Maverick Orientation

They are a good company. Do not drink or do nothing stupid before or during orientation. One guy got caught drinking at a bar and had to pay all expenses back and had a bad report on his DAC report! Heard they were all electronic logs now days. Good pay..when i worked there i got paid 41 cents per mile, 20-steel tarp, 40-lumber tarp, and some real good pay for multi stops-30 to 70 bucks per additional stop. Do follow there rules. I quit because my dispatcher was absolutley clueless and started dragging his feet finding me a load....your dispatcher (fleet manager) should push you....you shouldn't have to call them and bug the crap out of them to get a load and not set for hours. If you have an accident....LOCK DOWN THE EATON VORAD SYSTEM!!!!! I was envolved in a DOT recordable accident in august of 2008. Called safety and woke a women up and she advised me to not lock down the truck (meaning lock down the data on the VORAD system). I left in January the next year and now work for PGT. They said i had a side swipe/lane change on my DAC report. So do not trust a dam word they say...cover your ###, not theres. They did have Steve Williams come in and clean house one day and got rid of about 10-15 fleet managers that was ruining his company and drivers was quiting because of bull crap. Such as truck repair and loads that the drivers couldn't pick up when dispatched to them, it happened to me at rocksboro NC. Went to pick up a load of wooden I-beams and they were closed. My F/M went home and i sat at the Petro all weekend. They did pay me 800 miles for screwing me over though!!! So all in all i do have to say i liked the company but sometimes you need to change F/M's cause Harrold the bald headed dork is still there and hasn't got fired yet. He likes to get your truck fixed at a shop and tell you to go off duty and take a 10 hour break and then head on out.....Who is gonna drive the truck in and out of the shop??? I cant sleep in the resturant??? Stuff like that happens not only with Maverick but with all companies. Another thing, DO NOT EXCHANGE LOADS WITH OTHER DRIVERS AND IF YOU DO KEEP YOUR TARPS!!! I got screwed over 3 times. Lumber tarps with 10 foot long rips and steel tarps that someone threw over a pissed off Lion or Tiger. They will say a driver needs to get home and al that...i got screwed on my miles evrytime i did do that. Pull the tarps off and count the securements yourself, that way you don't get shorted anything and YOU KNOW WHAT KIND OF SHAPE YOUR TARPS ARE IN!!! I knew off 21 people who got fired or quit while Maverick was doing there recovery from the economic downfall. 523 drivers after January 2009 to March 2009 went home with no job because Maverick had to save thereselfs from going out of business. They now do reefer, tanker loads which is in and out of arkansas, flatbed, and glass hauling. Look at a Maverick truck these days...Ever see a recap on any trailer?...NO!!! They downsized to better outfit the company. Just beware there will be eyes on you, do not stop by the little rock terminal to get your truck fixed because they are always backed up. They will fire you without hesitation, there a trucking company, just remember that!

 

Were you planning on screwing up? Anyway, sounds like you're happy with the decision. All that matters.

 

did you try boyd?

 

Bori, not trying to scare you off at all, but all orientations are about the same. There going to check everything. If your BP is good, your driving record good, and you havent killed anyone lately you should be ok. Just be upfront about any of your past. They don't like it when you try to hind things. Since you've been at your current job 4 years, do you have any vacation time you could use for your orientation? Then your job would still be there if it didnt work out. Good luck to you.

 

BTC is a good company. I have yet to talk to one of their drivers who is unhappy and from what I heard their medical coverage is very good!!