Star Transportation, Inc. - Nashville Tn.?

ONE TRAINER DOES NOT A COMPANY MAKE!!

 

Welcome to Trucking....LOL

 

THE RIP OFF COMPANY "STAR TRANSPORTATION" FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM THEIR UNSCRUPULOUS POSSESSOR "COVENANT TRANSPORT" PASSED DOWN THIS MANDATE ............. STAR TRANSPORTATION DECEMBER 19, 2008... Effective January 1, 2009, Star Transportation will implement a new policy to reduce idle time. All tractors will have a standard of 30% idle time or less. Any idle time over 30% will be charged back to the driver at 3.00 per hour...Bill Harris v.p operations....... What? Is this just a cruel Christmas gag? It can't be a Christmas bonus that ended years ago when our small dash stick-on calendar was cut out. So my friend that means if you drive 10 hours you now have been awarded 3 hours for heating your truck! Per day you might ask? No that's 3 hours for the next 2 or 3 days, when you hopefully will get another load on the way for your impressive 1200 mile payday. Fuel at 2.50 a gallon and our trucks using less than a gallon an hour, this seems to be the best money making plot coming out of the "NASHVILLE BRAIN TRUST" in some time. This is the most arrogant RIPOFF I've heard in the trucking industry, charging a driver laid over or a driver on his 10 break 3.00 per hour for heat. We all know the parent company of Star is covenant transport "ripping off their employees must be their true covenant" a company with a reputation of a wet turd. It is whispered in warm halls of Nashville the next scheme is renting the driver the steering wheel. Oh yeah I almost forgot: STAR TRANSPORTATION IS NOW HIRING EXPERENCE DRIVERS AND TRAINEES... ask for bill.....p.s. please bring loads of blankets and your own dash calendar. GOOD LUCK ALL. YOU WILL NEED IT WITH THESE SCUMBAGS.

 

google covenant/ star transportation ripoff sucks.....you will find out quick what kind of scumbags they really are

 

I am starting truck school on Monday the 28th. I have been offered jobs by Werner and Star. Does anyone have any suggestions on which one to go with?

 

I work for Star and I wanted to run Southeast....they said no problem. After waiting to be on the Southeast board for two weeks, I asked what Happened? They told me that being as I Lived in Indiana, I "had to" run the Midwest Regional! This is shorter miles and requires runs to the east coast which I do not care for. I thought I would retire from here but now it seems that I may be having second thoughts.

 

So you actually are spreading this BS? I work for Star and I have not seen one single Driver ever charged for idle time! It is true that there was such a memo but that is when they had drivers that would leave their trucks idle while they were showering, eating, ############..whatever and just sitting there wasting fuel. If it was my company I would be pissed to but as I have said, I have yet to have seen one driver charged even tho I know for a fact that there have been a few of them that should have been !!

 

Stay away from werner !!!

 

No offense, I see you are new to the board and welcome.

I think you quoted the wrong person for which you were aiming your statements. Plus, the post you was addressing is from Jan 2009. That poster is long gone.

 

I am here at Star now...it is not the best, but, by far, not the worst
two out of four weeks a month, your miles will suck and then about the time you are ready to quit, they bring them back up.
Our Equipment is all Frightliners but I have seen them recently bring in a couple of Volvos to be used for "lease operators"
All trucking companies are not what they were years ago when they actually did care about their drivers but Star does do the best they can with the limitations and BS shoved on them from Covenant.