I went to the school in South Carolina. This school is a joke.in our first meeting with instructors we where told that England was out to make money and get you a cdl license at any cost. We where also warned that once you got your hard copy you where bound to the contract which was englands ultimate goal!
The only good i got from this company was i meet my wife. But she could not back a truck up! And how she was allowed to go to Salt lake City is beyond me. Once there they passed her on her driving and gave her a cdl. Then off we went with our trainers. I had three trainers. The first I got off the truck from him in Texas. He kept poking me in my face with his fingers full of rings for some perverted reason.
I tried to call salt lake and tell them of the trouble but to no avail no help. So I grabed a bus ticket and back to Salt lake I went. With much "conversation" I got another trainer who was on the lease program. I was used for 4 weeks to drive forward.
He never allowed me to back up or followed any of the rules that governed him. He also never finished training me because he went on vacation! So off to number three. He was just out of training school and decided i needed to be completly retrained. During this time I told him I wanted to take my final test at the yard at Salt lake. He refused and threw me off the truck in Loss angelas. He didn't seem to like the fact that My then fiancee and i where trying to keep in touch. His DM had him go back and get me and back to salt lake. I passed my test.
As for my wife. She was out ther for nearly 2 months with a trainer who on heavy medication and he never helped her to learn to back up. We made our complaints and she was brought back to salt lake and got yet another trainer. Three weeks with this yahoo out of Idaho and still no backing. Just used her to drive forward as he was on a dedicated run in the lease program. She came back and failed the final test. So My then DM put with one of the local guys and he gave her backing leasson and she passed. Over two onths later mind you and three trainers later!
So why am I not with England. I ran over a concrete pipe thing standing beside a fire hydrant while trying to back in a slot in Florida while this company was power washing all their own trucks. It was a saturday and their regular guys where off. It was my fault should have paid better attention or refused to back in untill the cleaning crew made proper room. Then we where off to Baltimore, maryland. Followed the directions on our qualcom to get there.
By these directions once off the interstate you had to trun around by going around the block. This took on through a subdivision. Ok to me roads big enough. But the neighbors put up a dead end road sighn which was fake since they where trying to stop the big truck traffic in there neighborhood (A new truck fueling station was put in down the street. One way in and one way out. Don't figure.
Anyway I tried to go one block and and just cliped a pole for a fench. No damage to truck but one of the irrate neighbrs called the police because i bent a $5 pole in a 20 degree. I did offer to pay. Is ok because i went on to better things and better companies. My wife.
Well her mother died after I got off the truck. Her DM had her park her truck at a Pilot so she could go home. WAs not a problem we thought. Untill after the funeral. They (CRENGLAND) charged her with abandonment and placed a $500 fee on her and no job! As for our title. We where out ther for 6 months with no home time. Our DM said he had no loads home!
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