Roehl Transport makes it into the BAD company forum

Officers don't come from poor families, so they take risks, absolutely. But poor people take most of the risk that being a soldier entails. Not only does a poor grunt take the risk of being maimed or done in, but he will also have to live with the fact he killed somebody, if he has to do that, for his remaining days. Sure, a lot of soliders are gung-ho today, but in twenty years they may start seeing the faces of those they had to kill while doing their patriotic duty. Good luck trying to sleep.

 

Does Roehl still run those STRIPPED TO THE BONES mid roofs?Even Schneider runs better trucks than Roehl.

 

Van national here, my shortest run this trip was 700 miles. The others were 1690, 1900, and on and on. Ran from WI to TX to MA through Canada to WI again in 15 days. Don't know what you guys are doing wrong, but most of the people I talk to are getting 2500+ miles a week.

 

What do you mean by stripped to the bones? I can stand and move around in mine, and it has everything but an APU in it or on it.
Fired up the Webasto for the first time the other night in NH. 44 deg in the morning...yikes!

 

Wow!! Thats good miles. My last two week tour got me 2034 and 2388 miles. Sat for a loooong time waiting for dispatches and was held up at one shipper. I can get the 2500+ one week per month. I have 14 months with Roehl and did not get my annual raise because I didn't have the minimum mileage for the 12 month period. My average per week miles for the year was 2038, which put me at just over 106000 miles. Its frustrating to try and achieve their bonuses, raises, etc. to be told that I didn't have enough paid miles. Who is responsible for getting me those miles? I thought my dispatcher would see to that, however the planners have that responsibility and it is not necessarily in Roehl's best interest to dole out bonuses to each driver. They may be a good place to get experience, but with over 80 percent of their drivers having one year or less, I am beginning to see that they are not in the business of retaining drivers, just training drivers. After you start getting more cpm then you appear to be a liability, not to mention all of the training write offs are exhausted. I am still there, but I am looking elsewhere.

 

I agree that Roehl is a training company. You will find many more newer (<18 mo) drivers than you will >5 year drivers. That being said, it is still a really good place to get that experience and move on to a company that requires a year or more of experience to work for them. Tough it out, put in the time, and your time at Roehl will pay dividends in the end.
The worst thing you can do is start complaining right out of the gate and then get tagged as a trouble maker. This will sink you at ANY company, not just Roehl.

 

My last week:
Sat and Sun-1300 mile trip from WI to upstate NY. Actually only ran 1100 miles (routed thru Canada) but will get paid 1300 for practical miles.
Mon- 600 mile trip NH to MD
Tues and Wed- 1100 trip DE to WI
Thur-Short trip in WI and WI to MN, 500 miles
Friday- 300 mile trip MN to WI and home.

3800 miles. 3800 x .42= $1596
Canada and tarp pay =$64
Trainer pay= $350
Total= $2,010. Not bad for a week. What a horrible company.

 

Sounds awful! Where do I sign up...???

 

I suppose they like to keep you trainers busy so the students you carry around don't get to see how things really are until they get their own trucks.
Meanwhile, the rest of us, who don't get trainer pay, have to wait for the leftovers of you trainers and 7/7, 7/4 and 7/3. I never said they were horrible either. My experience may be unique, but I doubt it. Like I stated earlier, over 80 percent with one year or less experience. If they were as wonderful as you say they are, then those experience figures would be reversed. Have another wonderful week, and good luck. Perhaps one day we will all be as blessed as you seem to be, without the condascending attitude.

 

Where do you get this 80% figure?