the 3 worst compny in the industry, im right or not???

i'm a little surprised i didn't see western xpress on that list after reading about the complaints on them on here. too bad too i realy wanted to work for them. i even had the privilege of talking to a couple of their drivers that i had run into at our local truck stop and they confirmed what i had read about them. they are not the only ones,#### shame.

 

After much of my own research into companies, reading an abundance of forum posting, and weeding through goods and bads. When a new driver is choosing a company you really need only to remember a few things:

1) It matters not who you go with, it is what you put into it. Once you get through the orientations, and the training period, you are your own worst enemy. If you grind out that first year, be respectful, earn the reputation of a reliable safe driver, and learn. Most if not all companies will return that back to you. Go into this job with the attitude that you are a "Newbie" soak up everything that is taught to you, run every job with a great attitude. In the end, regardless of who you choose, YOU will make it a good or bad experiance.

2) Choose a company that fits what you need in home time, benefits, pay..etc. Remember, 90% of all the companies that hire new drivers offer just about the same packages.

3) Once you start, remember this, give it 1 year. Grind it out, do what you have to do to see it through, get that years experiance and once you do, it will open up so many more choices.

Once more, regardless of what others say of thier experiance with a company, that is thier expierance. Your experiance will in the end be yours, yes take heed what is said here and use it as a advisory of things to watch for. There is an abundance of good advice for a "Newbie" to pay attention to. But, there is also simply a bunch of drivers here that at sometime were in "Thier" opinion taken advantage of. It takes two to tango, and we are not hearing the other side of the story.

Respect to all

Tank (UBER NEWBIE)

 

Thanks, Tank, for your mature attitude and thoughtful post! Excellent advice.

 

terrible advice.............

you start at the wrong company, they'll chew you up and spit you out,

regardless of what you put into it !!!!


Your first company will most likely make the difference in you lasing the first 6 months......

 

Any list that leaves out JBHunt is highly suspect. Leaving out a company because of per diem is silly. Take the per diem and put it into a Roth or 401k and stop depending on the government to supply you with a retirement. Social Security is bankrupt and won't be there anyways so you might as well get used to taking care of yourself.

 

90% failure rate for new drivers..........



not rumor, fact !!!

 

I just did some online research and found the failure rate for company-offered Lease/Operator programs is 87%.

 

Don't get me wrong, I don't think Swift is the greatest. I just think Celadon is on a downhill slide. They have no clue about service, and I have no clue how they ever get customers. I only worked for Celadon because they bought the company I was working for, and they kept my pay rate at 43cpm. Celaodn has nicer equipment than Swift. Other than that, Swift beats Celadon across the board.

 

I just got back on the road after spending few days in Omaha(werner main terminal) they are really looking into retaining more drivers, and they also bought some automatic trucks for the fleet and propane powered also.