I can only warn the potential Truck drivers that are concidering going to work for CRST. The first clue is the unorganized and slum of a training center. Why? its run all by Workers Comp people that have either wrecked or been in a wreck with the company. I dont believe they have but 1 or 2 people on payroll for the training center. I went thru the drill, truck school then one week of orientation. Was immediatly dispatch with a trainer. So far so good. I knew and completely understood what i was getting myself into including pay. 50 dollars aday while on the truck in the 28 day training with a lead driver. I do believe that turns out to be less than minimum wage. There are days you might work as much as 14 hours (legally). figure that out for dollar per hour. But as a newbie you must put your time in. Reader Digest version of my experience. I ended up with two trainers, both i liked very much, both very different, but good drivers (safe). They were both owner ops, and the truth, doesnt matter to a trainee cause you make 50 dollars a day driving or sitting. So I had to bug my dispatcher hard my 28 days are up and Im ready to team up and make more money, I do have a family at home, which is not Iowa, Its Florida. I knew that I needed to make it a couple months without really counting on a good paycheck. 50 dollars a day and dont forget you must eat on the road and buy items required for you to survive. You need to do laundry and stuff like that. Soooo... I finally team up with my co driver and get out truck and pick up our first load, By the way, here is where gut instinct come in. IF YOU DONT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH YOUR CO DRIVER, get out. After three weeks, While I was asleep in the back, I woke to my Head and elbow being bashed upside a cabinet, Thinking I was going to die, I curled up into a fetus position. After all the comotion ended i crawled out of the wreck. In shock and disoriented I sat down in the middle of the highway, dont worry, we were in the middle of Timbucktoo...Noone within sight. Police and ambulance show up and take up to hospital. Later that day was released. Walked out of the hospital, very sore and aching, 3000 miles away from home. I really didnt want to talk to the driver cause I believe he feel asleep behind the wheel cause he hit another truck from behind. He managed to run over another semi at 65mph on any empty road. you tell me what happen. I called CRST and told them i want to go home and that i needed to borrow 200.00 to get home. By the way, Every paycheck while on training was short 50 dollars cause they had only paid me for 6 day not 7 days. You cant figure this out cause you paystub is only available online. I was lucky and had access to online while on the truck with my laptop and aircard. It took me four weeks to straighten that out, and when i did, they took back the 200 i borrowed... So I have friends that lived withing 3 hours of the wreck that drove and picked me up. Thank god for them. i stayed with them untill i could find a flight home. Crst wanted me to take a bus...Ahhh no, 48 hour bus ride after a major accident. I flew home two days later. And Three months later here i sit... Not a dime since last paycheck, not a dr visit or anything. CRST called and explained how Workers Comp works. AND LET ME FILL YOU IN>>>>> You earn 66 percent of your previous 13 weeks of pay. To spell it out to everyone, you have to go back to Iowa and live in Military style barracks and survive NOW on 28 dollars a day, and work light duty. YES 220 dollars a week, i believe i made 300 a week on unemployment. Pretty funny. Yes they recieve Govt kickbacks for hiring so many people. Listen, either you can drive a truck or you cant. Doesnt take rocket science to figure it out if a person can drive or not!!! I could tell you within 10 min behind the wheel. CRST doesnt care about anything or anybody except making them money. Choose wisely, this is a true story, stay tuned as the outcome as I am suing the hell out them... I have paid for all dr visits, transportation and lawyers...They are gonna hate dealing with me.