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Abilene Motor Express

I've worked with Abilene Motor Express since 2017, in the 4 years I've been in active service of this company, the situation went from barely tolerable to unbearable, the only thing that was keeping there was the smallest shred of respect for my efforts. The company atmosphere is very disorganized, haphazard, there is a lot of pre-existing nepotism and grandfathering for the most senior of staff, even when they become a burden on the company's bottom line, they are propped up by seniority alone. Equipment is box standard for mega carriers, nothing special, company is very predatory about showing any sign of individuality, no stickers, customer plates, lights or anything on the exteriors of powered units, which they allowed for 30 years, but suddenly started enforcing company policy in 2021. I was blackballed upon resigning from my position, this company has prevented me from working in the industry for finally having the courage to leave for personal reasons.

Cool job just hate they took us off salary and put us on mileage went through a 3-4 month period of no income due to being out sick and the company had a clause in which of the condition was prexisting meaning I’d been seen for it in the previous 6 months to a year the disability insurance would not pay so I had no income and fell  behind on all my bills if it were not for that and taking me off salary pay I’d still be apart of the team I made good on salary started good on mileage but they took away empty miles going home & no holiday pay so my checks went from 980 bring home on salary home daily to no more than 4-600 a week I believe if they made the necessary changes I would gladly come back but I just couldn’t continue to make it like that to make decent money u have to go regional otr and that’s not what I wanted I chose to stay short haul maybe paying by the hour would make it better I don’t know nothing bad to say honestly other than the pay everything else was cool they allowed me to come back to work in short haul but the money just wasn’t there like it was when I started there making 250 a day 

Ok  started off as a great company for the first 3 months team driving over the road great miles 12,000-14,000 pay bi-weekly  easy to do when they ran team right   Or allow you to make the money But then everything changes a lot of sitting and they purposely make sure you only average 8,400-10,000 miles bi-weekly  but they have their   Favorite set of people there who only run i-40 back-and-forth  Company is very races realistically management safety they all stick together  could have been a good company if they really have someone there that cared about their drivers all of them not just selective few and managers are small but they really don't care about the drivers here you won't get a raise until your first year which is half of a penny plantation

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part of working there is that they gave me a job and a fair opportunity. Great equipment and miles.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The bad part was my wishes were not respected during training. I requested to have a trainer whom did not smoke. Not only did they give me a trainer whom smoked they gave me a trainer who smoked like fish drink water. He tried to cover it up by blasting the air conditioning on cold when I was asleep but all that did was wake me  because I felt like I was in a hospital.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As I stated prior, had my requests for a non smoking trainer been respected I may have still been with them now.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
OTR Truck Driver, interstate travel.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The best part about working for the company is that the trucks go 70mph on cruise control. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The most stressful part about working for the company is that you may only get 1700 miles a week which is a ugly paycheck to be away from home and to be a professional truck driver.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They don’t do direct calls with the dispatchers they email and have to wait on a response about planning a load for you. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
A typical day for me is calling people to plan my load after I’m done with my first load and to not get anything until the next day.

Overall a decent company to work for, will take you with or without experience. Pay is fairly good for what its worth, some driver managers unquestionably are better than others. But overall good place, the open door policy is really a thing here, if you have a issue that is not getting solved don't hesitate to go as far up the chain as you have to. The terminal manager all the way up to the president of the company, they are friendly and very approachable. Not much room for advancement, if you have an understanding family, or no family, this is a good starting place for you, but not a forever place. They do offer local but that's far from being anything to brag on either.

Alright place to work ,it's pretty much like any other trucking job,the planners give you a load and don't care how you think and if you don't like it they tell you to clean out your  truck,dispatch is alright but they have to listen to the planners and you can't even talk to safety cause they are alway right and you are always wrong.bur the owners are great and they take care of you when all that stuff is bad and they know your name and you can talk to them like your friend very nice people!!!!

I worked as a dispatcher and fleet manager. Trained several new dispatchers. Over 2 years there and fired for no reason. Other than calling out how stressful it was working my job and teaching someone above me how to do their job. The more drivers that left. The more painful it got to show up everyday. Pay was great, not worth the daily h*** of no work ethic and being held accountable for other’s actions that above you. 

Decent gig if you’re able to join the short haul/local side. Company been bought out by swift-knight years ago and safety is up tight on many things and it’s a constant pressure to drive extremely safe at all times. Not against being safe but there is only so much you can do when you’re in the heat of the moment or anything else. Local dispatcher’s tend to try to work you on thing’s that don’t make sense (mileage wise, time wise, etc).  They can be pretty rude too and have high expectation’s for you while you try to hold the same standard for them and they get defensive about it. Other than that. Gig is decent, best to keep to yourself most times.

Great new trucks, no cloth, fridge inverters for PC, laptop, gaming system, TV, etc. they keep you moving but the only issue is pay which is decent just no raises for years. Also seems like a lack of direction on what the company is heading we use to have Reefers but they got rid of those and many of the accounts have change. New front office sounds nice but driver managers pay need to be increase also Safety need to be balance every time there's a new safety person come on board drivers get could have been accident calls  feels like micro-management from safety more than dispatch. Dispatchers are amazing  

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 612 salaries reported	$1,496 per week
Driver manager 1 salary reported	$43,500 per year
Diesel mechanic 1 salary reported	$61,500 per year
Account manager 1 salary reported	$45,000 per year
Account executive 1 salary reported	$82,500 per year

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