Crete Carrier
400 NW 56th Street
Lincoln, NE 68528
(800) 998-2221

Intro: 0:01
Trucking jobs: 00:10
driving for Crete: 00:30
Military transition: 01:30
Military friendly employer: 01:59
Hiring veterans: 02:30
outro: 02:47

My name is Gordon Keith Redvay. I work for Crete Carrier Corporation, I've been working for them since February of 2012. I was in the military for 25 years, 7 months and 10 days, not that I was counting. My transition form the military to Crete has been seamless. I left a very structured environment and I came into a very structured environment. Yes, you have you're head out there and you have to be a free thinker and the ability to think on your feet is going to enable you to be successful. But, Crete does business a certain way. The slogan is "there are no shortcuts", and there aren't. We do things here the right way, and I think it pays off in the end. My favorite part of being out on the road is that I get the opportunity to see the country that I spent my entire adult life defending. I've seen countries all over the world, but I did not know much about my own country. Crete has given me the opportunity to take the skills that I have learned in how to discipline myself and make things happen. Put it to use in their corporation and I get to be a tourist on their dime around the United States of America. Don't join Crete or call Crete just because I say so, do your homework, get into the internet, go visit these companies, talk to the drivers. Hang out at the Denny's at the truck stop, and actually talk to a Crete, Shaffer or Hunt driver and then turn around and talk to a driver from a different company and see why Crete would be the right company for you. Crete stood out to me because they put everything out there. There was no guess work. Any questions that I had before I came on, I could find out the answers. Let's face it, bottom line is pay for someone coming out and starting out, and with what Crete is paying, it's not out there. You have to have experience to back it up. The turnover rate in the trucking industry as a whole is huge. Crete has a very low turnover rate, and there has to be a reason for that and so that caught my eye. When I went out for 8 weeks with my trainer, I didn't just get handed the keys, taught how to use a log book, and go. I got taught how to do it properly, I got coached so I could do it better and even still to this day I get mentored if I want by calling my old trainer up and asking those questions. Crete and Shaffer have a policy where they don't just cut you loose. They actually give you the tools for success. Teach, coach and mentor, is the way to go.