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Marten Transport

Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by papaov9, Jan 15, 2009.

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  1. Jan 15, 2009 #1
    papaov9

    papaov9 Bobtail Member

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    I drove for Marten Transport for six months. During that time, I stopped in Indianapolis during Driver Appreciation Week to see the director of operations. I saw him during lunch and I told him I needed to talk to him about a problem I was having. He said okay. When I went to his office he let me sit outside his door for 4 hours. He went in and out and people went in and out, walking right past me. He never once acknowledged me. The only reason he finally saw me was because I finally went to someone in the office and started complaining about him leaving me sit for 4 hours. Then later I was told to detour from a run and stop in at Indianapolis because the director of operations wanted to see me. I went there and sat for another 2 hours. He finally came out and took me into his office. I was then told by someone from HR over a speakerphone that I was being terminated because I had had an accident and broken an axle on a trailer and had not reported it. Safety had decided that since I had the trailer for 6 days and was the last person to have pulled it, I had to have been responsible for the axle breaking. I did not have an accident and I wouldn't know a broken axle if I saw one. I do know that there was nothing wrong with that trailer when I dropped it at the door, and even the Yard Jockey said it was okay when he pulled it out of the door. A mechanic told me that there could have been a stress fracture in that axle and it could have finally just broke. I could not have pulled that trailer if it was damaged and, as a 25 year veteran truck driver, I would have no reason to cover up a needed repair. I have always taken good care of company equipment and reported any problems right away so they could be taken care of. I had an excellent record with Marten up to that time and was fairly happy with them. If this keeps just one person from going to work for that company, it is worth having posted it.
     
    papaov9, Jan 15, 2009
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  3. Jan 28, 2009 #2
    no one

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    why were you needing to speak with the ops manager ? ...And did Marten Dac you for an accident ?
     
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  4. Jan 28, 2009 #3
    nahmakanta

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    you have been driving for 25 years and you would not know a broken axel if you saw one?
    that is a good reason to fire you right their
    how do you do your pre trips?
     
    nahmakanta, Jan 28, 2009
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  5. Jan 29, 2009 #4
    Dingokid

    Dingokid Bobtail Member

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    Well well I'd say the power of the pen is mightier than the sword Mr Papaov9. Do you not know or need to be told once more documentation, documentation, documentation. A paper trail makes everyone accountable. Sounds like you shoot yourself in the foot and are now bleating about it, SUCKER, 25 years on the road you should know better, or are you really Mr Papaov9 ??????
     
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  7. Jan 31, 2009 #5
    Mortar Man

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    wow:biggrin_2551:
     
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  8. Feb 1, 2009 #6
    aladdin sane

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    We never did get the reason why this guy spent all of this time sitting outside the Dir. of Ops. office. All it boils down to is another schmo that screwed up and refuses to be accountable for it so he makes himself the poor innocent victim and we're supposed to swallow it hook, line and sinker.
     
    aladdin sane, Feb 1, 2009
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  9. Feb 2, 2009 #7
    Cookie Munster

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    Marten has become SWIFT with reefers.
     
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  10. Feb 2, 2009 #8
    skibum_63

    skibum_63 Road Train Member

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    Why is that?
    England and Prime are larger, thus can undercut Marten.
     
    skibum_63, Feb 2, 2009
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  11. Feb 2, 2009 #9
    truckermario

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    Yeah right.

    Care to elaborate or is this just more water cooler talk?

    How many companies as small as them are still hiring despite the freezes of other companies and yet still care enough to put APUs on all their trucks while still posting earnings?
     
    truckermario, Feb 2, 2009
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  12. Feb 2, 2009 #10
    Cookie Munster

    Cookie Munster Bobtail Member

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    Nope, not water cooler talk.

    I drove for them,they're freight had gone way down when I left them.I thought the way they treated drivers was reminiscent of what I've read about Swift.

    They didn't put APU'S on their equipment because they care about the drivers.It was a business decision, that was heavilly subsidized by the State of Wisconsin.

    http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=60887

    Marten first used the TriPac system under a grant from the state of Wisconsin to test the effectiveness of APUs. The truckload carrier has long been a Thermo King customer for reefer units.
     
    Cookie Munster, Feb 2, 2009
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