Roehl Transport makes it into the BAD company forum

We ALL wanna quit at least once a day our first year. Then it becomes every third day by about halfway through our second year.

 

Yup, once we finally get the company lobotomy we begin to accept everything they hand us!

 

I understand the B/S that y'all had to put up with. I started with Roehl on May 24th of this year and I quit on Oct. 2nd. I was lucky to see 2200 miles in a week. My average paycheck was about $300.00. I remember mentioning to my DSR on more than one occassion that I need more miles and wondering aloud to her why I was not sleeping in my own bed at night making this kind of money. Her response was always the same, "freight is bad right now." I guess freight is bad all the time. Recruiters make their money lying to people, of course, it will mean nothing when they are rotting in hell. I am bitter and pi**ed off. I suppose I was to naive getting into this business. I believed my recruiter when she told me that I would get and $800-$1100 dollar paycheck weekly. They are bloodsucking nazis that should be burned at the stake. I say this with the utmost feeling of calm.
Furthermore, I quit because I was offered a monday thru friday job operating a yard truck. I make about 350-400 a week depending on overtime. I got the call on October 2nd for the job offer. I called Roehl the same day and told them I quit. My DSR said "ok" responding to me like the drone the company had tried to turn me into. I told her I would bring the truck back to Gary the following saturday and she said that it would not be a problem. A couple days later I get a call from my FOM informing me that since I was no longer an employee I would not be aloud to drive the truck and that I would be charged with vehicle abandonment, it would appear on my DAC and I would be hit with the bill even though I was willing to return the truck to them.

In Evo I, I was assigned a trainer that was so miserable, I got out of his truck on I-77 in West Virginia and hitched home. (read previous posts)
In short, I wish I had never gotten back into a Roehl truck.
Roehl Transport Inc. is equally as shi**y or worse than any other trucking company and I hope they go bankrupt.

Have a nice day.

 

LOL. I am eager to see how many people refute this post, as so many did with the ones that I posted previously. This is probably a decent company to get experience with, if you have none. But you will not be paid what the recruiters say you will. The truth is that you may make 300-400 dollars per week, with the occasional 600-700 dollar check coming about once per month. My experience with Roehl was very similar to the once mentioned above. Virtually everything that I was told about pay, bonuses, raises, and "driver friendly" atmosphere is false. Ask how the bonus mileage is calculated. It is HHG. The Practical miles are how you are paid, but your bonus is calculated on the "short miles". Also, ask how many miles you are "allocated" per week. You have unknowling been assigned to "x" amount of miles per week and that is about all you will get, no matter how hard or how long you run. Unless you are on the 7/7 fleet, you will get the leftover dispatches. I am now with another company, home every night, and so far the experience has been what Roehl claimed to be, only much better. Here is my advice if you have no experience. Get some experience, stay there for at least one year, then find a real job. I am lucky to have found mine, but I put up with Roehl and their lies for one year to get there. Just know this up front, whatever Roehl tells you will be most likely false, as far as pay, bonuses, raises, etc. You won't see them. I, too went in blindly believing what I read and was told, and stayed frustrated for a year wondering how a company could claim to be something and be so untruthful. There is a much better life after Roehl, and the other blood sucking "training companies". Its a shame you have to endure these places to find a decent job in this industry. I hope some of you Roehl cheerleaders find this and attempt to dispute these facts, but it won't take long for the next crop of employees to get in their truck and find it out for themselves. And, by the way, ask Roehl to take "integrity" out of their cornerstone of values they profess to live up to as a company. They certainly don't have any.

Have a great day. I know I will at my new job.

 

That's right

 

Thanks for the heads up. I've pushed these guys hard in the past, and it sounds like I need to back off. If this is what it's like there, and I know it is for at least some, I'll back completely off.

One thing that bugs me about web sites like this is the fact people tell about how they get hooked up with a company and head to orientation/training, and then they disappear without a trace. No news, no updates, no status reports. They just fall off the earth, never to be heard from again. This means YOU, you guys who recently went to Roehl. How's it going there? We read your posts earlier about your moves. You cheerfully made those and got our hopes up, now keep us updated from time to time. Sounds like Roehl may not be so great after all.

 

It's going just fine here. The reason we don't update is that we are busy running miles and not sitting around ######## about stuff. I have been getting my allocated 2500-3000 miles a week. Yes, Roehl is full of crap. If you have done any reasearch into trucking companies you will know that Roehl is a training company. They aren't perfect, but having been on the road now for awhile, I see it is much better here for a newbie driver than most other places on the road.

Homeboy, I don't know where you figure bonuses are based on HHG miles, but you are way off. All mine come exactly when they are supposed to based on the dispatched miles I get. Yes, I write them all down and keep track. Every one so far has been when it was supposed to have been.

The reason you see people on here griping, is the ones that are happy here are the ones who are too busy running down the road to log on. I get a chance a couple times a week maybe. Most of the time I just browse through to see what is going on. Sometimes I have to set the record straight from people who have thier own Roehl bashing agenda.

Are they perfect? Nope. Have they pissed me off? Yup, several times. But I take my 600-800 dollar a week paychecks and just ignore half of the stupid stuff that goes on there.

 

My first year at Roehl stunk. Everybody's first year at Roehl stinks. Find me an OTR company that isn't like that.
Roehl is an excellent company if you get by that first year. There is no OTR company that can match their combination of pay and home time. My recruiter told me I would get 2500 miles a week running national. I got 2500 miles a week. Most people at Roehl make decent money. There are always a few malcontents that don't do their job and are not rewarded.
Now I do 7/7 and bar tend on the side. Roehl is good company if you do 7/7, 7/4 7/3, or are a trainer. My cousin is a national flatbed trainer and makes over 70 grand. His buddy is a 7/7 trainer and makes around 50 grand. I don't know of any other company that can touch that. I am not a trainer (yet) but I still made over 30 working half a year doing curtainside/van. You guys need to stop whining about Roehl and look in the mirror.

 

Sounds like a good enough company to take a chance on. But understand my point that some people come here, maybe post a little, use the information, and never contribute or fall off the earth. Maybe they just muck up and don't want to admit it. It's best to hear both sides when it comes to a good outfit. If they're good, tell somebody. It helps balance the negative a lot of people don't hesitate to post.

 

I like Bettys' attitude. It is right on,and on any job if you are schooled in a tech job or a college type job,you still ussually start at the bottom,I have worked docks in the past,just to drive a Roadway truck,you may have to start sweeping the floors on a job,if you can do a great job sweeping,then you move up the scale,you have to prove yourself,in trucking,be correct and be creative,the seniors know what I mean,if you don't or can't make money for the company,they will make you quit,in trucking industry they just starve you out,you think you are slick,you are not,they will string you along as lnog as it takes. On the other hand,learn well,get along with your trainer,and he will treat you better and relay that info on to the company,that is his job to teach and screen you,if you are not honest and really fitted to this work,your trainer may tell his bosses. After you are trained,keep doing your best,be on time,be creative,try to complete that mission to the best of your ability,in this business,attitude is everything,dispatchers have the toughest jobs,they are always in the middle,if you don't believe me try doing it,they change companies as fast as drivers do,don't be too quick to blame dispatchers and don't bad mouth your company or use their names,drivers,trainers and employees will tell on you to try and better their positions,especially the drivers that can't outperform you,their recourse is to screw you thru their jealousy,that's all great advise from me,other seniors will agree. I have talked to older drivers at roehll that are not trainers and some young ones',most don't have anything to really complain about,the newbees are just learning their trade,no matter what you read in this forum,we can't teach you to be on time,be creative or get along and playball if you aren't dependable,don't like the trade,or don't do your best. In this business your BEST COUNTS IMMENSELY,and it is everything as well as your attitude.We don't always like what we have to do,bosses and companies and attitudes are always changing,so adjust,don't #####,and do your best. Your company will sooner or later see by your work that you are a player and take care of you. Change dispatchers if you are not getting along,don't wait till they make you want to quit or quit,tell the higher ups your problems and if you are what you say you are,they will listen and help you make the money and miles you need,again,on any job,you can't start at the top when you haven't honed your new trade,and if you can't or won't sweep the floor to the best of your ability they don't need you,they need me. I try my best,be creative and do my best to show a profit,no matter what,if the dispatchers screws up,I will still do my best,if they screw me around,I will tell their boss,I need to make money as well as my owner,he is paying me and it is my job to make a profit or I may as well quit.Trucking is not for all,some others' think we are nuts,maybe we are,but my freedom on the road cannot be beat,no bosses breathing down my neck and my job shows what I do,I love it,not every day,but most every day. Please think about what I said here and most of you will enjoy your jobs and be glad and appreciate your current companies better as well as well as they will appreciate you more also.