bay and bay transportation LP Info. req.

cuc12000:

I was recruited by Bay and Bay Transport, which is out of Rosemount, MN., and is a division of D&T Trucking out of Weatherford, TX. I checked them out and found very limited information on them, especially concerning complaints. The only real complaint that I read about was one on "Ripoff Report", which was from a driver out of Wisconsin who quit a job in order to go drive for Bay & Bay. Afterwards he alleged to have gone over to Rosemount, MN. before qualifying for a lease purchase program. Afterwards he related to being told that everything was a go before suddenly having the safety director tell him that the company was letting him go due to past inconsistencies on his driving abstract.

We all know that once we supply a company with our personal information like our DL# and SS#, that they can get anything on us that they need to determine if we quality to work for them or not, including credit / criminal history reports form DAC, Trans Union, Experian, and/or Equifax, etc.

While his story was not substantiated by any documented evidence, the complaining driver's claim isn't that far fetched especially since things like that are occurring at many different trucking outfits, which adversely affect a wide swath of drivers employment opportunities all across the nation. This website and Ripoff Report are both full of accounts where a driver was lured away from a pretty decent job, with the promise of a better deal, only to find out later, and after spending a lot of their own time, money in hotel costs, sometimes buying a bus ticket, and footing other related expenses, that there is no job waiting for them. Often that's after going through whatever process the hiring company has setup for them after their arrival.

That is why my advise is to try and find out everything that you can about these companies that are urging you to quit your job, and then get on a bus or airplane in order to get to their facility for an orientation. I strongly advise asking a few questions after they tell you that they've checked you out OK and that you are qualified for the position being offered.

It is important to do it before you spend anything or agree to go anywhere especially when they aren't picking anything up cost wise and don't wait until afterwards, because by then it's often way too late!

For example, ask if by qualifying that means you are permanently hired or only provisionally hired?

If it is the later, and they tell you that you are only provisionally hired proceed with caution by asking the prospective employer's Representative to go into specifics beginning with a recap of what you were originally told regarding what the offer specifically entails and what you have to do henceforth in order to get a permanent full-time position driving for their company, in either their fleet operation or to be eligible for being able to participate in their lease purchase program toward driving you own truck?

I would advise staying away from company offered lease to own, and out right lease to drive programs especially when the company is asking for you to foot a huge deposit upfront that is later deducted out of your settlements.

Once you've gotten all that pertinent information (if you can't record their answers take good notes), don't forget to ask for actual required disclosures and for any time limits that can affect lets say a week into the future after you've gotten there and are nearly through their orientation, etc. Try that (and openly recording their answers) to see what their recruiter tells you afterwards then compare it with what you were told initially.

At that point (even if things don't match up) they are still obliged by law to disclose any and all relevant information that could permanently disqualify you (versus doing it in the future), and remember to ask them on your first day, at orientation, in order to confirm that the job offer is still valid and if there are any changes that they need to disclose to you (about your status) at that point?

If there are, they are required to do it, then and there, and if there is a problem they have to make it known. Then they either have to tell you how to remedy it or they have to give you a ticket back home. Some will still lie to you no doubt (but that's the purpose of a tape recorder/or taking notes) but the smart ones will actually fully disclose and give it to you pretty straight at that point.

Silverdollar79

 

I just got refferred to Bay and Bay last night after going thru grueling ordeal with a local co I have been with 9 mos.Cd-got app-got it back to them & less than 8 hrs got a call saying its a go-have to fax a paper in the am but hope this is the great company I was told it is-will keep everyone posted

 

been at Bay and Bay almost 6 mos-is an ok co-ok mi -nothing bad,nothing fantastic.AM running co truck-will never do lp again-thats a big game to get you to pay for their trucks but did get a new truck and am basically kept rolling