Oakley in Lake Wales

How long you been working there?

 

i only lasted 2, months

 

Wow. Great equipment but from what I'm reading, Tom is pushing the company to bankruptcy.
Looks like the industry as a whole is pushing that way too.
I wonder how anything is going to get delivered when the new requirements for HazMat endorsements push drivers to say "S-C-R-E-W T-H-I-S" like I did. I'm tired of this BS expenses in order to maintain my status and WHY do they keep loosing my proof of citizenship?!... what is it, poor record keeping?

 

What new hazmat requirements are you talking about?the requirements we have now has made many drop that endorsement.

 

I've renewed my HM twice and got finger printed each time since the HM law yrs ago.I thought maybe there were more stiffer requirements.I agree,its all about money.87.50 is ridiculous .probably cost them less then $5.00 to do the background check.

 

I agree that anyone looking to go to work at Oakley would be better off to keep looking. Upper management has a bad attitude towards truck drivers (especially behind closed doors when they think that you can't hear them from the next room). I spoke with the VP and it didn't take long to get the vibe that he could care less about the driver or their family. He sides with the company's bean counters on shorting the driver. Shortly after I went to work for them they put a cap on layover pay and break down pay of $300. Then in the same letter (that is posted here on this website) they took away half of the home time earned while being otr. It was two days off work for every week out, and now it's one day. I spoke with a new hire a month ago, and she said that they are still advertising the old benefits to lure drivers to orientation. As far as the toll roads, they have an approved list and if the toll road you want to take isn't on it, then you have to pay for it. They site a bologna excuse that drivers were abusing toll roads by taking them needlessly. I never take a toll road unless it is shorter and faster to my destination. They will not pay you the extra miles to not take the toll roads so it's a catch 22.
Every policy change that Oakley comes up with is followed by false excuses that drivers in some way have abused the system. The letter that they sent out about the home time earned, layover, and break down pay is insulting to anyone with an ounce of intelligence. They put so much ridiculous spin on that letter that it would make a politician proud.
Their otr positions aren't really otr. The only local drivers they have are on dedicated accounts and aren't used for any other local customers loads. Which by they way, the local drivers are quitting because of massive pay cuts. Oakley hires otr drivers and then gives them local and regional work hoping that they won't complain about low miles. If you do complain it will get you nowhere except worse off. The DM's and coordinators are vindictive to say the least. I give it another six months before the only drivers that they can get through their orientation will be drivers with less than 2 years experience. Then Oakley will see their equipment get torn up and their insurance rates sky rocket because of it.

I wouldn't recommend Oakley to my worst enemy.