Hendrickson's latest SCAMSpring 2011
They have purchased 18-20 brand new 2012 Kenworth trucks, some sleeper birth (single bunk), and some day-cabs.
The recruiting department will tell you that they have a great program with these new trucks as they are going to be nothing but drop and hook, because these trucks can NOT travel outside the state of California. They will tell you that most teams are getting 5300-5700 miles per week. They need to run these trucks 24/7 and slip seat the truck when a team goes on 34 hour reset.
Yes I said TEAM!
I tried that, but when your bouncing down the wonderful union made California HWY's there is NO WAY a person can sleep in the back! Moreover what do you do when your out on I-15 at exit 286 waiting 5-7 hours for another truck coming in from Nevada, with just one sleeper bed? Why Mr. Hendrickson are you forcing people to work under such adverse conditions!!!
Maybe this is Hendrickson's way of being politically correct and this is there way to recruit people into an alternate life style?
The recruiting department said they have so much freight, teams will average 5300-5700 miles per week!WHAT A JOKE!!!
I just got off the phone with another driver who was told by dispatch that he guarantees him 6000 miles next week running as a team.
THAT IS SUCH A LIE!!!!
Our best week (7 days straight) was 3580 miles!!!! In one week running as a team # 0.21 cents per mile = $751.80
That's only $107 dollars per day and remember these trucks are on the clock 24 /7!!
That's $4.75 cents per hour!!!
WHY DOES HENDRICKSON TEAM DRIVE THESE NEW TRUCKS?
THAT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SINCE!!!
ALSO NOTE: The California State Labor law states that an employee working on a piece scale (Cents per mile) must be compensated for his or her off duty non driving (piece work) time. When your dispatchers get on the phone and tell a driver to rewrite their log book and show only the bare minimum of working but not driving hours this is proof that this company is not interested in obeying the DOT laws!! Hendrickson is simply interested in moving as much freight as they can with out compensating there drivers!!! Hendrickson encourages there drivers to falsify there logs, so Mr. Hendrickson would not ever have to pay a driver for sitting and waiting in the truck!!
They have two people working in one truck!
One solo driver could have accomplished what we got from your inept dispatch!!! But I understand your strategy, as being a clever way to rip off and take advantage of your drivers and move your freight!!!
This company is full of lying recruiters who will say anything to get you seated in a truck, then turn you over to a dispatch team that will hang you up at a locations waiting as much as 3-5 hours to get into a dock and unload!! They are all crooks!
These dispatchers and load planners will do everything in their power to keep you out on the road making less than minimum wage! If you don't believe me, I will run the numbers for you! In one week I totaled up all my hours worked to my miles I was paid... $6.89 per hour!!!
THAT'S IS NOT EVEN MINIMUM WAGE!!!
A Warning about Hendrickson Trucking!
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by Braveheart, Apr 7, 2011.
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You could also say that since there where 2 drivers. That would be 1790 per driver for .42 per mile. Low miles but good mileage rate. Look at the glass half full, not half mty.
Bet the solo driver is not making .42 a mile to run 1790 in a week.
My first year OTR I ran teams with 1 bunk. 1 person slept, while the other drove, We only got a hotel if are layover was more then 8hrs. Otherwise you made do with taking turns or crashing on the doghouse.
Never convert OTR pay to hourly pay. It will just depress you. Take the $751.80 divide by 5 and then by 8 and you get almost $18.80 per hr. -
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