Baldwin Distribution is a very bad place to work. They have been bouncing payroll checks since at least November of 2010, every week someone has a payroll check bounce and it is now 2013. And the first payday of 2013 they postponed payday. Payday is Friday, they sent the announcement out on Thursday at about 6pm that we would not be paid until the following Monday. And you never know exactly what you will be getting paid. You can do close to the same number of miles in a week on 2 different weeks and get paid 2 different amounts, even as a company driver. You can drive for two days straight, no break, no sleep and they ask you to go some more and not just a little either. They want you to run 24/7 with no breaks and no sleep. After being up for 45 hours straight, I finally told them I was tired and needed to sleep. They acted like it was the worst sin in the world and I got "punished" - all my miles were taken away and I had to sit for 3 days. And hometime... Last time I asked to go home, I asked for 3 days, I got 8 hours... HOURS, NOT DAYS. They treat their drivers like robots. And now... they will charge you $250 if you turn down a load. Reason does not matter, if you are sick, tired or out of hours, they will charge you $250 if you turn down a load or a switch, basically if you don't do everything they say. Baldwin is desperate for money and they are taking it from the drivers. Gouging the drivers at every turn. When you work for Baldwin, expect to be chained to the truck. They have even complained when I stopped to go to the bathroom or get something to eat. I can run and run hard. But even I need to pee, poo, eat and sometimes sleep. Oh, but those are sins at Baldwin.
Stay away from Baldwin Distribution!!!!!
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by catwoman, Jan 19, 2013.
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I've always thought they were crooked to begin with....I've dealt with them before as I was attempting to inquire about employment & they got snaughty with me...I just hung up the phone and moved on.
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Catwoman - your posting is chock full of inaccuracies. Baldwin has been in business since 1981 and is well-respected in the industry. Sounds like sour grapes on your part.
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if I had been up for 44 hours I would have slept for 3 days!!!
fr8te_sh8ker Thanks this. -
Once again looks like Dudley or Kathy Baldwin responding there dog is named sawyer fyi. But they're crooks. I guess they'll deny the bounced checks or lying straight to your face. I had less than 4 months left on my lease and the bank repo the trucks because they double dipped and refinance while the truck was under lease
They sure took my truck payment but never paid the bank! Once again it's someone else's fault -
Looks like sawyer is actually this dudley or kathy Baldwin..and with a dog named sawyer it sounds like the company owner is on here trying to defend himself,,or herself..
I'll side with the driver before i side with any company,,even though im O/O I see how companys treat their drivers,,like slaves..
There are good ones out there,,to bad they are hard to come by.
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On October the 31st potter county sheriff arrived at at Baldwin dist repo 8 trucks for failure to pay
Property taxes at the same time the bank
Was scurrying because the county arrived before them! The jest of this county repo 8 bank took 7 the rest are spreaded throughout the country.So re sawyer if you were so honest why is all this happening? -
Wow. What do you think Navajo thinks of all of this? Maybe he cooked the books to make it look rosey for the sale. Interesting, interesting developments here. This is getting to be a giant story possibly.
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Misappropriation of monies that lease operator's pay weekly is fraud or embezzlement insurance satellite road taxes ifta etc.all this stuff was dedyced weekly also fuel discounts he gave what felt fit. Your correct its far from over
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As he deducted he failed to make payments
All together this is misappropriation
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