Vaughan Transportation

Out of Moore, OK. Anybody know anything?
http://www.vaughanfoods.com/
http://www.vaughantransportation.com/

They are the transportation company for Vaughan Foods. I'm going to work there, hopefully, next week. I've really been holding out for local work, but with this job I could be out 3-5 days at a time. I've decided to go ahead and take it so I can get back to work. I've been off for about a month now.

They do have an "alert" on their log violations, but I was told, during the interview, of steps being taken to correct that.

Other than that, I like what I see so far. It is no forced dispatch but if you don't call in after 3 days you're fired. It sounds like you can work as much as you want, and make as much as $1200+ a week, I was told, or you can take it easy and make as little as you want.

It is slip-seating, which I'm not crazy about, but they have all 09' and newer trucks, and drivers are fined $50 if they don't clean it up at the end of their shift.

And most routes are overnight, out and back.

For those that may be interested, Oklahoma City is the only area they hire out of.



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Yes, the pay per mile is on the low end. Of course, that is a sacrifice I am willing to make to be home on the weekends or a couple of times a week.

 

I've worked for small and big companies and that is not a big deal to me. I don't care too much whether they know me by name or truck number. Sometimes, I actually prefer the anonymity of being at a large company. But the last small company I was at, I liked very much.

I actually live in Norman which is even closer. And I'm on the north side of Norman so I am really almost in Moore, about 5 miles from Vaughan. That is another good thing.

I'm not officially hired yet. All of my backgrounds, drug test, physical, etc, I know are all good. But I don't know how many other people have applied in the last couple of days.

But you're right about how one person may think a company is great, and the next guy thinks it is living hell. Attitude goes a long way, and then sometimes you have just have to bounce around some before you find the right place.

 

Yeah, I asked about the idling and he said they did not pay much attention to it. He also said the new tractors would have APU's. So I'm going in today to fill out paperwork to get started. I could be going out today or tomorrow, with another driver, on a short run to learn their system and paperwork.

 

Yeah, looks like it is tough to stay legal there. I bailed. Team is probably the way to go.