My company broke $100,000,000 gross revenue in September.
It's a big office, the top landstar agency in the nation, takes the next three combined to equal our revenue. About 50 ppl in my office.
Unfortunately, I work for landstar. No amour of work ethic can overcome the stigma my company has, kindof a nightmare.
yea I've read that distinction before, I didn't know it was colloquial to say co-brokered though.
I don't get freight from coworkers, we're all on our own. We start in a training room and hit the load board for a few months, slowly build up...
Landstar takes 2% off the top of the whole line haul before cutting 67% to the driver, so the 67% you're talking about is actually 67% of 98% of...
also, landstar doesn't hire salesmen to manage customer accounts so each broker is left to their own personal connections. No connections? Off...
Who is to say what the truth is? Wish there were a dozen truth bureaus, one for advertising, etc. It gets difficult to prove.
I mean.. I assume this is standard, but we're not allowed to discuss pay with fellow employees in my office. The anonymity here is why I made...
Which is why I mentioned networking with people here on another post, because I'm a workhorse but needing more legitimate freight. I get that we...
I've made several hundred calls to obtain direct customers, they just haven't panned out. I've got a degree in physics/mathematics, have done...
The customers I make my money with are clearly other brokers, but I've done well to find the ones who have access to direct accounts. I have two...
Yea I noticed that there's no way to message each other... I work honest with two customers, one for reefer and one for Vans, we don't fool...
Yea I did cold call these customers, but little of my income is from direct shippers. The direct shippers I've hounded down either have low...
I mean there are people in the office who confirm what PPDCT is saying, they've all been in the industry for 20+ years and worked for JB Hunt,...
running the accounts, dealing with loads of headaches 24/7. I bust my ### just to get pinched on both ends whenever anything goes wrong (customer...
Are there any rules about posting our own information or soliciting? I've been looking for weekend work for months, it's hard to find customers...
Just wondering if anyone would throw out some honest pay structures, curious how shafted I'm being by my current company or if this is just...
too much time on my hands jeez
The reason appointment times aren't posted are because appointment times aren't set for half the loads in the country until after the driver is...
