TransAm: It isn't THAT bad

Well during training we are told that we should call our DM after waiting 1 hour after the time scheduled. And that they will contact the shipper to see what is wrong. IF a shipper is taking that long TransAm will want to charge them retention pay.

 

...that the driver may or may not ever see. After driving for a company that actually passes it on to the driver, I wonder just how often over the years the company I was driving for, or leased to, was collecting it without saying a word to me about it.

 

I just quit Transam with no 2 week notice and I have to pay 2 weeks of tracktor rent awesome company now I didn't got pay for all my work and I owthem money 1200.00 Don't Work there!!!!!

 

and you expect hugs and kisses for walking out without notice?

 

It is what you make of it I guess. They told us in class that it is all on you to be successful. They give all the tools you need. you just need to use them and keep running. Make best friends with your DM and Dispatcher and you be kept rolling. Ask for home time all the time and get your loads there at the last minunte then you not going to get the loads you need. If they give you a load and you have 5 days to get there and you can drive it in 3 day. be there early.

 

i made 3700 my first month driving for transam
no one ever looks at themselves for thier failures
i believe if thier is a problem i have a part in it
if my only job is to become not part of the situation

 

i went ahead and put my app in for Transam.........i think attitude has a lot to do with makin money. not eveything is gunna be perfect all the time. i try to treat people the way i wanna be treated, i live by it! but i guess i will find out soon enough. goin into this 100%, an open mind and try to learn as much as possible....these threads have been very ,very helpful !!

 

i got a question for transampete,or anybody for that matter; i had a dui in 1989,when i was bout 18years old and i got a ticket in 2007 for driving while my licens was suspended,for minor violations(no proof of ins. and expired tags) is this gunna be a huge problem for me?? this happened in the state of Mi. and now i live in TN. with a new drivers licenes......

 

just disclose it all the recruiter will figure it out
my record was worse but nothing after 1999
the good news with transam is if they send you a bus ticket
you are hired they do the background checks first
unlike other companies you read on here leave you on the sidewalk
of course you still have to pass drug screenings