Seward Motor Frieght

Here is a real winner for ya.... WOW. Nobody in this comapny has a clue of what is going on.

During your orientation you hear this from dispatch " WE ARE A TEAM, I DONT WORK FOR YOU AND YOU DONT WORK FOR ME " ... Some how I dont think that their version of team playing is the same as we all know.

They tell you out for 10-14 days and home for 2 which is standard for most companies now days. I was with them for 4 months and saw my child once and that was for 1 day. I saw home twice and those were for 1 day. I knew then it wasnt going to work.

Dispatch has no clue of what is going on. They have one dispatcher there that likes to yell at her drivers.

THey use a routing program that one of their employees came up with (who by the way has never been up in a truck). This routing program is based off of the Garmin GPS for cars. They tell you that if you have to change your routing to call in and tell dispatch of the routing that you are going to take. When you do you get this BIG lecture of how they paid so much money for this program, etc, etc, etc.. They also use PC MILER 14 which is so out dated that its not funny. But whats really interesting is that 2 of 3 dispatchers dont know how to use it. Now back to this routing that was invented by someone in this company. Coming out of Beatrice, NE. to go east it tells you to go across 136 to I-29 south. When you get to the Missouri river bridge you find that the bridge is under construction once you come up to it. Then there are signs that state 8ft. 6" wide. It is actually about 4" wider than that and you have to take it real slow. Well as you go across this bridge you are taking chances of popping a tire. Which 5 drivers for Seward did. When the drivers called the problem in this is what they hear from the Safety Director: How wide is that truck and trailer? Your answer: 102" wide. SD: How wide is 8ft. 6". Your answer: 102". SD: 8ft . 6" is 96" wide not 102".... Then he tells you that he is gonna check your routing, blah blah blah. After all is said and done when you get back to the terminal you find out that this particular route was supposedly taken out of the program but they dont understand why it was sent to you. Now here is the real ######## kicker of this. Then you find out that because their computer send you their routing from THEIR program and it was a bad route you are put on a 6 month probation, your bonus pay is taken away from you, your truck is turned down to 61 MPH and they have put a non-dot preventable accident on you, Even though that this was THEIR routing's fault. The 5 drivers are still trying to fight this. There are no signs about this bridge untill you are about 1/4 of a mile from it. From what I can understand from a friend that still works for them these 5 drivers are still fighting this. This happened to 2 of them over 10 months ago.

They certify you to adjust your brakes however its not a mechanic that certifies you. The Safety Director does this. The problem with this: He is not a certified mechanic.

They think CH Robinson is God! I think CH RObinson is a flippin joke.

When you pick up a load and you are over gross they will tell you and route you around scales. They match nothing up on your log books with the exception of your fuel.

I can go on and on but I wont. However they tell the orientation class that their CSA2010 scores are above average. Should we now question the reputation of this new CSA2010 on a major portion of these companies?

I have been away from this company now for 4 months and I am very happy with the new company I have chosen.