Lakeside Transport - Reno

Absolutely TRUE!!! Thanks for posting. Tod and Jim are Not Good People

 

Todd and Jim are still there at LST.
I worked for a subcontractor under LST back on that I-80 paving job.
LST won't hire me do to the fact that I personally told the owner of LST where
he could put his opinion.

 

Sounds like he gets bonuses for all the money he "saves" the company (rips off the drivers for). Had this happen at a company that I pulled their reefers with my own authority for some years back. I saw how the pay scale changed drastically. They made it sound like they were making it so everyone did what they were supposed to, but in reality, if you add up the numbers, the pay came out significantly less for the stop pay -which was hard labor. I'm sure there were kickbacks to the dispatcher that set this all up.

 

In response to thread about Lakeside

1) Drivers do not do the requred saftey checks watched daily as they just jumped in the truck and left usually late.
2) You have never seen a job contract there is no mandate for weekly pay drivers have to be paid before the company is paid.
3) The driver does get paid for standby until after 1 hr so does the truck. Faking standby time when the 20 other trucks on the job do not have any will not get you extra money.
4) Drivers are dispatched by additude and ability if you work hard and try to do what the company asks you go out first. Seinority does not matter due to the fact how long you have worked there doese not mean you deserve work over someone else.
5) Job sites requre long hours this has been a fact since the beginning of construction, Drivers complain about not getting paid and then when they get a lot of hours they dont want to work. If you get too tired to drive go home nobody can say anything about it if you are truly out of hours local truck operate on 14 day.
6) The trucks are construction trucks there are higher priorities than A/C needing to be fixed. Also drivers are not mechanics so what the driver thinks is wrong usually is not the case.
7) 60-70 trucks there are always at least 3 mechanics during peake season. Mechanics are usually bogged down during the day due to drivers not reporting problems @ end of shift because they did not do their post trips.
8)You get a weeks paid vacation after your first year. Hours are not taken in to consideration unless paid out per prevailing wadge job mandates.
9) Drivers on the mine job averaged $300-$350 per day = Around $2450 per week if you dont want to work 7 days a week stay home and draw unemployment. Almost 5k a month is pretty good for a driver that does not have to sleep in the truck.

*Dispatch does not get bonuses for saving money at the expence of employees
*Appropriate work attire is required( Your a truck driver have a little pride in you apperence you deal with customers. Shirt, Jeans, Boots,. *Sweat pants and tennis shoes are only acceptible if you are a PE teacher or a personal trainer.

The drivers this has to be explained to are drivers who want everything handed to them and are unwilling to work hard. Lakeside is a place for driver who wants to work and does not mind putting out effort to get the job done, and that can deal with a little hardship every once in a while. The drivers that go out first will be more than happy to explain this they have done more and worked harder than the rest. They also know how to drive all equipment and have done little to no damage to trucks. The drivers that turn down winter work IE out of town or Fed EX UPS work should not be allowed to collect unemployment. But I bet they do....

Thank you

 

I always wondered about that outfit? Lots of trucks always sitting and I'm not surprised.

 

Pay days are the 5th and the 20th unless they fall on a holiday. You have not read any contract that Lakeside has been apart of. You have no clue if you are getting Bacon-Davis or another type.By the way a small owner op outfit can work on fed jobs the construction companies prefer it due to the fact the do not have to pay them prevailing wage. Senority = Old bitter drivers that think the world owes them a favor for doing just enough to keep a job. As you stated in one of the postes above you complain about pay and who gets to work but then continue on to complain about working too many hours??? How much sense does that make? Sounds like your one of the ones who always crys about not working and then when you get told you need to work on a weekend you throw a fit. Also if you know so much about contracts and how trucking comanies work you must be doing good running your own operation or being a head transportation manager some ware. Or maybe your an english professor beings you feel the need to judge my grammer. Either way I am sure your not some bitter old guy who has nothing better to do but to complain annonamously on the internet. I see you have made 440 poasts since Dec 2013 any of those positive?