Stevens Transport - Dallas, Tx.

vols021 · May 26, 2008

truckermojo said: ↑

wow i guess some people are illiterate or some just dont listen i don't work for them anymore i do run with another company local state runs. i'am glad to see that you can do math and add large sums of numbers. but i dont run 5 days i run my 8 days just like all other drivers and i do it safe . unlike some people that are with companys that have their truck's governed at 55 mph. my truck is opened all the way cuz i own my own rig. i don't worry about having the company take money out of my pay for damaging their equipment. unlike werner and j.b hunt , swift and etc etc. i just ahte the fact that all these drivers want to pawn off their bad expeireances and blame the company for screwing them over. every job is different . hell as a company driver i was working for peanuts and now i work to keep my peterbilt in good working condition. so if you want to knock on how you think you're the best driver and you can back in to any hole or if you want to brag on about how you never got in an accident and tried to lie you're way out of it then save you're breath because the only person that give's a flying crap is the person that is dumb in enough to beleive it.
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Sorry, I don't have a dog in this hunt but I watched your video on You Tube and you said you own your own "rig". On the video, it looks like a day cab Volvo, and that you pull pups for a bakery. Why would you buy a day cab?

I guess my other question is: Why do you post those Stevens propaganda videos if you don't drive for Stevens?

It is a free country, so you can do what you want. It just seams a bit unusual.

truckermojo · May 27, 2008

the video that showed the day cab was before i got my new rig i'm in the process of making my new vid and a tour of new new tractor . but as for the stevens b,s is a lil joke a buddy of mine put on there. but like my friends at cfi say to each his own.right.

jjranch · May 27, 2008

truckermojo said: ↑

wow i guess some people are illiterate or some just dont listen i don't work for them anymore i do run with another company local state runs. i'am glad to see that you can do math and add large sums of numbers. but i dont run 5 days i run my 8 days just like all other drivers and i do it safe . unlike some people that are with companys that have their truck's governed at 55 mph. my truck is opened all the way cuz i own my own rig. i don't worry about having the company take money out of my pay for damaging their equipment. unlike werner and j.b hunt , swift and etc etc. i just ahte the fact that all these drivers want to pawn off their bad expeireances and blame the company for screwing them over. every job is different . hell as a company driver i was working for peanuts and now i work to keep my peterbilt in good working condition. so if you want to knock on how you think you're the best driver and you can back in to any hole or if you want to brag on about how you never got in an accident and tried to lie you're way out of it then save you're breath because the only person that give's a flying crap is the person that is dumb in enough to beleive it.
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It's a proven fact that Stevens is just another CDL Mill. When i first decided to get back into trucking, i decided to go to Stevens because i thought it might be a good deal. I was wrong I was there for 3 days until i got released because i didnt have a current stress test so i went home got a new one and because of the way i was treated there i decided to go to work for another company, i didnt sign anything and they are trying to charge me tuition. thank god i paid my own way there and back. as for training guess it could't be to good because in 600,000 you have had a preventable accident. I for one have been driving for over 15 yrs. both military and commercial in several different countries and have yet to have a preventable accident. because i watch what i do and always leave myself an out. I take great pride in being a professional driver and for that reason i will never drive for stevens and would go so far as to say if they were the last company to work for i would quit driving. Their dumb and dumber is a joke. if i would have had to go thru their program i probably would have starved to death at their lousy 26 cents per mile. They are a big rip off and i encourage anyone considering them to stay away there are better more cheaper companies out there than stevens. just my 2 cents.

truckermojo · May 27, 2008

well everyone has their own opinions on what makes a good company and what make's them a bad one. but all in all where ever you go there you are. ya mean. keep it safe.

vols021 · May 28, 2008

truckermojo said: ↑

well everyone has their own opinions on what makes a good company and what make's them a bad one. but all in all where ever you go there you are. ya mean. keep it safe.
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Hey, if you like Stevens, then go for it.

rixcamp · Jun 7, 2008

turbo, i reseached this subject and you're correct! That CDL hell game is NOT legal under federal statutes. good job!

BARS3810 · Jun 13, 2008

THANKS I LIVE IN THE DFW AREA AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMPANY FOR CDL TRAINING BUT I HAVE HEARD BAD THINGS ABOUT "STEVENS" BUT WITH THIS IT IS NOW CONFIRMED AND I WILL NOT BE LOOKING TO STEVENS FOR MY CDL TRAINING PLEASE SEND ME SOME NAMES OF SOME GOOD ONES TO CHECK INTO

bb king said: ↑

I will try and give you only the facts and keep my opinions to a minimum.

When the recruiter tells you that a hotel and $70/week will be furnished, it
means that they front this to you and you will be paying it all back.

When the recruiter tells you that they will "help you out" with bus ticket
to Dallas, it means you will be paying it back.

When Steven's gets you to Dallas, you will be required to sign a promissory note for aprox $240 for hotel stay, $210 for food money, $65 for physical (even if you already have your DOT physical card) and the cost of a bus ticket (if you chose to take the transportation they provide you). I believe my total note is $645.

You will also have to bring enough money to cover changing your driver's
license to Texas, the cost of your CDL permit and the cost of your CDL.
Then, the cost of changing your Texas CDL back to your home state.

This note is paid back at the rate of $25/week through payroll deduction.

You are required to sign a loan for $4,552 plus 18% interest for total of
$4,950, to be paid back on the 10th of every month after graduation of their school for one year. It is also to be paid if you fail the class, get fired
for any reason (even if you get fired for having two accidents on the road)
for any reason at all. However, if you work for them for one year, the loan
will be forgiven. If you work for them even one day shy of a year, you owe them the same amount of money. The loan payback is not pro-rated. If you go into default, your loan will be turned over to a collection agency where they will add 30% to the amount owed.

Avoid any contact with a lady named Carol. She is the owner's daughter and a vice-president. To say that she lacks people skills is an understatement. After one visit with her, you will have the tone set for how Steven's treats people as a whole. This is not an opinion, it is a fact. The trainers will agree as will the folks at the Greyhound station that try to avoid her. Folks, this is the lady in charge of recruitment.

The hotels that they contract are nasty!!!!!!! Fact.

You will have 3 weeks of training at their CDL school. Do not look at this
school as a separate entity from the company. You are there to be trained in order to receive your CDL to work for Steven's. The school is a separate company only on paper in order to receive funds from the Texas Workforce Commission and Federal Gov't funds. I quote: "The loan that you sign is only to encourage folks to work for Steven's for one year." What I trying to point out is, don't give any indication that you have plans other than what they lay out for you.

You will then go through a one week orientation, at which time your
employment with Steven's begins. Then, if you don't have to wait for a
trainer to go on the road with, you leave for 5 weeks teaming with a
trainer. The number of hours vary. Usually, if you are with an
owner/operator, you will drive 11 hours a day. If you are with a company
driver, your drive time may be as little as 5 hrs/day at first. If at
anytime the trainer needs to go home, gets sick etc..., you will have to
wait for another trainer. Then, you come back to Dallas and go through a
second week of orientation. At this time, you are back waiting for a tractor
to drive with another student. You team with another student for 3 weeks.
Then back to Dallas to wait on a tractor of your own. This last week they
sent out several students who have been waiting on a tractor by way of
Greyhound to pick up 14 trailers that where abandoned. These tractors became the tractors they will be driving. So, plan on not making a real paycheck or well over 3 months. I would estimate no less than 15 weeks if everything goes smoothly (hahaha, right).

If the recruiter says that you may take your tractor home, what they mean is that you can if you can prove to them that you have at least a six foot fence and locked gate to secure it in.

Their trucks are governed at 62mph.

You aren't forced dispatched, but you better take the dispatch if you want
to be dispatched in the future. (quote from a trainer)

You will see NYC quite a bit. At least in the first 8 months or so.

According to their Director of New Hires, they think that a person who has
an 8th grade education and has made $6.25/hr all their lives and are happy taking what Steven's has to offer works out best there.

Steven's trained aprox 2000 drivers last year. They put only 100 new trucks on the road. (quoted from an instructor, verified by an office personnel)

They have about 1800 tractors on the road with just over 2000 trailers.

Owned by Steven Aaron.

Direct competition is FFE.

I will add more as I think about it. Just be aware before you leave for
Dallas. They bring you there without informing you of much. I believe that I was just plain lied to. Once you are there is when they tell you things that might have been helpful to know before you left home. I only hope that I canshed light on what Steven's is offering before you find yourself feeling trapped. With my experience with getting recruited in the military and with my education I feel like a fool for falling right into their trap. If I knew this info before I went, then I can only blame myself for being in a situation. However, going without knowing, then shame on them.
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The Challenger · Jun 13, 2008

BARS3810, check out Raider express if you can go to a local school. There is one member here who drives for them. Do a search around for the threads.

Hunter

SVTStingRay · Jun 15, 2008

BARS3810 said: ↑

THANKS I LIVE IN THE DFW AREA AND I WAS LOOKING FOR A COMPANY FOR CDL TRAINING BUT I HAVE HEARD BAD THINGS ABOUT "STEVENS" BUT WITH THIS IT IS NOW CONFIRMED AND I WILL NOT BE LOOKING TO STEVENS FOR MY CDL TRAINING PLEASE SEND ME SOME NAMES OF SOME GOOD ONES TO CHECK INTO
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my god, if your gonna make a intelligent career choice, make sure the info you are looking at is up-to-date, not from 5 years ago. good luck

Strngs012 · Jun 21, 2008

SVTStingRay said: ↑

my god, if your gonna make a intelligent career choice, make sure the info you are looking at is up-to-date, not from 5 years ago. good luck
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Technically it's 3 years ago, but who's counting...

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