The recruiters sell you a dream and put you on a bus. You arrive at the school, fill out lots of forms and sign a contract. Monday you have your physical, drug test and start class. Two to three days later you're taking the written test for your permit. Mornings in class then your on the truck. My experience was I didn't pass their three year accident free policy and my recruiter knew it. After a month at the school, they claim the driving record came back and I had to leave. Next thing I know I'm $6000 in debt. Now it's affecting my credit. I read other complaints and I agree, something needs to be done about CRST. They prey on the poor and desperate.

Take heed to these complaints ppl. After you leave the flatbed division, they're gonna send u a bill for that equipment like u stole it. The go as far as reporting it to the credit bureau. I'm actually thinking about starting a class action lawsuit towards them. I know a lot of drivers tht will participate. Plz dont waste ur time.

CRST is a fraud.They mislead people so they can continue to receive money from the government.This has to stop.They tell students they pay them while they are in school but that is not the case.The students are on their own.CRST will pay for you to get to the facility and after that you are stuck.This is 2017 and this has got to stop.They don't pay anything.People that have wives and family that depend on their husbands to send money for food,car payments, and rent will be at risk of losing everything.Our government should have investigated this company because this is everyone's civil rights especially african american individuals.They don't care anything about them.They are only out to make money for themselves.The students are literally starve if they don't have any of their own money.Please investigate CRST as soon as possible because this is unacceptable and against the civil rights of individuals and won't be tolerated.This will be reported to the D.O.J.

I GET MY CDL FROM SOUTH WEST SCHOOL PHOENIX AZ , i PAYED 3,300 dollar for my school , then i went to C.R.S.T they let me sigh contract for 8 months before i finish my contract they send me home , they told me i have ticket on 6/9/2015, i did not have ticket only warning , then they told me to pay 7,000,000 dollar for training , i no have job over one year because for my contract with c.r.s.t , how i pay for my cdl twice , C.R,S,T NOT THE RIGHT COMPANY WORK WITH I STAY IN TRUCK OVER 3 MOTHS , PLEASE I NEED SOME HELP GO BACK TO MY JOB I LOVE!!!!

CRST IS THE WORST YRUCK DRIVING JOB IN THE HISTORY OF USA THEY ARE CROOKS UDER EDUCATED LIARS AND THEIVES NOT TO MENTION THE AMOUNT OF TIMES I WOKE UP OUT SLEEPER BIRTH NEARLY OVER CALFIORNIA ROCKIES BECAUSE THEY CONTRACTED NO EXPERINCE COMPANY TEAM DRIVERS IM FILING A FIRST ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST CRST IMMEDIATLEY.

If you like to get paid for your work, Do not use this company. They owe our company over 40000 dollars. CROOKS, Crooks, CROOKS!!! Andrew Hadland is a liar and a THEIF!

Here are more pictures from this idiot driver from CRST on our roads and highways taking pictures and texting, drinking and drugging while working.

Clearly see he is behind the wheel taking pictures in the snow while rig is moving! You can see from his GPS his speed, meaning he's moving.

This guy started working for CRST in June this year straight out of the training he took from Western Truck School, which btw was paid for completely by the Dept. of Rehab because he faked a back injury. Yes, he is scandalous!

He is an admitted alcoholic and meth addict long history of abuse, almost his whole life actually. He's 54 yrs old. The company has been told about his drinking while driving, told to drug test him because he uses. They ignore the calls for help. The calls for help from other drivers on the road he will kill some day. Unbelievable.

He was thrown off the truck by his 2nd co-driver out in the middle of New Mexico because of his racial slurs and discriminative jokes to his colored co-driver. My take on it is, that he made sexual advances to this guy and the guy was going to kick his ass. They sent him another colored co-driver to pick him up in NM 2 days later! LOL really?! But he seemed to get along very well with this one, because he was heard on a Bluetooth he forgot to hang up, having sexual relations with the guy during a 2 day wait for another load. Yes, he is bi-sexual.

FYI: He picks up the lot lizards (men or women) at truck stops. Did you know it's a Federal offense at truck stops to have sex in these trucks?

Just yesterday he posted pictures to his Facebook account while driving the truck, in the snow!! Texting and driving is against the law and the rules......AND IN THE SNOW!!! OMG!!! They have been notified of this and I guarantee you they will ignore it.

CAN'T ANYTHING BE DONE ABOUT THIS? ALL I CAN SAY FOLKS, IS WHENEVER YOU SEE A GOLD CRST TRUCK ROLLING, MOVE OUT OF THE WAY, PULL OVER UNTIL THEY ARE OUT OF SIGHT, OR CALL AND REPORT THE TRUCK.

I gave CRST 4 months of my life back in the summer of 2013. I was misled about costs. I was made to believe that food, lodging and exams were free when in fact, the food and exams were up front costs while the lodging was taken out of my pay for weeks to follow once I was on the road "making money."
I had a great trainer (I was one of the lucky ones when I compared my story to others). My trainer was generous and made sure I did not starve while out on the road with my 22 cents (split) a mile pay.

BELOW, IS A LISTING OF THE MANY MONEY PITFALLS A CRST COMPANY DRIVER WILL INCUR:
1) Comchek ATM card is your method of pay -- 1.95 charge by the company if you make more than one draw within a certain time frame.
2) truck stop ATM's are about the only place you can easily get cash when you are driving a 53' long trailer and these have a uniform cost of 3 to 4.95 per transaction
3) if you need money to pay for tolls, your dispatcher will be happy to wire you the exact amount to your Comchek for 1.95 and you will have to pay 4.95 at a truck stop ATM to get that money
4) it costs 5 to 10 dollars to scale a truck and make sure it is legal. I had loads that were extremely heavy that I did not weigh because the Bill of Lading said 18,000 pounds and I did not have the 5 dollars to pay the scale.
5) if you leave before your 8 month contract, you owe the full 4,000 dollars. There is no retroactive discount for time served.
6) you get paid miles as the crow flies and NOT by actual miles!!!! YES. You heard that right. I made a 2300 mile run and got paid for 1795 miles because that's how it works from zip code to zip code.
7) you split 22 cents a mile no matter how much of it you drive. 11 cents a mile on a 3-day run is about 300 dollars. This sounds good; however, if you pull money from the ATM after your first free pull, you are charged 1.95 by CRST for that draw and 3.95 by the ATM.
8) your 300 dollar, 3-day run can often be followed by 2 to 3 days at a truck stop waiting for your next load. You make zero dollars and you have expensive, truck stop food to buy every day.
9) they have turn-by-turn instructions that are text-based on a Qualcomm tablet -- I almost rolled the truck trying to read where I was to go next while driving in the dark.
10) in 4 months of driving, after expenses on the road, I was only able to send my family $500. That's $125 a month for my family.
11) home time is like pulling teeth. 30 days would turn into 40 days while my dispatcher would swear he was trying to get me a load that brought me back home.
12) there were a few weeks that I had back-to-back runs and to make the appointment, my partner and I went without showering for up to 6 days.

I was a crst employee i was sold a bunch of lies from my recruiter.I was never told the i wouuld have to pay for my stay at the terminal or for the greyhound ticket , training even the time in orientataion 3 days to a week .They tell you you wil recieve a 200.00 bonus some people were told more.all lies yo don't find out the truth till you get to the facility.anyway went throught the course still with the expectation to achieve something for my future.get into my 28 days of training with a owner operator wich is something you never want to do.the first week out we were having problems i was on a need to know basis with my trainer he was communicating with me his training was horrible he was basicially a asshole if you ever come across a owner operator named Edward Bailey turn the other way he is not the nice guy he tries to precieve himself to be.the devil is a lier. anyway he was practicing unsafe procedures texting while operating a53 foot tractor trailer .i reported him for my safety and out of retailiation he put out of his truck in the middle of nowhere carlislie pennsulvania the company would not pay for bus ticket back to cali i was told by my fleet manager that i had find my own way back so i did just made it back home saturday 04-19-14. looking to put to gether a classs action law suit

CRST is the worst co to work for.and if u thinking to go on lease program watch out it is a big lie and, has to be checked and investigated.they steal your money ! and leave u broke, thieves and criminals . if i had the money that they owe me i swear i will sue them.