If you ever pulled a Papa John's trailer

I want to hear from you. Moderators, I don't know if I picked the right forum, if not, please PM me and I'll adjust accordingly.

I worked for them formerly. 11 years total and I have been in a few locations. Rotterdam, NY which is now relocated to Cranbury, NJ. I was in Orlando, FL for the last four. I've also pinch hit in Garner, NC and Phoenix, AZ. I'm very familiar with the way they run things in multiple locations.

The place got so bad, I was one of the people fighting for the blatant abuse of hours of service, especially after the implementation of their new computer routing system.

I was fired for giving a driver a lead to another job when he was complaining he was so exhausted. Right to work state...

It's a physically demanding job, fair enough. The money is good, but then so is drug dealing if you want to do something illegal for a living.

I brought my concerns in front of the proper people. I gave PJ's the chance to fix it internally with an exit letter, and to my knowledge, they did nothing.

What I need is honest people to back me up with honest information as to their operating practices. If you are, or know a former driver for Trans Papa Logistics, Cardinal Logistics, Worldwide Dedicated (or Team One, a daughter company), I would like to hear from you via PM.

I'm addressing three things.

1. HOS - they run teams and fully exploit it. If you've been there, you know.
2. Workplace conditions (bad store access and poorly loaded trailers that make walking and lifting hazardous)
3. The nasty empty trays. Once again, if you have hauled for PJ's - you know.

I would ask you to provide your name and the dates you worked there, and possibly a brief statement via email or PM here, to give my allegations a little more weight. Somebody else mentioned here that they approached DOT in New Jersey, and they said they wouldn't do anything about it until they heard from more people. So, a few more need to speak up.

It's only being done in the name of safety for the greater good. If you have anything to contribute, please contact me.

Thanks.

 

I did get your PM and thank you.

In Florida in the past, you would come off a 30+ hour run and they would want you to go back out, if there was a sale or promo going on. We were running dispatches with less than 2 hours of downtime before the next one with the way the computer was building the trips.

Don't get me wrong - I'm old school and a runner, and hate crybaby's, but enough is enough.

Now they're bringing the 48' trailers to above 2400 in cube, which means no room to work - at all. The company has become completely greedy and is going to kill somebody so they can push a $10 pizza out the door.

With what they did to me, I could sue the living dog-crap out of them, but I don't want to taint or take away from my new gig. It's in the past - I'm out.

I just want it to stop before someone falls asleep at the wheel and either kills themselves, their co-driver or an innocent family on the highways.

Thanks for your responses.