Newbie at Crete

Good Luck Be Safe and keep us posted

 

what he said... and good luck.

 

crete is ok but i work for shaffer and shaffer is a part or crete to me i think that shaffer is best more mile more loads more money i trun in about 2900 to 3400 ever week that i am out so if the crete side for the compeny dont work for you come to shaffer

 

one more thing shaffer pays more then crete

 

LOL! We had one guy in orientation who was coming onto Shaffer from running flatbeds - he was the only Shaffer recruit in class and by the time he heard all our stories (many of us had been with Sunflower/Shaffer previously) about reefer work, he was calling his manager to see if it was too late to join Crete!

 

Am glad to hear things are going well for you. Have a couple questions maybe you or others could answer. I am sending in a Crete App. tonight, after speaking twice with recruiting. Want to know if I am being BS'd...
1) am told training pay weekly is $600... never heard of ANY conmpany offering that much;
2) told time out with trainer would most likely be 2 - 3 weeks, because I drove OTR 2 months 4 years ago... again, that seems unrealistic to me.
Sounds to me like I am being bs'd... Yes? No?

 

can't speak to the training pay, but orientation is $140 for 2 days or $70/day. That would equal $490/wk so $600 sounds reasonable to me. Even at 38cpm, if you get their projected 2400 miles a week when you go solo, you would be bringing in about $900 gross, so again, $600 sounds on par with stepping into the job f/t.
With experience i think you are supposed to get 4-6 weeks with a trainer but the recruiter may have simply been giving you the truthful (but not official) scenario, that if a trainer rates you as highly qualified in the first couple of weeks, they often can cut you loose early. You might requestion them and make clear that your OTR experience was not extensive - hell, we have to go thru rehire including re- road testing if we take more than a 30 day break from the company, LOL! I think the cutoff for not needing a trainer is if you have 3 years experience and it has been less than one year since your last driving job.

You're not being bs'd, but unless that recruiter puts it in writing, you are being painted a rosy picture. Their turnover is increasing and sooner or later they are going to have to start treating new hires like gold - good luck and have fun!bb. formerly (10 yrs)with Crete/Shaffer.