JBS Carriers

You crack me up. I crack you up. Sorry for pointing out the holes in your story. Continue in your escapade.

 

I tried collecting in my home state first but was denied because it showed no income earned, it showed in the state I was employed in. After I did file in the proper state, I found out if I get a new job that last less then a year, I could re-file in the previous state and continue to collect. Was your friend once employed in PA?

 

What holes? I thought I was perfectly clear on what happened, what I tried to do, and what eventually happened. Have you ever kept a job you didn't like to keep working?
like I said, you have no idea what a person is thinking so stop trying to bash them. I like to deal with facts where you seem to deal with opinions. Because something doesn't make sense to you doesn't mean it doesn't make sense to someone else.

 

Lights, Camera, Action. Sir Beerslave. It's your show my friend.

 

I think Realignment would be more the word than Reconstruction. In any event, I recently had some time to spend with one of the management types and in the course of conversation it was confirmed that JBS was indeed terminating drivers that lived outside the areas we usually go because A)Drivers don't like getting home late B)Driver managers don't like getting their guys home late C)Moving a truck outside of the areas where loads go and get picked up require a Broker load (which no one likes) home and back out, which basically means D)it costs money to send those drivers home. Even if the broker load manages to make the run home and back out break even, JBS is in the business to make money, not break even. It eventually came down to everybody being unhappy with the situation as it was, so why do it? While there will be some short term pain, in the end drivers find a gig that's more suited to where they live and can get them home on time so they'll be happier, while profitability is improved so managers are happier. At least that's the idea anyway. Those driving OTR can pretty well figure where our main destinations are, what clients we haul for that get us back to the plants and from that can figure out whether they're likely to receive termination papers if they're well away from those areas. I'd consider myself to be "on the bubble" by living in a state that I80 passes through, including a destination city, but about 4 hours south of it. As regards the Wichita question from upthread, all I can say is I've passed through a few times but have never delivered nor picked up there and it seems to me that passing through is not good enough. With the policy as I understand it, you would need to live somewhere close to an area that we at least deliver to, and preferably that also has a client to get you a load out and back to a plant.

 

A starter company to me is a company that hires drivers out of school with 0 experience under a load and then trains you. Jbs also pays for some drivers schools and deducts a certain amount out of their checks for a year or until debt is paid. I think that's what he meant by a starter company.

 

ABF hires students so would that be a starter company? There are tons of places who hire students it doesn't make them a starter company. He also compared it to England, CRST, Werner, and Swift in a previous thread. All which are known to be starter companies. Train you and ship you out. Those companies really don't promote longevity. Get a year and go somewhere else. If a quarter or less of your fleet are students and trainers. You probably aren't a starter company. Just a REGULAR trucking company.

I also have to take back my comment about Wichita I have delivered some Pilgrims loads up there a few times to Farmland, but as the other guy said. It is not a regular drop off point for us. Or it hasn't been for me anyway.

I picked up in Gainesville today, and it looked like a ghost town for JBS trailers. Not sure what's going on. Seen a ton of Prime trucks there. One even got stuck leaving the plant. Got his landing gear stuck on the steep part close to the guard shack. There was one JBS trailer in the drop lot when I dropped mine, and only loaded trailer was mine, and none in the door. Oh well glad I was able to keep moving.

 

I've never worked for JBS, but I do know about companies who throw u under the bus and wreck your dac...insurance companies need reasons/scenarios/etc, I find companies will sacrifice the truth to cover their own behinds. Which explains the $25,000 deductibles with some them.

 

I have to agree with CHINATOWN....

 

----HERE! HERE! That describes every nationwide company I've encountered! -- The small guys are more inclined to go the 'extra mile' FOR YOU, if you do it for them!! Still some love in the biz!