Figured that this forum area is more active than some, but less than others. Why not liven it up a bit? This will also give other drivers a heads up of what you veteran drivers would like to see improved at the company and newbies, like myself, a over view as well.
If you could improve 1 thing at Knight, what would that be?
Discussion in 'Knight' started by lcfd15, Oct 17, 2014.
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Knight needs to treat their drivers with more respect and to get rid of their ridiculous no idle policy. I was not impressed at all with Knight one bit. Very very similar to swfit.
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Okay, would you mind if you could elaborate just a bit more on what you mean when treat their drivers with more respect? Was it your DM, dispatcher, a bad training experience... I mean a company is comprised of multiple different layers of management and control. Just would like to see what level your issues lied.
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1. ancient qualcomm
2. no gps on said qualcomm
3. EXTRA paranoid safety department
4. treats drivers like #$%^ as said
5. no idle, which i wasnt aware of -
Not enough MT trailers. They are the Kings of Drop and Hunt. And the Prince of Short Haul. Average load length is in the 400s.
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Over 5 yrs, I averaged a new DM about every 3-4 mos. They hired young, recent college grads w/no transportation industry experience who needed a job; and who were optimistic and had good attitudes starting out, then lost the attitude and treated drivers as PIA's, then quit.
The fault in the change in their attitudes may be caused by some driver's whining, but mostly it was pressure from above that forced them to compromise, disregarding drivers as individuals, and ruining their overall work ethic!!
The driver's interface (their DM) is designed to be a burn-out job with high turn over as being the face as well as henchmen for upper mgmt...
And, when a new DM takes over, the drivers are all treated as rookies with their good driving history (safe, reliable, on-time deliveries) being lost and the drivers have to start over to re-establish themselves and their good reputations!!!
EDIT: btw, for the former military folks, I went trucking industry FIGMO 6 yrs ago........
Forgot my recommendation: When I started out in trucking in 1999, all DM's were 'former' drivers. Had but a few former drivers as my DM while at Knight---drivers can relate to drivers----snot-nosed college kids cant!! Plus, experienced former drivers know what is BS and know when (and have the guts) to push back at mgmt..Last edited: Oct 18, 2014
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Icfd15, there were many red flags in the orientation mtg I encountered. No idle being one of them. A lot of the phx office staff including my recruiter had major, major attitude. The load length (miles) as well as I just didn't want to repeat my experience at swift, since knight is identical to swift in the way they operate.
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Thanks for the responses. Lets keep them rolling in. So about this idle policy, I know that they now have a "speed" incentive tied into it. I heard that if you meet the idle goal that your speed is able to go up to 65 and if you do not it remains at 62. is this correct?
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Knight does not enforce a no idle policy. They would like you to stay under 10% idle time. If you do, you are governed at 65. If not, have fun at 62-63. They also do not want the trucks shut off at all at or below 20 degrees air temp. They do run the dinosaur Qualcomm, switching to the touchscreen qualcomms and testing out the zonar system now. Be safe out there
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IF i could change one thing ? spelling.... hate silent letters like K
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