Arko exchange grand rapids michigan

AtticusRoad · Apr 28, 2017

MichiganMann said: ↑

I talked to the owner who by the way is an outstanding citizen even though he is from a foreign country.
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LOL.... Careful, you almost let your douche canoe float away.

AtticusRoad · Apr 28, 2017

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Are you guys talking about company from IL foreign owned and operated by dispatch from overseas ?
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That totally narrows it down

mjd4277 · Apr 28, 2017

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Reading most of these comments are absolutely ridiculous. I have been a driver for Arko Exchange out of Grand Rapids for 6 years (Arka has no affiliation and is not a sister company). For starters they don't steal money and the dispatchers will not cuss at you because the owner is strict about proper communication. I highly doubt they ever texted you anything as bad as you are saying unless you did something absolutely absurd. "After I didn't run their load they **adis the dispatcher** mujo the owner**Chad head giving safety boy** all threatend to harm me." If someone threatened to harm you and you supposedly had picture proof how come you never made a police report? I feel like a police report is way more effective than a post on a forums page. "If you enjoy being treated in this manner no miles no money illegal unsafe driving and practices then by all means come work here." I am consistently getting 3500-4000 miles a week (I stay out 2-3 months at a time as I do travel the world with my wife). I can definitely say I am 100% happy with the way I am spoke to, they gave me a new truck and trailer, they give me great miles, pay every week, they pay everything on time including detention. They payed me all my promised sign on bonuses and always brought me home on time. Oh and this comment you made "but what else should we expect from aliens residing in our great country." Clearly you are uneducated and really not up to date. Foreigners are the reason we have such a well established and diverse nation with business ranging in all varieties. Stop being racist.

Next MeanDogg99,
You also made a few comments I would like to address on behalf of this company.
"decent drivers’ ends up quitting within a few weeks because they are treated so very badly." Not true at all. I still communicate with the same 17 drivers who have been working at this company for years. 9 of them started the same year as me or before. The rest have been here for about 1-3 years. So I don;'t necessarily agree with your false and poorly backed up statement with no proof.
"they keep a $1,500 Escrow from all drivers’ and most drivers’ never get it back from them because they do everything it can to get drivers’ to quit which forfeits the Escrow."
Nope not true as well. They have the same policy as any other trucking company that I personally know. First of all escrow here is $1000.00, I bet you didn't know that because you actually never read the agreement that you signed, also they return escrow after 30 days to the driver. All you have to do is put your two weeks in, return the equipment to the headquarters and you will get your money, but like I mentioned you probably never took the time to read that over.
" They do own late model trucks, but they are extremely bad in maintaining them like they should."
All equipment is 2015 and newer. Also once again poorly backed up statement you are making. As a driver you should also monitor when maintenance is needed it's our responsibility as drivers. Secondly I am consistently reminded about maintenance and whenever I report a problem to them they send me to a shop first thing. Maybe you just don't know how to report a problem to your employer bud.
"Their FMCSA Safety Record is quite intense and their complete disregards in hiring safe and decent drivers’ are clearly shown within this report"
Once again, you make another statement that you clearly have no idea about. I just looked up the company and they are rated satisfactory!!! What the hell are you talking about???
"drivers’ do not get compensated for the first 50 miles of deadhead."
Congratulations you just identified a policy held by thousands of OTR Transportation companies.

"They did send me back to the yard without mentioning anything else with me and then they charged me close to $900 for bringing me back to the yard. I was well under 300 miles from their yard and I gave them my two weeks’ notice two weeks prior to them doing this to me. They had no intentions of getting me back to their yard, but to keep me away from their yard and my home"
Did you maybe read what you were typing or?
So they sent you back to the yard to charge you $900... Makes sense?
Then you say "They had no intentions of getting me back to their yard, but to keep me away from their yard and my home"
So which is it? What are you exactly trying to say??? If you were quitting and put your two weeks in, I highly doubt they would risk their company equipment with you by not returning you on time for your two weeks. It just doesn't make any sense.

"They abuse their drivers in lying to them to get drivers’ to come aboard and then abuse them in every which way possible to make them quit and charge them to high limits in keeping drivers’ hard earned money because its extra income to this very slimy and shaky company . Again, you need to Avoid them like you would the Plague."

If they are so bad and they are consistently charging your hard earned money and you feel its unfair why don't you just sue them? Can you for maybe a second think about what YOU have done?

I am not saying this is the best company in the world, however; they are #### sure a great company. In the 6 years I worked here I had only 2 complaints and that was with Adis the dispatcher that was previously mentioned. I talked to the owner who by the way is an outstanding citizen even though he is from a foreign country. He the same day fired Adis after I presented some evidence about his poor behavior.

I am more than happy to talk to anyone about this company and prove to you guys they are not the company the members on this forums are try portraying them as. If you even want to be convinced further... I have the phone number to almost 20 drivers at this company who can also back up my statements. All of these drivers have also been here for a minimum of 1 year. So they have been around I would say long enough to get their own strong opinion about the company.
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This message has been brought to you by Arko Exchange . We now return to your regularly scheduled truck driving already in progress.

BTW,their rating may be satisfactory but good grief the number of OOS orders on drivers is through the roof (13.3% vs. the 5.5 national average).
https://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Carrier/1998914/Overview.aspx

sevenmph · Apr 29, 2017

MichiganMann said: ↑

drivers’ do not get compensated for the first 50 miles of deadhead."
Congratulations you just identified a policy held by thousands of OTR Transportation companies.
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In your entire post, you defended your company well. I will however take exception to the above comment. I believe thousands of companies do not have that policy. In fact it is more rare than you realize. I might very well be able to find thousands of drivers who would not work for such a scam situation. Imagine this: Sally you will be working as our receptionist. Your first hour of everyday will be unpaid however. All you are doing is providing free labor.
As long as there are drivers who will work for free, companies will keep cheating them.

PS. My total escrow deposit is $0.00.

whitelinequeen · Oct 28, 2018

Maximus67 said: ↑

Are you guys talking about company from IL foreign owned and operated by dispatch from overseas ?
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This one is Michigan. Most recent address is Grand Rapids, but " Arko Express" was out of Wyoming, MI. Looks like a chameleon carrier to me. And I would also say "run away!"

Shep Shiloh · Oct 28, 2018

Wyoming is a suburb of GR.

mjd4277 · Oct 29, 2018

Grand Rapids is the new “1099” haven. Lol

Shep Shiloh · Oct 29, 2018

GR is home to a lot of trucking jobs and the majority of them are legit. Pretty sure hearing the word "1099" should be the first clue to ran the fluff away. Sweet Express seems to be another company up there that gets some complaints.

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