Which Company is better......

I am a student in CDL school and I have been looking for future employment. I have been researching and researching and narrowed it down to Crete and Roehl as the companies I would like to work for. I find this to be a hard decision because both companies seems to be a good company. So I ask for help in making this decision because I feel it is a huge one to make. I have a pre-hire from Roehl. They haven't run my info yet. I was told that they are waiting for me to let them know if I wanted to go with them, but with the info on the app that everything looked good. I was honest and filled out the app to the best of my knowledge. Mean I did not lie.

Let me touch on the negatives with each company so you can see where I am with my thought process.

With Roehl the say they don't have any spots on their southern or southeastern regional fleet. They have space on their 7-4,7-3 fleet. I prefer regional. Something to keep me close to home until I can get comfortable in my new carrier.

The thing with Crete is my school is not on their approve list. Even though they are trying to get on the approve list, it might not happen and I would have to go with another company anyway.


Compared side by side They are pretty much the same from what I read. Both pay great. I think I would make more with Crete,they start new drivers off with .39 cpm and Roehl do practical miles or .30 cpm new driver. I could be wrong here. Also from reading both are very demanding on logs and safety. A plus for me know matter how I look at it. I want to do things right from day one. Crete is about 45 min to an hour from my house compared to 25 to 30 min for Roehl.

I will say this, if I decide to go for the money and who could blame me I would go to Crete, but since I want to be at a company to the end of my carrier, I want to choose wisely. All opinions and advice are welcome and i thank you in advance.

 

Just got finish talking to Crete and They said that they didn't have any openings on their regional run as well. Also was told that new drivers start out with .34 cpm, but she was not sure about that.

So now I dealing with national fleet with Crete and Roehl or 7/4-7/3 with Roehl.

 

Thanks for the comments guys, if I have to drive national then i will go to Crete. Assuming my school get placed on their approval list of schools. If not then i will try Roehl. I finish school at the end of this month and should have my CDL by first week in March. I will try to convince them that I want regional and tell them I will go to another company if not giving region(that would be a lie), but I will try. If it don't work then look for me to be going National. Both company said I would have to sign a waiting list for regional after I started. I think it is just a ploy to get new people to do OTR. Anyway, I am ready to get out their and go.