C. R. England Employer Reviews

The Driver Managers abuse the Driver and will not help them.

Do not lease a truck with cr england if you desire to make any money.

I think the training is incredible, but once you get past that it's down hill. I was Otr and I made it home twice in six months. The lease will break you before it will make you.

I am a brand new driver. I went to their school in Cedar Hill TX. They are extremely unorganized. The sent me to three different hotels. The first two were booked and the last one I never found. Lucky enough I live within 50 miles so I drove back and forth everyday. They dont pay you during your time at the school earning your CDL. Then you either wait – more...  at the hotel or at home in my case for a trainer to call you, you wait and wait and wait....They dont get in a hurry about anything. My first phase 1 trainer was a nightmare. I am a nonsmoker with lung issues and they put me on a truck with a chain smoker. He also had me sleep on the top bunk which is against policy and drove so rough that I was almost thrown from the top bunk several times. I ended up having someone pick me up at a truck stop becuase after three days of no sleep I just couldnt take it anymore. I went to the school (in Cedar Hill TX) to tell them about my experience and they stated "We dont need to hear your drama we will get you another trainer", they also said this same thing to the trainer of the truck I was on. How is anything ever going to get fixed if they never want to hear about it. They are all about safety supposedly but when you go to talk to them about an issue they dont want to hear it. Then I sat and waited another week for a new trainer. They told me they would pay me while sitting at home since it took so long waiting for the second trainer. But it never happened. My experience with the second trainer was wonderful. He showed me a lot of things and if their company had more people like him they would be okay. After Phase one was complete I went to the school again for a week for the upgrade, they didnt tell me what time I needed to be there so I was an hour late. I got there at 8am, class started at 7am. After in class training was over I waited yet another week for a trainer. My phase 2 trainer was mediocre, he slept most of the time. I drove and drove and drove and he slept. of the 4200 miles that we drove I personally drove 3300. Then my trainer proceeds to tell me hes going to drop me off at the school in Utah because he has a class he needs to go to so I will wait for another trainer or wait for his week long class to be over. So now im stuck in Utah not earning any money again waiting on another trainer... again...this whole process is a nightmare. CR England should be ashamed of themselves for putting people through this. – less

Driving was the most enjoyable part of job there................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

I worked in their main office. The business model they have is duping people to come to their driving school, then getting them to sign a lease on a truck through their leasing company. These "business owners" then run freight for England, but most of them end up owing the company money in the end. It is a depressing place to work and you constantly – more...  feel like you are taking advantage of people. – less

Did not like company they hound you to lease even though you put company driver.

I was not just able to start but learn what is needed to be successful day in and day out. The instruction from your field trainers is outstanding and informative

Working with C.R. England, an employee is expected to have completed his/her daily vehicle inspection, accurate and updated logs and efficient trip planning before starting work. I've learned many things from this line of work, especially things like time management, on spot decisions and attention to more details. This job definitely helped me acquire – more...  a higher level of sense of responsibility as well.

As for the management in C.R. England, I can only tell you that it's not always the best, nor is it the worst. It's expected to have some give and takes with work of such nature. My fellow co-workers would surely agree with that. And through this company, have met some of the finest personalities. It's always a humbling feeling to run into them on the road.

Perhaps one of the hardest, if not the hardest, part of this job would be facing the winter roads at the peak of winter season. From topping up with anti-freeze to having to chain up due to extreme conditions, the job can have it's fair share of challenges. But, besides all that, it's enjoyable for the most part. The new places gone to or people met on a daily basis will always ultimately have a positive effect on me. What I really did enjoy though, were the occaisional long trips during the vastness of night under a full moon in the middle of a lonely highway while driving continually until past the break of dawn. – less

Not the worst place in the world for any old ant, but if you have ideas, they frown upon you thinking.

It's supposedly a 'family' company, but there's no family or loyalty. They church thru new hires and burn out old drivers.

company is all bout m,oney and doesnt care about there employees as long as there making money there happy but something goes wrong they jump all over u like it was ur fault

This was a bridge employer with Convergys and USB. I learned a great deal of OTR [over the road] semi truck drivers. No matter the money potential it is a rough and often lonely life. That reality check caused me to realize this life wasn't for me.

I learned to drive professional through C.R. England's truck driving school. I learned how to safely drive in all seasons and to stay focused both on the road and off.
Working with forced dispatch- meant we had to take loads that didn't always pay well. I was a team driver, so I spent more time on the road- at shippers and receivers than at home.
The – more...  best part of my job, was traveling to new places. – less

Has a great safety program over all but is a company only team drivers can grow with. I wasn't pleased with managment or their trucks over all. It was hard getting driver miles because of wait or swaps with teams and terms for owning trucks wasn't good. I enjoyed being over the road nationally and trainers.

You will never see a dime from these people. Plus they are making people pay them $1000.00 just to have the priviledge of saying that they are getting experience. DO NOT TAKE ANY JOB THAT THESE PEOPLE OFFER!!!

Not a bad place to work but get ur experience started. They are a good place to get the experience in over the road.

Good company, culture, management. Very friendly management, understanding and down to earth. I would recommend this company to anyone.

if you don't mind travling the states this is the job for you and the school living UT. is bad

Company is mature and very much routed in tradition. I was hired away from a large successful company to impact positive change, but found I was able to have little or no impact to really improve the business. Company promoted innovation, but was not open to the culture change necessary to foster internal innovation.

Its a decent company to work for. They help me get my CDL through there school,but when it came getting you home they didnt want to make the effort