Originally Posted by knighton5

Poor driver (hendrickson) had to sit at the Loves truck stop in RIPON CA last week because he had a hazmat leak coming out of his trailer... It shut down the truck stop for hours, the next day the dot and two fire trucks were still there!!! Someone said ACID leak..?? But I dont know!!! Dont haul Hazmat loads for nothing, even 15 bucks extra, its not worth it!!! I dont know if Hendrickson pays xtra for hazmat or if this driver got paid for being down for 2+ days, but that would suck.... I would hate to get the bill on this incident...

They Don't Pay Any Extra!! and I'm surprised that they had a driver with Haz-Mat in there fleet of drivers!
Hendrickson will not pay you for bumping the dock on time nor pay you to sit at a shipper of Consignee! Hendrickson is a company with some nice recruiters who will tell that they have great freight to run, and examples of the miles and money you can make with them but once they have you seated in a truck there dispatch could care less about you as a driver!!!

Originally Posted by az trucker

well id have him quit i worked there for 3 months its all about lies and hope you guys dont have a lot of bills cause youll all be in bankrupsy before you make any money their

I ran 3+ weeks for this company and I have NEVER been treated so poorly in my life, the dispatch team and load planners are a bunch of lying Jerks who don't care if you have to wait 3-5 hours at a Consignee simply to get unloaded, More over you will never get compensated for your time waiting! Oh and if you keep yourself on line 4 while you are waiting on the job they will get on your case to go change you logbook showing that time as off duty. What about running legal logbooks?

Originally Posted by terrdnf

you are right i went to their Chicken SXXT company they talked a good story to get me there russel called me every week for a month trying to get me there ya know plz come to work we guarantee 2500 mi a week! yea what a crock! and when i asked them when i got there (my mistake) if they paid for oreintation get this no you do this for free #### i shoulda walked right then but i like to see how thing pan out .. but i did think the pan would be up side my head LOL so we go through the 3 day hostage crisis with these XXXXXs and then we go to get our trucks he he this was a freakin joke!! mind this we had 12 in the class 2 quit on the spot and i almost went too!! but what the heck i enjoy a good joke! so i hung out to see what i was getting. oh boy i got a 98 century class flatop with no A/C and no cruise and the accy drive was leaking brakes on the #3 axle were almost non existent!! wheres the DOT/CHP when ya need them! ok got hte A/C fixed but no cruise. ok i'm old school so i can deal without a crusie for a while 1st run on time early then sat for 2 days no layover pay!!! they don't tell you that til you are running! next run AZ to modesto ca on time for thursday del got there receiver changed the time to friday at 6 am told hendricksuck but they didn't tell me! whats the sattelite for?? so sat over nite no layove again then they said deadhed to lathrop THEY DON"T PAY DEADHEAD MILES EITHER!! dropped load ath the Sacramento yard friday at 1P.M. sat in the yard THEY DON'T LET YOU BOBTAIL EVEN TO GO GET FOOD!! but st from friday till sunday at 8 am till i could get my load so off to Los Angeles to deliver on monday got empty on time early actually then sat all day monday at their drop yard in Paramount ca the dispatcher (nancy) said my load was on the way at 11 am so i called back at 3pm and said to her you "ping" the truck on the sattelite and tell me where the truck is with my load the reply was ontario ca 20 minutes out. ha ha 20 min out from ontario to paramount she must think i'm dumb so the local driver came in about 10 min after that and said he loaded it friday and it left sunday so get this they said the load canceled at 11:30 thant nite they sent me a message to deadhead to Perris ca and pickup a loded trailer for las vegas and it had to deliver at 3 am the next morning on time HA HAHA 1130 be in vegas at 3 am don't think so! even with a police escort and a 100 mph truck so needles to say i went home! WORD OF CAUTION!!!!! STAY THE HEXX AWAY FROM HENDRICKSON/HENDRICKSUCKS TRUCKING 1300 MILES IN A WEEK FOR ME I'D GO FLIP HAMBURGERS AND MAKE BETTER MONEY!
russell and everyone else there is nice and yes men till you get in a truck then all bets are off oh yeah remeber 12 in class 2 quit B4 starting. well 4 of us quit monday they should take the drivers door off the truck and install a revolving door LOL .ive been driving 20 PLUS years and seen a lot with trucking companies but this joint takes the cake!! IF THEY CALL HANG UP OR RUN LIKE HELL!! just tryin to keep someone outta the same mess i went through STAY SAFE AND BEST OF LUCK

Hendrickson's latest SCAM is they have purchased 15-20 brand new 2012 Kenworth trucks, some sleeper birth (single bunk), and some day-cabs.
The recruiting department said that they have a great program with these new trucks as they are mainly going to be doing drop and hook because these trucks can NOT travel outside the state of California.
The recruiting department said that because of this government grant program and they have so much freight they need to be run these trucks as a teams, they said by doing this the average team will be getting 5300-5700 mile per week! WHAT A JOKE!!!
My best week was 3580 miles in one week!!!

This company is full of lying recruiters who will say anything to get you seated in a truck, then turn you over to a dispatch team that will hang you up at a locations waiting as much as 3-5 hours to get into a dock and unload!! They are crooks!

These dispatchers and load planners will do everything in their power to keep you out on the road making less than minimum wage! If you don't believe me, I will run the numbers for you! In one week I totaled up all my hours worked to my hours I was paid... $6.89 per hour!!!
THAT IS NOT EVEN MINIMUM WAGE!!!

Hendrickson's latest SCAM
they have purchased 15-20 brand new 2012 Kenworth trucks, some sleeper birth (single bunk), and some day-cabs.
The recruiting department said that they have a great program with these new trucks as they are mainly going to be doing drop and hook because these trucks can NOT travel outside the state of California.
The recruiting department said that because of this government grant program and they have so much freight they need to be run these trucks as a teams, they said by doing this the average team will be getting 5300-5700 mile per week! WHAT A JOKE!!!
My best week driving as a team was 3580 miles in one week!!!

This company is full of lying recruiters who will say anything to get you seated in a truck, then turn you over to a dispatch team that will hang you up at a locations waiting as much as 3-5 hours to get into a dock and unload!! They are crooks! The dispatch team is the most disorganized bunch I have ever encountered! Directed by the most arrogant jerk Kenneth Williams who can only respond to a concern by saying "well this is the career path you chose, take it or leave it"

These dispatchers and load planners will do everything in their power to keep you out on the road making less than minimum wage!
If you don't believe me, I will run the numbers for you! In one week I totaled up all my hours worked to my miles I was paid... $6.89 per hour!!!
THAT IS NOT EVEN MINIMUM WAGE!!!

RUN RUN RUN RUN

DON'T EVER CONSIDER WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY!!! UNLESS YOU WANT TO EXPERIENCE FIRST HAND WHAT SLAVERY IS LIKE.

Originally Posted by otis0704

i went to work for hendrickson and i didnt even make it through orientaion. russel met me in the bathroom and tried to offer me sexuall favor. i told him hes a pervert and 20 minutes later they told me i dont fit in there. im 26 clean white male so dude is lookin for young guys, and besides ythat they are a 3 ring circus and any one that goes to work there is in trouble. there getting guys to pay 101,000 for used volvos and they take 10 cents off for maintence of what you run per mile but they only cover up to 500 bucks. they have a scam goping and i dont know how those crooks sleep at night. russel talks to you like your a dog and i'll catch him on the street one day.

You called it right "A 3 Ring Circus"
I quit this week and Russel was not there or he was never introduced.
In Ring #1 "the Recruiting Department"

In Ring #2 "the Management and Owner Mr. Ward Hendrickson" with his little short fuse temper, this guy is a classic silver spooned rich boy who never learned how to respect or treat people!

In Ring #3 "the Dispatch Clowns & Load Planners" These people are so disorganized and messed up. The people DOT should be drug testing is this group.

Oh and in Ring #4 "the one and only payroll clerk" she carries the same attitude as does the owner.

Originally Posted by snowbird1

i am a truckers wife and want to write about how i came upon the message board,,,my husband has been driving for 30 years,,owner op, and company both, i have rode with him 24 of those years,,so pretty much nothing is a surprise,,,,until today, i can no longer ride so i am learning to search the web,,he is having trouble with a company,,hendrickson, sacramento,ca,,just started in march this year,,,and from the comments i have read,it's like they are saying what my husband is thinking,,and sure we got a fair check the first time but we are very worried that we won't get another,,they are right in saying hendrickson does not care and you don't meet the dispatchers or planners in which i find very strange,,maybe they don't want drivers to find them off the property? now i am getting very concerned,,and i warn anyone to stay away from hendrickson, all companys have good and bad,,and i feel these guys are mostly bad

[Snowbird1] Good Discernment!
March and now it is April, wow, that did not take very long to see the real truth!
I hope your Husband has found a new job, and that he has gotten out of this awfully run company!

Yes the Hendrickson Recruiters are habitual liars!!! And yes I drove for them for a little over one week before learning that my driver manager/dispatcher was Danny, Let me tell you how I met my driver manager!

In the orientation class Eddie and Dick both stressed that Log books are to be accurate and truthful. They said the company will not tolerate any falsified logs. If anyone is caught falsifying their log book they will be immediately terminated.
I was teamed up with another guy in the class to run as a team, we were assigned one of the brand new Kenworth trucks (yes is has that new truck smell)
We were out 9 days, my team driver drove till 1:15 AM He woke me up, saying that he could not keep his eyes open and had to stop. Waking up I was surprised they still had us driving and not routed us to Sacramento so we could both get a 34 hour reset. We were NB I-5 at exit 607 heading to Yreka, I only had 7.75 hours available to work so I figured that I could get this load to Yreka and head back to Sacramento and then take my 34 reset. Now driving this new truck it still did not have license plates, so entering the Weigh Scale at Cottonwood they called my truck into the inspection bay #3. That took 1/2 hour and I logged that on line 4 on duty (not driving) We get to Weed and Cal-Trans is forcing all trucks to chain up. That takes me 40 minuets to chain up then drive over the snow once we get out on the flat there is no snow and trucks are pulling off there chains. We get in to Yreka drop the trailer and hook to another load and head back to Sacramento chain up again and go through the snow. I get out of the snow, I drop my chains and head to Sacramento. I was watching my hours and I'm approaching 9AM I contacted dispatch with my satellite computer letting them know that I am out of hours and my team driver only has a 1/2 hour left to drive after he completes his 10 hour. I was told it's OK just head it in to Sacramento and we will get you your 34 hour. We get close to Dunnigan and the computer box is going off requesting us to go to FedEx in West Sacramento and pick up a trailer there. I send back a text message flagging the dispatcher that I am out of hours! I get a phone call asking me to take off some of my ON DUTY (NOT DRIVING) time and put it up on line #1 to OFF DUTY, that way I could go get the load. I said what about all the talk in recruiting and orientation about falsifying your log book? I kept on driving SB on I-5. At this point in time I emailed the operations manager Mr. Kenneth Williams a note that I'm out of hours and I'm being told to go get another load in West Sacramento. So I'm waiting to hear back, no response!
I kept driving the truck and once I passed the I-80 turn off for West Sacramento the computer box starts lighting up with messages! To contact Dispatch! I called in and they patched me over to Danny, He said why aren't you going to pick up that load and why did you email our operations manager? I told Danny that I am out of hours, if I get pull over I am in violation of the law! I don't have any time to go get another load! and if you expect me to go get this load consider this my resignation!
We get into the Hendrickson yard and go through the safety lane, they hang up our truck for 45 minuets changing tires on the trailer.
I park the truck and take my paperwork into the dispatcher Danny sees me and my co-driver standing in the decapitated dirty drivers room, he immediately gets up from his desk and tell us to meet him out side. We go back out side and Danny is pissed at me for going over his head and emailing Kenneth the operations manager! Evidently Kenny does not like to get emails from drivers! More over he does not like to talk to drivers or help resolve conflicts. Kenny would not talk to me!

I ended up giving them 3 more chances to show me that they can run a trucking company properly. They are constantly asking drivers to falsify their logbook, strongly suggesting that you go off duty any time you are waiting to unload or load a truck. They will not compensate a driver for waiting at a Shipper or Consignee they expect you to give up 2 hours at each before requesting standby pay.

All I can say is Hendrickson Trucking has failed miserably to keep a truck moving and get the miles they boasted we would get running as a team! And they have failed miserably to be honest and truthful!! I am not a slave and I will not allow a company to teat me with this much disrespect.

PLEASE SAVE YOURSELF THE STRESS, LACK OF SLEEP, GRIEF AND ANGER, AND LACK OF $PAY$, DO NOT WORK FOR HENDRICKSON TRUCKING!!!

StudentOfLife
THANKS FOR TELLING IT LIKE IT IS!

I was in LA and running low on hours and I was told by dispatch to go back into my log book and redo my log book to save myself some time by shaving off any time from line 4 and put it up on line 1 other wise I'm simply hanging my self with no hours to work! and it would be my fault that I could not drive!

Originally Posted by tambone

my husband was only supposed to be in orientation for 1 day. its been three. he got his truck today. he was supposed to get a load toward home, he could get his truck supplies. he is sitting # the yard in sacramento, he has no way to tell me to contact me. no cell. this comp. doesnt answer their phone. so, it sucks. its not off to a good start with this company. when a truckers wife of 14 years, doesnt know where or what is going on with her husband there is something up. who are these people? so, i have to wait til morning to call co. to see where they have him. im so upset about this. please let me know more info. about this co. thanks. plus he didnt get paid for 3 day orientation. bull.... we have three kids.

I called the California Labor Commissioner and asked if trucking companies are exempt from paying people who attend orientation class?
I was told NO, they have to pay minimum wage ($8.00 per hour) for any training or orientation class!
So don't let a company like Hendrickson BULLY you into believing that they don't have to pay you.
GO FILE A CLAIM!!!