Van Buren

Chem well put, sounds like you are a company man, maybe mid-management, almost sounds like you are a not a driver at all, but who am I to say that is just my opinioin. Good luck be safe. Oh by the way it is about time the board of directors demoted Cliff, should have been done after 4 quarters of losses !!!! not 8 or more!!!

 

OK well at the risk of being shunned there are some things that the experience guys are not saying. And yes i am a "Newbie" I got my CDL in sept. 2012 and started with USA. I get loads of miles i average between 2,500 to 3000 miles a week. I get several time sensative loads. I also time my running well and am running for 7 days and not having to do 34 hour restarts. In the intrest of being fair I also have to say that 90% of the time your miles and how you get treated comes down to the crap shoot of who your DM is (They just changed the title from fleet mgr to Driver mgr). From my Experiances with USA there are some things that can improve but there are things that are way better then the other starters like PAM. First is pay USA starts out at .18 CPM running team (no option you have to for 6 months ) and when they get to single driver it is .26 CPM then after 6 months they hit .29 CPM we start at .28 CPM then after 60 days you get .29 CPM. it is all in thier paper work. and they have a very compensating pay structure that most drivers don't know about and then don't ask for it. at all the terminalss they have the paper work put out there just grab a copy and then when you "Break Down" you will get paid. Get a load on Friday that dose not deliver until Monday ??
they have weekend pay. and delay pay. so this company is fair about things. If i had any complaint about the company it would be it is hard to get your home time. If you stand up for yourself you get it. So their are worse things out there but USA as a starter is not by far the worst out there. Also all of these things are verifyable and just send me an email and i can show you my proof.

 

oh sorry i misspoke the usa in starter pay should be PAM

 

Did you say USA pays delay? Only if they get paid delay will you get paid. Which is rare. I've never been paid for having to sit and wait. Never. Who was paid .18 for team split? That's terrible. I've teamed alllot. Ten years ago we were getting in the forties split.

 

I'm sure your ideas would be a great help. The sad thing is they would just Stonewall you. The corporate world isn't a pretty picture either. All the Backstabbing going on.

 

My husband drove for USA Truck. They are not a bad company for drivers just starting out. But for the drivers who have experience, not so much. My hubby has nearly 20 yrs experience. He didnt get the miles with them. He was always stuck on the east coast. He kept after them about it but still didnt get the miles. They would get him off the east coast for a lil while then right back he went. As far west he would go would be arizona. The time he was with them, he had like 4 or 5 fm. And on top of that, they screwed him over on his home time. He wanted Christmas off. He stayed out no less then 4 months at a time. And only asked for 3 days off and having Christmas off. Yeah right. He got the 3 days off, but when Christmas rolled around, he got home late that evening. He wanted the day before, the day of and the day after Christmas. He got home the evening of Christmas. The very next day, they called him asking if he would go back out. Naturally, he told them no because he didnt get home until the evening before. With him gripping (in a nice way to start off with) about gettin short miles, he started gettin ticked, before i know it, he gets a load jus south of Denton, TX, they gave him another short run. which was a mistake on their part, he went up to the TA truckstop around that area, cleaned out the truck, called his son, and ex sister n law to come have them come pick him up, and cleaned out the truck. What i mean about a mistake on their part is that we live about an hr or so from the Denton shop. He told them he quit. Thats the last we heard from them.

 

In my years with USA the one thing I do know is they will do everything possible to get everyone home for Christmas that wants to be there. I myself have been deadheaded 350 Miles one year just so I could be home. I've talked to many other drivers and have heard the same thing over and over again. They may not do so good any other time but they do go out of the way for Christmas.