CR England reviews

3.3

53% would recommend to a friend

(1,800 total reviews)
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Chad England

60% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

CR England has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 1,800 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The CR England employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
Nov 14, 2016

Salt Lake City school

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Pros

The Salt Lake Facility is in fact nice campus. You are crowded , up to 8 per room , in bunk beds and with very limited space . There is a kitchenette with fridges and microwave , adequate showers , laundry , game room , study room , Computer room , 2 TV lounges and shuttle to Walmart , Target and local grocery store. ALL of that glosses over the fact ,that your training will be so rushed that unless you have some natural talent for driving the trucks , that you will be setup for a predestined failure.

Cons

I went to their Salt Lake City "Premier" school. The training is a sham. You are told by recruiters , that it is 17 days . The truth is .., that is only if you don't pass the exam the first try and are held back extra days. They rush you thru 1 day of orientation and 3 days of on the road shifting and turns and then 3 days of backing. 3 or more students per driving trainer and up to 10 per backing instructor. You barely learn 1 thing before you are introduced to something new. They ARE in fact LONG days , with a total of about 10 hours actual instruction per day , BUT very little IF ANY , 1 on 1 instruction. About 70 hours total ( perhaps ) of any kind of instruction. The majority of your "training" is watching while other students drive or back. Compare that to accredited Truck driving schools where you will expect about 120 to 160 hours of actual instruction. I was passed by the school for my CDL even though my down shifting was so bad , that I could not do it properly on the road test. My PERSONAL OPINION is that they are only grinding out minimally qualified drivers to fill seats and get cheap labor to drive their trucks for 9 months. And the whole time holding you hostage to an unconscionable contract at 18%. They don't tell you about the TERMS of the contract before you get there I was never really able to competently handle the truck and quit before I hurt or killed someone or myself. I still need to go back to a truck driving school for more training , before I can get a CDL in my home state. Go elsewhere for your schooling and inquire with other companies , who will give you tuition reimbursement after you hire on to them.

1.0
Oct 21, 2016
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The day I walked out the door

Cons

During my time there I took a half day off for being sick. It is the unspoken word at CR England you work regardless of your well being. If you don't you could be the next one to be let go. Holidays they say you have it off but they still want you to come in and work. The longer I worked there the longer my hours became each week. Averaging 50-60 hour weeks, working late hours at night and then still going into the office at 6:30am the next morning. This is also expected of you. CR England put out a company wide message saying they wouldn't raise anyones pay, this just happened right after a huge company wide RIF. The ones not let go were told they would have no more layoffs then 3 months later I was let go now calling it a Layoff this time. I guess trying to make it sound like they did't lie to us about our job safety. The thing you need to understand about this company is it is a family ran business. Many positions are filled by family members in upper management that are extremely under qualified and are very well paid for their time. So by having the last name of England they pretty much had a golden ticket regardless of qualification. Many of the England's would be driving brand new Porsches, Audi's and Teslas just to name a few to work. They are known to go out and buy very expensive foreign sports cars and take them all over and race them. Its very hard to go in every day knowing you didn't get a raise or your bonus was cut by 30% and see them pull into work in a $200,000 commuter car. I would think very long and hard before excepting a position from them. Regardless of your tenor you are never safe from layoffs. I watched a guy walked out of the building that worked there over 25 years and less then a year from retirement without even letting him say good bye to people that had worked with him for many years. With the horrible office conditions of course that is passed onto the drivers which they don't deserve. That is why there is such bad driver reviews of this company and massive turnover within the drivers. All of the good experienced drivers have left this company a long time ago, now they are left with inexperienced drivers that cause very serious accidents and could be very dangerous to the publics safety. They expect the drivers to work long hours with very little home time and a small amount of pay.

5.0
Oct 10, 2016

I just finished with there schooling program.

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Pros

Teachers where grate. Training was fast pace but well balanced. They realy care for u and want u to pass.

Cons

Mabey a food allowance. Rooms are a little cramped. The cleaning crue need to visit the rooms more than every other day. I think the rooms need there own refrigerators.

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