I started with U.S Xpress fresh out of school thinking this would be a good beginner company, soon did I realize this is where people try to get to in thier career. This is about my experience and my opinion only, I am not trying to recruit, I do not want your name or do I want you to have my Id # to give to your recruiter.
I went through a three day orientation at Tunnel Hill, GA which was a very organized experiance. They put you up in a hotel all three days and you get breakfast at the hotel and lunch at the terminal. If you make it past day 1 of orientaition your good to go, the drug tests, the agility, blood pressure and eye exams are what take 25% of applicants out everytime.
When you are Hired on without experience you will wait on a trainer, hotel is paid and you are paid $58 per day of waiting, and $30 per day if your trainer has home time. If you are experienced you will go straight to first seat driver, Issued a truck and be on your way.
There are horror storys about being out with a trainer, believe them. Mine was not so bad but we didn't get along all that well. 120hrs of training can be done in 3 weeks but can take much longer depending on how hard your trainer runs. If you can help it request not to be sent with a o/o, you will run as team to make his wallet fat and you will suffer the lack of training.
Throughout my travels since I upgraded I was sent to manditory team for 8 weeks with another newbie, and we have had our fair share of issues. When have any issue at all there is a phone number to call and let me tell you, the hardest person to get a hold of is your FM and that is a walk in the park compared to other companys. In the 2 weeks of teaming I have had to deal with Break Down, Fuel Department, Permits, Claims, Human Resorces, Saftey and the terminal manager. The way these people treat you every step of the way has blown me away. They put your problems first and fast track everything to get you a solution.
Ever had to get a permit? How about having the permit faxed to your location less than 5min from when you dialed the #. Ever called break down? Need a mud flap, trailer roof re-fiberglassed, air tank welded back on, maybe a body panel? I was always routed to the nearest Petro or TA and never waited more than an hour for the work to be done and back on the road.
I had a saftey concern, without going into detail it became top priority. I was in the terminal the next morning sitting in a office with HR being asked " what can I do for you". That day I was seperated from my team mate, given a greyhound ticket and on my way to recover a truck to go solo.
I have worked for other corporate companys before bigger than U.S Xpress and was never treated so well, especially considering I haven't been there long enough to even prove myself.
Make your choice and everyones experiance will be different, as far as I am concerned I was lucky to get in with them.
7 weeks in with U.S Xpress, The stuff you don't hear
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Actually I think his post should be required reading for all new people coming into this job with recruiter fueled visions of "the high pay highway",of "being a paid tourist", and all the other smoke that recruiter's blow up their #####. Face it my friend,there's a reason that there is about a 100% turnover ratio at most of these companies.And there is a reason that these companies have to employ dozens of "professional fecal spewers" just to get people in the door.....
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