If you have 6 mo otr call GULLE, SISBRO, SHARKEY,or CORE. I worked for Covenant 3 1/2 years. IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER! The companies I have listed are all owned by Jack Sharkey of Quincy, IL. His dad was a trucker and founded Sharkey Transportation. They have freight up the butt. You get home every week and you make 'Guaranteed in writing by contract" $1000.00 a week. They have several different pay packages. INVESTIGATE EACH THOROUGHLY BECAUSE EACH GIVES YOU SOMETHING...and TAKES SOMETHING BACK. Stay away from any dispatcher that has GARY as the load planner!! You have that option!
They pay your insurance(includes family paid..won't cover mental or pre existing in most cases). ASK questions before you commit to 3 day orientation so you can save yourself a trip. YOU WILL GET HOME EVERY WEEK FOR RESET! They stack you 2-3 loads so you always know what's next. When you get time to check the routing (you do your own) if it can't be done legally you send them a message "CAN'T BE DONE LEGALLY" and they simply give you a new stack. FREIGHT UP THE BUTT AND IF YOU SAY IT CAN'T BE DONE LEGALLY you don't run illegally and you still get freight...BUT STAY AWAY FROM LOAD PLANNER GARY'S GEN'l Mills boards or everything I just said about legal, illegal and making money goes down the crapper. GOOD LUCK
Covenant transportation warning!
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OK, HERES A QUESTION.... you show up to a customer, they are on a street that ---
cannot-- take a 53' trl and sleeper trk, they tell you that they have told this to covenant repeatedly and they still send trucks there.
if the truck and trailer were docked, it would cross the street and be in the other places driveway, plus you are now blocking the street, in case of an emergency, you are screwed....
next you qualcomm the dm, she does not reply, then you call her and she has an oh well attitude about it.........plus they will not pay extra to go to another warehouse they have to properly unload the product....
also, she's not interested in any more info as to the proper unloading point,.....
so, have i lost my mind or is this the norm now? i haven't ever had this problem before,really.
but then again let me put this in perspective: THIS IS WHAT WORKING AT COVENANT IS ABOUT.
no company support whatsoever, or care for safety, or care for the driver, yet they flock here like chicken to the feed to work here and train here......
swift was more professional than this.............so covenant can--- kiss my
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HMMM, to me it always sounds like the cash box banging away when times are hard, so they make money any way they can, like juicing newbie trainees in the name of getting trained...
.....me personally i know better, and i told the guy there that this does not belong there and he agreed!
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i hope that a new driver doesn't attempt to dock there if the dm says so,
thats when all eyes turn that way, and the magic question comes up---
why did you do that? and here comes the preventable.....:smt119
i'm seriously thinking that trucking has gone so far down the crapper, that next year i might just say adios..... and go flip burgers...no preventables there!!!!!!!!!!!
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HeY, MCR ----
If you plan on becoming a burger flipper, you better start studying the
Flipper-Flapper Handbook of Rules.
Pay special attention to the section on the 3-second rule.
I hear they're pretty strict in that department.
Hang in there, hombre.
For YEARS I've been told that the Big truck truckin' industry is gonna get
better.
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i sure do hope so!thx for the info...
, plus i used to own a sandwich shop and have worked in the catering business.....i like driving...still less
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yeah, i thought of that, problem is it was double stacked pallets,1500 lbs per..
....so they had a warehouse 15 minutes away, i called my dm and they said no xtra pay for the added stop, i should have gotten combat pay for driving in miami..:smt066.....ahh the joys of the job....
some people actually believe that this semi is like a car,sure take it somewhere else.....
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thats why i don't get involved in LTL .
i got offered an LTL job once in fl paying $8.50 class -b-......
not in this life!
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