Sharkey transportation

woman on utube was with them, trucker47 used to be her user name,her name is brenda somthin

 

why have three threads about the same company?

 

Sharkey...my husband just started working for them. Very, very old-school. Older Mack trucks. They aren't bad, but they aren't built for comfort. Not much room, single bed, but it did come with an invert-er, although it stopped working the first week. The bed is very uncomfortable and thin. I bought him a mattress pad to put on top of it. You have to send your paperwork in the mail each week if you want to get paid. No email, scanning or anything like that. They don't like upgraded technology it seems.

Home time options are good, and they have gotten him home every weekend so far. They push percentage pay, which is 28% of the load. You can choose to be paid a guarantee pay, if you stay out a certain time, or cpm. You can switch anytime. The hotel for orientation was nice. It was in Quincy. They hold back your regular paycheck for 2 weeks, but you get orientation pay that first week, and then half of your bonus the second week, and then the other half with your first paycheck, so you have some money coming in until the paycheck starts. The orientation pay my husband got, which was $300 was taken back out that first paycheck and categorized as an "advance". Kinda sneaky there, but I wasn't surprised. They have free health insurance after 90 days for the family, but I think you have to pay up to the deductible and then they cover the bill. It's good if you have a lot of doctor's appointments...not so good if you don't go much.

He has steady loads. They keep you moving. He does have to sit and wait sometimes, like any company. I know this post is a year old, but I thought I'd give info on Sharkey because, when I looked before he started, I didn't find any recent info. I hope this helps someone.

 

Update: They advertise home weekends with $900-$1200 a week. My husband had two good weeks, steady loads, kept moving. You won't get anywhere near the $900, and there's no way to see what you are getting paid until you get it. If you are direct deposit, you will still get the pay stub in the mail a day later. There's no way to look online. If you have to take the truck to the shop, you have to get routed back to Quincy...which loses you a few loads and days....which on percentage pay, no loads, no money. CPM is even less, from what they were told in orientation. They said percentage pay paid more. The inverter was fixed...only to break again a few hours after it was fixed. Kind of a headache...

 

What kind of drug testing do they do?
I have a CDL school classmate that is trying to turn his life around but can't pass a hair test yet...

 

Urine test.