what can i do

This is true with trucking company's; however, as I mentioned before, get with a company that is not a trucking company. There are plenty of company's out there that have trucks but are not trucking company's. They haul their own merchandise. That's where you will get paid the best.

 

Contact Hire Right (DAC) and dispute it.
Show them a copy of the death certificate and you have a good chance of winning the dispute.
Explain everything to them..

http://www.hireright.com/Consumers-Applicants.aspx#DisputeForm

 

Hey sleepy15 do exactly waht EZ money says hes 100% right if things happened the way you say they did you will win. Also your not out of the trucking game yet homeboy use the tools in this forum to apply apply apply it will pay off.Good luck.

 

This is exactly what you need to do. If you can't get it taken off, you should be able to put a comment on your DAC and a copy of the death certificate.

 

I'm sorry to hear of your mother-in-law, Sleepy.
And I'm sorry that you found out about C.R. England the hard way. Actually, what you've described is not at all unusual at C.R.E.. There are many similar stories contained within the various threads here at The Trucker's Report, --- some are even worse than yours.

Apparently asking for time off for any reason is considered "breaking company policy" at C.R. England. Don't take it personally, you weren't singled out, or made an example of. Consider yourself lucky to get away from there.

Here's what you may not realize, --- C.R. England isn't really interested in retaining their drivers. What they're interested in is enticing wannaBees to sign up to be trained by them, but not necessarily drive for them. They make money training, and the government pays C.R.E. an incentive for reducing the unemployment numbers, --- deceitful to say the least.

When a trainee completes their training, and I use the word "training" lightly as I question the quality of "training" a sleeping trainer can provide, they're often informed that there aren't any Big trucks available, and suggest that, with no real experience, they go with leasing, and be their own boss. All C.R.E. wants is cheap labor movin' their freight, so they're not inclined to want their drivers to climb the pay scale.

If you'll notice, it's the lease operators who do the training, mostly. They pay C.R.E. hundreds of dollars for the privilege of having a trainee aboard. It's not as it might seem though, --- it's because without a trainee's log book, and running like a team, they won't be able to make the payments on their leased Big truck, along with the various deductions C.R.E. takes off the top. Whatever money is left over, if any, is what goes to the lease driver. Negative paychecks is another story often told.

This works well for the Sons-0-Chester as the upkeep on the Big truck isn't costing the company anything. Considering the wear and tear associated with Big trucks used for training, they save a bundle. If/When a lease operator goes belly up, C.R.E. is notorious for keeping their entire maintenance fund, claiming that amount covered repairing the damage so they can lease that same Big truck to another starry-eyed newBee. C.R. England profits from their failure, and they fail because C.R. England profits the way they do.

There have been, and still are, law suits brought against C.R. England concerning their shabby business methods. Some think the powers that be C.R.E. haven't a clue as to how to run a successful Big truck truckin' company, --- but make no mistake, they know exactly what they're doing.
Is it scandalous?
Yes.
Is it profitable for C.R.E.?
You bet it is.
Is it ethical?
No.
Some say there's nothin' harder than the England's heart.
Others insist that the Sons-0-Chester have no heart.

When dispatchers at C.R.E. find it necessary to hide behind bullet-proof glass and metal detectors, --- with armed guards on duty, that oughta send a message. Other Big truck truckin' companies, in contrast, have an open door policy. Y'all don't have to go through a metal detector to see a dispatcher.
Obviously C.R.E. is afraid of the potential aftermath as a direct result of their detrimental, company policy actions. They've had years to change their ways, but haven't changed a thing, --- unless so ordered by the court.

C.R. England has a reputation for being the worst of the bottom feeder truckin' companies out there. They earned it.
And yet folks still get in line to go through the C.R. England revolving doors for a C.R.E. Experience. Some are unaware of what awaits them, others have heard but think that their positive attitude will make it different for them.
It doesn't.

You might be feelin' down and rejected now, Sleepy, --- but in time you'll come to realize that gettin' away from the Sons-0-Chester sooner than expected was a blessing in disguise.

I wish you good luck and the best of success in finding what you're lookin' for.
Please keep us informed.

 

So, lemmie get this straight, you were fired because while in training with a phase 1/2 trainer, you asked to go home for a family emergency? That doesn't make any sense... But then again, I wasn't there so I dunno anything other than your side of the story.

How about a little more detail of the story that led up to this. Training or not, family emergencies are pretty serious so I have a hard time believing even a company like CRE firing a student for asking to go home to take care of final business for a deceased family member.

As for the load your trainer had, he could have gotten another student and if the load was a team load, they could have swapped it onto a team or had the appointment rescheduled. It's no big deal.