Western Express or Central Refrigerated?

Lots of NEGATIVE POSTS about both companies on here

 

I too have decided to return to trucking after an absence of 14 months. I flooded the marketplace with applications including one each to both the companies you are considering. So lets compare what I found out.

Both wanted me to do a refresher course(company I finally decided on isn't requiring one). Western Express - 2 weeks. CR England - 10 days + 30 days phase 1 + 30 days phase 2 = 70 days of training. Advantage Western Express.

Leasing and training. Western Express as far as I know doesn't have a lease program or if they do they don't push it. CR England on the other hand does and will hold you hostage without work because "they are out of company trucks" in an effort to get you to lease. CR England will also push you hard to train newbies as well. Advantage Western Express.

They will probably both suck to work for, but if they are your two choices I'm pretty sure that Western Express will suck a lot less.

 

What a great advertising campaign: Western Express....WE SUCK LESS! LOL

 

My Son got the bright idea a company would treat him better than I could. He went to CR Slaveland and came back after a few weeks. You are just a number to them, and Truck drivers there aren't the same species as Corporate people or the Recruiters. I've seen Western trucks and their drivers before and they probably do suck alot less

 

I know this is probably the same as western and england but covenant transport does a refresher course as well. covenant is team based however but maybe it might work out for you? check them out

 

You would have been better off with Central Refrigerated...