CRETE - A Year in Review

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  1. Longbow

    Longbow Medium Load Member

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    Glad to see someone making money. I left the house on 6/1 and got back home on 6/27 and barely made 10,000. In that time I got what I call a good load once. Albuquerque to Brunswick, Me. Stay the heck out of Ohio too. I delivered into this state 3 times in four weeks and had to wait a minimum of 24 hours each time before moving again. Even Chicago was bad. When you get a load offer at 0600 and it is the last load available for that day things are not good.

    I'll disagree with you on one other point. I DO believe that Crete is suffering worse than most other companies. Miles are down everywhere but particularly so at Crete.
     
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  3. Mountain Spirit

    Mountain Spirit Light Load Member

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    I did not think that Crete hired noobs? If I am wrong please let me know because Crete would be my first choice from what I have read on this site.
     
  4. Weazz

    Weazz Light Load Member

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    I del in Pa on 6/25 got a load offer on 6/26 to pick up in chicago on 6/29

    Now talking about deadhead miles....NE musta fell off the map. Load is going to Fl so im not complaining...
     
  5. newbie22

    newbie22 Light Load Member

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    They sure are hiring newbies. As long as you go to one of their quailified schools. Training is 8 weeks long at 500 a week.
     
  6. newbie22

    newbie22 Light Load Member

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    If crete is suffering so bad then why nare they building a new terminal in Tennessee?
    And another point i havent heard of any other companies ordering 1500 new trucks either. You know why they are not suffering because they are a privately owned company. But i have heard of companies downsizing their trucks, funny isnt it
     
  7. newbie22

    newbie22 Light Load Member

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    If you want to know a company thet is hurting ask those schneider drivers. A 5 cent paycut and vacation time and 401K contrabutions taken away Hmmmmmmmm. But really come on now your really thinking they are going down the toilet?
     
  8. Longbow

    Longbow Medium Load Member

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    Then that is a major reversal of company policy. When the downturn started one of the first things Crete did was to stop hiring newbs. Quite frankly this pisses me off. All we need now is to have to compete with a bunch of low paid newbs for loads.
     
  9. newbie22

    newbie22 Light Load Member

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    We all got to start somewhere. You didnt think this way when you started!!!!!
     
  10. newbie22

    newbie22 Light Load Member

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    Hey if you want to sugest to them to start us off what your rate is at be my guest. Then you wont have to worry about competing
     
  11. labagiamf

    labagiamf Light Load Member

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    No doubt Crete is worse than most other companies. For instance, I don't hear Jevic or Priority drivers complaining half as much as Crete drivers !
     
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