USA truck experience

but like u said bad experience. but love trucking.....looking for a small company out of raleigh nc to work for

 

yea i called and complained to my FM and his boss and anyone who could do something about it. didnt change ....what set me off is that i was suppose to be REGIONAL and was still out 4 weeks at a time and NEEDED to be home labor day weekend and they had me drop by my house and go to NY with out stopping. dropped truck in spartanburg sc on my way home and said see ya

 

The correct question is: "Do you know how to use a brain and read a map?
Do you have a brain and a map?"

GPS is a crutch for most people and turns them into lobotomized idiots who cant think for themselves.

People who are too ignorant to read maps or get good directions on their own have no business letting a GPS do the work for them.

 

I worked for USA for 18 months...it is common to get wrong appointment times, wrong company name, bad directions, wrong address...could go on and on. I don't think that he suggested that anyone at USA intentionally gave wrong appointment times...but they consistently seemed to be highly disorganized the entire time that I was there. Also, reading so much on this site says that isn't a USA only problem

Myself, I never had any issues getting around anywhere in New Jersey...but of course one has to be prepared to drive anywhere...ie Maps, call for directions, ask other drivers (when possible) get qualcomm directions & get a good truck GPS (as soon as you can afford it!). I always look at as much info as I can get from every available source and try to make sense of it as a whole. I've rarely had problems finding a customer.

Showers....hmmm...they tell you in orientation to be prepared to go without and to carry baby wipes for when you can't get a shower. So...I'll side with USA on this one (as much as I hate them). There have been quite a few times where I had to go maybe 3 days max without a shower...not fun or comfortable, but this is the industry that we work in and we were forewarned.

Agree with long load/unload times...but I think this is with any trucking company. If the customers requests a 2pm pickup and you get there and the freight isn't ready for 7-8 hours, that's not the fault of USA. However, I think USA should pay retention...sometimes they have but it depends on your FM. My first one was great with taking care of me, the second and last was an absolute horrible human being.

Louisville, hard to get around? Wow, I'd take Louisville over many other places to be. Really, going back to my earlier comment...maps, call for directions, GPS, etc....you do all of those things and usually the worse that's going to happen is that you may be looking for a place on the left and it ends up being on the right.

 

I don't want to stray too far off topic, however, I am going to disagree w/ the above mentioned commet because the world,just like the trucking industry is constantly changing and it is pure foolishness not to embrace already developed and new technologies.

That type of archaic thinking is akin to saying that said trucker would quit the company he/she works for because it is company policy to do away w/ paper logs in order to start using e logs.

It is almost as bad as saying that you don't need a cell pone because there is a telex machine in the sleeper.

In my mind, what the trucking industry needs are proactive drivers who are excited and stimulated by the possibilities that technology offers, rather than a driver who is intimidated by change. These proactive drivers understand that technology is a tool and that when viewed as such is an essential and integral part of the trucking industry as a whole.

 

I agree, GPS is an aid, a tool. I would never rely on it as my only navigation tool...but it is highly useful.

 

I believe the other driver was basically stating that too many drivers get the gps and only rely on it, which is a mistake. You still have to use a road atlas and other tools. Just relying on gps & then blaming gps happens way too much.