Loaded ?, but any1 Have an opinion about Schneider?

I started working for Schneider in 2011 after getting my CDL. I was with werner first but quit after four weeks after I heard that some people been there 6 months and were still waiting for a trainer (This is out of Dallas, Texas). Any way, when I first started Schnieder was okay. Not the best (I found out later on) but okay. Because of the CDL mill truck driving school, my driving skills weren't the best and they had me stay in training a extra week. But then I had the trainer from hell so my skills couldn't take all the blame. In total my training time was 4 weeks. 2 with my OTR trainer who was female. That was what I liked OTR trainers and students had to be the same gender. 2 weeks was spent driving local with a trainer at the OC in dallas (It was suppose to be one week but I had the trainer from hell.) Then I got my truck. It was a beat up 2004 "Freight Shaker" with 800,000 miles. And it was NASTY! I didn't know then I didn't have to drive the truck that was dirty like that. It took me four hours to clean it. And that's just the inside. The outside of the truck looked like it wasn't washed since....2004. I found out much later that Schneider pays (used to) for a truck wash at the blue beacon after every PM. After my first load I got a ticket at the scale house in Devine, TX. 200 pounds overweight and for a busted light. The light was working fine. It was just so bright outside that the DOT cop didn't see it. That ticket was $265. That was the last time I listen to a driver that says "they won't get you unless you're WAY overweight". After that I weighed every load over 39,000 pounds. And I do my pre trips thoroughly. There was a lot of other things about driving I had to learn on my own. Since I worked on trucks when I was in active duty army those skills helped me in truck driving. My first truck had so many things wrong with it as time when by. It seems like if Schneider doesn't care about their trucks then the drivers don't either. I had that truck in the shop every 2 months for something. Then when the truck hit mile 900,000 it started eating 2 gallons of oil a week, and had no power going up hills. I told them that I wasn't driving another mile until they fixed this truck. After being down for a week, the mechs at the indy oc fixed EVERYTHING. The truck was now running great. Then three days later I had to drop the truck off at the dallas OC because they were giving me a new truck. They actually gave me a new truck after just eight months of driving. A 2012 freight liner. I thought I wasn't going to have no more problems. Boy was I wrong. The new truck had a lot of electrical problems. Then there was this "OnGuard" radar sensor. That sensor slammed the truck's brakes giving me whiplash and I was on workman's comp for 2 months. After they fixed everything the truck started running okay. Then Schneider started becoming "micromanagey" and all about cutting costs without actually saying it around late 2012. The want you to drive 60mph or under. You'll keep getting messages on the QC that you are going too fast and can get fired if your overspeed is over 5%. Their bonus system is a joke. The trucks now has a temp sensor that shuts the truck off if you idle at five minutes unless the temp is 20 or below or over 70. No APU's in company trucks. After two years it's time for a change. Schneider is an okay company to start out with to gain experience but after a year you may want to seek the greener grass. That's why I'm considering Prime. Once they approve the final paperwork I'm gone.

 

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