Leaving for CR England in Richmond, IN. in 2 days....never driven a stick shift

I also got approved with england im kinda being choosy right now trying so see what other offers i get considering i just received my cdl a week ago. Although I've never heard nething positive about them all the negative have been directed towards their leasing program and that their forced team company

 

Well, i have worked for them for about a year and a half and here are my impressions:

1.They will never force you to team or lease, what they will do is pressure new people to lease and then withhold miles so that you agree to team. This means if you stay company there is no issue here.

2. England is a very cheap company in terms of wages and in practice. For example i frequently get loads of 20-30k lbs, but the lease people will usually be stuck with heavy loads since that takes more fuel.

3. Dedicated divisions are ran much better than otr in my experience.

4. Turnover is high and lease completion rare, this is for good reason. For everyone like me who has done okay at England 100 have been starved out of the industry by them. It is probably best not to push your luck by working for them.


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I bet you do great!

 

Several people mentioned Prime, why is Prime so great? this is not a sarcastic question, im curious. I was comparing Prime to other company training programs, sounds like it takes longer to start making good money? Swift you can go solo after about 9-12 weeks. Prime is like 5-7 month. Prime does pay better during training, but not by a lot, especially when training is up to 4 months longer.

for a guy that wants to get out and start making money ASAP whats the best choice? I guess I'm second guessing Swift. I chose them because the training school/terminal is 2 hours away and my father-in-law is a mentor/trainer there (we get along, LOL) edit: oh and also he seems to be really good at planning his loads and hours and how to deal with swift and his driver manager. So i expect to be trained very well.

 

Go and soon as you as you get ur cdl jump ship,that's what i did and DO NOT I MEAN DO NOT let them talk u into there lease program it's a joke,i seen so many ppl do it and now they don't even drive

 

Truckinfo"life that's what I'm going to do .... I was going to prime but something happen so I'm going to cr england

 

Good for you. Keep up the good work.

 

Same here..I liked the instructors at Richmond. You're right about the backing practice, but just pick out 2 or 3 good students, sign out a set of keys, and practice practice practice. And remember Lionel Richie sings really loud..lol

 

How is that terminal I'm set to start on the tenth , how is the hotel ,& do I have to pay for anything when I get there