Cut and Dry Assessment of CRST

I will be one, possibly the first, person to give an outright honest opinion of CRST Van Expd.

I signed on with them as a contract student driver. They sent me to school in Dallas, TX and orientation in Oklahoma City, OK. Upon completion of orientation I was offered vouchers to stay in the hotel until my trainer arrived to pick me up. I turned the vouchers down since I live in OKC. My trainer arrived within 2-3 days and I started my 28 day training process. My trainer was down to earth and straightforward, no complaints. After my 28 days I met up with my co-driver, a guy I went to school and lived with, in OKC. We took our final road test and were assigned our truck and immediately under dispatch. We were out roughly 24 days before we took our home-time, during which he quit. My fleet manager allowed me to run solo until I found a co-driver. After a week and a half of running solo (approx. 4,500 miles) I found myself routed home to OKC. I was given the notice that I would be there until I found a co-driver. After 2 weeks of trying and failing to reach people I knew who worked for CRST I was in a situation where I had no money at all. At that point I walked away from the company.

CRST is NOT a bad company to work for. The company has its' ups and downs just like any other company out there. I would recommend that you make sure that the person you are going in with is at least in it for the 8 month requirement, otherwise you find yourself where I am. I have the option to go back to them and complete my contract or pay roughly $4200 in one lump sum or in monthly payments at 18% interest.

There it is, nothing derogatory at all.