Full discounted life, health, dental, and vision coverage is offered. Health insurance is available the first day of the month after your date of hire. Life insurance is available after 6 months of employment.
In addition, a 401k retirement plan is offered. CR England matches 50 cents on the dollar up to 3% of a drivers gross income.
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Health insurance is available the first day of the month after being hired. Life insurance becomes available after 6 months and 401k is available after 1yr of employment.
While the starting pay at CR England is slightly below the industry average, pay raises come quickly during the first year. After one year of employment, driver pay is about average for the industry. Of the 3 options you have once training is complete, we highly recommend you either remain a second seat driver or become a company driver. Leasing a truck may seem enticing at times, but through our research, drivers will always come out ahead as a company driver.
While some dedicated and regional positions do exist, most drivers must drive in the OTR division for a minimum of 6 months to 1yr. In addition, regional drivers are still expected to stay out for 3 to 4 weeks at a time. For regional and dedicated positions, drivers are chosen based upon experience levels, service, performance, and safety records.
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CR England does have NYC freight, although it’s rare to have a NYC run.
Company drivers are forced dispatched while lease operators are not.
Drivers should expect to be away from home a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks at a time and receive 1 day off for each week out.
About 60% of the freight is drop and hook.
Pets are not allowed on company equipment. Those who want to have a pet on their truck must lease a truck.
One rider at least 12 years of age with company approval and an annual insurance payment of approximately $100.
Yes, CR England has a leasing program and drivers are highly persuaded and encouraged to join the leasing program.
CR England is a refrigerated carrier only. While a limited number of local, regional, and dedicated positions are available, the majority of drivers operate in the OTR division. Drivers for regional and dedicated positions are chosen based upon experience, service, performance, and safety records. Drivers on dedicated and regional accounts are typically still away from home for 3 to 4 weeks at a time.
Even though the regional and dedicated freight at CR England is growing, new drivers should expect to remain in the OTR division for at least one year. Even at that point, most regional and dedicated drivers are hand chosen. Those positions normally do not come with any additional home time or pay increases.
CR England does incentivize drivers to lease a truck from them. We’ve researched many lease operator programs and don’t see any advantage to leasing a truck over driving a company supplied truck on the company driver pay scale. In fact, as we crunch the numbers, company drivers always come out on top.
Most company drivers operate Freightliner Century and Cascadia models, although CR England does own Peterbilt, Volvo, and Kenworth models as well.
Trailers are newer model Utility and Great Dane’s equipped with refrigeration units.
Yes, 100% of the fleet is on electronic logs.
Company drivers are restricted to 62mph while lease trucks are restricted to 65mph.
A very small portion of the fleet is currently outfitted with APU units. Lease operators may pay to have one installed on their own trucks, but most company trucks do not have them. Idling is allowed when drivers need to control cab temperatures.
As with most companies of this size, equipment appears to be well maintained and consists of newer aged trucks and trailers. Often times, larger companies have a distinct advantage over smaller companies as far as equipment is concerned. They have the ability to purchase trucks, trailers, and parts in bulk orders enabling huge savings which affords them the ability to run newer equipment that is well maintained and less prone to break-downs.
