CRETE - A Year in Review

i would say yes but seeing ur in florida...i thought they had a hiring freeze there..but what do i know

 

I am in florida, but I plan on moving to where the freight is. I do not have any ties to FL anymore now that my family has, for the most part, passed away. I also asked about the best area to live in for freight and they told me around Marietta, GA. Not sure about that, but wherever the freight is, is where I plan on moving. Thank you for response, greatly appreciated.

 

It is true you will qualify after six months at Swift. It is also true you will be required to go out with a trainer if hired by Crete after your six months at Swift. This is due to your lack of experience.

If you are going to move from a state with no income tax may I suggest another that would be better than GA, TN. Crete is building a new terminal west of Knoxville and the freight in, and thru, that area should allow you to get home with ease. If I could, that's where I would move to.

Best of luck!

 

Very nice. Thank you for the response. I LOVE eastern TN, and will definitely look into it. Right now, I am concentrating on being able to pass the skills test, as I have no previous experience. Taking it one step at a time, but planning for the future. I am just using Swift as a stepping stone, as Crete has always been the top of my list. I just could not afford schooling on my own, and Swift was the easiest way for me to obtain the CDL with very little cost. I am really not looking for home time as much as I am looking to be able to have a load ready to go after I do take home time. If the freight is in TN then that will definitely top my list as to where I would like to move. Right now I have the butterflies about driving, but I am sure that most people start out that way. At least I will be trained during the winter and that should teach me a lot . I cannot picture myself doing anything else at this point, even with an MBA. Once the economy turns around, I will purchase me a truck and hopefully lease with Crete. I plan on making a career here. Again, thank you for your response. The only reason I would like to move out of Florida is because of the lack of freight in this area. But hey, sacrafice now, and reap the rewards later right?

 

You'll do just fine, Roy. Funny you talking about an MBA, I was actually considering returning to school to get an MBA. Looking around though, it doesn't appear that MBA's are in much demand in this economy. You'll laugh when you see exactly how many MBA's and other graduate degreed people are driving trucks now. Most told me (like myself) it is a move to a much less stressful career, although the money is not the same. Gotta give and take I guess.

 

I'm glad it not just me...maybe their comparing when our idle time is at it's greatest so they can start utilizing our equipment better during those times....ok..wishful thinking I know...but I couldn't begin to figure out why it's so erratic anymore...unless their comparing the APU trucks to the battery pack units now that the season has changed...just to get a feel for which is saving the most....search me...I'm grabbing at straws. But I was getting a bit paranoid about it...since your getting it too... I feel a little less paranoid...now if I can just get the government to stop listening in on my private conversations w/myself, I can take this tinfoil off my head

It's not that I'm following you...I think that they have us confused...their giving you my loads, and I'm getting yours....and I'm gona pretend I'm on a dairy farm, and milk it for all it's worth.

After Bentonville on Saturday morning, they sent me to Springdale for a load out of Ball Metal. The load info said it wasn't ready until after 10 a.m. and I was empty in Bentonville at 430...so I went to the Peelot and fueled, swept out my trailer and killed some time. It seems I always pick the wrong shippers on these loads. The one's that I show up early for, are always running late, the one's I wait on, are ready way early. I got to the shipper at 930, and it's a drop/hook...that was ready Friday night... grrrrrrrrrr. Any way the load is for Monday morning all the way in Turkey.... NC (East of I-95 off I-40) Combine that with the load I delivered in AR, that puts me at 1989 miles by 7 a.m. Monday. With hours to truck....HOLY COW...this is the life of ET(sorta' like the life of Riley)(I'm enjoying this for as long as I possibly can, before you catch me and take your good luck back!!)

It was good that I didn't pick up the load too early, I might have been going through the Gorge when it fell in again. (I-40 at the TN/NC line...The mountain fell in again closing I-40) They say the road might be closed for months again while they pick up the mountain. I saw a overhead picture of it...It didn't look that bad...but ... you never know.

There was an article in the Florida Times Union about the final lawsuits being completed against us(Crete) for that Florida wreck that killed all those kids a few years ago. It wasn't very flattering, made us all look like a bunch of reckless maniac's here. We -the Cretin nation- need to visit this site, and post positive comments about us, plus contact the writer about the less than flattering picture he painted...his email is at the bottom of the article... Their web site is their newspaper's name .you know what...I don't want to violate any forum policy's by posting a link, so that's as obvious as I can be without putting the actual sight. I enjoy this forum most of the time...I don't want to get on any of the mod's *bleep* list .... or get booted off...

CYA

 

I read the article. What's to defend? The driver stated that the company pushed him over hours. His own fault, absolutely! Do you really need to bow down that far to keep a job with a company that doesn't really give a #### about you in the first place? Sounds just about like every other otr company out there. Except for the the part where the company excepts responcibilty. Don't worry, it's not going to happen.

Otr stinks and Crete is just another one of them. When will you people wake up? Jesus!!!!