It's getting worse here - KLLM

foxy · Aug 24, 2013

Hell no!! Pan america won't pay.

foxy · Aug 25, 2013

Please let me know who you are working for.. I will leave kllm

topnotchheavyhauler · Aug 26, 2013

Bigdoggie said: ↑

Everything said here is opinion anyhow. Everyone's experience and or story may be different. Interactions with different people produce different results and outcome. Glad you're happy top notch. 40 years trucking? You have to be close to retirement. Congrats again!
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I'm big time baby.

Slick Rick the trucker. · Aug 10, 2017

RoadToad69 said: ↑

There are those who remember me...I have not posted on here for a while (my new company kept me busier than a one armed paper hanger and then I broke my wrist so was one handed until recently).
They'll tell you, I'm sure, that I am a straight shooter...I'll tell the good, the bad and the ugly. I'm a driver...not a recruiter so other than a potential recruiting bonus (which the company I work for still pays its drivers), I have no vested interest in misleading anyone. A recruiting bonus is not worth trashing my reputation over. I make enough money to do what I want already.

RT
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Who do you work for?

blazerbaby · Aug 20, 2017

RoadToad69 said: ↑

When you guys are ready to work for a company that treats it's drivers as the heart of their operation rather than like "expendable crew members"...just let me know. I left KLLM and went to work for a company that really takes care of its drivers. I really feel like I stepped out of the trucking ghetto and onto Fifth Avenue!
I have great health insurance, a 401K that the company still matches a percentage of, top notch maintenance, professional and courteous dispatchers, top of the line communications...and communications equipment.

Let me tell you a true story:
I broke my wrist in April. I had recently picked up a team driver (also a former KLLM'er), was on the top bunk napping while waiting out some bad weather and icy roads, the alarm went off and I flat out forgot I was on the top bunk. I went to "hop" out of bed to turn off the alarm and plummeted 6 feet to the floor...breaking my wrist in the process.
I had not even been seen in the ER before night dispatch called. The first words out of the dispatchers mouth was "How are you? Have they seen you yet? Is there anything you need?". The next call (again, before I was seen in the ER) was from the insurance company that handles my company's workers comp insurance. They were also very courteous and let me know that they would be handling all the costs and that they would have a rep out to see me in the morning.
It turned out that I needed surgery to put in a plate to put my wrist back together. I was given the option by the orthopedist in the ER to have the surgery there or to have it done at a hospital at home. When I called the insurance company to check with them, I was told "That is completely up to you. You are in the driver's seat on this and we will back you up all the way."
I had the surgery done there as I was concerned about leaving it in disarray while I found another ortho at home and scheduled surgery. I also had to stay in the hospital for several days as the bone had pierced through the skin and I required several days of antibiotics to prevent infection. My dispatcher and the company medical department called every day to see how I was doing and ask if there was anything I needed.
When the time came for me to go home, they originally talked of sending me home via Greyhound...but when I voiced concern about a 10+ hour bus ride as I was doped to the hilt on painkillers and only had jeans to wear and one hand (making trips to the "facilities" problematic), they quickly and with no hesitation changed it to a flight. They arranged my transportation to the airport and would have arranged transportation from the airport to my house had I needed it.
Through my company, I have AFLAC. I faxed all of the documentation to AFLAC a few days after I got home and, without question, they mailed me a check for $4200.

Another true story:
In March, my grandmother passed away. I was at my home terminal when I got an e-mail from my father that she was not doing well at all and that he was about to head down to see her. I took my laptop in to my dispatcher and told her "I gotta go...". With no hesitation, my dispatcher got me a load down there and I was able to see my grandmother before she passed away just two days later. I remained through the funeral...never a call from or hassle from my company...they just said to let them know when I was back on the truck and ready to go. I did, and had a load within the hour.

The majority of what I handle is drop and hook...no sitting for endless hours in a line or on a dock waiting to be loaded or unloaded. Even the live loads/unloads I have had have all been quick and efficient.

So, when you are ready to come work for a company that has fantastic benefits and treats its drivers like VALUED team members...where your time is used efficiently to your benefit as well as the company's, where your delivery times are more open (deliver any time on x day, deliver by or before x day), where the majority of the time you can drop as soon as you get there and be off on your next load, where you have top of the line equipment and tools, where people are held accountable for their sloppy pre-trip habits and rewarded for their good work....

Hit me up...I can hook you up.

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Hello so.are we speaking for the kllm where? I hope.it not the one im at. I need a company sponsored training with honest people and compassionate people. Im not sure ill make the training in 22 days. I feel rushed and you cant learn like that. If you know of any company sponsered please let me know.

Chas8387 · Jul 6, 2018

Would like to know what company you're now at and happy with. I'm working for kllm hence the question

desperado75 · Sep 23, 2018

Things here have gotten a lot better in the 6 years since this was started..js

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