Landstar is the best - trust me!

I received a disturbing notification regarding recruitment.

It used to be, if you referred an owner operator, and they put your name down, you'd receive a whopping $100 on your fuel card. Which was great. Because most guys doing OK at Landstar are not going to waste more than $100 of their time to blab on about Landstar.

So - now, the deal is -

If you refer an owner, and they sign up - you'll receive 1% of their adjusted revenue in the first year, and 2% in the second year. As far as I know, this doesn't come out of the new BCO's pocket - it's kicked in by corporate.

I don't care what the fuzzy math is -

When I see changes like this - I have to sound the silent alarm. Now you'll have a bunch of folks telling you lies about how awesome Landstar is, because there is a capacity for BS when $$ is added to the equation.

I've always been honest when people ask me about Landstar - so, just throwing this one out in the atmosphere.

The truck count is down from 10,000 trucks 10 years back, to some 7,500 last time I checked.

And yes - the load board is flooded with cut and paste agents that are sub agents in foreign countries.

Take care, and best of luck folks.

 

Yeah - it's just not a good look. I'll be pretty honest when people do ask about them - just to make sure the stars in their eyes are a little dimmer. A lot of folks don't read the contract, study the charges, and know what they're getting into. I read the whole darned 34 page contract, and with the help of some kind folks, had a direct insight into what freight rate opportunities were ACTUALLY achievable at the time.

I know it's an independent contractor model, but it bothers me how outright stingy and cheap they are with the people that bring the revenue in. I can think of multiple ways they could reward longevity and revenue earned for them at a reasonable cost to their bottom line, but all you get is a cheesy Christmas gift, cheap safety gifts, and they lean on their 'Appreciation Days' events and giving away a couple of trucks every year.

It seems every other winner of those trucks has a story that reads "I was about to go out of business and didn't know what I was going to do until I won the truck'.

 

Yeah - that went away. It's a $500 Visa gift card. that's roughly $1 a week gratitude for 10 years . . .

 

Edit - That's the longest I've laughed for a while.