At Tribe Transportation over 250 trucks out of 350 were abandoned by their drivers in 2020. The numbers don’t lie and with that being said is enough reason to avoid this place like covid. When I first started I was excited since they paid 50 cents per mile. During orientation our instructor told the class that they have no trucks available for us at orientation and that we would all have to recover a truck for them to give us. Our instructor said there is always work available for anyone willing to help recover abandoned trucks. From the start I was given a truck with a broken APU. When they got around to fixing it I was out of work for 4 days which I received no breakdown pay compared to other companies paying me $100.00 per day. I also was not put up in a hotel room like all the other drivers at Tribe when their truck was being repaired. I don’t know why I was discriminated against by Tribe, albeit I am Asian and there are not many Asian truck drivers. Dispatch is horrible and my driver manager is the worst of all the previous seven trucking companies I’ve worked for so far. You are given your next load at the last minute or while driving to pick up a load you are called and given a different load to pick up so it is always a crisis situation working for Tribe in one way or another. Sometimes, at the last minute you are sent to rescue a load by swapping with another driver because their driver managers don’t keep track of their drivers’ hours of service and they run out of hours. To top it all off and put the nail in the coffin, you will be given on a typical week 4 loads to run with short miles adding up to slightly over 2,000 miles per week leaving you with an anemic paycheck being slightly over $1000 per week since they don’t offer per diem pay like all other OTR companies do. When I complained to my driver manager she reported that her drivers only average around 2500 miles per week. They don’t have that much direct customers and run a lot of brokered loads which the broker takes 15 to 20 percent commission explaining why pay is amongst the lowest in the industry for a company driver. The aforementioned is also the reason you will not be able to run many miles and make a decent paycheck. Compounding the issue, maintenance is the worst and you will spend most of your time broke down and pent up in a hotel room while your truck is in the shop. Additionally, all their trailers are in bad shape so you will waste a lot of time because the tandems don’t slide, the shipper won’t load you because the chute needs to be repaired or there is a flat tire that needs to be replaced because the previous driver was to lazy to fix it before dropping it off.
In conclusion dispatch is mediocre at best and/or the load planner is terrible at planning loads. The pay is amongst the lowest in the industry and you will lose $50,000.00 dollars every year you work for them compared to working elsewhere especially with the recent supply chain shortage exacerbated by the shortage of truck drivers resulting in other companies increasing driver pay by as much as forty percent this year.
You may find the following links helpful:
Lawrence Freight ups driver pay as much as 40%
US driver shortage could balloon to nearly 240,000 by 2022, | Desi Trucking
Truck drivers now earn up to $150,000 a year amid worker shortages
Life is too short...I recommend reading the following books to make the most of your time:
Rich Dad, Poor Dad and The Millionaire Fastlane
May peace be with you and god bless you!
Moving to Florida. OTR all 48 based out of there. Help
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Phenomenal, Feb 2, 2022.
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@Phenomenal -- That's great news!
But....dare I ask....who's the lucky carrier?
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