CRST--BAD company...

I am the wife of a new CRST driver. We didn't think to research before he decided to go with them. Man...BIG mistake.
He went to CDL school near our home and CRST was one of the companies that hire new drivers. So thank GOD he isn't a contract driver. So he gets his DCL and, having been out of a job for a while, took the first one that responded to the mass mail out of his resume or whatever he did in school. They send him to Fontana California for orientation, fill out all the necessary paperwork and wait. And wait...and finally a trainer. The trainer was a good guy, very helpful and informative. So done with 28 days of training...and wait...and wait...
A week later he gets his codriver. This guy turns out to be a new driver as well. He is a good guy but total personality difference. So he requests a new co driver. It takes a week but he's on the road again.

This guy turns out to be a PSYCHO....
So the first month was fine. He's helpful and cooperative. My hubby is a very mellow, easy going man. So they get some home time. The second month...BAM! The dude turns crazy on him. They start bickering, disagreeing...codriver doesn't sleep but 2 or 3 hours a night, starts going a little off the deep end...whatever. Well...eventually they get into it and co driver ATTACKS my husband. Police called, report filed....And this is where it turns into a nightmare. Dispatch hooks them up with a load back to Cedar Rapids so they can get back to headquarters, from the East Coast. After all this they have to be cooped up in a truck for the next day and a half?? So my hubby goes along with this. Well, long story short, the codriver didn't like it so he made it very difficult to be on that truck. Eventually yesterday codriver complained enough to dispatch that my honey got kicked off the truck and is now in sleezbag motel on the East Coast with no direction on what he's supposed to do next. It's Saturday and so nobody is at CRST's headquarters office...So he is stuck 3000 miles from home not knowing what to do, what's going to happen, and how he's going to get out of there.

I suspect that codriver is taking something to cause him to not sleep. After all, you can buy legal speed over the counter at any truck stop. Regardless, He is not at all rational and should NOT be driving at all, let alone a big truck. He's going to kill somebody. My sweetie told dispatch that the codriver is irrational and overtired, and HE is the one who got kicked off the truck...Go figure.

So, bottom line, CRST doesn't care about their employees. They only care that the loads are hauled. We expected long hours, crappy pay, little home time, and all that other stuff that comes with being a truck driver, however, we're talking about SAFETY. If you're a new driver, go with someone else...

 

I didn't say that. I said they are a bad company to work for because they don't give a crap about their drivers. My hubby was assaulted by this guy but he's the one who got kicked off the truck.
Dispatch knows the guy is a time bomb. He doens't sleep but 2 or 3 hours within a 24 hour time. He is a safety hazard. He is still on the road so beware. The dude needs to be drug tested.

 

Yep! True! We considered team driving together. It's 24/7 togetherness. I can't even be in the same HOUSE with someone like that let alone a truck...! My point is that the company isn't taking action. They're allowing a person who is clearly unstable to be driving for them even after a police report having been filed against him for assault. He is a safety hazard.

But yes, he wants to continue driving but solo. Lesson learned! He was so happy to be employed that we didn't weigh the pros and cons.

 

CRST put him off the truck! Can that be considered abandonment??? I hope not. I want him to continue doing what he loves...