Star Trans Of NashvilleWorst Job I've Ever Had

What the heck is corporate taxes?

Funny they have their top driver on their website as making $105,000

 

The sad part is at one time they was a decent outfit........

 

STAR TRANSPORTATION...REAL BAD. IN CLOSE TO 20 YRS AS A DRIVER, (few yrs at star) THIS IS BY FAR THE WORST COMPANY I HAVE EVER WORKED FOR. THEY DEDUCT MONEY FROM YOUR CHECK EVERY WK IF YOU IDLE OVER THE 30% MAX THEY HAVE SET IN THE QUALCOMM SYSTEM(100 degrees in florida, 10 degrees in chicago, they dont care, they need to save fuel and u WILL idle at 30% or else)...AVG 2000-2200 MILES A WEEK, YOU CAN IDLE ABOUT 2-3 NIGHTS, 8-10 HRS STRAIGHT BEFORE U HIT THE 30%. I NEVER WENT OVER 55% IN THE BRUTAL HEAT OF SUMMER OR DEAD OF WINTER AND THEY DEDUCTED AN AVG 0F $40 A WEEK.

STAR ALSO DROPPED MILEAGE PAY ON 1 AUG 2009 BY 1.5cpm...IN MY CASE THAT WAS ANOTHER $40 FROM MY CHECK. U ARE CHARGED $7.50 FOR EVERY ADVANCE. U ARE CHARGED $2 FOR PAYROLL PROCESSING...note(STAR HAS BOUGHT ABOUT 200 NEW TRUCKS WITH CARRIER IDLE PACKS SO U ARE LUCKY IF U GET 1 OF THESE TRUCKS). I NOTICED THEY DONT GO BY LENGTH OF TIME IN INDUSTRY OR TIME AT STAR FOR A NEW TRUCK...THEY REPLACED THE TRUCKS ACCORDING TO TRUCK #.

THEY HAVE STARTED KEEPING DRIVERS OUT 2 WEEKS AT A TIME NOW...AND WILL RUN U TILL U SAY GO HOME. U USED TO BE HOME EVERY WKND. NOT ANY LONGER. THEY STILL HAVE PROBLEMS OF SITTING U FOR 24-30 HRS (2/3 times a month)...U GET $35 layover...(but they are famous for letting u sit for 23.5 hrs, and then sending a load to your qualcomm). IF IN DALLAS TX, ORLANDO FL, ON FRIDAY...60%-75% OF TIME U WILL SIT THE WKND. AROUND JUNE THEY DROPPED TRUCK FLEET DOWN 100 TRUCKS TO 500 AND LET GO ABOUT HALF THEIR DISPATCHERS/SHOP PEOPLE/STAFF. THEY CLOSED TERMINAL IN JACKSON MS..JUST HAVE DROP YARD NOW. MY EXP HAD ME OUT EVERY OTHER WKND..AND I GROSSED JUST $24,000 LAST YEAR (BARELY ABOVE POVERTY LEVEL)..REMEMBER I HAVE 20 YRS EXP SO MY MILEAGE PAY IS AT TOP @34.5 CM.

DISPATCHERS ARE A LITTLE WORSE/LESS CARING/LESS FLEXIBLE, THAN I HAVE SEEN IN MY 20 YEARS AT OTHER COMPANIES. SAFETY IS STRICT ON SAFETY/LOGS...DISPATCHERS COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR LOGS JUST LIKE OTHER COMPANIES. IT IS A CONSTANT BATTLE WITH YOUR DISPATCHER, WHO COULD CARE LESS ABOUT YOUR HOURS AND WHAT SAFETY SAYS. ALSO ALL TRUCKS ARE GOVEREND FROM 63 TO 68. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND LOOKING ELSEWHERE BEFORE COMING HERE..I PLAN TO LEAVE IN DEC 2009 BECAUSE OF THE LOW PAY..AND DISPATCHER ATTITUDES. GOOD POINTS..UUUUUUHHHHHHHHHH...NONE?

 

That's really a shame to hear. I worked for Star several times and overall had good experiences there. Keep in mind, though, my last time with them ended in early 2004.

While they were never the highest paying company in terms of per mile rates, their dispatchers were good overall and the miles were decent. My problems started there when my dispatcher got promoted. He was great, maybe the best I've ever had at any company...guess that's why he got promoted! But after that, things went down hill.

Following the Covenant takeover, I've heard nothing but bad things from the few Star drivers I've chatted with. And it really is a shame...they were a good company to be with back then.

Good luck, man...hope things work out for you!

 

That is a shame, living in Nashville, I see their trucks all over and recently I have seen some other companies hauling their freight, and I wondered what happened? I sent my neighbor down to see them, he is a newbe just out off school & needed training. I was shocked when they told him they did not train anymore and he needed 1 year.

 

Whoa! They quit training...I'm surprised. Their senior OTR driver was a trainer...made dang good money at it, and was a good trainer from all I heard.

That's gonna hurt the wallet. Of course, it could resume when the economy rebounds.

 

WTH is corporate taxes? We don't have state income taxes in TN.


Another case of post and run?

 

You are way over paid. Seriously, that's the problem.

STAY AWAY FROM THE BIGGER COMPANIES. And Honestly driver, Good Luck !!!!