GORDON TRUCKING INC.- Safety is Motto

I worked for Gordon trucking Company for 11/2 yrs. Red Flags should have went off when I received my first Truck. I smelled Diesel fumes right away in a truck that was supposed to have been checked before it was sent out with a new driver.Not only did it take 3 days to fix it wasnt fixed properly.I then had a hard time waking the next day as the fumes were now in the sleeper.Another 3 days. I had decent miles with them ,at first.Then I found myself doing alot of local work and if I complained about low miles was penalized with even less miles.I have been told I couldnt resett my hours,been told it was very important that I take an over-weight load,(I refused) and was given low miles for my efforts. I was sent to pick-up reefers without proper training. It was a constant battle about one thing or another.They dont follow their own policies and would put loads on you without notifying you until the last hour,they'd also slip you loads that were impossible to make and if you had a problem they'd say "are YOU refusing to take this load" while implying it would go on your DAC.Countless talks with several Operations Managers brought no results and I finally had enough.I was one Driver. They tried to reason away my complaints..No raise ,after wage freeze was taken off(I did get 1yr.vacation pay) signed on at less then what I should have been making.They are definitly taking advantage of drivers because of the economy and people needing medical insurance for their families.They give you good miles at first but then keep you there by not giving you enough miles so you can never make a better move for your family.They care not for their drivers but very good care of their TRAILERS.

 

bigblue19, I did attempt to work with shipper to get load reworked but shipper said that their scale was right (not certified) and that the certified scale down the road was wrong.When I contacted dispatch(7 dispatches later) to tell them what shipper said they took 17hrs to tell me that it was important that "I "take the load . When I asked if Gordon would pay the ticket/fine for being over-weight they sent out a shell of a truck(no APU etc..) that could scale out.After that I was given 7 small runs.(-144). Thanks Also I went to OTR before I sat truck and they told me truck had just been serviced. Every terminal I went to took at least 3-4 days to fix a truck and that didnt mean it was fixed and whether under warranty or not they always want you at their terminals.I had lots of problems with truck and when I finally got a new one had problems with that one too.Thanks for the input but go to any Gordon terminal and you will find VERY unhappy drivers/employees that are just bidding their time. I had heard that this was a good company but talk to any Gordon driver now especially Owner-Ops and you will find