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Old 07.23.2009
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My husband was with J. B. Hunt for 7 years. Paycut after paycut including bonus, although VERY bad, is not the worst of it. SERIOUS problems arose and my husband hosted driver's meetings. Then he and nine other drivers signed a grievance letter and presented it to the company on January 10, 2004. On February 10, 2004 he manuvered a legal and safe u-turn. OBC message within minutes to call in, claiming a motorist complaint. After being directed to make 2 more stops, was sent to HUB, pulled off run, terminated for "doing a u-turn"! NLRB investigator of case called approx 2 weeks ago to add more charges. My husband agreed and did so. This past week, NLRB called, informed me the investigator is "no longer with the agency", and "all charges are being dropped against the company". As a wise man might say; "Company have deep pockets". NOT the end of story. Stay tuned!
Please, also go to ripoffreport and tell your story. Report JB Hunt there. You will have much company, believe me.
They are an EVIL outfit, and "bear false witness" upon good people.
They destroy peoples livelihoods, and their lives. Drivers have lost their homes, and unable to find gainful employment because of JB Hunt.

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I worked over 10yrs for JB in almost every driving division, some were good some were bad. I recently was involved in an accident which JB's own safety dept ruled non-prevenatble but when I found out the guy that hit me was uninsured I declared workers compensation(within 24hrs of incident). Low and behold guess who was unemployed the next day? They determained that now instead of me being dispatched from my home I was now required to report to Lowell AR for dispatch which is a 1000mi+ drive 1 way and travel time to and from home counts against time off days.
They have no care for loyalty because as of last spring they would graduate in the neighborhood of 300 drivers from company orienatation and only have 100 trucks available.
Lease Purchase was even worse, I was in Atlanta yard on a Friday and they had 100% of the lease orienatation taking buses home telling them they may have a truck for them in 3 weeks.

I wont lie I made good money with them for many years, but the company has gone downhill drastically since the death of Mr.Hunt. Although he had not been involved for years it wasnt until his death that it became all about the numbers and drivers be damned
Every driver who has been kicked to the curb unfarily by JB Hunt, or have had their DAC report ruined by them, needs to go to RipOffReport and file a report. They are an EVIL outfit, and they bear false witness upon good drivers, and ruin their lives. Once JB messes up your DAC, you're lucky to get a job driving a taxi cab.

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What do you mean by slave wages? I am curious as to why they advertise on Sirius Radio and they state they have the best jobs for the best drivers. They talk about local work and if the job is not available right now, they want you to be the first to know.

Now, I am very happy where I work but I am curious as to what JB Hunt thinks are great wages for local work. Thanks in advance.

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That would depend on what account you are on. The local account I was on in NJ, paid $180.00 a day salary. You might have a 6 hour day, an 8 hour day, occasionally, a 12 hour day. Usually, it ran about 9, no more than 10 hours a day. All drop and hook, or live load/unload. No touch.
Home Depot account paid well back in 2004, but I had seniority. They don't pay the new guys as much now, and in NJ, they are making Saturdays mandatory, so forget about having a life. Sometimes, the money's not worth it if you have no personal time to keep up w/ family/church/social obligations.
The company has really gone downhill, and they have become a joke in the industry again. Say you worked for JB Hunt, and the other trucking outfits just roll their eyes. You can give them your heart, your soul, and they will kick you to the curb in a heartbeat, for any imagined "infraction".
They are an evil and soulless outfit.

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Old 07.23.2009
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That would depend on what account you are on. The local account I was on in NJ, paid $180.00 a day salary. You might have a 6 hour day, an 8 hour day, occasionally, a 12 hour day. Usually, it ran about 9, no more than 10 hours a day. All drop and hook, or live load/unload. No touch.
Home Depot account paid well back in 2004, but I had seniority. They don't pay the new guys as much now, and in NJ, they are making Saturdays mandatory, so forget about having a life. Sometimes, the money's not worth it if you have no personal time to keep up w/ family/church/social obligations.
The company has really gone downhill, and they have become a joke in the industry again. Say you worked for JB Hunt, and the other trucking outfits just roll their eyes. You can give them your heart, your soul, and they will kick you to the curb in a heartbeat, for any imagined "infraction".
They are an evil and soulless outfit.
This also happens when hauling mail. In June 2007, I was laid off from a mail hauler called Rood Trucking (first layoff of two, mind you). We lost our NY runs to a competitor called Midwest Transport, Inc. Midwest kept the NY guys (who were already certified to pull those long Thruway doubles), but not ONE of us from Rood got on at Midwest.

I've had an app in with Midwest ever since. I have spoken to the local terminal manager. I have spoken with corporate in Illinois. Apparently, if they don't want to hire you, even if you're overly qualified (I already know the runs, the schedule, my work history shows I was never late taking a run out, I have a valid postal id, etc ), apparently if you worked for an outfit they don't like, you STILL won't get in the door.

My point is that notahappycamper could be correct. Companies roll their eyes when they see JB Slow on a resume. Midwest apparently won't hire you if they see Rood Trucking on an application. It isn't right.
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Old 07.24.2009
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Just about every trucking company will abuse your credit report, DAC and abuse you and your family life.
Even Landstar is starting to practice this.

Get of trucking as soon as you can and get back to a real life. It's time to make the logistics companies pay for good drivers.
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WHY IS J B HUNT ON HERE? Everyone knows already what a messed up outfit that is just by word of mouth in the truckstops for years
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I just applied................woops
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Old 07.30.2009
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I just applied................woops
You only applied. You don't have to accept their offer of employment. Keep looking.
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Old 07.30.2009
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Not everyone knows how bad JB Hunt is. People keep going to orientation? Ugh!
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Old 07.31.2009
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Hmm.

I was talking to one of my ex-co workers from the recruiting floor at JBHT. They said they're about to do away with most of the recruiting at hunt. At least In-House recruiting.

Yea, When I left in 2007, it was nearly 350 recruiting staff on floor 3. Now, i'm not so sure.
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Old 07.31.2009
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WOW! This forum was started in 04. AND, We still dont get that JB is not a company who we should go to work for. By the way if you really want to find out how they treat their drivers just talk to them(their drivers).
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Hmm.

I was talking to one of my ex-co workers from the recruiting floor at JBHT. They said they're about to do away with most of the recruiting at hunt. At least In-House recruiting.

Yea, When I left in 2007, it was nearly 350 recruiting staff on floor 3. Now, i'm not so sure.
Yeah, JB is el crapo. I was with them for almost 4 years. Im sure they are getting rid of their recruiting because most of their trailers are being hauled by independents now. However, isnt it ironic how you see the same O/Os who complained about JB Hunt are now hauling their trailers lol.
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