ENGLAND stands for Every New Guy Leaves After Nintey Days. Most dont make it to 90 days. I will explain this later. I went to their school in Mira Loma, CA in Feb. You have to be pretty stupid if you dont get your CDL from these guys, as they gave a license to almost everyone.
I had 14 years driving experience OTR, but I had been off the road for 18 years, so I had some idea of what was going on. My plan as to get my CDL back, and run team with my son. My plan became a reality, and we started out our new career with a lot of promises, hopes, and dreams.in less than 2 months, our dreams came to a halt with this company.
I signed a lease on a 2006 Freightliner Classic on March 19th, and turned the truck back in on May 14th. This is a WARNING: you have to watch every paycheck like a hawk! We NEVER had a check right. These people will take every dime from you if you let them. They even took out double the amount one week. They said it was a computer glich, and they would geve us back out money the next week. What kind of crap is that???
They took out for reefer fuel, shop work that was under WARRANTY, and they sometimes would not pay you for all of the trips you turned in for the week. Out of a months pay period, you can expect 1 check half way decent, and the other 3 are crap. The company drivers are the same way. I know, because I keep in touch with other fellow drivers that I went to school with. Out of about 60 people in our class, I know of only 1 person that still drives for these crooks, and he is afraid of finding another job.
When you lease a truck from these idiots, they also take out 14 cents per mile called a variable mile charge. This is called the cost of doing business fee. What a rip off. They pay the truck 90 cents per mile, take out 14 cents a mile variable, so thats 76 cents per mile they pay the truck. Out of that, they take 7 cents per mile for maintenance costs, and you have to buy fuel, insurance, workmans comp. And everything else they can squeeze out of you.
They claim to have a fuel cap of 1.25 per gallon. This is all you are supposed to pay for fuel... ONLY if you get a certain MPG, and only on loaded miles. And, they will try to beat you out of this every chance they get. Then you have to pay FULL pump price for the fuel.
When you quit working here, whether your a company driver or a lease operator, they will hold your last checks for 45 days. And, they will take most of it. We got back 154.00. Wow. I guess we are lucky compared to a lot of others. When we quit, they owed us close to 5 grand in trips, and the money we had in the Maintenance Fund. We had the truck less than 2 months, but they claimed the truck needed new tires, and this and that, etc. Etc. What a crock!!! I DO NOT know of anyone who has left this company with the money that this company owes them. These people should be put in jail for THEFT. Its no coinsidence that they have METAL detectors in every office building in West Valley City. Now, they want the money I owe them for the driving school, and they have threatened to ruin my credit if I dont pay them $195.00 per month.
TO SUM IT UP: If you want to drive a truck and not get paid, then work for CR England. You can USE england to get your CDL, then get 3 months OTR experience, then GET OUT!!! I dont care what they promise you, how good they make it sound, its all LIES. Just ask anyone who has ever worked there. Thanks for listening. I hope I have encouraged you to work somewhere else, somewhere you can get paid, and somewhere that doesnt have a 90 % turn over like these crooks!!!
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