JB Hunt - Lowell, Ar.

Woo Woo Woo Woo Woo!!!!!!! Give em heck Turbo!

 

Double T summed it up in an instant classic.

Like I said before in a post, I don't think this guy should be banned. It's fun to watch him come here believing that any individual recruiter matters. It's fun to then watch folks shoot him down in flames.

I agree wholeheartedly with TT. I feel exactly the same way. I personally don't give a rat's behind how successful (or not) any recruiter is at telling his lies, including the telling of lies of omission. Well, as long as he's not doing it on MY site, that is. Yeah, maybe I'd be banning his *********, too.

What matters to me is if I hire on with J.B. today, there is about a 95% chance that I'll quit that company for one good reason or another within a year. Maybe the odds are 98%. If I were looking for a driving job at the moment, I'd definitely be passing on J.B. Hunt.

Clean your house, J.B. Hunt, and maybe I'll come over there.

 

If what you said by snaring this driver is true (I'm not sure I would believe you if your tongue came notorized) the key word here is SO FAR......it's only been a few weeks. I am sure he will find out all about JBH. All I can say to that driver is......when you find out you made a mistake with JBH check out Roehl! )

Apparently I haven't gotten the hang of quoting replies...sorry PS way to go Turbo!

 

Thanks to all for the kind comments.

This man has claimed three times that his reason to come in here was to correct what he determines to be misinformation. I think that's great. I like to be corrected if I am wrong. I certainly don't want to be guilty of passing bad information.

But, what did his defense consist of? He is more concerned with his own reputation as a recruiter, than the reputation of the company itself. And THAT is what we are talking about here. The company is the problem.

On my property, I have about 7 acres of grass to cut, and on one section of it, it is next to a creek. There is a line of blackberry bushes there. They have thorns on them. On occasion, and in the course of cutting grass, I scrape my leg when I get near those thorny bushes.

When I put a band-aid on my leg, I am treating the problem. I could solve the problem by either cutting the bushes back or avoiding getting near them so that my leg will not get cut. The reason I don't cut them, is I like the blackberry cobbler my wife makes each year from the blackberries, so I let 'em grow. It's worth a 3 cent band-aid every now and then.

This defensive dude is one of 160 or so band-aids that JB Hunt has on staff to treat their immense problems. Not only is it a ridiculous amount of band-aids to have to have on hand, they are very expensive band-aids.

These are 160 people that would be absolutely unneccessary to have to pay salaries and benefits to, if the company would eliminate the problems that cause the need for those band-aids, and the wounds would heal on their own.

When I offered those alarming figures of 16,500 drivers per year hired and a 150% turnover rate for JB Hunt, I totally forgot about something. What about those that arrive for orientation, and who are cut from those classes and sent packing? From testimonies of some, at least half are cut in those classes. So we could be talking about 32,000 people per year or more, that are run in and out of those revolving doors in some form or fashion, eating away at the profit potential that the company could realize, if only they would fix the problems that cause it.

Mr. Recruiter will surely visit us again, and that's okay. He will brag about this and that, and he will be smug with self righteousness. That's okay too.

I know there are plenty of people who recruit drivers for a living, who are honest, ethical, and may even feel they are doing something meaningful for a living, and who work for companies they truly feel are good to work for. I've certainly met a few of those people, and you know them when you speak with them.

But...this guy is not one of them. He's proven that with every defense tactic he has tried. He's in it for the money. Read what he writes. It's all there.

He's an expensive and proud band-aid, bought and paid for by a company that cares only about treating wounds, instead of preventing them in the first place.

 

TT, you're right. There are guys at J.B. who get shown the door at orientation. Now.....we just need a name for them. I've thought about this and have come up with the name "thumb-bobs". This is a good name, as it reflects the fact that anyone turned away by J.B. at orienation will be solely on his own on finding a ride back home. He'll probably have to throw out his thumb and hitch a ride home.

And there is another group we need to consider. Those who simply walk out of orientation because the ************ gets too deep. I've done that myself at three orientations. Of course, we need to find a name for these guys as well. I think "flee-bie" is good. It sort of combines flee and freebie, as these drivers flee after getting a free look at a company before getting hired.

Now. How many flee-bies do you think J.B. sees a year? I'd bet if you added 10% to your 32,000, you'd not be far off the mark. So....about 36,500 or so is what J.B.'s recruiters haul into orientations in a year?

 

TT, that driver you're talking about sounds like a driver I once read about who had waded into a C.R. England lease. His story is out on the web SOMEWHERE, but I can't find it. I'll keep looking, and when I do, I'll post the link.

This driver supposedly drove for about 3 months for CRE and made a big ol' goosegg after all his costs were taken into account. I think he drove something like 25,000 miles...maybe 30,000 in that time. He lost his car, his house, his wife, and probably his mind.

Anyone who'd jump into a CRE lease agreement is probably out of his mind anyway. At least anyone who's visited this site first.

 

Reply to TurboTrucker:

I would be VERY interested to see the driver's story that received such poor treatment regarding JB Hunt's lease-purchase program. Possibly, if you post it, the story will provide others with firm knowledge of JB Hunt's (evil) lease-program tactics and help them avoid being taken advantage of in the future. I eagerly await your posting.

 

Tip
That sounds like something out of Prime...

 

I was actually considering signing onto JB (until I read this thread).