Palmentere Bros Cartage

this company is the worst, they run you thou orientation like cattle. my first trip i pick up a load of meat going to florida woke up around 9 pm and did a walk around and had a flat tire..call it in and got cus out for having a flat at 9pm ...they had me wait till the next morning to get it repaired. ok so i haul butt to florida for my 10pm appt...i'm an hour away for receiver 6am mon they r blowing up the people net with messages tell me to get my butt going...5hrs sleep so i get to receiver every 1/2 hr they send a messages asking if i'm empty and sending numbers to a broker tell my to call and tell the broker that i'm on my way...i refused to call that broker and lie. 2pm i get a door.. while i was setting waiting to get unloaded i'm reading the hand book i come acorss 2, pages of thing the company can take from your pay ( keep in mind i sign a form in oirentation that i agree to every thing in the hand book) the big one was $5000 if i was involved in an accident ..i sent a message telling them i can not agree to the $5000 ...now the broker calling my phone...they send a messg back telling not to worry about it...and call the broker that load need to be in CT, in the morning 1200 miles away....it 4pm now i'm empty but have an (OSD) IN THE HAND BOOK YOU MUST CALL IN ALL (OSD)..I CALL 5 TIME WAS PUT ON HOLD AND THEN HUNG UP ON....their still blowing up the peoplenet with message the broker ringing my phone off the hook...( what the hell did i get myself in to here) i call the broker told him i'm quitting i wont be picking up the load...i send dispatch a message i quit..i deadhead home 500 miles away....next morning i call and spoke with a big wig of the company ( i tape the phone conversion ) he told me he would get me a load back to KC, to turn in the truck. i replied thats find but i need for u to send me a statement stating i'm not responsible for the $5000 he refused...so i told him where the truck was...he told me i'd never work in trucking again...they did report to DAC( abandonment ) miss use of equipment) quit under a dispatch) i did get another job in 2 weeks and it took 6month but they settle out of court for 3000 and removed everything from DAC but the miss use of equipment...if you do go to work with this company documented everything... i would have been screwed big time if i didn't....

 

no, they paid $3000 it cost me $500 for a lawyer only because i belong to a legal plan $250 for lawyer $225 in fees paper work i guess...could of got more but got a job within 2, weeks...still not worth going thou the b.s..