May Trucking Company

I worked for May for only 6 months but that was my doing, not because of anything they did. I don't like going to grocery Whses between 10pm and 0500, or running the back roads between western and eastern OR in the winter to run a load 150miles and then deadhead back. If i'm gonna chain I want some miles on the load.

I would not suggest May for a east coast driver because they have little support once you get east of Utah. But for a west coast driver who wanted to do regional work I found them satisfactory.

I was always paid correctly at May and believe me after being a contractor for several years I kept track of every penny. The key is approval, macro's and reminders. Open the drivers manual read it understand it and utilize it and you will have no problem at May getting paid for things other then miles.

The routing was never a problem for me running the West and if I'm not paying for the fuel, then I do not question were the company has me fuel. It's there dime so it's there prerogative.

The idle policy does charge you for over idle but also pays you for not idling which the OP failed to mention and if you need to idle due to your ac or heater going out then you simply get a idle override which I got on a few occasions in the summer. My only beef with the idle policy is that you are charged Idle time as soon as the truck stops so even if you do not idle at all you will be charged between 2% and 4% idle time.

My main concern as a new driver at May would be the condition of their trailers which are 14' non-air ride and some as old as 12 years (on the dry side) Refer is 48 and their trailers seem to be newer and in better shape.

They are stricter on logs because they want to keep their status in OR as a preferred carrier and not have their drivers run into every scale house. If you put in your eta's and pta's and hours worked each run like I did you will have no problem running when you are ready to.

I will also say that in all but one case they got me home on the day I was scheduled to be home.

If you get the wrong dp'r at May you could have problems with miles or pay because not all of them are created equally. I found out who was good and who was not and went with a nice lady who seemed to care if the driver got miles and what they were owed as long as you were not a terminal and T/S rat and ran your hours each day.

 

Well of coarse if you don't show a receipt they are not going to let you keep the reimbursement.

C'mon you know this is a easy fix by just resubmitting the scan at the terminal or a T/S which I had to do a couple of times in 6 months but not usually. You can also call payroll ahead of time if you have reimbursement you are worried about and confirm accounting for them.

Yes you should always look at your pay on every trip, but I found the condition of their trailers to be far more detrimental to my income then anything payroll did. I got all the money I was ever owed by them except one 2 buck fax receipt. I just did not find a issue with payroll, and no one will if they pay attention in orientation and read the payroll section in the driver manual.

One of the best relationships you should have with your company is with the payroll dept. More honey then vinegar will keep your pay strait almost all the time.

 

Living here in weiser Id. Mays just down the road from me.
I had thought about May but you cant take the tractor home.
Not really a big deal, I just wouldn't want to leave my personal vehicle on their lot for weeks at a time!

Coming home to flat tires, dead batteries, or worse...broken windows and missing radio

 

if your going to be out for weeks at a time then have someone drop you off and pick you up. I got to take my truck home as a condition of employment. And a friend of mine who drives in CA takes his truck and a mty trailer home for time off. He just had to take a picture of where he parks it. If you live close to a terminal such as the one in Payette then they want it left at the term.

You would be doing 3000 miles a week plus based on where you live just hauling paper out of Usk WA and Lewiston ID down to LA or the Bay Area and Phoenix and running Lowes, HD and Costco loads back. Many drivers don't like ID because the drivers that live there get the freight while you sit or DH to SLC. .30 cent start as a trainee and .05 cents in raises the first year. Know how long it takes to get to .35 at Swift,Werner,USX,IDC,CRE,Central, Schneider, and many other outfits that train etc...?

 

I'm a new driver with May and have a thread going on my experiences here. I've been really happy with how I'm treated so far. The key to success at May (or anywhere, really) is taking responsibility for good communication. No one is a mind reader. It is up to me to make sure my wants and needs are clearly communicated. Good communication in all directions is the oil that makes the organizational machine run smoothly.

As I've watched this thread and others about May, what stands out is that there is only one person that has been unhappy with May and many others who have voiced their positive experiences. That is significant.

Just my 2 cents...
HG

 

I would have to say that May trucking was the worse trucking company
that i ever work for too. From charging the driver to idle the truck to being completely having an unorganized operation department. I sat for
more days and did more unpaid extra work than i care to ever have to do
again. I also had a hard time getting reimbursed for out of pocket expenses. there is a reason there known as NO PAY MAY.

 

If you get charged to idle the truck, then you should own it. No company should charge its driver to idle their own equipment. Thanks for the heads up guys.

Kinghunter