Tribe express, tribe transport??

Rusty Trawler · Aug 19, 2016

I always wondered if there was more than one way to get scalped.

Getsinyourblood · Aug 19, 2016

Is that all @Unvarnished Truth ? Lol. I saw my first Tribe express in OK last night. Nice guy. He let me pass him, then promptly ran off and left me. Lol

free spirited1 · Aug 25, 2016

What's the latest driving info on this company??...just wondering as this is a 2012 thread. Thanks.

Rusty Trawler · Aug 25, 2016

free spirited1 said: ↑

What's the latest driving info on this company??...just wondering as this is a 2012 thread. Thanks.
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The chick who owns it (Joy) is hot.
Drivers still seem unhappy
Pretty trucks

free spirited1 · Aug 25, 2016

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Very High Employee Turnover Throughout Company
Office (Current Employee), Gainvesville, Ga – August 18, 2016
Pros: New(ish) trucks with satellite TV to make your waiting around easier
Cons: Even more than I've listed in the description.

I worked there as a driver manager/dispatcher. The amount of turnover is the highest I've seen of any company. The place is understaffed by design so every person in the office is overworked which leads to low moral and burnout. The company chews through employees at such a rate I'm surprised theyre still in business. For drivers you will basically make a loop from PA to IL to GA and maybe FL and a handful of runs to TX. They are moving heavily into Pharmaceuticals transport and most of the runs are very short 300ish miles. Driver pay will average between $800 to $1200 per week pre-tax and a few make up to $1600 but that's not the norm. Not worth spending your life in a truck for an average of $1000 per week farting around on their repetitive runs. They don't have a shop (mechanics work outside in the sun/cold) and their "terminal" is the size of a McDonalds parking lot with a dirt lot connected where you might be able to get one of the few parking spots. If you get there on the weekend expect to park in the employee area and then having all the cars overflowing into the street with a shuffle 2 hours into the work week to straighten the mess. This is an almost weekly occurrence. Since they don't have a shop expect to have your truck serviced/repaired on the road and don't expect to get paid for sitting. If you are broken for 24 hours you get a total pay of $93 per day. Chicken feed. Expect your scale tickets, hotel (when broken down) and other various expenses out of your pocket to not be reimbursed on your check. Because the pay cycle is 2 weeks out you have to be a hawk to catch it and complain to your driver manager to get it put on the next check. Fight for your money, fight for a better load because you're sick of the same runs, fight to make it west of the Mississippi river.... get ready to fight, you will need the spirit of Sitting Bull to make it in that Tribe. The office workers hate their jobs, work like slaves, and when one slight issue comes up expect to be called up to see Matt (Joy's husband who runs the place) and treated like a child in front of everyone. He will sit there wasting your time asking, "Why why why?" in a manner that a teenager can see is unproductive, a waste of time, and moral killing. So you have no parking and have to park on the street, fine, Joy will let you know that you can't park there and will get a ticket from the Sheriff but still there's no other place to park!!! The place is running by the seat of their pants. The load planners are stretched thin to get everything covered they don't have time to look for swaps to help get drivers home so that falls to the driver managers to figure it out. Getting drivers home comes down to your driver manager and his effort and other drivers to get you there. Many times there just aren't options. Expect to miss appointments, promises, etc. If you're an office worker they will force you to work weekends by putting names in a hat and drawing... because they are understaffed as mentioned previously. They could not buy just 2 or 3 trucks and instead invest in personnel in key areas such as load planning or driver managers, customer service (who have the highest turnover) but instead... just let things ride the way they are. I've seen drivers lose their credit rating and fall behind on bills after working there, I've seen almost all the driver managers have to work weekends constantly to keep their heads above water, and I've seen the maintenance side of things boil over constantly because they think 3 people in that department is enough to handle 200+ trucks in a timely manner in getting repairs. Having a driver wait 4 hours just to get a bill paid (because they are busy juggling everything else) is unacceptable to everyone except Matt and Joy. When you first get hired, expect Matt to shake your hand and smile but after that, expect to only go through your driver manager and good luck if you get someone that likes you enough to care about you personally. Your time there will depend on that person, and that's a dice roll. Average time working there (except for a few upper management) is between 6 months to 3 years being very long. The place is a meat grinder, with a culture that I don't see changing for years to come. Just know that going in and you will not stress so much during your single year working there. I'm starting a new job, should've never went here to begin with. Beware.
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Good to know...thanks for all the detail..easy to make a decision for sure.

free spirited1 · Aug 25, 2016

Rusty Trawler said: ↑

The chick who owns it (Joy) is hot.
Drivers still seem unhappy
Pretty trucks
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Lol...what do I care about a hot chick for?...lol driver ..now get to driving

KaoMinerva · Nov 17, 2016

When I see super shiny trucks, I immediately think low paying company! Is that a bad assumption?

His#1Supporter · Nov 22, 2016

KaoMinerva said: ↑

When I see super shiny trucks, I immediately think low paying company! Is that a bad assumption?
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My husband drives for them and is right now seeking another driving job. His checks haven't been over $600 in weeks and I have only seen him twice, for 4 days both times in 2 1/2 months. Their trucks are very nice, but that doesn't make everything else ok. They are taxing his check to death and they may offer some good insurance but it costs, too. He's felt like he's been shorted money on his checks for a while now. Just something to think about.

KaoMinerva · Nov 22, 2016

His#1Supporter said: ↑

My husband drives for them and is right now seeking another driving job. His checks haven't been over $600 in weeks and I have only seen him twice, for 4 days both times in 2 1/2 months. Their trucks are very nice, but that doesn't make everything else ok. They are taxing his check to death and they may offer some good insurance but it costs, too. He's felt like he's been shorted money on his checks for a while now. Just something to think about.
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Well I mean I work for a mega and I know for a fact if I'm out several weeks I'm going to gross near 1.5K bring home about 1.1K. I don't understand how he is barely making 6 and out all that time. He must not be a hard runner because there's no reason he should be grossing that low. I didn't make that even at Werner with .30. There's more to this story.

roadhammer123 · Nov 23, 2016

KaoMinerva said: ↑

Well I mean I work for a mega and I know for a fact if I'm out several weeks I'm going to gross near 1.5K bring home about 1.1K. I don't understand how he is barely making 6 and out all that time. He must not be a hard runner because there's no reason he should be grossing that low. I didn't make that even at Werner with .30. There's more to this story.
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Right on I've been running food grade tanker out 3 wks at a time home for 3 days i usually bring home bring home about $450 - 520 out of the house then 1100 - 1300 next two average 2700 to 3100 miles

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