JB Hunt - Lowell, Ar.

Thanks......at $525.00 per week just for a truck payment, you would still be close to the $700.00 a week with all the other expenses if not more.

Man thats alot to have to make up every week, in order to break even.

I am glad I got out when I did no it was not thru Prime but I had thought about it before I made my mistake.

I now deliver "new" truck's for Auto Truck Transport, we deliver a bunch to JBH.
Yea I have heard some of those same rumors. I will say one thing for JBH some of the equipment we have taken them is nice. But I guess anything "new" is pretty nice to drive anyway's.

 

Dear J.B. Hunt,

Who needs to log on to a forum like this or ask drivers out there to be able to find out about J.B. Hunt? I sure as hell don't. Nope. I know how to EASILY tell if a trucking company SUCKS using just my eyes and good ol' common sense.

One thing I can do is drive by one of these "huge-antic" company's terminals and count all the empty, cleaned-out rigs they have sitting on the lot gathering dust. How come all these trucks are sitting on the terminal lot instead of running? I mean, if you really ARE so great, people would be falling over each other to get into one of these trucks, right? But, there they are sitting in droves and have been for the past several days or even weeks. Explain this to me, J.B. I can understand maybe 10 trucks are sitting in your lot waiting on their next drivers. Maybe even 20. But 150? 200? According to your minions, you're a great company. But, alas, your terminal lot tells me you SUCK, JBH.

If I do my terminal drive-by on any Monday morning, say around 7:30, I can also count the rather large number of new hires going into any big company's weekly orientation. And LOTS of guys will be milling about waiting for orientation to start at a "great" company like J.B. Hunt. It looks like basic training at an army base on those Mondays, there are THAT many latest fools going in. And these new hires would only be guys who are replacing all the pissed-off drivers who quit last week. What does this tell me about your company, JBH? It tells me you SUCK.

Of course, I could also stay home and look in the help wanted ads of any newspaper that's within 200 miles of any big company's terminal, be it an actual hardcopy or that newspaper's internet version. Day in and day out, I'm sure I'd see a JBH help-wanted listed begging for drivers. According to your plants and minions, your company is the best thing since sliced bread, J.B. Hunt. Your help wanted ads in the papers and magazines every day of the world are telling me something else, though. They're telling me you SUCK, J.B.

And while I'm looking at all the trucking company help-wanted ads staring back at me from these papers every #### day of the world, I could count the number of times I get called by the loser-companies like J.B. Hunt begging me to come work for them. Every time you call me, it tells me one thing, J.B. Yeap. It tells me you SUCK.

Tell me, JBH: why would I even THINK of going to work for your trucking company? I'd just be replacing a driver you've pissed off recently, probably even last week. Why did he get pissed off? Who knows. All I know it means you'll piss ME off in a few weeks with the same bad treatment and it'll be ME who will be quitting. Well, J.B. Hunt? WHY would I want to come and be a driver for you?

Seeing all the clues and knowing for a fact that guys don't voluntarily quit good jobs by the tens or even hundreds every week tells me that JBH sucks ###. I don't need any websites telling me this. I don't need drivers to tell me this. My eyes tell me everything. My eyes tell me you SUCK, J.B. Hunt.

Last time I checked my sources, such as the newspaper online help-wanteds in Detroit (The Detroit Free Press), I didn't see any ads for GM, Ford, Or D-Chrysler. Those jobs are good, so their employees don't leave 'em in droves. I think I did see a J.B. Hunt ad in that same paper.

I don't think I've EVER seen a help wanted ad for NASA. Not even for a toilet-cleaning janitor. This is a GOOD company. Great company, really. No one in his right mind would voluntarily give up a NASA job.

But boy, truck drivers don't mind quitting companies like J.B. Hunt, despite all the claims by their minions that they're one of America's "best companies".

No, you can't fool this dog, J.B. Hunt. He's been around the block too many times. I say this to you AND your lackeys who try to leech the industry for drivers. Drivers you know good and well will stay with you only a few months. Drivers don't quit good jobs, J.B. They only quit #### jobs. Based on what my eyes tell me, a JBH driving job is a #### job.

Stop telling me lies about how "great" you are, J.B. Hunt. You're fooling nobody.

Sincerely yours,

Tip

 

First, the amount of NC unemployment insurance finally paid out for the period of time I was unemployed was the maximum, $4,400.00. Therefore, the amount disputed was not "a few hundred dollars", as you have wrongly estimated.

Second, the costs for defending JB Hunt during an administrative unemployment hearing were minimal. This is because JB Hunt's unemployment insurance carrier, Employer's Unity, includes JB Hunt's legal defense of a contested unemployment claims in the unemployment insurance coverage costs to JB Hunt each month (a type of legal retainer). Therefore, the costs to JB Hunt for unemployment insurance coverage are the same each month, whether or not, JB Hunt disputes a particular employee claim. Employer's Unity also supplies an attorney for JB Hunt's defense of these disputed unemployment insurance cases, free of charge.

Third, no large employer, like JB Hunt, wants unemployment insurance costs to rise. Like all insurance premiums, the ultimate monthly cost is largely determined by the number and amount of claims paid out. If a company pays a claim in a particular state, that state increases the amount of the company's unemployment insurance tax amount monthly premium. If a large number of costly unemployment claims are paid out, a company stands to pay significant additional monies each month to cover themselves for unemployment insurance purposes. Large employers, like JB Hunt, do not wish to pay out large amounts each month for unemployment insurance coverage.

Finally, there were no travel costs involved for the Employer's Unity supplied attorney or for the JB Hunt employees that testified at my unemployment appeals hearing. NC employment law allows for telephone conference call testimony to be given in some unemployment benefit hearings. This was the case during my unemployment benefit appeals hearing. I attended the hearing at the local unemployment office in Charlotte, NC with the appeals referee; the Employer's Unity attorney was located in Asheville, NC; and, the four JB Hunt employees that gave testimony during the hearing were located in Lowell, AR. A "three-way" telephone conference call was made by the unemployment appeals referee and sworn testimony was then given at hearing by all parties telephonically.

 

The charge that JB Hunt's recruiters were calling the CRST driver lounges was not disputed at trial by JB Hunt. Second, CRST was apparently prepared to provide "live" witness testimony by CRST drivers that they had been on the receiving end of these "unsolicited" JB Hunt recruiter telephone calls to CRST terminal driver lounges. Third, JB Hunt did not provide testimony at trial to indicate that it was not a "standard business practice" of JB Hunt recruiters to call the CRST driver lounges for the purposes of finding "new fish" potential employees. Therefore, CRST's contention of unfair business practices regarding JB Hunt's recruiter calls was "uncontested" at trial. Last, CRST had previously contacted JB Hunt executives directly before referring the matter to a judge and gave JB Hunt a "fair" chance to do the "right thing" and stop the calls to CRST driver lounges. JB Hunt executives were therefore fully aware of these "unsavory" recruiting practices and did not notify their recuiters or try to stop their recruiters from calling CRST drivers on CRST property driver lounges. In hindsight, CRST obviously tried to resolve the matter quietly and professionally out-of-court before finally resorting to a lawsuit to settle the matter.

 

The most recent news in the "as the world turns" JB Hunt trailer inspection document fraud case indicates that JB Hunt has "magically found" a new (porportedly) legitimate trailer inspection document for the trailer in question. JB Hunt presented this "new-found" documentation to OSHA. OSHA apparently said "... thanks and sorry to have troubled you by requesting that you produce a legitimate non-fraudulent document" and did not pursue the matter further. In addition, a formal complaint to the Arkansas Division of the FMCSA regarding JB Hunt's trailer inspection document fraud was also undertaken. Apparently, the Arkansas Division Administrator of the FMCSA was not too concerned by the document fraud either, calling the whole matter "unacceptable" fraud and then promptly closing the entire matter without further investigation or sanction of JB Hunt corporate for manufacturing false evidence in a federal investigation. Possibly, the FBI corporate fraud division can do better using the Sarbanes-Oxley corporate fraud statutes to "spank" JB Hunt's "naughty monkeys" into total obedience. What do you think? Hey, it worked in the recent Enron case...more news later.

 

Well, without any incidents regarding this trailer and it's safety, I can't see any reason why any regulatory body would spend much time on this. If the trailer was involved in an incident with major impact, and it came out that it had been fraudulently inspected, then maybe someone would take an interest, but not under the present conditions. At best, at this time, it's a minor paperwork glitch. Hard to prove anything else about it.

It always tickles me to see the stickers on big company trailers and it shows that they get inspected annually and that's all the trailer pm program consists of. We do all of our trailers on a monthly basis, or at least we try to. Once in a while you find a trailer out of pm date, but it's rare. We run trailer as old as 1967's on a regular basis, and the pm program is how we keep them on the road.

 

I post this, as I did on another trucking board several months ago, concerning people who utilize the provided numbers.

I say call 1-800-EAT-####. 10-4?
If you don't like the way I drive get off of the sidewalk.

But seriously folks, I know the feeling. A four lane divided. 45 mph zone. Going 45 in the left lane behind some moron. He slows to 35. I back off figuring he's gonna turn. Red light district, towards the end of town, going to accelerate to 55. 6 blocks later this moron still hasn't turned. OK, I'll get in the right lane to pass him and continue on my way. Now in 55 zone. No such luck. This jerkoff raced me at 70+mph (now 65mph zone) and wouldn't let me pass. OK, I'll get behind him until we pass the slowpoke in the right lane, so back in the left lane. Maintaining a safe distance so as not to appear to be tailgating, he slows to 45. Back into the right lane. 3 miles later he decides to turn left after pinning me behind another slowpoke. Finally, freedom! No such luck. Jerk calls my company on me. I'm the one acting like a fool! Doesn't bother to tell them that he slowed down for no apparent reason, or that he raced me at 70+ to "keep that big, slow truck form interfereing with his vision", just that I'm the one pulling the silliness.

One other time some moron pulls out in front of me in a 55 zone from a side street with a stop sign, that he never stopped at in order to "not get stuck behind that truck", then wants to go 40.
Yes, I laid on the horn and flipped him off for pulling such a stupid stunt. 3 miles later he pulls into a gas station to let me go by and then calls the company and claims that I was tailgating him and constantly blowing my horn. Yes, as I said, I blew my horn, once. I did not tailgate him but, to hear him tell it, I was a renegade trucker in a big hurry and trying to run him off of the road.

When I finally returned to my terminal a few days after the second incident, after already receiving calls from safety (these incidents were months apart) I went right to the man and told them to get off of my back. I've been driving for 12 years without an accident *knock on wood* and that I was a safe driver. If I wasn't, my record would reflect that. That I was tired of his calls and that they were tantamount to harrassment. All they hear is some P.O.'ed 4-wheelers side of the story. They're ALWAYS INNOCENT and NEVER DID ANYTHING TO PROVOKE THIS BEHAVIOR.

I haven't heard another thing from the safety department since. In fact, later, I overheard a conversation with a motorist that went something like this:

I'm sorry. If we fired a driver every time someone called in,we wouldn't have any drivers left. It's unfortunate that you feel as you do but, we get complaints like this from motorists frequently, and truth be told, most times it's the car driver that's done something wrong. We understand your frustration and sympathize with your position but, we just can't fire drivers based on an unsubstantiated, one sided claim.

So to all you drivers out there, if your record speaks for itself, stand up for yourself with your company or it's safety represenatives and let them know. I'll be the first to admit that I'm wrong when I'm wrong. I've been known to do things in the show-off lane too. We ALL have but, truth be told, we get caught doing 75 in a 60 at 3 A.M. (no I didn't do that, it's just an example) with no traffic and the cop is asleep at the top of an on ramp with his radar set. Yes, we're wrong, technically but ,it's not like we're doing it in rush hour. When it comes to being safe, we're at the top of the list and it's people like P.A.T.T. and C.R.A.S.H. that use skewed statistics to support their positions, and give civilians a bad image of truckers, prompting them to call and report us for just doing our jobs.
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Driver,

If this is how your company deals with unsubstantiated claims of irresponsible driving, you're better off without them. No motorist is EVER going to call in and admit that they're the one who did something irresponsible.

The only reason they do call in is because you're using their road and they figure one less truck impeding their progress and they're in a hurry. It's nothing personal against you. They're just too irresponsible to plan their day in case traffic might be a problem. You foul up their grand plan.

Time management and traffic negotiation are far to the bottom of the list when it comes to the average four-wheelers agenda. You'll always be in the way of the unprepared.

Isn't that nice to know?

Move on and forget about it

BOL

PJ

 

TIP wash your mouth out with soap!!! No need for that kind of Filthy language dude!!! As for J.B. Hunt? HE'S DEAD!! Or so I was told.If you feel so strongly, Work for someone else!

 

Burrows; After reading your very long sob story, It's PERFECTLY CLEAR
WHY YOU WERE FIRED! You were hired to drive a truck.NOT TO BE A LAWYER!!! [Edited].Big deal a mud flap was missing,If you knew HOW TO LOG, YOU WOULD NEVER RUN OUT OF HOURS!!! J.B. needs drivers not cry babies who try to upstage there dispatchers.DO YOUR JOB! DRIVE. With your attitude no trucking company would want you.I'd bet even a charter bus outfit would FIRE YOU.Learn dude.If you get a ticket? YOU GIVE IT TO THEM!

 

Is he a Lawyer? Or a truckdriver?I'm confused here.No wonder no other
company will hire this major league cry baby and trouble maker.If you think the U.S. federal government is gonna shut down a major trucking company because YOU feel wronged? YOUR NUTS Burrown!GET OVER IT!