Warning stay away from sunland distribution,waw.shepard transport waverly fl

Companies like this can keep on practicing illegal but if a driver runs illegal only once.they get put oos,their vehicle gets towed fines.Doe'sn take much for drivers to lose their CDL but take yrs for the law to go after companies if they even do.

 

Hey Jet, up until 3 months ago, someone I know (we'll refer to as "Mr X") was running for a scoundral that had his drivers running illegal. I mean flat out dangerous, flagarant disregard for DOT rules & regs. Like yourself; When Mr X finally decided it was time to cash in his chips & walk before something very bad happens. He felt hard pressed on how to handle an interview w/ a potential new employer. What Mr X did was carefully select the wording he used & never bad mouthed the former scumbag employer. When the interviewer asked "what happened"? Mr X basically responded with:

Mr X: "1st off I'd like to make it clear that I was very loyal to that man & ran real hard for him. I asked him for a job & he gave it to me. After a while I became uncomfortable w/ his business practices, but it's his company, & he can run it as he sees fit. (slight pause), .. which brings me to a question I have for you".

Interviewer: "Go ahead".

Mr X: "If I do get to drive for you, will there be any problem if I run DOT compliant?

Interviewer: "No, ..in fact we insist you stay compliant".

Mr X: "Whew, ... "Well thank God for that".

^^^^^^This was the crux of a lengthy intervew ^^^^^^

Now Mr X is looking forward to his start date driving for a highly reputable company. ~Hope this helps.

 

I work for this company.have for about six months.dont know any one name jack there.know ken he has been okay to me.the owner is a ###.thats for sure.there trucks are not new.the DRIVERS made them the way they are.they did not buy them beat up.im driving one of the last two trucks they got.NOT new 2010 not beat up.i make more then 400.00 a week.in the twenty years off and on I have been doing otr driving .this is the only company I have work for that has gave me two pay raise in the short time I have work for them.i did not ask for them.for a company I really did not wont work for.its been okay for me.i did not care for the amount of time they wont you to stay out.sorry it did not work for you.this is not for every one.may be you will find what works for you.

 

Why would anyone brag about making 400 per week?

 

I used to work for this company at a mechanic. In the better of two years that I worked for Guy, I have seen what drivers have put their trucks and trailers through. If youre gonna bash the company, you have either been fired or dont have the driving record they are looking for. Yes the trucks are not in the best of visual conditions, but they are trucks that have well over 1.5 million miles on them. With that many miles, do you really expect to have a shinny looking truck? They want to hire drivers that will do their jobs and do them safely without tearing up the equipment. New drivers get the, so to say, older trucks. As with the drivers that have been with them long and have done their job correctly and safely, get the better of the trucks. As for the log books, last I knew just about 90% of the trucks are outfitted with Qualcom electronic logbooks. Yes Guy and his son's have a bit of an attitude, but when you deal with drivers that are complete idiots and tear up the trucks and equipment on a regular basis. It kinda comes with the territory. Like the driver that tried to do a u turn and smashed the sleeper extensions into the cab totalling $2500+ in repairs. Or the driver that tried didnt pay attention to the bridge height and ripped half of the trailers roof off leading to that trailer being scraped. Or the driver that drove through Georgia and half of Florida with the dump valve open and destroyed 8 brand new Goodyear drive tires at $700 each. You tare up equipment, your escrow account will be used for the repairs plus any extra from pay. So dont complain and shoot down a company cause yall dont know how to drive. So to those that are reading the comments looking to see if the company is a good one to work for. Remember, no matter what company you work for. There will always be issues. If you keep your head right and do your job, you get the good equipment.
P.S. I left to further my mechanic career, I would gladly go back to work for the Wortelmans at WAW Transport/Sunland Distribution of Florida/Shepard Transport.

 

We don't feel sorry for this company at all
In fact we need to put companies like this out of business as a favor to society and in order to keep our highways safe

 

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