FirstFleet reviews

That was my experience for the 3 months I worked there. They hired about 40 or so of us at one time, from a company that went bankrupt, and within 3 months only 1 of us was still there. None were fired.

From my experience, favoritism was rampant. I'm pretty laid back and don't sweat the small stuff, but that place really got to me. I was in several terminals from the East Coast to the West Coast and drivers I talked to at each one had the same opinion. I personally overheard some phone calls I wasn't supposed to hear, and know drivers were being told to stay home because of no work, when in fact loads were being held back for buddies that were still on the road, which I had heard phone conversations about that also. This was at night & the dispatchers did not know I was in the building. Instead of complaining, I quietly quit and moved on.

Took a load of candy to Phoenix and was told to leave the load there & head to California. The night dispatcher in Phoenix threw a fit and accused me of trying to pawn work off on him and ordered me to make the several stops in AZ anyway. I didn't argue, and made the stops and at each stop they complained they didn't want the stuff for another month. The last stop, the store was still being refurbished and not even open for business. Called Phoenix, they sheepishly said bring that stop back to the terminal. They tried to blame me for making the deliveries when I was supposed to drop the load there & wouldn't admit they screwed up. When that run was over I walked away and never looked back. That kind of stuff went on all the time. Constant headache!

I had a good job at First Fleet. 1800 miles per week doing northeast regional. Easy work. 350-400 miles per day average. $1250 guaranteed salary a week working Georgia Pacific dedicated out of Quakertown ,PA. Home 2-3 nights a week. All day Saturday and Sunday off. Sometimes a paid day off during the week. Brand new 2015 truck my first day. I was there almost two years and planned on staying longer. I felt they treated me well. They send you a birthday card and $50 worth if gift cards at Christmas. How many other companies do that? Unfortunately we had a lot of drivers quit and were never replaced. I know they hoped to expand our branch to at least 20 drivers but, for some reason we had trouble attracting drivers so we never has more than 10 or 12. Corporate decided to shut our branch down putting 5-6 drivers and two office workers out of work. Obviously a $$$ thing.They gave us a choice to stay with thee company or leave and they would give us two weeks severance pay. They only other jobs were the Elkton, VA Coors division that worked 6 days a week, 3000 miles/week to make less than what I was earning and the terminal was 350 miles from my house. The other choice was a day cab route but that was over an hour and 1/2 drive each way from me.
So I'm not happy they closed our division. It won't be easy finding a job that pays that well for the amount of work we did. But I did like First Fleet and I really wish I had made it to 2 years with them.

I Worked at FirstFleet inTolleson

AZ for 2 Years , Started at 0.34 Cpm Got my Own Truck , a 2009 Volvo 
I was getting 3500 to 4000 miles a Week doing New Mexico Runs , Great Money , Great Dispatchers 
WithJon Singenberger, Tim McCaffrey , Always helping Drivers, Get Runs , In 2 years there I made .036 Cpm
Still got great runs an was treated very well there . 
Nov 23 ,2013 I decided to Move to Cleveland TN to be Closer to my family, in Pa. ! I was givin a Company to Company Transfer to First Fleet in Cleveland TN , I notified Terminal Manager Ryan Getts I would be Starting Dec10th which wouldgive me
Time to get settled in the new home ,but Unfortunatly when my moving company trailer didnt show up
When I expected it to , an TN DMV gave me a Hardtime ingetting my CDL Transferred Over to a TN CDL
i kept in touch with Ryan Getts about my Situation , so he told me to come in to FF HQ's to get a Quick
Orientation on Dec.6 , informed him i only had a Small amount of Clothes to wear , So hegave me3
FF shirts , a FF Hat an Rubber Ice Shoe Protectors, then he informed mei in would only make 
0.34 Cpm , be put on as a Casual Driver which doesnt give you Health Coverage an ill just work on Call 
Less than 2000 miles p/ week,he was very rude to me about it an Expected me to go out that same 
Night , I told him I wasnt ready yet an would let him I know by 12/10 , he did not like that an 
Got more cocky with me , Now at TN FF I now realized I made a Huge Mistake even coming to this 
Terminal , they also Slip Seat Drivers , which to me is totally stupid , they will never get you home for the holidays 
They can careless if you Struggle with getting miles i am so disgusted with FIRST FLEET IN CLEVELAND TN
They Will Never Match Up to FIRST FLEET IN TOLLESON AZ , DO NOT WORK THERE TRUST ME

As you know, each FF terminal is like its own company as it is dedicated to an individual customer warehouse. There is a different culture terminal to terminal for sure. I worked for FF for 13 years in Colorado. The job itself is what kept me there, good miles and routes. But the manager was a real jerk. He had no people skills and was a constant PITA. The district managers name was Robb Getts (a relation to your Getts I assume) and he too was good at screwing the driver over. The company offers great hometime and decent pay but has a high turnover like most trucking companies due to management. If the whole fleet was operated like Tolleson they would be great to work for. That being said, FF will probably read this and that Tolleson manager will be hung from a pole for being too nice

I am currently driving for the terminal in tolleson, AZ. Honestly, it's the best drivin job I've ever had. Cannot speak for the other terminals however.