Link America.. GOOD

Yuppers! I've heard that about Link America. Like so many "deceptive" companies (JB Hunt being the WORST!), they put ads out there, some without their name, that sound too good to be true... and it is! It's a sad truth that a lot of these type of companies have to resort to deception to get responses.

Oh well, you're better off knowing now, instead of later!

 

What I don't understand is why the dramatic difference in pay from SW regional to SE regional. At .305 a mile for SE regional your bring home is around 550 a week running avg. 2000 miles a week. That's 28.5 k take a year. Compared to SW at .37 a mile avg. 2300 miles a week. That's 790 a week take home or around 41k take home per year. Sounds like those SE guys are paying for those shiny new trucks that they don't own.

What's with companies using new trucks as advertising tool....as long as I am paid well and my truck is dot compliant let's grab a gear and go!

 

I wonder if link will actually start giving road tests during orientation if I was a SE regional driver I would demand it considering they are paying for the new trucks. When I went through links orientation they did not actually give u a road test just wrote on the evaluation form that u passed

 

it is legal for a company to accept your CDL in leiu (sp?) of a road test....i agree they should give em....just cuz u have a cdl doesnt mean you can drive....

 

Just sayin SE guys are paying for the whole fleet and u guys don't own the trucks. It's the only obvious answer. Like what has been said b4 a regional driver should get more per mile b/c of less miles and bumping more docks each week. Nothing personal against u man I just have a problem with a company that won't treat all there drivers the same. I'm always on the drivers side. Before offering new trucks they should have made SE pay the same as SW pay. I don't like seeing any driver get screwed.

 

When I worked over there they had me pick up nestle water over in Miami. There was a lady there trying to back into a dock and could not do it. I tried to help her she got so frustrated I eventually had to back it into the dock for her.

 

It's not that the equipment was old it was not dot compliant. I would have stayed with link if as u say they would have routed me to a shop to deal with mechanical problems. Once in Lakeland I needed a pm done shop manager said it would be a 2 to 3 day wait. At ft worth same thing they said we can't do a pm we just don't have time to far behind. They never did one pm on my truck in the 6 or 7 months I worked there. On my hometime the week I left I had my neighbor who is dot highway patrol do an inspection on my truck and found 5 things wrong that would have put truck out of service. My neighbor said don't drive truck till items are fixed I just called and told them to come pick up the truck I'm not risking my record. Of course they put abandonment on my dac and said I was Constantly late on delivery. Since I keep good records and made copies of all my paperwork and a signed notarized letter from my neighbor(dot highway patrolman) dac services changed links comments due to false claims.