Most Landstar agents are NOT even located in the U.S. any more

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  1. sentry

    sentry Bobtail Member

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    Unfortunately Landstar is really an offshore company now. If you're naive enough to work for them, I recommend learning Ukrainian, because most LS agents are NOT physically located in the United States. Landstar has a huge office building in Ukraine. Many other Landstar agents are in Mexico and the Philippines. Sure, they have U.S. phone numbers, but that's very easy to arrange now. I've talked to several of them and they admit this.
     
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  3. Knightcrawler

    Knightcrawler Heavy Load Member

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    The agents doing this are doing nothing more than double brokering off other boards. I dont use these brokers.

    And I wouldnt say that "most" Landstar brokers are offshore by any means...
     
  4. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Landstar is bad. Recommend going to Schneider.
     
  5. Knightcrawler

    Knightcrawler Heavy Load Member

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    I thought it was Landstarve ;)
     
    Another Canadian driver and Dflip Thank this.
  6. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Schneider is " The Bomb."
     
  7. Cat sdp

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    Landstar for all……… very good
     
  8. MACK E-6

    MACK E-6 Moderator Staff Member

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    My outfit outsources billing offshore, and I’m sure we’re not the only ones.

    It does cause issues sometimes with addresses because it’s done for speed, not necessarily accuracy. They punch in about 3 letters and hit the first thing that comes up.
     
  9. Opus

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    Did ok by me for 8 years. But, hey, I might be an 'outlier'.
     
  10. Dave_in_AZ

    Dave_in_AZ Road Train Member

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    Awhile back somebody started a thread saying Landstarve was in the toilet cause they lost all the Ukrainian agents.

    Now this guy is saying there's no American agents.

    Could someone that drives for Landstarve PLEASE post a complete list of agents so we have an accurate count???
     
  11. Knightcrawler

    Knightcrawler Heavy Load Member

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    Dont know why "Landstar" would have an office building outside the US anyways. The agents dont work for Landstar anymore than I do. Landstar just handles the paperwork. Now, yes, more and more of their paperwork is handled by people working from home now (the office manager at MIN in So St Paul, Mn just "retired", moved to Arizona and is now "working for Landstar" from home - I miss her. Nice lady). But why build a building somewhere when they could do it from their bomb shelter on a laptop?
     
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