how about TMC

Meh.. TMC Has gone above and beyond for my family on numerous occasions. They allowed me to quit for 2 months due to family issues, i turned my truck in per their request, for that two months they continued paying my bills, and after that 2 months gave me my job back without having to pay anything over again.

After spending 5 years in a factory being dicked around day after day, year after year i appreciate what TMC has done for me. Like Terry said, you won't find many first year drivers making 60k plus, and i've been doing it with them for over 2 years now.

I'm sorry that things diddn't work out for you, good luck Pat.

 

I know diddly about TMC or any other FLTBD outfit. I always scratch my head and think, why? when I see someone tarping a load in the rain or snow while I am at the dock sipping my hot cup of joe. But I guess someone has to do it. I did it for some time but I was local and did not have to do much tarping.

I was wondering if you choose to get paid percentage on your loads. How do you know what the payout was that your percentage is being calculated on? Does the company show the driver what the load paid the company?

 

At TMC, you can choose from the time you get your own truck, but you can switch later. I think you can switch once per quarter or something like that, but you cannot switch in the middle of a month.

 

I worked on percentage before as a 3rd party contractor and my business adviser found out that the company was doctoring the books to make it look like they made less on the del fees then they where actually receiving.

Say they made $75 for a del. They would show it as $50 and then pay me 73% of that, instead of the $75. They where threatened with legal action and we had to have a big powwow with a mediator and I ended up getting a settlement and leaving the account.

So I am wondering how the driver knows what the load pays that the percentage is based off of ? If that is what it is based off of.

 

When I was with my trainer, the cost of the load was on the load screen on the Qualcomm, as well as on the Shipping papers. They didnt even attempt to hide the amount.

 

It's not always there on the papers, but 9 times out of 10. Sometimes it's slightly more on the shippers papers because of the fuel surcharge.

 

I am not a recruiter. I am a company driver. I am here to spread the gospel about TMC. I will offer anyone information about TMC and even help if you ask. I do not do this for referals, but because I believe TMC is a good company. If you want to talk about the problems with TMC I'll discuss them also. I try to be balanced, but I do see TMC positively.

If you are on Line Haul, TMC does want you to deliver five loads each and every week. Revenue goals to the truck each week is $3,250.00. TMC will never force you to make these deliveries illegally. When they catch you running illegally they will shut you down for ten hours. One problem is TMC has over 3,000 drivers and it hard to catch everyone cheating. Individual drivers can and do cheat until they are caught. Making more money is a great motivator, until they are caught in a DOT audit and have to pay for it. It is getting harder and harder to cheat at TMC. Absolutely, no one has ever asked me to run illegally or fudge my books.