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Navajo Express reviews

1.5
(39)
$300 - $4,096/week

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$300 $1,212 $4,096
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Former Employee - Jun 4, 2025

I just left Navajo because of the dispatch wanting me to run my clock in red numerous times. Been there about 9 months & starting off, overall, has been a really great place to work. The Problem is with dispatch. If you decline a load, for a legitimate reason, they will starve you out to make you quit. Had many friends there, but the boss of Navajo, Sylvia, also a dispatcher has no idea about HOS. Definitely needs more training. She threw a relay load on me thinking I could get a load in on time & couldn't. I had about 9 hours back, recap mind you, & the drop was 9 & a half hours away...well, common sense as well as drivers know that won't work. She told me to take it in when I told her I don't think this load is going to work, as soon as it got dropped on me, numerous times. Well she won't listen to drivers when they express their concerns so I called in & was told to put in a delay instead of trying to drill this in her head, again more HOS training is needed there. She since then acted snooty towards me, obviously someone that doesn't like being wrong, giving me bad loads & then tried to sabotage another load. Telling me to that I had to leave at 5 am from a pu to a drop I had to be at 6 pm... again common sense & HOS hours tell you, you're click will be dead at appointment time by then. She runs Navajo & the guys there do exactly what she says so good for you Sylvia. Girl, you run that place. (Right into the dirt hopefully) Anyways as long as you do exactly what she says, you'll be fine..run your clock in the red for her, but you'll get good loads. I wanted to wait to leave a review today cause today happens to be the day I'm supposed to get my last check, but guess what guys... didn't get it even after returning the truck to the yard & took a free load on the way to drop the truck so I hope Sylvia is as successful as the way she runs her company...No, if you ask if Donnie Jr still runs it, no, it's all Sylvia's cause she knows/owns everything/everyone there. Good luck going there, but again do everything they say, because after all your CDL belongs to Navajo, you'll be fine.

Pros

None (does that work) ????

Cons

Sylvia (of course) ???? ????????????####????????

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Former Employee - May 7, 2025

Cannot ever get a hold of anyone for payment of loads. They will run you around for their "so called" net 30 day payouts that don't get paid till after 60 days. Good luck trying to get a hold of anyone in accounting.

Pros

Always on the load board

Cons

Can't get paid for loads

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Former Employee - Apr 30, 2025

I did a load for them on February 16th and I cannot reach anyone for a payment, they never answer multiple emails and voicemails and I paid lumper fee out of my own pocket of $420. Bad company looking for any help on getting paid for this

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terrible company do not do loads with them

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Current Employee - Apr 10, 2025

Did a "recovery" 4 them & had little or no support. Company has lost sight of fact that most valuable asset.......DRIVERS!

Pros

Have not been here long enough to figure that out.

Cons

They talk a good game however follow through is lacking.

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Former Employee - Apr 9, 2025

Scam company. They deducted $620 which was 20% of my rate for so call not tracking. I always track and never had any issues and delivered their load successfully. They never once said anything during or after my trip that there was an issue with lost tracking. I've noticed that they are using the tracking scam with alot of owner operators. I'm currently filing a claim with their bond. I thought it was maybe just me , but after reading reviews online and DAT Loadboard app I've realized that they dont pay their freight bills and use tracking to steal money from carriers. I predict they will soon be out of business because no insurance bond company will insure them after all the claims Carriers are filing against them. So #### Navajo ????

Pros

SCAMMERS

Cons

Thieves

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Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 2 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Denver, Colorado on Jun 4, 2025

$32 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in on May 7, 2025

$4,096 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Joliet, IL on Apr 30, 2025

$20 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Atlanta, GA on Apr 9, 2025

$3,100 per week

Current Employee

No

Owner Operator - 4 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in San Antonio, TX on Mar 11, 2025

$20,000 per week

Current Employee

No

Discussions

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Papa_Squirrel

May 21, 2015

Navajo Express

Just started at Navajo Express and didn't really see anything recent on them so thought I would share. Starting pay is .30-.32 per mile unless you have 5 years experience. New as of June 1, 2015 pay for all new hires without five years experience will be mandatory guarenteed pay per day program. First 90 days you get $110 a day 3-9 months $115 then 9-12 months $120 per day. This is regardless miles run, no matter what if you are available to work you get paid the rate nothing more nothing less. After year you start at .35 per mile. That's how they are trying to sell it as a pos. doesn't really work for me in my calculations but for others might be great. Orientation is 2 days, basic stuff, a lot of things that shouldn't have taken a lot of time took too much time, or HOS, FMCSA regs eft...

The company does provide transportation to terminal from home for orientation on form of bus ticket or reimbursing you for fuel. Also get put up in a hotel, nothing fancy just a room, but it's free and trans to and from terminal every day. Don't think you are going to leave orientation on second day and hit the road, they won't issue your truck until next day so you can get at least 10 hr break. I have to fly to Denver from TN to get my tractor as there are only day cans and coffin sleepers at this terminal. Orientation is a video conference with Denver office. Could probably condenced it into one day but some aren't as knowledgable as others and it goes at the pace of the slowest learner. 

That's all i can think of now if any questions ask I will try and answer. I will try and update as I go. Just a FYI seems like there is currently a huge change in management, as a lot of upper level managers I was introduced to had only been here a couple weeks or a month or so. Will be interesting to talk to other drivers and see what changes are taking place and their opinion(taken with a bag of salt obviously).

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Todd B

Oct 29, 2015

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They all promise the same miles but none so far has delivered. Arnold is going to give me 2100-2300 weekly as they say and Navajo says you must hit 11,500 monthly to get any bonus.

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Smoken0221

Aug 22, 2015

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When you're with a trainer, that truck operates as a solo truck. And you get most of the seat time for sure. Probably 85% I'd say, they make #### sure you know what you're doing. Real good trainers here. There's a guy by the name, ####, who's been with navajo 15 plus years and he is a hell of a trainer, I'd highly recommend him, real good dude too.

As for taking your truck home once you get one they'll get you as close to the house as they can, most likely gonna be a kenworth dealer. As for me, I'm out of amarillo tx so when I take home time I'll use the central freightlines terminal, (I guess we have a good relationship with them or something idk). But it all depends but they'll definitely get you within at least 20 miles of your house. But they don't let you physically park the rig in your driveway.