K & B Transportation fraudulent company, can mess up driver's CDL, wage theft

Dispatch/log department changed my log without my permission, drive time from the consignee to a nearby Pilot station they changed to 'personal conveyance' so the time I have been waiting for the live unload to complete, the time needed to pull away from the dock, pick up paperwork, go through the security gate, drive to Pilot were all logged as offduty. I called the dispatcher/logs dept. and rejected to have my logs changed.

 

I agree. These days some truck drivers working for big trucking companies I worked for seem not to have a minimum of standards set. Tell them to drive and work 25 hours without sleep, to hand unload a 40,000 lbs trailer on top of driving for a flat pay, to deliver flatbed loads without being paid for tarping/per stop, to commit log violations, many would do it. Truck drivers end up being a cheap labor force, being truck driver becomes less of a skill and more of a guy/girl who will do whatever for a big pay check while that 'big' money the truck drivers earn these days seems to be less than what it used to be. I don't see how 'Welcoming to trucking' helps truck drivers in general.

I worked for a trucking company who had no flatbed experience in the last 5 year, the company took over a major flatbed contract/accounts across the country, then trained instructors and drivers how to do flatbed, the company was paying new drivers (less than a year of experience) and old/veteran flatbed drivers (who were on that account with a previous company) the same. Veteran drivers with experience started leaving, some talked about living trucking all together.

At K & B truck drivers are used, abused and replaced, the company has an extremely high turnover rate of drivers. When I hear a K & B driver saying how the company (pay) is wonderful and talks trash about another K & B driver who objects to violate logs, I don't hear solidarity.

 

I spent most of my work life working jobs that are not 9-to-5. At times, I was over-the-road truck driving with months of no home-time.

 

The name of this sub-forum is: "Report A BAD Trucking Company Here". I did call the DOT.

 

True. The guaranteed pay of $1250 advertised to attract new drivers is later used to condition drivers to either do as the company says (work during 10-hour breaks, work/drive beyond available hours, do unpaid live relays, take random trailers to truck wash..) or take the consequences of rejecting it.