, is that done before your accepted?, the reason I ask is I had a Misdemeaner expunged but might show up and really dont want to get there just to be turned away,anyone know?