CR England - The real story

Poster child? No, probably not, since I'm not a latte-swilling yuppie who has never done anything but sponge off of mummy and daddy and get a new BMW every year, along with that tuition check they'll never have to pay back.

Career Air Force, 2 degrees prior to the M.Ed, one in Criminal Justice, the other in Psychology, both completed while on active duty. I'm writing my second book, this one's fiction, the first was a technical/advice book on buying and leasing cars. I've written over 40 magazine articles, mostly on autocross, truck/car customization or maintenance, or buying/selling.

I worked as an expert witness in the automotive legal field, mostly doing consumer fraud and lemon law cases for a firm in Ambler, PA, until an idiot newbie attorney submitted me as a "product liability" witness to Federal district court in Maryland. Since I didn't have the qualifications to support product liability work, so I lost my gig.

Plus, I'm from TX, so I hold no allegiance to Maryland. What's your point?

 

All I know is the last few post all said the same thing, CR England isn't a good company to work for. I am surely glad that I decided not to go to this school.

Well, thank you all for making my decison very easy. I already work for a company that dicks you around and pays you peanuts for dealing with the #### that comes with it.

 

what you have dont dont mean **** point is this leading someone astray to me isnt fair to them when they dont even have the experiance to lease a truck and ruin there credit and there dac report to boot so just let the new drivers get there experiance in a company truck not in a lease truck and possibly loose what the individuals worked so #### hard for!

 

crusher there is some good about all trucking companies there is one company out there for every driver but one may not be one for someone else

 

Dawg, if you're talking to me, I haven't led anyone astray. In fact, I posted actual numbers, and the numbers SUCK.

 

Agree with this statement I do, I than just don't think this company is for me.

 

I call Barbra Strisand on this clam. To make the first statement highlighted, is implying you drive that fast as often as possible. IF, that is the case, there is no way on GOD's green earth the second highlighted statement can be true. Especially in an England truck (company specs. I presume since you stated it was a used truck from England), even with an APU.

 

ronin im just wondering why you keep bring up you education? not to sound rude cause some things you say i do agree with. the thing im trying to figure out is how does education fit in to driving a truck? explain if you would

 

CR England - The real story,

I was NEVER late for any load (that wasn't out of my control, i.e. dispatched a load in which I had to be at a shipper within 12 minutes when I was 60 miles from shipper).

I NEVER refused a load.

England trucks run at 62.5 mph, they also require logs to be 5mph less than the posted speed limit. THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU GET PAID 4000 LEGAL SOLO MILES. PLUS, BY THE END OF THIS YEAR THEY ARE GOING TO PAPERLESS LOGS THROUGHOUT ALL FLEETS!

I averaged out how many miles that I drove solo for England in 6 months, 2164 (England is one of the lowest paying companies, if you don't get the miles, then you don't get paid). Some drivers just look from week to week, so when you look at their settlements it looks like they're getting more miles in a week. A company that will pay you 5cpm more than England means an extra $100/wk (at 2000 miles/wk).

I did notice a big change when my DM's were switched (miles went down even though my DM constantly told me that I was one of his best drivers).

England REQUIRES company drivers to be out on the road for 4 weeks before they can have hometime. Drivers earn 1 day/wk that they've been out, and only up to 6. If a driver is home for a week, than it's probably due to the fact that they couldn't get the driver dispatched out of home.

I had many problems with England, I can say 2 very positive things about England.

1. The school that they contract with I felt was very good.

2. If drivers have a problem with England equipment, they are able to get repairs quickly.

Other than the 2 positives, I felt like I was treated horrible at England, yes they claim that they have an open door policy, but there is only 2 doors when you're in a truck and none of them lead to an office, and there isn't a way for you to contact them over the road (for some reason it's hard to get ahold of anyone important, and they DO NOT return phone calls). THAT INCLUDES HR!

BE CAREFUL WHO YOU TALK TO FROM ENGLAND, IF IT IS A DEDICATED DRIVER, THAN HE IS GOING TO USUALLY MAKE MORE MONEY, I DIDN'T START HAVING A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH ENGLAND UNTIL CHRISTMAS (I WAS EVEN OUT ON THE ROAD THROUGH THANKSGIVING AND CHRISTMAS WITH NO BONUS).

I still have friends at England, rumor has it that they fired some DM's.

I would only go back to England if I had to, but I could also stay at home and work for McDonald's and be better off.

 

Because I made a comment to you after you said there were no English professors in here, as if communication didn't matter. I think it matters, no matter what field you're in, as people judge whether they listen to you or not based on how you communicate.

At that point, I briefly explained my background. After being dogged by another forum member, with that useless and pointless post about being a poster child, I further explained, showing that I had to WORK for my education. That's all.

On another note, though, driving a truck fits great into USING my education. I'm writing my second book, and this field allows plenty of laptop time, if you choose.