Avoid Marten Transport LTD.

In the past I have used the BBB for info on brokers, they will tell you on wether they have had complaints, On trucking companies, I do not know what they could do unless a prospective customer or driver wants to check. I never have checked on a trucking company using them. I know they are good if you want to check on a contractor who you are looking at having paint your roof, saved me some trouble there.

 

I could only find a couple videos with Marten's bobtail in it.

 

I too was released from Marten, I did have one accident (3,000) with them one week before my six months was they charged me 13 points.
There is Nothing about pictures in their company book (if you still have it and you should) look and read the book cover to find anything that will prove your dismissal was not covered. If you do find a lawyer say that if you fight them you'll have to say that you want your job reinstated.



http://www.usis.com/contact_information/Request_info.aspx for DAC reports

 

Page 29 of the Marten Driver Manual (issued at orientation) is full from top to bottom of fireable offenses, and it notes at the bottom of the page that it is only a partial list, that there are offenses not listed that they can fire you for. But the bottom line is Marten will report this to DAC, (DAC changed it's name to USIS, and now has changed it's name again to HireRight). HireRight (DAC) will keep Marten on your report for 10 years, but HireRight by law cannot release what Marten reports about you after 7 years. A small carrier might not check you out at HireRight, but you would be required by law to list on your application all CDL jobs for the last 10 years, unfortunately, so the next carrier would most likely call Marten for a reference. So IMHO your driving career is effectively ruined for 10 years. This is the risky thing about getting into trucking, is it's fine if your luck holds out, but if it don't, then the exit is not compassionate, you will be ruined. And this is a cruel economy to be dumped into, as I'm sure you know. It's great that you posted your experience here for others to learn from. You might consider posting it at ripoffreport.com also, which is another great site besides this one to check out a company before hiring out. I stay in touch with a few friends that work for Marten, and they are all scared. They say they hear from a lot of Marten drivers who are afraid to go to a terminal because they think they might get the order to clean their truck out. They say that, if Marten fires a driver, they will route him to a terminal that is short on trucks and then fire the driver there and make him pay for his own transportation home. As the economy worsens, the tactics for carrier survival will get increasingly brutal; I seen how bad it got for truckers in the Great Recession of the early '80's, and it appears this time around things will be much worse. An indicator that things are changing is, for example, I got a qualcomm reminder from my Marten dispatcher that I was late sending my daily check call; this warning came to me 3 times over a 2 week period, and the 3rd time I was warned that if my check call was late again I would be fired. It is very noticeable that the driver treatment is getting harsher as the economy goes further into ruin. I hope you will use the power of prayer to give you comfort and for guidance to a humane job. Good luck and God bless.

 

myself i've been on the kroger fleet for over 4 yrs. and yes they will lie and back stab ya if ur not a suck butt. there turn over rate is awfull. and they claim you viloated company policies that you know nothing about.indy lost the best terminal mgr. they ever had and replaced him with a back stabin lieing snot nose whimp. i dont get along with him and he's trying his best to get something on me, to many ppl. hav told me so that i do trust. they used to be the best but know there one of the worst in turnover rates.

 

Now he sounds like one of the Mondovi Hounds will give my truck#50899 driver#14551 TD51 you seem to know alot about Marten,why dont you go ask Dan or Diane why I resigned before They could fire me because I refused to run illeagle anymore after buying a peice of sh$# from them,spent 54,000 in repairs in 07 and 9 months of no paychecks had finally had enough,told them no more it would be 100% leagle so dont even ask,my fm was murray out of indy at the time.was there from 02-07 when they were a fun good company to run for. I still have friends there and they can backup what I am saying run a week in the shop a week guess I to stuburn to give up to keep going for 9 months, just have never been a quitter. Let them know the 2 speeding tickets that got me put on 12 months probation will be off in 5 months,,,,,HAVE A GOOD DAY

 

54,000 in repairs? You sure that's not 5,400. It seems quite high.

 

Bigblue19 ask safety or hr what my miles were i got nothing to hide i was on wls and db board ask them. I do not have a reason to lie to anyone about. My truck number 50899 drv#14551, my co truck #7038, co drv 34557 chk it out my naame c!$$*# r*###)). Heck ill call and them robin to tell you my record while ther

 

#### THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN A VERY EASY DAY FOR ME.WHEN YOU ARE HAVEING TO RUN TO PAY FOR REPAIRS THERE ARE NO 600 MILE DAYS

 

54,000 was right still have reciepts to prove it everthing on truck was new but the paint job