The scoop on K&B Transport

After a one year sabbatical from driving so I could custom build my house on land I inherited I found an add guaranteeing $950 min per week whether you run them or not. Absent of logic, I sent in my spotless driving credentials and withing 20 minutes I received a call from a K&B recruiter asking if I could start the following Monday. Eager to get the wheels turning- I accepted the offer and arranged to be bused to Sioux City, Ia for a two day orientation. Here are the main points of my experience:
-They did not route me home for general truck items for 12 days even though company states you'll get through your city on first load.
- $950 is only earned of you meet all of their ridiculous conditions. 4 months of hell at KB and my average gross was well under $900(just 2days home/month)
- Do you have family, friends, a pet? If so, this company is NOT for you! Getting home was next to impossible and almost always required arguing with dispatcher.
- Speaking of dispatchers- I had three in my tenure and all were young punk ##### that have no understanding of the position of driving a truck. They are desk jockeys that will make you want to ignore their frequent qualcomm messages and phone calls.
- You WILL be required to spend most of your downtime within 2 miles of TYson/walmart distrib/ other meat packing plants which happen to be in BFE so get used to the comforts of your cozy mobile cell.
- Although this company has elogs, you WILL be required to use the under 20mph and within 2mile loophole which avoids going to on duty and/or driving. This means when you should be sleeping you will have to deal with gate check-ins, office check-ins departures etc. The problem here is that if you're in ANY KIND OF ACCIDENT you will be screwed for falsifying logs as you will be on shipper/receiver records for checking in/out, but showing sleeper berthed logs. Driver is the professional and KB will not be at fault.
- New tractors, but the interior is cheap plastic. Everything rattles, breaks, falls apart. Duct taped interior added a classy touch.
- Safety department monitors speed an issues daily in-house violations to drivers that aren't compliant.
-The scheduling is never consistent. 1/2 the week you will drive overnight, the other half you'll drive during the day and all dispatches are forced and treated as "linehaul."
- You must speak with your punk-### dispatcher on the phone daily; send frequent qualcomm messages(check calls,temp checks, inspections...) daily.
-Time to switch companies? You will forfeit your final two weeks pay! No matter how you do it, this company screws you over in the end.
- Again, no matter how you do it you can count on a negative DAC reporting from KB. The management treats drivers as modern day slaves and are vindictive once you wise up and declare your freedom.

This is just a hand full of my many complaints with this company. Speak with any KB driver you encounter out at a truck stop and I'm certain he/she will attest to my rant here and in full. It's no wonder why their recruitment is so aggressive!
I hope this helps job seekers make the right choice with it comes time to switch companies.