CRETE SUCKS

I WAS A COMPANY DRIVER WITH CRETE, AND THEY ARE ONE OF THE WORST COMPANIES TO WORK FOR. EITHER THEY'LL HAVE A DRIVER ON FOR 45 DAYS STRAIGHT, WITHOUT A DAY OFF, OR EVEN A 34-HOUR BREAK, OR ELSE, THEY'LL HAVE YOU SITTING FOR HOURS, AND THEN WHEN YOU FINALLY GET A LOAD, HEY LOOK, IT'S A LOCAL RUN! SO, YOU END UP MAKING NEXT TO NOTHING FOR THE WHOLE DAY WHEN THEY GIVE A PER/MILE DRIVER A LOCAL RUN. THEY CALL THEIR DISPATCHERS "ASSET MANAGERS" FOR SOME REASON, AND THEY ARE RUDE AND VERY UNPROFESSIONAL. THIS ONE ASSET MANAGER TOLD ME TO GO GET THIS LOAD THAT TOOK ME ALL NIGHT TO PICK UP, AND IT TOOK ALL OF MY 11 DRIVE HOURS. THEN AT 8 AM, WHEN SHE STARTED HER SHIFT, I GOT A CALL SAYING THANK YOU, BUT WE HAVE ANOTHER DRIVER TO TAKE THAT RUN. SO AFTER STAYING UP ALL NIGHT, BUT DRIVING ONLY 35 MILES, ALL I MADE WAS TEN DOLLARS! THREE SEPARATE TIMES THAT SAME ####### TOOK A GOOD LOAD WITH A LOT OF MILES AWAY FROM ME, AFTER I HAD DONE ALL OF THE HARD PART. THE WEEKEND ASSET MANAGERS WOULD PLAY GAMES LIKE TURNING MY FUEL CARD OFF AND WOULD LEAVE ME STRANDED ALL NIGHT, WITH NO FUEL, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, AND LET ALL OF MY DRIVING HOURS RUN OUT. OF COURSE, I WOULD TRY TO CALL IN FOR ASSISTANCE WITH MY CARD, BUT THEY JUST WOULDN'T ANSWER THE PHONE! THEY ALSO MESSED WITH MY MILES, NEVER GAVE ME MY LAYOVER MONEY, ETC. THERE WAS SOME DUDE THAT WORKED IN THE SHOP WHO WOULD ALWAYS SIT THERE WITH HIS FEET ON THE DESK, LOOKING IN THE OTHER DIRECTION, KNOWING FULL WELL THAT I HAD WALKED IN AND WAS STANDING THERE, BUT HE DIDN'T WANT TO TURN AROUND. THEY ALL THOUGHT THEY WERE BETTER THAN ME JUST BECAUSE THEY "HAVE TEN PLUS YEARS OF WORKING HERE". WELL, GUESS WHAT? I WAS DRIVING A TRUCK BEFORE THEY WERE BORN, BUT I DIDN'T FEEL ANY REASON TO RUB ANYONE'S FACE IN IT. THEY WERE SO HATEFUL TO ME FOR NO REASON. WHEN I TRIED TO CALL THEM FOR SOMETHING, EITHER THEY WOULDN'T ANSWER, OR IF THEY DID, I KNEW THE CONVERSATION WAS OVER WHEN I GOT HUNG UP ON. WHENEVER I TRIED TO CALL A SUPERVISOR TO TELL THEM ABOUT ALL OF THE DISRESPECT, THEY WOULD LISTEN AND NOD, AND FEIGN DISMAY, AND TELL ME THAT THEY WOULD "GET TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS", THEN THEY WOULD NEVER GET BACK TO ME. THE WORST THING IS ONE TIME, ON A FREEWAY, THE FRONT DRIVE TIRE FLEW OFF OF MY TRUCK WHILE I WAS DRIVING! WHAT DOES THAT SAY FOR THEIR MECHANICS AND THEIR MAINTENANCE OF THEIR EQUIPMENT? IT'S CRAP! NOW, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT IT SAYS FOR MY DRIVING - I HAD THE SKILL AND EXPERIENCE TO GUIDE MY TRUCK, WHILE HAULING A 53-FOOT REEFER, TO SAFETY OFF OF THE FREEWAY. I COULD HAVE CRASHED, DIED, OR EVEN KILLED SOMEONE. BUT CRETE ACTED LIKE IT WAS NO BIG DEAL! IS THAT UNBELIEVABLE OR WHAT??? THEN, LAST BUT NOT LEAST, AN ANGRY DRIVER HIT MY TRUCK WITH HIS TRUCK IN A TRUCK STOP PARKING LOT. THE COP THAT SHOWED UP SAID THAT IT WAS SO MINOR THAT IT WAS "UNREPORTABLE" AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT WASN'T MY FAULT. ALSO, THE SAFETY MANAGERS AT CRETE HAD A MEETING TO REVIEW THE VIDEO FROM MY TRUCK, AS WELL AS PHOTOS OF THE DAMAGE TAKEN AFTERWARDS, AND MADE A UNANIMOUS DECISION THAT THE INCIDENT WAS ALSO "UNPREVENTABLE". I HAVE THE DOCUMENTATION TO PROVE ALL OF THIS. CRETE EVEN GAVE ME A BRAND-NEW TRUCK AFTER THE "ACCIDENT" INSTEAD OF GETTING MY OLD USED ONE BACK. BUT, AFTER I QUIT CRETE, AND WENT TO APPLY FOR OTHER JOBS, I FOUND OUT THAT CRETE WAS LYING TO ALL OF MY PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS WHEN THEY WOULD CALL TO VERIFY EMPLOYMENT, TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT HOW THERE WAS A REPORTABLE ACCIDENT (AND CRETE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO EVEN KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT, SO I KNOW THEY WERE THE ONES WHO STARTED THE RUMORS) AND THAT IT WAS PREVENTABLE (LIE!) AND IT WAS MY FAULT (LIE!), AND THAT IT WAS REPORTED TO THE MOTOR VEHICLE RECORDS DEPT. (LIE!) AND TO THE D.O.T. (LIE!). SO NOW, I AM NOT ABLE TO FIND GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT BECAUSE OF CRETE, BUT THEY ALSO HAVE REPORTED IT TO "INTELLIAPP" TO MY AUTO-FILL INFO. (CRETE'S LIES ARE NOW CALLED "CHANGES". ON THE INTELLIAPP APP.) CRETE HAS GOTTEN AWAY WITH MURDER, AND IT'S TIME TO PUT A STOP TO IT. IF THEY'RE GOING TO TRY TO KEEP ME FROM GETTING HIRED ANYWHERE ELSE, THEN I'M GOING TO TRY TO LET AS MANY DRIVERS KNOW HOW CRETE TREATS THEIR DRIVERS SO THAT NOBODY WILL WANT TO WORK THERE, EVER AGAIN !!!