Cypress

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  1. chadsch00

    chadsch00 Bobtail Member

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    I was told by a Cypress recruiter that you have weekends off for regional and local routes. I have custody every other weekend of my daughter. Does anyone know if Cypress is good with their word about this. Also, is Cypress the only company for regional and local routes that makes this claim?
     
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  3. jack5

    jack5 Light Load Member

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    Is this Cypress out of FL.? If it is,RUN,don't walk away.
     
  4. chadsch00

    chadsch00 Bobtail Member

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    It is Cypress out of Florida.....why?
     
  5. notarps4me

    notarps4me Road Train Member

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    I would look at Mcelroy if I wanted weekends off and wanted to pull a skateboard.
     
  6. Cerberus101

    Cerberus101 Heavy Load Member

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    i looked at cypress awhile back, they have out dated equipment and are not the top flat bed companies you want to look at. run dude run. look at mcelroy and tmc...............
     
  7. TheAngryFisherman

    TheAngryFisherman Bobtail Member

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    I just went through a 5 week training/orientation with Cypress.

    I agree with the others...run, run fast! Why?

    One trainer I was with on the road ran illegal....EVERY DAY! The equipment is old.

    They use the "trainees" during load securement in Jax as free labor. On the road you work 14-15 hours per day...as free labor.

    At the end of your training...they look for ways to get rid of you.....they do not have enough trucks to assign to those who make it through their "training/orientation".

    I was supposed to meet a trainer at 4:30 a.m. and spend the week with him. I sat at the yard until 15:45 p.m waiting to catch a ride with another driver to take me to meet the trainer in B'ham. This driver did not have a passenger seat! To make a long story short, did not get to B'ham until 12:30 a.m........The trainer said we needed to leave at 2:30 a.m. that morning....Lets see oh ....2 hours sleep. Should I say more?

    I learned a lot, got some good experience but decided flatbed trucking was not for me....

    So now my search continues.

    P.S. from what drivers told me.....yes they do get you home....Most weekends.
     
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