Again.. CRST

that sounds bad they want me to go to Iowa but i live in ny theirs a terminal in pa dosent make sese to me at all seems fishy to me thanks for the post.

 

Two points that you make go for all trucking companies.
1 All companies pay for you to get their but if It dont work out your on your own getting home. No company is going to pay for you to get home if you quit or get fired!
2 All trucking companies only care about making money. Thats what they do! You get hired to make them money! If you dont your gone!

 

Believe it or not these orientation/training issues are pretty common and tame for the industry at large.

Sorry, but a few complaints about not enough food variety, or having to use the bunkhouse because you didn't bring enough money with you ... just seem petty.

Not paying an applicants way home after rejection is common as well.

I'm sure there are plenty of solid reasons why this outfit should be avoided ... just figuring a few minor orientation complaints ... to a blanket indictment of a company - any company, just seems like whining.

No offense, but I don't see anyone with those kinds of expectations making it in this industry.

 

This outfit is horrible, but theres a grocery store directly across the street from the terminal and there are a couple of non fast food places to eat nearby...

 

Not true of all companies! SNI pays for your bus ticket to orientation, If things don't work out they also pay for your ticket home. SNI also DOES put you up in a clean hotel + feeds you 3 meals a day. Also, if you do make it through orientation SNI rents you a new car to drive home for your reset. I know I just went through their orientation.

 

Talked to 2 of their drivers. 6-8 weeks out. They team you with someone from NJ and you are in AL? You sit in the truck while each guy does hometime.

$25 to install a CB you pay the shop. No way around that. Lots of other really crazy things. Was listening to a guy at a Swift terminal that went to Iowa and left after 3 days. he had his CDL yet they wanted him to stay for their school. Called his recruiter every day and asked about all the llies. Recruiter finally told him, "I got my money! You showed up!"

 

They dont feed you. But yeah, this is one of very few posts about this company where for the most part im defending the company. And i hate them! LOL.

They team out of staters now? It used to be hard to get them to give you lists of people from out of state...at the end i was asking for the list of illinois people cause i live closer to chicago than detroit, and most of their michigan drivers are in detroit.

$25 to install a CB? No way around it? There's a way around it alright. I hooked mine up myself, they never said a word about it. However, $250 to install an inverter, and i was dumb enough to pay them for that... but they took it out $25 a week and i got the inverter for free. Meh.

6 to 8 weeks out? Man, i bet this company's gonna be going to be pulling an arrow in a couple of years. Really sounds like its starting to go downhill. They also have quite a few trucks on the road with numbers that have "666" in them. It's almost like its not a coincidence. We were expected to stay out 3 weeks..

 

I used to drive for crst, stay away from them that's all.

 

if your a company driver ,they require you to run team.