Martin Enterprises of the Carolinas in Lowell,NC

VaGold · Jan 2, 2016

KUQ704 said: ↑

Drivers I know you read it all the time in these forums. I can only put what I know and that is stay away from this company. The owners Charles and Tonya Martin are nothing but crooks. The company run teams coast to coast and pay 12% on the loads. If they took the time to service their equipment it would be decent, they pay on a 1099. The orientation is only 45 min to an hour. No road test. You sign a contract as a independent driver, but you are forced dispatch and no one knows what the other is doing in the office. When you have a safety issue (and you will) they tell you to keep driving. Look at their CSA Score. DOT # is 1212663. Unsafe driving score is 97.30, HOS Compliance 85.60, Driver Fitness is 81.70, and Vehicle Maint. is 86.60. They do not pay detention, breakdown, or layover.Just like most other carriers out there they tell you what you want to here. When they send you load info. its not accurate you have to call the brokers to verify everything. The ops. mgr. Steve is a 25 or 26 yr old kid (the owner's in-law) who don't know wtf he's doing. He's gotten his butt whipped already by a driver for bs. They will take your money for the least little thing. Again, (and I'm very serious) if you're serious about trucking then this is not the company for you. I did not apply to this company (directly) for a job, they called me. I filled out my app. on classadrivers.com. When they called me I asked for more info which they sent me thru email. I looked at several truckers' forums to find out whatever I could about them and didn't find anything. So I decided to give them a shot...............and #### need I say any more? If you read this and still decide to go on board,DON'T SAY YOU WEREN'T WARNED, THIS IS A TRUELY SHADY COMPANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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mjd4277 · Jan 2, 2016

Grouch said: ↑

That within itself is illegal. You are driving their equipment, under their supervision, you do what they tell you to do, there is no way that you are an "independent contractor" being paid on a 1099. You are an employee and legally you should be paid on a W-2. The whole scheme "smells to high heaven".
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FedEx tried to pull this stunt and they got their sorry ##*** hauled in to court for it where the judges ruled that the drivers we're indeed FedEx employees and not independent contractors.

joseph1135 · Jan 3, 2016

VaGold said: ↑

I highly doubt it. If it was illegal they wouldn't be doing it. The owner is a really stick in the mud when it comes to safty. It's not like they just started doing this yesterday. They have been in business for who knows how many years. I drove for them with a 1099. I did have to handle my own taxes, but as long as you pay your taxes your not doing anything but a honest living. Now if you decide to stick the IRS "you" would be doing something illegal. I'm not a lawyer I didn't have any issues. Another thing to remember is different states have different laws. I'm 100% sure in there state there not doing anything illegal.
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A 1099 for a company employee is illegal. Always has been. Always will be.

Witholding wages is also illegal. You're either an office employee or you believe everything they tell you.

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