I have heard that CRE is making alot of changes in their training, and hirring. The ind. that told me this said that they are going more co. drivers than ever before. Has anyone else heard this?
Yes they are trending more towards company positions. All of their dedicated fleets are mostly company drivers only. The few remaining IC's in them are slowly being weeded out.
Anyone know of possible reasons for the change? I would've expected then to go more toward the IC side. Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
I wonder if these changes are a result of having to payout on that settlement. When they offer you a dedicated there as an L/O you go down to 83 cpm. 5000 miles a week I was banking just over 1000 a week at that rate. Slave wages I know.
I heard it was because of that lawsuit too. Since a L/O couldn't pick their own freight on a dedicated route they were not an IC even though they were designated as one. A L/O can't pick their own freight as OTR either but I guess you can ask the DM to route you to different regions.
L/O are glorified company drivers...very few even pay off the trucks...simply put.. When a company tells you when & where you're running & where you'll fuel and when you go home, your NOT a independent contractor, but a company employee
By IRS definition, yes, you'd be an employee since you do everything at the direction of CRE. I always wondered how carriers got around that. Sent from my NSA Powered Nexus w/ Tapatalk 4
Well in their new ads I see them advertising "weekly hometime midwest regional and other dedicated accounts up to $60,000 a year" Sounds very good to me.
I heard when their phase 1 trainer picks up a student now the "trainer" cannot drive for the first 72 hours. So I guess for atleast 3 days that student can be trained full time.
