Question for JB Hunt drivers

We don't train. You'll have to go get 6-12 months experience before being hired here. Once you have that...

Orientation is 2.5-3 days.
If hired for DCS division, you get a hotel room to yourself. All other pair up unless you pay to upgrade.
Wage during orientation is crap ($7.50/hr)
Lunch is provided

Day 1 - Paperwork + videos + drug testing + physical
Day 2 - Smith System
Day 3 - more classroom/videos until Day 1 results come back

I drove to Atlanta on my own dime so I could screw around after class. Was done at 4pm on Day 3 and drove back to Memphis. Met with my fleet manager the next day, and was in a truck under a short load that night. Been kicking donkey and taking names ever since.

 

you need to worrie about passing the skills test befor you worrie about getting in to the driver seat by your self.......JB HUNT? i guess each is its own. you could not pay me a dollar a mile to drive for JB

 

i made the mistake & leased onto them back when i was an o/o. the single biggest mistake of my life. they charge o/o's for qualcom, occupational accident insurance (which if u ever file a claim, they will likely deny cause they're self insured & don't want to put out no money). i can give more reasons but u should get the picture. some co. drivers like it but i don't know

 

Haters gonna hate.

I hated the thought of working here in the beginning, but the job I applied for was perfect for me. I don't deal with JBH as a whole, usually...just my fleet of 12 drivers, our 2 F/M's, and our account customers.

I have yet to have even 1 bad experience here in the last 8 months. BUT...DCS division IS pretty much the VIP section of JBH.

 

I have a buddy who drives for DCS..loves it.

He says its nothing like people say..makes good money and home everyday.

Most big companies get a bad rap,look close and do some investigative work..all companies suck in some way.

 

The Chicago intermodal is smooth going to. I thought wtf am i doing sitting in a jb orientation. But you never talk to and you get 2 full days homeanyone. When you set your eta your next load comes and 70% you drop hook... i like it

 

i'm not hating, just sharing the experience i had with them

 

10% of a company's employees are the worst. The bottom 10%. Those are the people who are lazy, selfish, have bad attitudes, whatever. Well, with 15000 drivers, that pretty much means we have around 1500 people at any given time that perform poorly compared to the other 90%. They always want time off, always want a better load, always drive aggressively, always abuse their equipment and end up in the shop...whatever issues those people have.

Those are the people you hear from the most.

That's why I talk JBH up the way I do, because people NEED to know that it is pretty darn nice here if you come in with the right attitude and all. I figured I'd hate it....just another big company with no integrity...and I couldn't have been more wrong. I'll drive for JBH until I'm ready to hang up the keys and retire (or die).

I'm trying to move out of Memphis....get back out west. Looked at and was approved with a few other big companies. Did more research and I just can't leave JBH. I found a lnother DCS account that will actually pay better, and will allow me to run/stay in areas that suit my tastes. Done deal, And it's awesome that I get to stay with the company.

So when you get some time under your booty, look into JBH. Hopefully you'll find it to be as complately satisfying as I and many others don