Why are Russian and Ukrainian companies so bad?

I guess I can be considered Eastern European depends who’s interpreting. Yet our cultures are the same at about 95% of the time.

 

Ahh ok that's pretty cool. The guy I was working for was from Macedonia I believe.

 

Another curious question is why do they drive with their feet on the dash and a partial side curtain covering drivers side window .

 

If I had 4 children at home, and I told my dispatcher to run me coast to coast, my wife would have divorced me so quick………………….

 

I was a sailor before trucking, so she was used to it.

 

I worked for a company based based out of Phoenix for about 4 months (until my co-driver crashed while I was asleep in the bunk) that was owned by a Russian (maybe Ukranian/eastern European) family The company was not at all like the description of all these "foreign owned 1099 companies" that you find on these forums. Never had any issues with pay, or getting stuff fixed, or anything serious. Actually my co-driver wanted to get paid 1099 and they said no - w2 only.

 

... Old school way of driving.. as others mentioned

 

There never were any crooked Trucking Companies before the Russians. Lots of nice Immigrants from Italy and Ireland. Good Fellas those Guys.

 

Cultural issues

 

When your dispatcher is in Estonia, he doesn't fear angry drivers showing up at the terminal