update on marten

I work for marten for 6 months. left under the worst of terms. how much work you get at marten. depends on which terminal you get assigned to. if you get assigned to the mondovi terminal. forget about miles. and you better like fighting and getting screwed over. i was the last over the road driver they hired. at the first month and a half. i was ran over the road. the next month and a half i ran inter regional. the next 2 months after that. i was left running the rail yards in chicago. and then the last couple of weeks. my dm had a family emergency i never got told. so i got bounced around from dm to dm. i had very poor miles. had long mile loads taken from me for no reason. and was given short 100 mile loads. I put in for my time off 2 weeks in advance. told them i had to get my cdl renewed. they didn't care. so i got left out on the road. and when i was forced into unfavorable circumstances. I had to decide to quit with little to no notice. and ended up turning the equiptment in to the kansas city terminal. and had to fly home from there at last travel prices. and then they had the nerve to ask me when i was going to come back to the truck in kansas city from florida. so I told them again that i was quitting and i would not be returning. and that was that. so for those the are going to work for this company. you better keep atleast $1500 dollars on reserve for last minute travel arrangements. marten will not get you a bus ticket or anything to go home. even if they are at fault. at no time can you trust anything they say to be the truth. so any kind of trust in them. is a huge mistake.

 

"you better keep atleast $1500 dollars on reserve for last minute travel arrangements. marten will not get you a bus ticket or anything to go home. even if they are at fault. "

You SHOULD ALWAYS have at least that amount ready at any given time, or a free and clear credit card.

 

wow, that sucks! good luck on what ever you end up doing

 

Howdy! I'm seriously considering switching from England to Marten, and I'd like to know if anyone else here had made that switch.
Also, what's the deal with the per diem pay? Should I be concerned about that?
I plan to run western regional, solo company, and I'm not concerned with home time; there's no one to cozy up with!

 

Tons of miles on Western regional, as for the per diem it just puts more money in your pocket weekly. I'm not from England but I do know some guys that are and have said this place is a 1000 times better.

 

As Arte Johnson used to say on Rowan and Martin, verry interresting. Looks like rachi's no longer with Marten, and the split wasn't amicable.

 

I agree wholeheartedly