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Old 08.22.2008
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After 11 years with a company that is going bankrupt, my brother in law found himself looking for another company to work for. He didn't have much time and he liked what Heartlands website and recruiter said so he went on down to Orientation and is in his first week with them. When we talked to him today, he was ready to turn his truck in already. For starters, the recruiter told him that he would get 25-2800 miles.. then when he got to orientation, they said that they never said that and that he would get about 2200. He got his first load dispatched to Carlisle, PA and the routing was for the toll roads for which they have transponders. BUT his dispatcher said that since the load wasn't a "hot" load, they would not pay for the tolls and he would have to go an alternate route, but get paid for the shorter, toll road mileage. They said that if he used his transponder, they would charge the tolls back to him. Also, he was told that if he went home on a Wednesday (bobtailed) they would charge him $1/mile from Columbus, OH to his home in MI... roughly $250. They would hold it out of his check just in case he decided to quit. There were a few more really odd things he has discovered but those were the biggest. Is this typical? When he first told us that he was going to orientation at Heartland and that they did not pay for orientation, both my husbands and my first instinct was to tell him to run.. run fast and far. It just seemed that Heartland must have a lot of drivers quit on them.. so they don't invest anything in their drivers. No wonder drivers quit. He is already back to work looking for another company. If he quits within 60 days he has to pay his bus ticket back but he is just viewing it as a "stupid" tax. Has anyone had any similar findings with them?
yep,worked at heartless for three yrs.FM,s got pretty bad attitude.I will never go back to any big company.back with o/o i started out with .I am much happier now.get away from heartland xpress.
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Everything negative people write about Heartland Express in this forum is true. stay away.you have been warned!
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How about some current (company driver) info on Heartland,I've been checking out the "Jacksonville" home weekends deal? Who is their big shipper there? Any current or recent drivers for them here?

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Jax drivers didnt used to get many miles.and when i run on their board they had a lot of heavy loads of water.most never left the state.oh wait you should know heartland is good about getting you 1000 miles from home and then have you run circles.
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if you want to make money HTLD pays,but you got to put up with some screwy stuff from them.Dont expect 3000 miles a week be glad you get your1800-2100.
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What I'am mainly looking for is to be home as often as possible,I've been running local last few years,now laid off. OTR seems to be the only option for me at present. No local companys (worth 2 cents) hiring around here. Heartlands website shows Jacksonville,Fl regional getting home every weekend and sometimes thru the week. Don't have many bills right now,so if I could clear $400 a week,that would work untill I find something better.
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I was hired by Heartland today,start goofy oreintation next week as a regional company driver. I'll be back posting here and let you guys know how they are. Wish me luck.
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A lot of Heartlands freight out of JAX is Sears. You'll run a lot of nights, with 300 mile or less runs.
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