USA truck vs Roehl

in a word Roehl

 

I worked for USA for a little while. The insurance isn't all that great. If you are running regional you will mostly run within 500 miles of Dayton. The pay-scale is a little higher there than most companies. They will not be able to guarantee you being home every weekend, but you will be home most weekends. Although it is usually for only 34 hours. It will depend on what account you end up on. There is no forced dispatch into NYC. The few things they have going into the city is dropped at another trucking company in New Jersey. I worked for them for almost three years and didn't have many problems with them. I know some people have. Alot of it comes down to which companies bs you can put up with the most.

 

A nurse that I work with says her husband worked for Roehl and had a bad experience with them but in most cases if not all cases you have to consider the source. Any dog that will carry a bone will bring one with them. Some ppl. can't get along with anybody whether good or bad so please take the negative with a grain of salt.

Thanks

catfisher56

 

I graduated Roehl March 21,2008, went out on evo I, out for 11 days which wasnt bad, I had 2 trainers. But the problem didnt come until it was time to drop me off to get home.. They dropped me off 27 miles from my house with no way home, and my car was at the dayton yard which was 147 miles away. I talked to the DSR about this and He said " I would figure it out " Yea, I figured it out ! I didnt go back for evo II. But hey, who knows if they treat everyone like that ? I dont know and dont want to find out.
Your call, I just wanted to let you know my experience.

 

I have nothing but good to say about Roehl. I hear bad experiences from other drivers on here, but mine has been great and the other guys I have talked to on the road seem to be happy. I have insurance on myself and my son for about $250 a month (health,dental,life,accident,disability). My ex-wife works in the medical insurance field and she says it is a fairly good plan too. Could it be better? Sure, but it's not bad. Take all the bad with a grain of salt, just like any other company.

 

So what you are saying is: because they dropped you off 27 miles away from your house, you called it quits and didn't decide to show up for EVO II? If that is the case, BIG DEAL. Grow a pair and stick with it. This is why most new people on here complain all the time about companies "screwing" them when the reality is they come in this industry with weak skin and an attitude. Big deal if they dropped you off 27 miles away. Smoke a few cigarettes, calm down, get home, and then call them about it. If people use reasoning usually 99% of the time they get either 1. Compensated or 2. An apology. But I bet they won't drop you off again 27 miles away. SIMPLE use of your brain goes a long way. But then again, if complaining about how a company screwed you and you think telling them to go to H*** works for ya, then go for it. Either way, I'm still gonna sleep good tonight.

Have a good one.

 

I think he is unhappy because they dropped him off 147 miles from his car. Being 27 miles from home isn't any good if you don't have a ride. That is one reason I prefer married students, their wives will usually come get them. His trainer never informed dispatch where he needed to go and I am willing to bet this went down on a weekend. I can't see one of the training dispatchers having that cavilier attitude but I wouldn't put it past the weekend crowd.

 

Well I can see your a wannabe. Look it wasnt the 27 miles that was the real problem it was the 147 miles I had to figure out a way to go to retrieve my car. If you havent been their dont run your mouth about it, because you dont know, you only think you know. Im sleeping good tonight too. Now grow a pair and get out their and try it yourself so when you do run your mouth you will know a little more of what you are talking about.
Who said I told them to go to H*** , I can see you dont comprehend what you read very well. You should pratice what you preach about using ones brain. Yours appears to be in a nutural position. This forum is about telling of ones experience about a particuliar company, not a ##### session from an opinionated wannabe.

 

"they dropped him off 147 miles from his car."

Is seems to often be the case that the dispatcher is the weak link that causes good drivers to leave a company. My trainer was at Roehl for 6 years and his dispatcher was an idiot. I have a low tolerance for BS. I now know I should have never entered the trucking industry. Truckers have more brains than their dispatchers, yet they are at the dispatchers mercy. And no, I did'nt want an inside job, thus I could never be a dispatcher, I have to be on the road, or at least not stuck in the same office with the same people doing the same thing everyday.