I have to play the devil's advocate here...

I worked for a small, TOTALLY honest company (50 trucks, 80 trailers). I say worked for because they ceased operations on May 30th. Great Equipment, Honest dispatch, great customer service. But with all these factors in place they couldnt compete with the companies that cut corners at every opportunity. Experienced drivers know what I'm talking about. Dispacth would look at the hours needed to make a delivery and they would tell the customer. No dreamland promises. They communicated that to the driver and we were expected to comply. We all, with little exception, did our job. Our drivers were mostly in their mid 50s with 5-10 years experience. I never, in the time I worked for them, had a delivery failure. My point is; I've worked for some really bad, dishonest companies and I had the pleasure of working for a company that all that was expected was my best. My advice to you is to be selective in who you hire and maintain company integrity. If drivers know you're a dishonest liar that is how they are going to treat you. And some, well some, you just can't account for, they are just "truck drivers", not professionals.

 

####### it reading this irritates me, you let lunatics like this get jobs but wont hire me >.<

 

I guess this just goes to show you they're 2 sides to every story.I for one get tired of a lot of belly-aching.I'am trying very hard to break into this industry and am starting to get very dis-heartened.Being raised in the construction business we heard about every story(excuse) you can think of for someone not getting the job done.I got plain sick of it!! We would hire someone in at a set wage & then next thing you know it was'nt enough. Funny thing is they agreed to it gladly when we hired them on.There are probaly as many bad stories on one side as the other it just seems like a lot of people know like to say I've got a job but have forgotten that the word JOB entails WORK. I'am sure there's many bad company's out there but I'am also sure there are a lot of whiner's out there too.With the way things are now I might as well get my tools out and see if someone wants an old dry-wall man (yes at fifty you're ancient as a commerecial drywaller).Call me old-fashioned but to me your word should still count and that means employee as well as employer.Well I got that off my chest did'nt I !!

 

Wow. what in the world did I do to you?