Considering schnieder, read first!

I have been working with Schneider now for nine months and haven't had a problem. My DBLs have listened to me when I said I don't have time for loads to be safe and legal. They have helped me with every problem. It's all about communication and delivering loads when you say you will. I'm good on my Mac 18s and communication. The guys who whine about Schneider and trump up these charges are the ones who couldnt do it the professional Schneider way. They want to be cowboys. If you do it right, Schneider's great. All you whiners can go work for JB Hunt and Swift!!!

 

Have they started putting apu's on their trucks yet?

 

I think they have decided on a battery based APU...forgot the brand. They aren't going to retrofit their current trucks, but install them on new ones.

 

I would like to thank a lot of you for the great reading in this thread and the other threads that I have read in the last few months. I am scheduled to go to Green Bay Dec 26 to train for the bulk division. As a lot of you have said it seems that there are good thoughts and bad thoughts on a company like Schneider. I have made up my mind due to the long hours of reading and several talks with my recruiter. I have called her numerous times and I have had no problem getting in touch with her and my calls have been returned with in 30 minutes of leaving a phone message. Yes, I have talked to other Companies and they have fallen thru the cracks when talking to them and contacting them with the questions I have asked of each and every company.
I have been informed that the only training now is in Green Bay and after the first of the year they anticipate opening the other training centers. I have driven a truck some time ago (14 years, and have trained other) so all I need to do is knock off a little rust and I am good to go.
Will let you all know how things go after training

 

Good luck to you, be safe and keep us posted...

 

What the heck is a DBL and a Mack 18--I have never heard of such, must be something specific to Schneider, and you claim "doing it the professional way"? You will never hear these terms at any other company-I would almost guarantee that. Unless DBL meant doubles(and Schneider doesnt run those)and Mack18- an 18 wheeler Mack? These are as bad as JB calling the Qualcomm an OBC. First time I heard the phrase OBC, I had no idea what they were talking about.

BTW, if Schneider was so great--they wouldnt be here under "bad trucking companies" just thought I'd throw that out there so you remember where in the forum you are.

 

Oooohh this is going to be fun.

Dont be silly...just because you dont know how trucking companies work doesnt mean you need to say it isnt professional.

A DBL is a dedicated Business Leader. Basically a dispatcher; however since Schneider doesnt have dispatchers...thats the closest term there is. Basically you are on a board of a bunch of drivers and this is the guy you go to for any thing you need to bring up.

a Mac 18 is a qualcomm message sent in via satellite to Schneider. Most everything Schneider is done via qualcomm. When you get your loads, when you dropped them off, any trlr problems...etc. Its all automated that way.

You are right...since Schneider was the first company to go and equip its entire fleet with qualcomms back in the day. However, many large companies have them...they might call their message by different terms...but most large companies have them. you probably didnt know that.
The problem as you probably percieve it, is that..you notify Schneider of everything basically in terms of your loads. This way, they can plan for you to be at X point at X time and have a load waiting for you when you get there. Its not a perfect system, but its sure heck of a lot better than calling in and being on hold trying to get hold of someone on the other end who has no idea where you are.

You can put any company in here. Ther eare goods and bads with each company. I mean...Jesus would probably be put in here by someone who didnt get frosting on their doughnuts.

 

Well you keep driving over there since you think it is so great. Dont come back over here in a month or 2 or a year and tell us how they screwed you. We already know all that.

Also, if Schneider was so great, then how come you have to keep defending them??? Wouldnt their record speak for itself? How come every driver that I ever met that has driven for Schneider has to be basically retrained at the next company that they got to? And furthermore, just because they give the dispatcher a fancy label or the qualcomm a fancy label doesnt make the company professional, not anywhere close, in fact it makes them actually laughable. You should listen to your cb(if you have one) every now and then, and you will hear other driver constantly complaining about Schneider drivers. In my experience Schneider drivers are arrogant and non-curteous when it comes to other trucks and that my freind, gets you killed on the highway. And the teaming of newbies that they do over there,I mean you think that's safe to have not only one inexperienced driver behind the wheel, but 2?

I had a freind that drove for Schneider for 17 years and about 2 years ago he walked and went elsewhere and most of it is due to the fact, (at least according to him) they have become more like JB Hunt, than even JB Hunt is--and we really dont need another one of those on our roads. Good Luck!

 

Yeah Ill have to come back when Ive been with them for a year and tell you how they screwed me.

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Im back! They didn't. Sorry for you.


[/quote]Also, if Schneider was so great, then how come you have to keep defending them??? Wouldnt their record speak for itself?[/quote]

First, Im not the only one defending them. I know more about the company than other people who DON'T work for them. Lots of stuff that people say is hearsay (SP), its unique to their specific situation and not anyone else, or c...just general complaining that many disgruntled people do.

What would you define as their record, someone who got fired by them, or who quit because they didn't research the company closely enough to find out more about em? A or B?

Yeah...this would be a first time I've heard of this. Most people on here acknowlege that Schneider has one of the better company provided training programs out there. Good try tho.

Seriously sounding like a person who got canned from them.

Fancy labels? No...I think you need to reread what I wrote. I specifically said they DONT have dispatchers. Their DBL's are the person who others might consider a boss. I rarely need to call mine, maybe talk to him once every few months at most.

As far as dispatching loads...Its all done via automation through the qualcomm. We can argue about professionalism left and right, but the fact at the end of the day is that Schneider is getting new wins with companies around the country, outbids other companies because of its resources, and its logistics division works fairly well to make sure things are running smoothly and efficiently.
Their system of automation allows for quicker turnarounds for the drivers, meaning less sitting (although it does happen). There are some kinks in there, but I have yet to see up to you, where someone has called them (or most any other large carrier) unprofessional.

Uh...anyone else able to back this guy up here?

Anyone?

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Moving on.

Again, I havent heard of this. While I do know that other companies do put new drivers behind the wheel together, I haven't really heard of this with Schneider. It could be true. Could. Im not sure. And if so, is the end of the world going to come? No. The world keeps turning.

I dont know much about how their team operations work. I do know this...from common sense. If one driver is driving, the other is sleeping. Contrary to popular belief...two drivers can't drive at the same time. So...even in Pumpkin land...experienced or inexperienced...one person is going to be sleeping. FEW companies shut down teams overnight for new drivers. The whole entire purpose of a team is to get freight from A to B asap, so not many companies shut their teams down.

I think you really need to describe how this is so much of a terrible life threatening situation compared to having one new driver in a truck which almost all big companies do.

Again, all hearsay based on what someone else said, went through. Could be true, could be false...who knows? Im not going to accuse, but hey, you yourself said to listen to the CB and what they say...apparently this guy was everything you insulted about Schneider, for 17 years?
Again, You keep bringing up stuff that I honestly have never heard of before in regards to Schneider...becoming more like JB hunt...how?

 

He got out didnt he?? I agree it was after 17 years, but he did.
Well like I said if you enjoy it that's fine, but personally I couldnt drive a pumpkin. You do realize that there is a section for the good companies, this section is actually for the bad companies. BTW, just for your own reference Schneider's schools were not that great, and yes the drivers had to be retrained if they went elsewhere--I can show you dozens of examples. Their training program with the driver-trainer wasnt too bad you know after you got out of a real school and were hired by them and went out with a trainer for 8 weeks or whatever, but if you started fresh with them, you pretty much had to either be re-trained by the driver-trainer or by another company once you left.

If you like it over there, that's fine, but it is a driver-mill just like most of the larger carriers..You know train em' , drive 'em and spit 'em out