Martin transportation syaytems MTS/RTS

Thanks for that info. 1 month no check? No way, baby needs new shoes.

 

I just had to respond to this posting…I have been working for MTS since early 07, and the majority of the things stated above are true.

Regarding the pre pass cards, there isn’t one, and it’s true, they had so many drivers who abused it (MTS did nothing about it) that DOT pulled their license. NOW, drivers have to pay out of their own pocket the toll fees and submit the receipts to get reimbursed, which is a joke because they lose your receipts and you never get reimbursed, and when you do, it’s the wrong amount or it’s shorted and you have to wait 2-3 weeks to get it! There are a few drivers who do have toll cards, but they had to beg and plead to get it.

The fuel card…right on!!!…you have to call them to activate it, and you have to do this 2-3 hours prior to getting fuel. If another driver comes along and get’s fuel before you (all on the same account), you can pull up and start fueling and you will get only what is left on the card. The truck stop is then pissed off at you and complains, “I always have problems with MTS”, and then you have to call dispatch and wait for them to reactivate the card, which can take up to an hour! And GOD yes, when you call dispatch to have them activate the card, 9 out of 10 they forget, I am not kidding, or you get some idiot that doesn’t have a clue how to do it (is the janitor answering the phone???), and they tell you to call back. You can be on hold for 10 minutes, it eats up your cell minutes…but what do they care?

And Dispatch? (Out of Grand Rapids)...what a circus show that is! I have never talked to such idiots and I have been driving a long time! They have GPS but they never know where you are! They have sent me to the wrong places, and left me sitting there for two hours, never calling me back or emailing me, to them it is just “figure it out yourself!” I have had dispatch tell me, “You call them!” – What the F***!!!??? Isn’t that a dispatch job to talk to the people where the load is going??? No, I am given the number to call the destination and figure out where and when.

Finally, pay…what a joke this is too, I have had my pay checked screwed up so many times I am ready to hire an accountant to see how much they have screwed me. They never have you “parked” in the proper location when you are done, (is the janitor entering this stuff???). Your check is shortened, you can’t pay bills, can’t plan…but when you call dispatch to get it cleared up, they give you this rooty tooty dance, they want you to copy all your log sheets, fill out this form and that form and submit it. WHAT??? Bottom line…If it’s not their paycheck, they don’t care.

I honestly do not believe that this dispatch office has ever been inside a truck let alone seen one, just the fancy pictures they have of the ones on the wall. In addition, when they ask you to do a run, they have no concept of miles and time whatsoever, or DOT down time and rules of the road. They do a MapQuest and expect a truck to make it in the same amount of time! Hello!!! MapQuest is made for cars at 65 mph! It doesn’t show construction or low bridges, or weather conditions…these guys are a joke!!!

All in all, this company sucks big time, I have been looking for another job (as well as other drivers) that has some people who have a better sense of what they are doing, and appreciate the driver. But, aren’t we all?

Oh, and by the way, I heard from another driver in Louisville, that the ad’s for the dedicated runs from Louisville to El Paso…well, that is just a carrot. You get it for a while, then they pull you off it…and with the problems with Ford, their plants are constantly being shut down, so the runs are few and far between, one week you can have a good check and then you can go two weeks with little or no check. Pretty rotten carrot.

 

I drove for MTS for almost 2 years, I had 3 different trucks that when I got them they were trashed, I cleaned, fixed and took care of them as if I owned them. I never turned down runs, I went above and beyond and they still treated me poorly. I was fired because they found out I was looking for a better job, they are saying that I tampered with their truck regarding speed control. I am currently looking into taking legal action against them because now they are giving me a very bad reveiw to any future employers. I would not suggest anyone work for them, they treat the drivers very very badly!

 

I have been here for sometime and builded my senoirity up so i can get good run's and it is local to where i get home. But now for all that goes ,on all the post are right and if you don't do what they want down the road you go,if dispacth don't like you they will lie to get you fired.Every body her has no life and have to be in every body's else bussiness,all the people they have that run's the show are morons and never been in a truck but think they know everything.run the other way a fast as you can stay away from this company as they will mess up yur driving record,there truck are junk and trailer's to most of the time they are a rolling dot violation .good luck to all you guy's that ran the other way. spead the word to say away .

 

Well let me tell you boys that this company has just pulled the plug on the Burton MI terminal , that means all the union drivers after 4/18/08 are done no insurance nothing no tranfer rights , and the union tells us nothing , i worked here 15 years and now they replace us all with non union across town and continue to run the same runs.
Iam looking for a new company myself , but everyone ive contacted tells me i will have to start out as a student,because i dont stay out for weeks OMFG
This company does not want a driver for long and they treat you like that
The union worker has a giant bullseye on his back even if you had to join the union to get the job

 

hey man, i used to run out of burton too, i was the new guy with the red truck, i used to cover the emporium penn. run goin to bay city powertrain. you said they replaced everyone with non union across town and they are running all of our old runs? what, they opened up the old terminal on dort and only hired nonunion drivers?

 

Hey Bro they just closed the doors on the union drivers the burton termainal is still going with 10 no union drivers , doing the work the strike has a lot of stuff in limbo, they let 7 teams cotinue to run also , im done 15 years and a kick in the ### , you might remember me im the big bald red bearded guy , later bro let me know what your doing now

 

how are they going with nonunion drivers? have you talked to mark williams about this? thats infuriating, i cant beleive they did it just like that!!! so mike and larry are still there? so lemme guess, they just have larry doing what there is to be done?

has anyone said what will happen when this aam strike is over? will any of the drivers be called back?

i remember being called and asked if i wanted to run team down to texas and back, and i told greg no, what were they planning on me doing, stop being in the union?

#### that stupid company, i found a nice little company over in ny where im at now. HFL inc, nice equipment, NO gps or computers. hell, they just give me money for tolls. pay on par with martin, but better hometime and no one here is a dick. the owner of the company drives a wrecker himself, so he doesnt act like mike eddy.