K&B transportation

Thanks for a well written, fact laden post here in the ‘bad’ section.

 

As with most things, they are structured to look great on their face, but reality is not so rosy.

365 = (46 + 10) 6.5
If you make the guaranteed pay every one of the 8 weeks, that's $1625 * 8 * 6.5 = $84,500

So just over $84k to live in a truck 2 months at a time, split sleeper, relay, be awakened every time you try to sleep, track your every move on your cell phone, and never be late or refuse a load. Meanwhile there are companies that will pay more to work under better conditions and let you get adequate sleep.

Caveat Emptor.

 

what ever happened to ABE

 

That app got me. With that they have access to all your files, personal info.

You step out of the truck they are following you. Creepy if you ask me.

 

8 years later, they’re still calling cops for a “welfare check” of their drivers that go to bed.

 

If they’re asking you to run loads under personal conveyance even though you’re out of hours that should be a red flag in itself and to tell the company “Adios”!!

 

Yeah screw all that. As far as I'm concerned there isn't a trucking company on this planet paying enough to put up with that kind of micro managing b.s. Stories like that make me glad I retired when I did.

 

Dang man.....that's doing a lot. It shouldn't be that hard to work for any company.

 

My first truck driving job, Had the the same vp that k&b transportation has had for 25 years

Direct Transit
This Sioux City-area based trucking company was cruising along registering good growth rates each year until it had grown to a carrier that generated about $140 million in 1995. It was then that DTI agreed to be purchased by Schneider, who later backed out of the deal after not being able to come to final closing terms in December of 1996.

Swift Transportation then stepped in and agreed to purchase DTI, but a list of issues including foreclosure, bankruptcy, and tax evasion charges brought all deals to a halt.

Charles G. Peterson, who was in the process of selling DTI, pleaded guilty to income tax evasion, admitting to pocketing excess money from truck and trailer leases.

The plea agreement was on one of the three counts of tax evasion he was charged with in April 1997. Mr. Peterson's plea said between 1989 and 1990 he diverted at least $750,000 from the leases, evading taxes of between $200,000 and $350,000

Mike Ratkiewicz 76 years old
Executive Vice President Direct Transit, Inc. Jan 1986 - Jan 1997 11 yrs 1 mo
Manage Federal Safety Compliance missions, construction of facilities, terminal acquisition, HR hiring function for all departments, legal, driver recruiting, Insurance claims, maintenance management. Startup operation in 1986, with 60 power and 110 trailers, grown to 1500 power and 4800 trailers in five years, with 10 locations of which operated coast to coast in both refrigerated and later dry vans. Fastest growing privately held truckload carrier in the nation for years 1991 and 1992.

Executive Vice President K&B Transportation, Inc.Jan 1997 - Present 23 yrs 10 mos. South Sioux City, NE 68776
Directly oversee Safety & Compliance, Driver Recruiting, Personnel, HR Hiring, legal matters, Federal Compliance, Insurance & Risk Management, interface with daily operations. fleet asset utilization, cost of risk, CSA compliance, assist in maintenance management, interface with CFO on matters of cost control. Sorry I won't work for another company with the same management style.