The ABSOLUTE WORST trucking companies to drive for! Never work here!
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- Опубликовано: 3 май 2018
- In no order, these are the worst companies to drive for ever. Never work for one of these mega carriers. They do not treat drivers with respect and do not train drivers properly. If you drive a truck, don't do it here.
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At CR England, if you want to see your driver manager, you must go through a metal detector. Think about that!
He don't want to get jacked up like Jim Crowder did at Carolina Cargo..bwahhhahahha
🤣🤣 wow
Cr England is 💩💩
Also the boss's office is bullet resistant glass
They must be fucking people good!
I've actually worked for small to medium sized trucking companies that treated me worse than Prime (but had better pay). They all lie. 🤷 Having my class-A for 6 years now, I've come to grips with the fact that a 'good company' is the unicorn of the trucking industry. Pick your poison. . . 💀
All the good companies go bankrupt
Yep! Its true, I was at a great company near st louis, paid phenomenally, nice trucks, pretty much as good as it gets but then they tried to coerce me into drive empty in a 55-65mph wind dust storm on a two lane road, AND the fact that they PU/delivered to St. Louis allll the time, more than weekly, StL is one of the most dangerous cities in the entire world, #1 most dangerous in the US. It's such a shame the vast majority of trucking companies are so daggom bad... it wouldn't be so bad if all they did was just let the trucks go over 75, then we wouldn't have to deal with nearly as much bs, nearly as many cars bc everybody would be spaced far apart
What was the company name sir
Western Express sucks.
They should be in the list, too.
Trucking Answers I drove for them for about a year and that was too long. Couldn't make any money.
Kenneth Jones I agree totally
they hire anyone felons are welcome
Kenneth Jones W.E. is probably the worst of the worst. They say they are “the second chance” company. HA! There was a guy said he’d quit twice, been fired twice, and was back for his 5th go-round with W.E. A few decent people but mostly thugs and former felons. I bolted outta there on the 3rd day of orientation.
I am a black man. My first trucking job at tmc was a nightmare. During orientation I got accused of leaving the door open on a tractor that I was never near. Then the day before I was supposed to go out with the trainer I overheard management telling him that he apologize for pairing him up with a "brother" immediately he switched me with another trainer and I decided to leave. They put on my dac report that I quit during training. That was in 2012. I should have handled it differently.
Why did we need to know your race -- I swear y'all are way more hung up on race than anyone else ...everything out of y'all's mouth is about being black, or everybody is a racist... It's almost to the point now where y'all are just using it for attention cause so many scared white people are jumping through hoops trying to prove to y'all that they're NOT racist...just get over it -- you're black, I'm white,man down the street is yellow or red...big f*cking deal bro
western express, ffe, central refrigerated.these companies abandon drivers on the road. Telling them to find own means home.
Or tell you your fine to run two weeks in a truck with no heat in 10 degree weather
Western express, in their orientation they ask you to raise your hand if you have been in prison. Then ( for those that do) they thank them for their service. But, if you served in the military, the staff spit out their wad of chewd tobacco near your shoe.
Same with TMC. If in training. You decide it’s not for you. They will drop you off to the nearest store and leave you.
Same with TMC. If in training. You decide it’s not for you. They will drop you off to the nearest store and leave you.
I worked for almost all them, here is my list 1 CRST got my cdl, 2 Trans Am, 3 Hirshback, 4 USA Truck, 5 Debor transportation... Now I work for a company that is Small, and good to me !
I started out the same way
For me the worst companies are the big ones because they love money more than loving god they don’t care about drivers and their families example pam didn’t pay me for six weeks they just make me work and lied to me so Pam is the worst of worsts companies second worst Tni the Dm stole all my stuff from truck 3rd worst is mesilla valley they doesn’t have comunication with drivers during weekends if drivers have problems the Dm doesn’t care they doesn’t care of drivers at all
PAM just lost a lawsuit regarding on duty pay. I drove for them first, got a $3000.00 settlement check in the mail, and I wasn’t even involved in the lawsuit. That was the only good thing I got out of that company, besides winning a yeti ice chest, which I still use.
Great true justice is sweet 😊
I work with JB hunt for 1 year. I can write book on that company, about bad things.
Marten
Beat you, I drove for them 17 months, awful, awful, and awful outfit. Why did I stay with them 17 months? That's a very good question that I cannot answer to this day. I went broke driving for them.
Please fill me in about jb hunt, I’ve been dying to drive for them forever, the only thing I had a problem with they want 3 months experience and won’t hire me but because the companies I worked for was government or county and didn’t have Dot numbers so they don’t hire me. But I have 3+ years class A experience with all endorsements...
Cameras facing driver,watching your every move,no fridge,no bunk,can't stretch legs,simply put a dog house,total profit for the company,they run all the99 cent stores,responsible for the demise of owner operators😮😮😮😂
@@user-to5fe8jc5bNo more 99 cents store they’re going out of business
Covenant Transportation force dispatched and alot of drivers were turning over trucks in high wind and their policy was NO TRUCK MOVES UNDER ICY CONDITIONS with mandatory shut downs but the dispatchers always asked "why aren't you moving, get going" and had drivers sliding off the roads and having accidents. If you quit or get fired, forget about getting your last paycheck. There were so many other problems there such as they don't pay layover or detention pay. They have on guard and lane departure and it sends a critical event like if you swerve to miss a gator retread on the road and will fire you if you get to many. I could go on and on about the bad things. Even getting home time was hard to get. PLEASE DON'T GO TO THEM.
Ironically, they put religious stickers all over. This doesn't seem like a very holy way to treat people.
Exactly they also own southern refrigerated transport too and trying to get the truck fixed properly you have to twist their arms to get it done
What company do you recommend here in Los Angeles
@@Aquatic_Amigo waste management
Thanks I had a feeling not to go with Covenant I went with a smaller company
Never with Roehl Transport. Force loads, won't change the times for loads and will make you run off recaps even when you are only getting 2-3 hrs back. Low milage pay. Max cpm was .44 when I was there.
7/7 program. Work half the year!
That was my 1st driving job and I could only stand them for 6 months because I had to. I have been driving for about 15 years. Bet I've had 15 companies atleast and I am prior military, hardworking reliable safe as crap. I've been cheated out of a least $20,000 I bet. They are all liars and theives, even teamster Union jobs. They do pay more tho. I Despise having to rely on this career for a living. Seriously thinking of living in a vehicle and giving everything up or joining an annabaptist group.
I went through TMC orientation. In fact me and my friend went together and we had the most horrible experience. It was like military boot camp. You will get cussed at and disrespected and told not to stand on the grass and you will be treated 2nd. That don’t treat you like a 1st place guy. We had to share the same hotel room. When you first arrive at the hotel they will make you sign in on a clipboard and that will indicate who is solo in their rooms so if your roommate fails or leaves they will immediately find another person to bunk you up with. Also me and my buddy went in with driving experience. You will have at least 2 weeks of training with a driver trainer on the road. You will rim the truck as if you’re teaming which means the trainer drives during the day and you drive at night. They try to find a driver trainer within 150 miles of your zip code. However my buddy was only able to get a trainer that was 350 miles away which means he would have to drive to that person location and park his vehicle and leave to wherever the trainer lives. The trainer can only guarantee you two showers during the week of training and you’re not guaranteed to come home at the end of each week because y’all are running the truck like a team and the trainer can request longer distant loads for racking up miles. Some people that have to drive long distant to their trainer won’t go home instead they will do a 34 reset in the truck while the trainer sleeps in the comfort of their own home. That being said my experience sucked and i would not recommenced TMC. I will say Maverick might not pay as good and i don’t know for sure. However the recruiter said once I’m done with their month training on their yard i would not need a driver trainer because of my previous experience. Best bet is to stay away from the mega carriers anyways because the LTL industry is where the money is if you have your doubles/triples, hazmat, and tankers. LTL pay is between 55 cpm to 71 cpm and the hourly pay for local is 21hr to 30hr. Check Old Dominion, FedEx Freight, UPS Freight for those pay rates.
You can get your own room if you pay the difference. I actually stayed at home durning orientation.
I was never cussed at during my time in orientation.
100% correct
Woooow that sounds horrible I thought TMC was a good place to work for
Stevens. They wanted me to ride to Colorado on a greyhound bus. I told them nothanks I've already been to boot camp.
Western Express is worse than swift. One situation is where I'd drop off a load and had to wait THREE days to get an empty along with several other drivers. We did not get paid for that time. Being told we'd be fired if we went to the terminal in California without permission. There's not very many places to park in socal without shelling out bucks. I've had several years driving experience but they forced me to go out with a driver trainer for about three weeks. I only got paid .26cpm and the list goes on and on. Avoid Western Express at all costs
thanks for the all the info but since you talked about all the crap companies, can you tell us what are some of the great companies to work for. thank you
Western Express.. I had the worst experience ever!!
Currently there. Recently got CDL amd they were the first company that seemed interested. Just beginning I know having no experience limits me. Live load after live unload with times so scattered I sit around with nothing but time to think. I'm just praying ill make the right move when I'm able to leave. Making now 47 cents a mile I'm only averaging maybe 800 a week. All this time on the road needing more money than I need home time. I was hoping to be able to make more. Unfortunately not here at Western. I just finished a delivery of a live load at 10. Finished at 11:30 and im probably sure I won't get another load until tomorrow if I'm lucky. That will be another live unload load situation. Likely going only less than 300 miles 😢Met a crete driver who sung praise of his company telling me he's been there 4 years and within the first year was able to make 80k. Now he's making 100k+. Looks like I'll have to have a year of experience to get into the good companies. Sadly that's another 7 months or so.
@@Staticsun check out Central Transport when you get a chance. I currently drive for them and didn’t need any experience. I run at night and back home the following morning. I make $1100-$1300 weekly.
@@Staticsun$800 before taxes?
@btaylor8849 this week I got only 343😡 Last week was better at 832. Don't know how much control my DM has when it comes to load assignments. He knows I'm trying to make some money because I've been complaining about my checks. Plus, I never ask for home time, opting to stay out. I can't wait until I can get enough experience to get on somewhere else. It's all been real demoralizing. 48 cents a mile sucks but I am starting out. It wouldn't be so bad if I was at least getting miles.
@@Staticsun try and hang in there for at least 6 months most companies ask for 6 months of experience some ask for 3 months
You hit nail on the head. TMC is horrid. They will abandon you at their terminals, double bunk in a hotel and all of the above. Anxious to see your good company reviews.
Definitely Pam Transport, hard to believe they are worse than CR England!!!
Damn
Where u company or lease purchase?
@@pepeford8021 Company
class action lawsuit to get my escrow back.
Do you know anything about Langer transport by New Jersey and Texas?
I've been driving a truck for 39 years. Any trucking company that offers you a sign on bonus STAY AWAY. That tells me one thing. HIGH TURN OVER RATE. When they have to pay a driver a sign on bonus they have a hard time keeping drivers. Check it out. You'll see what I'm talking about.
Right. US Xpress is advertising $50000 for teams. It's about $25000 cash and the rest in extra vacation and stuff. There is a reason for that.
@@TruckingAnswers usx doesn't pay a penny in bonus if you don't get a recruiter to put it in writing for you. Wife went there fresh outta truck driving school...usx recruiter came to her class and made them all big money promises. Nobody got a penny of it. First they said; it will start after you're outta training, then when she finished training they said you have to have it in writing before you start training. Then they offered me a job so I asked them why they didn't pay my wife her bonus that they promised her while she was in truck driving school....? Recruiter said that was news to her, because only experienced drivers were supposed to get the bonus.
@@andreasthayer "that's news to me" ROFL, that's just wrong!
Maybe not 100% of the time, Melton is a good company that offers sign on bonus
@@truckincapinwith15romeo10 There's variables. Usually big sign on bonuses like $5000 and above.
I'm working for western express now and not only am I financial struggling but they refuse to give me advances, low pay, took about a month or two for them to get my pay information correct when I started and so many other issues. I'm honestly crying and really trying to find a different company to help get me back on my feet.
Find a new company fast
Diffently a scam of a company. Trash
Go with Tyson
Man I worked there for 3 weeks. I had a horrible experience. I just started at Central Transport about 2 months ago
As a 16 year driver this guy is spot on !!
I totally agree, no shared rooms and no greyhounds for travel
CRST put me in greyhound for 3 days long trip
In my 29 years of off and on driving experience, I find small and medium size companies are better to work for than megas, even though I did 13 years with Fedex Express Freight and that was a good working environment. Large carriers like Central Transport I almost got on before I saw the reviews. Yikes.
Central just sucks, but Saia sucks harder
Was at Schneider for 2 weeks and it was a joke horrible equipment, low pay, supervisor’s never around…Same with Ruan
I spent a year at CRE...outside of seeing the country I dont miss it..I woke up once to a $3.86 check and the entire time they tried to force teams on me even though I wasn't under any contract of their's..I'm glad that shit is over with
They assigned the same trip to two separate truck drivers. Zero pay for the second driver to arrive. Trucker pays for their mistakes. A drop and hitch but no empty trailer to hitch to. Trucker waits for customer to empty his trailer all day and gets no detention pay. Just the tip of the iceberg on getting screwed.
They had me team with 2 other people (in the same truck) and weekly my pay was 347 never risen sometimes lowered, I left after my third month
naptamis prime same bs I’m going through rite now
Ken Marks Damn, that should be illegal! I could say more...
@@KStatus7 That's crazy as hell.
That’s 90% of the OTR companies!
And they wonder why nobody wants to drive and there is a driver shortage. The issue isnt people, its the companies!
Because most of them are horrible.
@@iwontreplybacklol7481 100 percent truth.Unless they want to give me serious cash I'll stay local and be home every night.
@@kevinyoung9557 facts
They can't pay you more...the freight base is low paying....
Think of who thier customer base is-
Do you honestly believe that Dollar General or Walmart or any other big box store is gonna pay you serious cash to deliver thier truck full of maxi-pads??
I'm leased to Foodliner and every video I watch of yours makes me appreciate them even more.
😃
I drove for Foodliner 3 years ago. Solid company!!
I drove for questliner in 2013. Very good company. In fact I was contacted by them a few weeks ago to work outta Chicago and offered the dedicated Dow Chemical acct. Only trucking company I trust.
Does Foodliner offer training program for non cdl?
Foodliner website refers to Hydrapak and Blower being installed on o/o trucks as an option. What are those?
Never work for a mega carrier !!! Find you a company that only has a couple hundred trucks max and you'll get max pay
That's not always true.
Not always true buddy. Company I was with last has a couple hundred trucks, and a couple hundred drivers. Or should I say HAD! Once 2019 hit and the market was down, they lowered our mileage rate from 65cpm to 55cpm. And started doing short runs cause that’s where the moneys at right now.
Might be true there. I own a Fleet of 16 T600's and a Hot Shot Fleet of 14 Trucks. My last new hire was 2003, my Senior Driver was Hired in 1987. My Drivers are paid and benefits package is better than any Union Company could offer.
@@curtekstrom6600 you... you looking for a other driver? Lol. I'm hungry
I wish that I have seen this video a year ago. I gave SWIFT three years of my life. I thank them for the experience but "sliding pay scale", "drivers does not care about the equipment", etc. Take care sir...
Another red flag: "If the company is advertised by recruiters who are paid by you saying yes and attending orientation, that is a "no" because if a company is that good to work for, someone who actually works there will be more than happy to tell you to work there, while not getting paid for you to show up!"
This is the funniest video mark! So true what your saying. But you make me laugh 😂
This is a good video bc almost all of those companies you named were ones I was eyeing before I started. My company starts paying after an hour of sitting too:-D
What Company do you work for
15 years ago I responded to an ad for paid Cdl training via prime. Put me on grey hound out to Missouri via Philadelphia put me in a barrack dorm with a random dude Next day Physical the examiner took my urine sample with no gloves spilling piss all over the counter as she pouted it into a separate bottle. They served some some nice penitentiary style chow Then off to orientation. About 25 minute in I walked out hoped on a plane back home paid out of pocket for Cdl school and been rolling ever since. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to get where you wanna be. But “ we don’t do greyhound “. Haha great videos bud
Good story.
Got my CDL (out of pocket) in early 2020. Just had a hunch about a rainy day. Well, it's about to pour.
Any advice for a newb, about to be 'mandated' out of his 30 year desk job?
What do you pull? Are you O/O or company?
Southern Refrigerated Transport is a terrible company from what I have heard. Aren't they the company that charged the trucker's family that passed away in one of their trucks to ship his body home so he could have a memorial service/burial?
If they don’t require a lot of experience you will not be paid properly
I agree bro
Prime Logistics Corp out of Algonquin, Illinois was by far the worst company I ever worked for. This company is not to be confused with Prime, Inc. out of Springfield, Missouri. They’ll claim you can make $10k to $18k per month, with 90% line haul pay. You don’t, and that’s not the only lie they tell. I ended up abandoned at a scale house because they would not pay for repairs done on their trailer. Look into them, they have no good reviews.
They're actually in Rolling Ghettoes, IL on Algonquin Road.
Wow.
Lol, started with Swift back in September 2016 and left in December 2017. Yea, not the best pay but I was treated ok. I left on good terms with them. I now work for JB hunt and been with them 2 months. Its not to bad. The people who work at the railyards treat you worse than the company.
I started out at prime, went to their school and worked for them my first 4yrs in the industry, so I can't say nothing bad about them...I've worked for in hunt and they always treated me good...but definitely crst, probably the worst of the worst
Any chance you could do a research video on E.W. Wylie by chance. thank you for keeping us in the know sir.
Werner was ok when I started out. Not too strict, and I got a new Kenworth T680 after 14 months but I left. The Greyhound rides
and shared rooms are part of the deal.
Weekend dispatch was horrible and they have no idea where the empty trailers are with certainty. The million milers don’t make much more than new drivers. They increase.01 cpm every year but it stops after so many years like 5. A driver that’s been there 30 years makes .05-.10cpm more that’s not much!
I made 67k on my 3rd year and realized that’s the most I’ll probably make there aside from the .01 cpm raise every year and a 401k match.
I had my issues with Swift, CRE, and CRST. And those mega carriers don't stink, they "stank".
Very stank Indeed!
Which company worth the try? Any ideas? Cause we always see negative videos about companies what about the good ones?
@Shawn Norris Then don't work for C.R. England.
I prefer smaller companies as a company driver as they usually have less red tape, are easier to work with, give you more freedom and most have one day to do drug screen and next day on the road. I have worked for all size companies. The large ones are all pretty much the same-you are a number and expendable. Just make sure you let them know from day one that they need you and you don't need them. Be sure you will be paid for detention, layover, sweeping out trailers, etc before you even go there. Don't walk in looking desperate and don't seem anxious or they will think they have you under their foot already. That is how I approach it but to each their own.
I don't drive for Western Express Inc right now. I drove for Western Express Inc. Out of Nashville Tennessee for 9 months it was the worst experience that I have ever been through.
CORRECT-NO Greyhound, DETENTION PAY, no room sharing, and paid orientation if any. As mark said-professionals deserve the best.
If you want to be treated like a professional, go to school and get a degree and dont do trucking.
No greyhound, as in for your transportation to training?
@@iwontreplybacklol7481 sure buddy lmao. Hows that gender studies and Lesbian dance theory degree and 30,000$ in student debt working out?
@@iwontreplybacklol7481 Tried that. Been spinning wheels ever since with so called degree. Just received my CDL and have been getting offers left and right for more than I've been making since I graduated college. Hindsight are is a bitch. Oh well at least I got out of college with no debt.
I heard all of the bad companies, can we get a list of good companies? I’m also looking for schools.
Hey Mark,
I like your blog and great videos.
I'm a 22 year CDL driver.
I've been with Knight almost 2 years now.
Can I ask what it is about, that you think Knight is a bad company ?
Steven transport
They make the list.
Beat me to it. Looking for work now.
Tazinski Foster out of biz
Agreed but they do have a good training program but after a year I got the hell of there
Yes most unprofessionals i have ever delt with the instructors are great but thats all I can say
You forgot the worst trucking company...Western Express
Crete tried to keep me from my own wedding!
Timothy Phipps Well if you’re at a OTR company what do you expect lol
@@4thHorsemam That's why I'm no longer an OTR driver. I move trailers around at a warehouse home every day have weekends off and sleep at night. Life is good.
That's low😮
Im no longer going to be able to take home time in LA to be with my fiancé after going there for a year because im licensed in colorado. Crete claims they provide a balance between home time & work. this is only true for a select few drivers. not a fair or decent company!
@@vaughnyoungs4141 I understand! They cost me my honeymoon then tried to keep from getting home for my wedding Wish you luck.
Schneider Trucking I am not surprised by. Years ago when I was processing out of the military. They had us sit and watch a VCR tape of 'career opportunities', and it was to become a truck driver with Schneider Trucking. I realized right away obviously these jobs are not being filled. So the government wanted to minimize the number of Veterans being unemployed after getting out of the military. Schneider Trucking also probably paid a fee to promote their company (this was before the days of the internet, so often it was very expensive/difficult to fill certain jobs). the real benefit though now is people can give feedback online to what it is really like to work in certain places.
I like driving for Prime, but not every company is a good fit for every driver.
Agree.
When I Started trucking I was paid .26cpm at CRST. Trained at J-Tech school in Jacksonville. Forced team driving earning $300-$780 a week. I made some lifelong friends but ended up suing CRST in a class action lawsuit at they contracted us for 2 years to pay back $7000. We were running 6000 miles a week back to back for 8 weeks at a time. Never again, then i did 7 Months at knight which wasn’t all that bad. Had a terrible dispatcher that’s would call me up drunk at 2am talking about his personal life daily (which i felt very awkward about). OTR at knight driving company I made about $900-$1,100 a week after taxes. Now I’m running local for a family owned company and take home $1200, $1800 a week. There is light at the end of the tunnel, personally i stay away from Megas now with the exception of ABF, UPS, FEDEX etc (I’ve heard they are good). Apparently RUAN are paying $43hr atm and with a guaranteed 50 hours a week. But i now trust NO recruiters in this industry, mostly blowing smoke.
I just started with Prime, and honestly there aren’t a lot of options for brand new truckers to start at when you don’t want to work at any of these companies 😂
Everyone has to pay their dues.
Wrong
That's exactly what I said on my comment up above. New drivers can't come in the door with no experience making all them demands so I'm guessing his audience are experienced super truckers
Get experience and eventually find something better.
My family owns Trailiner corp and if you live in the Springfield area just head up there and ask to be a drovert
Any trucking company has safety stuff on the truck is a micro management company tell them to drive it by computer at their desk
Can you talk about JBS carriers in Colorado please I’m thinking about joining them they pay $240 a day whether you drive 50 miles or 500 miles
I live and Georgia and have also been considering JBS Carriers. More like $180 a day here though.
Yep on Schneider. Like being in the military with crap pay & micro management to the fullest!
I 2nd that from experience.. hella micro management
You’re not lying😂
SWIFT was the only ones that would take me with my Auto-accidents. 3 months from my year with them, and 6 months from having 3 years from my last POV accident.
Swift will hire anyone that is breathing they are not as bad as people say they are just owned by relgion folks and dont like to pay alot
Swift has low standards, in other words.
Where was this advice 11 years ago " if a company puts you up in a barracks " a certain company out of Harrisburg Oregon has the Bunk House. First impressions are definately a two way street.
CFI, I heard that is a good company to start your learning with to get your CDL
Safely work with a mega carrier for 1-2 years then get out! Find a company with positive reputation and enjoy there.
Heartless express
AKA Heartburn Depressed or Heartless Distress....
You are correct with not working with Werner. I worked there and got voluntary quit when my 1st wife got very sick I found a great small family owned company
So what training schools do you recommend that are decent to go obtain your cdl!!!
Crowder Community college in neosho MO. Excellent school when I went through it in 2010
Houston Community College or most community colleges that have certified trucking schools and you can get a PELL grant to attend for free.
Navajo Express
And Digby(Did I Go Broke Yet)?
very true navajo sux
I worked for them but quit because my driver manager was a thief. I found a bag of money and religious book on my truck that belonged to the previous driver so I gave them to my driver manager who was supposed to return it to that driver but he kept the money
Western Express should top that list Mark!!
Jeff Johnson messages me often about a job with western express, other than a driver Indiana Jack and one other,i can't find any info on them. Currently with Big G which seems to be okay for 5 months into it. Was averaging 4420 +/- after taxes etc a month but they dropped the ball this month by 700 +/- not sure why but I'll be rolling elsewhere if june is a repeat. It's awful how today's technical trucks,elogs and ridiculous planning and loads restrict our ability to make real money across the board consecutively for the amount of sacrifice we give being out OTR for weeks in and the long term physical damage from sitting for hours every day out
Nah
Yep I was waiting for western
I agree that those companies that put you up double occupancy should at least give you your own room when you go to a driver orientation.
Professionals get their own room.
C.R. England stuffs eight people to a room.....
I’m retired 37 years in a big truck. I miss it terribly until times like this. Always been bad cpanies but Damn.
There will be good and bad with every single company. My friend drove for Swift and Covenant Transport with nothing negative to say. I do hear alot of good about Roehl and Barr Nunn.
SRT sucks too. I use to drive for them unfortunately.
You’re not alone, I lasted for less than 2 months with them. During my last 2 weeks I was trying to get myself situated for a JB dedicated, it was a better experience.
HIRSCHBACH is another trucking company that focuses on Reefer loads, and has an atrocious sitting in parking lots and at shippers/receivers problem.
Don’t forget sitting in hotel room for days on end being broken down with no idea of when the truck will be repaired. They also expect you to run your a$$ off for them and accept any loads. Don’t forget if you leave before 9 months you’ll pay back that 7,000 for school.
If anyone reading this lives in Arizona and are thinking of starting off with a company, head to DSW in tucson (You can park it at Swift terminal if you live in phoenix or close to it). They pull swift BUT you are NOT a swift driver. Its family owned and its smaller but you are not treated like a number. Its swift pay but the dispatch are previous drivers and I haven't had any problems with them. They get stuff done. Its slip seat if you take more days than you earn but the detailers do amazing job once someone is done with the truck. You will get a nice clean truck everytime. Also you can take up to 30 days home time whenever! Just have to give them a decent reason and you won't have to worry about losing your job. They are understanding.
I started off with them and went to Crete but went back to them
The pay at crete was a lot better, I was making .55 cents a mile compared to .40 cents now, but I will still choose DSW over Crete. I'm only doing another year then gonna head local.
Carroll Fulmer. They change dispatch dms so much because they have idiots hired. And some office personal are not much better.
That's many trucking companies for sure.
good videos, but your mustache is OUTTA CONTROL!!!
I work for JB on a dedicated account, Corsicana bedding. I have a great group of people in office to work with but I wouldn't give you a bucket of mud for way trucks are set up.
LoL, absolutely right my friend.
God bless you.
I liked TMC while i was there. The truck stop that I would park at over the weekend had a wash so I would wash my truck every sunday before heading out without starting my clock.
So you worked for free?
@@Keith52188 you do alot of work in this industry for free unfortunately. That goes for any company you work for.
@@Keith52188 lmaaaaaaao.. Who doesn't work for free at times in any industry?
I just knew you would name my company.
Your right Mark..... They stink .. Love ur channel my friend
I've already turned down a couple places that tried the sharing a room thing. You want me to share a hotel room with someone I've NEVER met before? I wouldn't share a room with people in my own family, much less a complete stranger and potential psychopath/druggie/drunk/thief. And if you expect me to spend 18 hours on a Greyhound, you just told me you're a joke of a company.
I have disagree with a few things, I not only obtained my CDL through Schneider but they paid for flight & room.Dispatch was on point & we had a amazing experience training with groups, trainers help with CDL driving practice, the group I was with literally encourage everyone..idk maybe it's just me but I enjoyed it also our class all pass the test the 1st time around, this was just last year
Just got done with my trainer at Schneider. Get my truck tomorrow. Great training imo. The pay ain’t all there but I’m here for the experience.
@@cynicaltexan9639 facts
TransAm, or as I like to call it, TranScam. Avoid them at any cost. Also, John Christner Trucking. They're a leasing company that leeches off gullible people.
Thank You !
what company do you recommend for getting your license and getting to work? I know I will not go for any major carriers, I've heard horror stories and also seen first hand from working on docks how terrible they are at people they train as well. thanks
Also, any trucking company with more than 2 hours orientation and/or runs supersingles.
Two hour orientation? I would at least like to know their policies, haves a tour of their shops, some questions answered, meet my dispatcher, etc. The test drive that I spent most of my yrs with and retired from took two hrs. The examiner (nice guy) he had me going to places where I would pickup, and deliver. He gave me a tour of the area while we basically visited. If a company wants to get you out on the road that fast, I’d have some concerns about the company. The company that I retired from paid for orientation, hotel room (no two people to a room), and three meals. Like to meet people in the company and get the lay of the facilities. They had 300 plus drivers and it was a first name company. They wanted to get to know you.
I'm on with Pam and truthfully outside of the pay , I'm not having any problem with the company.
At the end of the day I realize I was making the exact same amount as I was making with my normal 9 to 5 job; working only 8 hours a day, 2 days off, home time every day. Should not be equivalent to what an OTR driver is making. That's unjustifiable, there is nothing that can kill your morale with a company more than recognizing you was doing better, working at a job that was barely paying you a living wage.
I've worked for CRST and USA Trucks. CRST was okay to start with and get enough experience to leave. You have to start somewhere. USA was okay but the pay was trash. They were one of the few people who would take me with an accident at the time so I had to roll with it. My dispatcher was awesome though. She was promoted and I left not long after.
Basically any trucking company that's running dry van, (Aka...Low paying freight) that requires you to eat shitty truck stop food, and bump docks...
Oh ya, Trans Am is a Bad company.
I ran JB Hunt dedicated for a few months and was fired for a no fault accident. Was planning on leaving anyway. They have a required weekly meeting with no extra pay and always asking you do more computer training. The micro managing was taking its toll on me. Some people are ok with people telling them what to do all the time not me. They also had a fuel list you had to use. So most of the time I am fearing I am going to run out fuel because I did not have a load near a fuel stop. I worked a lot of 16 hour days with them also. If they paid by the hour for local would not be a bad gig. All drivers there get cpm pay.
16 hour days? You must mean 14 hour days. 😁
16 hour rule is for a day cab driver that returns to the same place daily. Your not supposed to use it just because you want to finish the route but JB implied that and if I still did not make it back they would get me a hotel.
This is still only once a week unless separated by a 34 hr break and still does not extend driving hours, only on-duty hours. There must be much sitting.
BTW, if they had gotten you a hotel they would have to restart the once a week rule because you would not have been released from your reporting location so there would be no 16 hour exception in your near future
@@TruckingAnswers that is how the account I was on ran it. I spoke with corporate about it but nothing changed. I am no longer with that company
You missed a bunctof "the worst" but i didn't take notes.
Good job and information Mark, thanks
Everyone has to start somewhere, if you don't have option just go with them for 6-12 months for experience, learn as much as you can and jump or better yet get your own authority.
You've eliminated almost all if not all of the starter companies, what's left?
Most definitely screw the buss did my 2 trips in one(first&last) when i got my first driving job what would have been a 12hr car trip took 39hrs i will never do that to myself again
Stay off the crackhound.
Just curious what you think about "Longhaul trucking". I like their equipment, but cant really find much info on them
Not sure. Maybe ask on the Monday live show 1pm EST
@@TruckingAnswers ill be rollin...but ill ask now and listen later..lol
What about Langer transport, they based at New Jersey? Any thoughts?
You figure these companys would fix the problems but guess not.
No because they do not pay the employees or drivers so most of the ppl r young
THESE COMPANIES DON'T CARE
Steven's Transport payroll department is trash. You have to watch them carefully or they'll try and pull a fast one on you ever time on receipts or made up deductions. You can't slip not once or they will keep taking more and more.
I searched for videos about companies to work for and found this video. I am a brand new to be CDL driver and a woman 65 years old. Old enough and Savvy enough to know to do my research ahead of time. I am finding great value and these comments.
So I'll try to document all the companies not to work for. The Next Step will be finding one to apply to in the next week. Appreciate any recommendations for good companies that also provide CDL training for new drivers I understand that I may have to sign a one-year contract and would be appreciative and willing to do so in exchange for the training, if it's a reputable company. As a woman I can't imagine going through some of the crap mentioned in these comments.
I appreciate the people who contributed to these threads.
So who should you work for starting out?
Where would you recommend going to as a driver just starting out then?
Windy hill foliage/transportation, that's where I started, put in one year otr saved up a lot of money, I liked that they were laid back compared to other companies, they haul paper and plants midwest-southeast
Have a good attitude, be fair, and find one where you feel fits you and is fair. I think they're all more alike than not. Truckers have a tendency to grumble about everything. I was happy at Carolina Cargo and am happy at CFI. 2 entirely different companies. Attitude counts for a lot.
Okay these demands and expectations are for a very experience , spotless recurd and with excellent work ethics. but when a lot of these drivers are fresh off the boat and brand new can be that pinky or if you have a questionable background. I would imagine most people watching your channel or newcomers so they cannot expect all of that
I ended up driving for a cold storage facility that has their own drivers. It pays by the hour which means overtime pay after 40 hours which is by Wednesday, home almost daily. if i get stuck out they pay for the hotel, parking, and meals. its a Mon-Fri job though Saturdays are offered. Again that's at OT. when my kids were younger and still living at home a Blue Cross Blue Shield plan for a family of four costed me only $85 a week. I literally stumbled across this job which has been a excellent decision. This April will make 12 years at this job. A good driving job does exist. Don't just look at the trucking companies. Many facilities have their own drivers that pay well.
Prime put me on a Greyhound. Never again. It was a humbling experience.