I just left Link America/Lane Freight. Will say this is absolutely the worst company i have ever been with. They have some things in common with alot of trucking companies like no miles, crappy equipment, treat you like crap, but in addition to the normal stuff. They use peoplenet electronic logs.
This can be a good or bad thing depending on who you ask, i really didn't have a problem with it, the problem was the company itself. Your load planners and dispatchers do not care about you or what you have to do. They look at peoplenet from there desk and see it says you have 11 hours to drive 14 to work.
They will dispatch you at 10 am, you come out of sleep after sleeping those 10 great hours, then you realize your load doesnt pickup until 11:59 pm and its 100 miles away. i know you drivers are thinking, hmmm thats easy just stay in sleeper til 9:00.Or you can drive the 100 miles, and get them outa way and go back in sleeper... either way, by the time you pickup your load you are tired and sleepy, why? because you just sleep 10 hours the night before, what ya gonna do sleep another 10 hours while you were waiting all day long for your load? dont think so... never met a man that could sleep over 20 straight hours. Dispatcher doesnt care, they see peoplenet says you just came off a 10 hour break, actually over 20 hour break so you should be ripping ready to roll. now your saying,well you shouldnt have took the load if you knew you wouldnt be able to do it. yea.... things dont work that way there.
Myself i foresee problems and situations and i let them know, i get told.. hmmm well you need the miles i would think you would find a way. you will be ok, just go pickup and take you a nap and get it there blah blah blah same ole typical crap from a dispatcher. then you try to explain to them what they should already know, PEOPLENET time doesn't stop for anything, you can take 500 naps if you like, but the clock still ticks no matter what. then they say, well we are gonna charge you a $100 service failure if you don't deliver ontime, you don't want to work for free do ya? considering that is about all your gonna make off the run anyway, it would be working for free if they charged you. and yes they do charge you a $100 service failure fee if you are not at coca cola, lowes, sams, 30 minutes before appointment time. Also charge you $100 service failure fee if you deliver to home depot EARLY. thats right, service failure charge of $100 for delivering EARLY and to boot, if you do it a couple times, they will suspend you. i could go on and on with these type of experiences that i endured while employed there but i wont bore you all. Bottom line is, PEOPLENET plus IDIOTS dont mix. they see you as a computer screen not a driver.
Alot of drivers piss in cups and jugs because they are lazy.Ive been kicked off lowes property for pissin behind my truck. I had to do it because they give me 250 mile runs that doesn't deliver until AFTER my clock runs out. And you cant just go to a truck stop and wait for delivery time because you have to drive straight thru to destination because the clock never stops, if you went to a truckstop your clock would run out and then you wouldn't make delivery. Once your clock runs out, you have to stay wherever you are for 10 hours. I have been on customers property and my clock run out. then 3 hours later i have to move truck into dock, peoplenet clock starts back up because i moved 7/8ths of mile to do my job. it shows safety that i drove my truck AFTER i was out of hours and puts me in violation. Now i get to be yelled at by safety for doing my job. i can either stay put and get a service failure, or back my truck into a dock and get a log violation. now when you are empty, you have to pull out of dock and find somewhere to park before that ticker hits 7/8ths of a mile again.You can say... oh well i had to find a truckstop there was nowhere to park. they don't care, they will yell at you and scream and violate you, and when DOT audits them, you will get a ticket. been many days and nights i was just on a street or parking lot. no bathrooms , no food. no shower. i know what ya thinking..... well driver that comes with trucking. your right, however, choosing and planning to sleep somewhere is different than being forced to stay there for 15 plus hours. i say 15 hours because you have to get there early because of your clock, then sit and wait for appointment, then by that time, you have to take a 10 hour break. Safety is 100% anti driver, there is no excuse you can come up with that will make it ok for you to move your truck after your out of hours. they really expect you to deliver your load, and stay there until your dispatched and then expect you to go to your pickup. they dont care that you need to take a crap, piss, or take a shower or eat. oh ya, they charge $1.50 per mile if you go out of route or run miles that are unauthorized, ( meaning if you just leave drop and head to a truckstop 15 miles away to take 10 hour break). ok i could go on and on but i wont, if you have any questions about this company just ask me, i dont mind answering them. I been driving for almost 11 years , started in 2001. I was sorta the outlaw type driver, i used to carry my own groceries, cook stove/refridge, big ### radio, drive 15 hours a day and i made #### good money. But you cant do any of that with this company, i know some of you newer drivers would fit right in with this company, but it was a big change for fella that was used to running paper logs the way he needed or wanted to and making a good paycheck.
I couldnt take anymore violations on my csr if i want to continue driving, nor can i take living inside a truck like an animal any longer. I turned in my truck a few days ago at the terminal i picked it up from. Now looking for another company to try and make a respectable living with. I know alot of you new people really want to get away from some of the suck ### companies your with, but do your research on a company before you join them. You look like a job hopper no matter what the reasons are for leaving crappy companies, so make sure you use up your hops wisely. Companies do not care what a previous company did to you, in there eyes, you have no reason in the world to quit a company. now days they wont even hire you if you had x amount of jobs.
Lane Freight/Link America
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by Mr.rodneyowens, Feb 20, 2012.
Page 1 of 2
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds
Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.
Page 1 of 2