is U.S Xpress good company to work for? why it's very bad company?

For new member, he sure knows how to change font colors.

I agree with you that USX truly does suck and deserves Rollover's BFI Award, but almost everything you listed is either the norm (pay for your work and bad policies) or going to be the norm in the near future (e-logs) for a mega company.

As for "you must drive the route that was given to you," I call BS. I know with my company, if I can get to a customer in either a) a shorter time, or b) a shorter distance, one phone call to my DM, and my route is changed. Again, I don't know the "very bad policies" of USX, but if it were my company, if one of my drivers can save time, fuel, and wear and tear on the truck, than you're d*** right I'm gonna change the route.

I'm doing my inner Columbo (RIP Peter Falk). One more thing here. Why would you suggest six other companies to other drivers, two of them (JB and Marten) who are extremely low on TTR's totem pole?

 

An education? Effort? That would be asking WAY too much. Why do you think we have Spell-Check?

 

Cry a river why don't you? Most what I see there is DRIVER error. Want to be payed? Scan in YOUR paperwork. That is part of your job. You don't get that done, you don't get paid.

Want someone to hold your hand thru trucking? This ain't for you.

 

Wrong, other than routing (which they do to save tolls if the shipper will not pay them) everything you listed is due to poor planning on your part or just screwing up. I work for USX and love the comapny, I know many other current drivers who are happy also. Everytime I hear a driver complaining, somewhere in the first three minutes of the conversation they accidently tell me why they suck at trucking.

Also, you worked for this company for how long? Today is the first time anyone here has heard from you. Pretty typical

 

Sounds like the OP has an axe to grind with the company. Although from my perspective, I could care less about why he dislikes USX. I'm more concerned about why he'd "cheerlead" for six other companies at the end of his original post.

 

And Arnold is owned by USX. He would know this if he really worked for USX as Terminals are shared and we sometimes pull Arnold trailers.

 

Aso...

The plot thickens.....

 

so you didn't do your job and scan in ALL your paper work so gee you didn't get paid..... sound like YOUR FAULT

1st no not all company drivers are on elog. but if they were are you saying YOU CAN'T drive legally....???

yes they are force dispatch but YOU KNEW that when you started so why cry about it now and usx has nothing to do with you not being able to move the truck after your hours are up it's the FMCSA HOS but if you were a truck driver you would know that.

again you knew this when you started so why cry about it later

he flew WHY....? they would have given him a bus ticket. no one gets paid for orientation if they don't get hired, and just why do you care why he didn't get hired....? he will get a letter when he gets home telling him why.

realy..... when this has come up were we need to get home asap we have always been home about as fast as we can drive home.

 

I worked for USX for 10 months and was very impressed by their equipment (very recent, very well maintained) and I had a great DM who never steered me wrong. I had only two gripes:

1 - Nights and weekends are hampered by a reduced number of DMs available. They need to recruit DMs as much as drivers! You might be on hold for 45 minutes with them just to have a 1-minute conversation.

2 - There's the dreaded New England "Vortex." Once they get you to New England, you kinda sorta get stuck there doing local delivery work (pick up from a rail yard, take it to a drop yard 15 miles away, etc). They really need to put a bunch of day cabs in their own terminal up there to run in all that New England traffic instead of using the big Petes for local work on those narrow streets. Drivers call it "the Vortex" because you get "sucked in" and held there doing local stuff - burning up hours, making no money.

But I liked the Transflow/scanning stuff! I liked the new, very well maintained truck I drove. I liked the shiney floors and hifalutin decor of their huge terminals. I was treated very well there.