CRST Contract Fulfillment

I am currently on a 10 month contract with CRST. My contract effective date is 12/08/14 which means my contract will end on 10/08/15. If I send in my two week notice will I still be free and clear and good to quit this bull**** company as of the 8th?

I don't know the answer to that question, but what is so bad about CRST? That was one of the companies I had been looking at applying to as a new student trucker. What problems are you having?

I have been with them for over 9 months now and it's been the longest time of my life. When u sign that contract they have u by the balls. The miles suck, they don't maintain there trucks, the dispatchers are idiots and don't give a crap, they u that ur,home time is 1 day per week u stay out but that is b.s. it doesn't matter how,long u stay out u only get 4 days. I could go all day long why u should seek elsewhere and there are plenty others that will say the same and more. Wish u luck

Geeez Eric, why don't you tell us how you really feel about them!

Now, I would just like to know how you think they got to be such a major player in the business since they are obviously (to you) completely incompetent and down right crooked.

Well u wanted to know. assuming u wanted info from someone who has worked for them and experienced u got it.

I have been with them for over 9 months now and it's been the longest time of my life. When u sign that contract they have u by the balls. The miles suck, they don't maintain there trucks, the dispatchers are idiots and don't give a crap, they u that ur,home time is 1 day per week u stay out but that is b.s. it doesn't matter how,long u stay out u only get 4 days. I could go all day long why u should seek elsewhere and there are plenty others that will say the same and more. Wish u luck

Well, they just told me that they can't help me out anymore since I moved to Illinois from Colorado, so I guess that's a good thing. The home time scenario doesn't bother me because I don't have a reason to be at home. I have no family, no friends, no spouse, etc. But pay, miles, and maintenance are game changers. What company are you looking to move to? And as far as the answer to your original question, I would go back and find those papers you signed and read the fine print. If it just says that you have to drive for them for 10 months, and you continue to drive for them during those last two weeks, then it sounds like you fulfilled your duties.

But you can never be too safe. Sometimes, companies are sneaky and try to find a way to mess things up if they know you're leaving. You might want just double check with them what your contract fulfillment date is and get it in writing, then wait to put in your two weeks after that date.

Eric, just because you worked for them hardly qualifies you as an expert on what kind of company they are. I spent sixteen months at Western Express, and was one of their top performers. All I ever saw on the trucking forums was cry babies like you, whining and complaining about how terrible the company was. I never experienced any of the problems they all were complaining about.

We have a member in this forum, "Troubadour" who loves his job at CRST, and has been there way longer than his contract required.

You just didn't realize it before you spilled your gut in here that we are not gonna let you get away with that kind of nonsense. I'll tell you straight up, you will probably never be happy as a truck driver until you figure out that it is not the company's responsibility to see that you are successful at this job. I promise you there is a core group of drivers at CRST who you couldn't drag away from there.

If you ever figure out how it is that they have made a successful career at the very place you despise, then you are going to be able to do really well at this job, no matter whose name is on the doors of your truck.

Eric was treated wrong by CRST:

I have been with them for over 9 months now and it's been the longest time of my life. When u sign that contract they have u by the balls. The miles suck, they don't maintain there trucks, the dispatchers are idiots and don't give a crap, they u that ur,home time is 1 day per week u stay out but that is b.s. it doesn't matter how,long u stay out u only get 4 days. I could go all day long why u should seek elsewhere and there are plenty others that will say the same and more. Wish u luck

Eric, I believe I've read similar things posted about _____________*, too. Be real careful about choosing your next company.

*Fill in the blank with your company of choice. It doesn't matter which one.

It sounds like Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zqOU_slcgY

to me.

home time is 1 day per week u stay out but that is b.s. it doesn't matter how,long u stay out u only get 4 days

Pretty much every company in the nation has a limit as to how many home time days you can bank. Rarely can you stay out for 20 weeks and take 20 days off. Almost all companies cap the days off at 4 days. You were told this at some point or it's in their paperwork.

they don't maintain there trucks

Interestingly enough, according to the FMCSA carrier profile for CRST there isn't a problem with the trucks themselves. The maintenance scores are average. But you'll notice a big yellow exclamation point next to the icon for "Unsafe Driving" which means the drivers at CRST tend to be far less safe than the standards that have been set.

Amazing how data can really shed a light on someone's opinion, ya know?