CRST Way Of Life

Good Evening:
I have read many of the threads/posts/replies here about CRST. If I were just getting into the industry today, I will admit that I would possibly buy into the negative things said and not get started, but I am not new. and I know better.

I am passionate about my life in trucking and my career at CRST. Like anything in life, nothing is perfect and there is no perfect company anywhere whether it is in trucking or some other industry. How many people do you know that are unhappy with their careers? how many do you know that are totally, 100% happy?

Lets look at the basic deal at CRST, and I mean pull it apart. First, you get .22 cents per mile to start. No one makes any qualms about what you get per mile. You get $50.00 per day while your in your 28 day cycle, again, no one pulls any punches.

No one tells you that you'll get into a brand new truck and no one ever says, hey new driver, your guaranteed to run 5000 to 6000 miles a week and no one ever says to you, hey man, your truck is never going to break down. You are promised a paycheck every Thursday while in training, once you clear orientation.

Next, you are told that CRST is going to pay for your schooling. If they get a chunk of cash from a Government Program, who the hell really cares??? does it make you or break you? stop worrying about what the company gets and start worrying about yourself.

Next, you are told, that if you stay 8 months, you owe the company zero dollars of the cost of training. If you leave or are fired due to your own actions, you owe the company the money.

YOU SIGNED THE AGREEMENTS, NO ONE HELD A GUN TO YOUR HEAD AND NO ONE SAID CRST IS THE ONLY GAME IN TOWN AND NO ONE EVER SAID CRST IS THE PERFECT COMPANY.

If you have or had that perception, than that is on you. Own it and stop whining about it.

If you want to bash the company, go ahead. If you want to run away and look elsewhere, here are your choices: England Trucking, FFE, Stevens Transport, Wil-Trans, Prime, Central Refrigerated Transport.

See folks, CRST is not the only game in town. If your new at CRST and you don't like it here and it is so bad, get the hell out!!! leave!!! certainly your sanity is worth something and if your so sure that other companies are waiting for you and you can make so much more money, than you should have no worries about being able to pay back CRST, right???

If it is so bad here at CRST and you stay, that makes you a stupid for staying somewhere you don't like. Smart people don't stay somewhere that makes them unhappy.

I have been here 13 years. Don't you think if it were so bad, I would go elsewhere or that hundreds of other drivers at CRST would be jumping ship? If your only in the industry 90 days, sorry to say but you don't know enough about how to evaluate a trucking company.

Get your head out of your rear end and start thinking straight. You chose CRST. You asked for a job and they gave you one. They didn't come knocking on your front door.

Trucking is not for everyone. if your afraid of hard work, you will never make it in this industry and perhaps you should go work in retail or stock shelves somewhere.

 

I never said one time that jobs are easy to come by, never once??? I don't ever pass blame on anyone for being less than happy, if you are and it is truly justified, than so be it.

However, you have people coming here and talking crap about things they know nothing about, such as the guy or gal who said you get paid .11 a mile.

I think I have been nothing but real in the things I have said. I am not about stringing people along. Have I trained people at this company? sure have. have I trained at England? sure have and many of those people are still here.

I am a realist. If your unhappy somewhere, leave, it's that simple, just take your stuff off a truck and move on.

What makes me mad is when people talk about how unhappy they are about the money they make, that they were promised this and that and aren't getting it yet they do nothing and say nothing to anyone who has the power to help them. Now if they do speak up and get nowhere, than something outside of themselves is at fault.

If your not speaking up and doing something about issues, than that's on you. I would hope that your like me in that you believe we all are responsible for what happens to us at some point in time. That there is no free lunch in america.

.22 cents a mile at 3000 miles a week is what? it is $660.00 a week. That is 429 miles per day for 7 days. If a trucker cannot drive 429 miles per day each day, something is very wrong with their ability to drive or it is a mechanical issue that needs to be fixed. There are not a whole lot of jobs paying $660.00 a week and there are many executives who don't even make that. There are people who own a McDonalds and can't pay themselves $660.00 a week. People fixate on .22 cents a mile and fail to realize it actually adds up.

If this company started people at .34 cents a mile, no one would say boo about anythiong, so you can't make anyone happy I guess.

Look if you truly have issues that are worth leaving for, than go, get out. However, know that there is going to be issues anywhere you go. Again, there is no perfect job.

 

Either your suffering from too much diesel fumes in your head or you are just plain misinformed.

I don't think I minced words. I think I was pretty clear on what I said. 6000 miles divided by two is obviously 3000. 3000 X's .22 is $660.00.

If you can't comprehend that than you really have issues.