First day with CR england

There has been 100's of comments on here. Help had been posted. There is always the same story. New person posts I have read all the bad about them,,, but... Others on here give them good advise. What do they do? Well, it will be different for me..... They go there and then come back... I should have listened.... You might think I am being harsh, but it is just a cycle. You post; people don't listen they think it will be different for them. It is always the same few stories, but always starts with I have read all the bad about them,,, but...
Anytime you read almost nothing, but bad about a company it ought to be a warning. Sure drivers will complain, but there is a pattern on here about this company. The poster always says no one else will hire me, or this is the fastest or best way for me to get in trucking. Then the post will say why is everyone always bashing them???? Then said person will do what they want to do anyway because they will only hear what they want to hear.

 

Sorry to here things arn't going so well altho it dose not supprise me .
England dose not give a s*** about indivagules just there bottom line .
I lasted one year olny got home 4 times
they still think that I owe them 6 grand after turning my truck in [like thats going to happen]
If he stays at England for a year it will be hard .
try to make it 6 mo. then start looking .
right now I'm driving an OLD BULL DOG for highway const co.
not a prety truck but they pay well and treet me verry good I'm still away from home for long periods of time but at least when I get home I'm not broke
ENGLAND treeted me like dirt runned my credit slammed my D A C it didn't kill me just made me stronger

 

You don't have where you live. If in E US I would check out Millis 1st. Swift isn't great , but a lot better than CRE. Used to be quite a few others, but many are not training at this point with slow economy. I would check with Workforce and see if they won't give you a free grant to go to community college or local driving school. If you could get your cdl through them they may have some placement help. No one is scolding you. But even though we don't know you we don't want to hear later that your life is in complete turmoil caused by a company that could care less as long as they get theirs. Time and time again it has been shown that a person would have made a lot more flipping burgers than getting in bed with CRE. But we all wish you luck and will be pulling hard for you two. Keep looking and you will know when you run into a good opportunity.

 

umm I believe it's 6 months to be a trainer. but if u come to Cr England with experience u could be a trainer after taking the train the trainer course.

 

If you come to C R England as an exp. driver you have to run solo for 30 days b4 you can go to trainer class. I think they only require 6 months exp. for trainers is because if they made it a year or more they would hardly have n e trainers as most people leave within 6 months or could be stupid like me and spend 2 years there.

 

At the risk that this question has already been answered, I'll chuck in my 2¢. From everything that I've heard the company you should consider looking to after one year is Crete Carrier. Check out the Crete threads on this site. Praises more often than not.

As for myself, I live in Maine or at least the house I'm loosing is in Maine. There are few companies that you can get OTR experience from living there. I have considered moving, but with the current economy I don't have that choice. With my latest round of applications, CRE is my only viable alternative.

I worked for Stevens Transport for around six months, but I didn't go to a Crete approved school and therefore need another year of experience. The only reason I left Stevens had nothing to do with their practices, but they too have a horrid reputation ... at least with the company bashers that frequent boards like this one. I had no problem with them.

I will be going back to OTR driving next month, and yes I have enough experience to know that a lease is a bad idea, but I can't be a safe driver and team with a stranger. I'd never get any sleep.

I am married, but after a foreclosure (the reason I had to leave Stevens ... really long story) we're living with family, and with no pressing bills to speak of I am going to lease.

Now, settle down. I know what you're going to say ... I'm and idiot ... Right?

See, the thing is, I might make a pittance but I will be solo. My family has been in trucking since the 50's and I know how to run hard and keep it legal. The trick is to RUN. Sitting is a truck stop, or ogling strippers, or feeding quarters to a video game will get you exactly what you think it will with a lease ... negative settlements.

Working a lease is just that work. And yes, I understand that there is very little in it for me in the long run. That's why there isn't going to be a "long run" with a CRE lease for me ... just long enough to complete the lease and get the experience I need to successfully apply to Crete or some other good company. I am planning on Crete though after England.

It's a sacrifice, but at the moment I have nothing to loose. My wife is behind me ... the most important thing ... and I can suffer through even if I only ever make enough to eat and take a shower.

So, go ahead ... rip me apart if you feel the need.

I'll keep everyone updated here as I can, first hand. And I won't spare the details or the truth.

 

Cool, keep us posted. And Good Luck !!!!

 

Not wanting to "rip ya apart" or anything, but if you've committed yourself to leasing as the only way to go, why go with the company that has one of the WORST records? There's a post about Hill Bros., for example, that sounds like they MIGHT have their act together. Or FFE, I've heard they're bad, but not like CRE.

Just wondering.....

 

The issue is getting a company to hire you when your living in Northern Maine (aka Southern Occupied Canada). Until I have the ability to get out of there I'm majorly stuck. So, I suppose it all in how you look at things.