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Atlas Oil Company

Atlas Oil is a very stressful environment... The leadership team does whatever it can to make itself look good at the expense of the hard working people that work there... I have been asked how did I last 8 years by agencies.

I went from being a receptionist to being the CEO's executive assistant... I did learn a lot as far as keeping his calendar, making appointment's, scheduling meetings and making traveling arrangement's, etc.  Unfortunately, he was unable to keep an assistant.

The part of the job I enjoyed the most was working as a team.. The employee's all worked very hard together to accomplish tasks with deadlines.

The hardest part of the job was seeing so many excellent employee's being let go for reason's that were ridiculous.

Atlas has no written mission statement and the vision changes as fast as it takes the owner to read a new article in Crains Detroit, Wall Street Journal, etc., which results in a lack of direction for employees. Employees are pulled in multiple directions due to the ever changing vision and at many times you feel like a hamster running on a wheel waiting to earn a treat. There is zero initiative for career development or promoting from within - a majority of the leadership team were hired from outside the organization or were bought back after leaving disgruntled. The constantly changing management structure fosters feuds and drama between employees which is unfortunate because there are a lot of great people who work here. Atlas will promise you the world..... initially, but you soon learn that you must either submit to every request of the owners/executives or leave. It is very unfortunate, because at first glance Atlas seems like a great place to work.

Used to be better but Management has changed in etx. If you're part of the "in-crowd" you can get ran off locations, let customers tanks run out, not know how to troubleshoot etc and nothing happens to you. If you are good, but not kin to the manager you will he used to pick up their slack without being compensated for doing their job and yours. They took away per diem, mileage, etc yet expect you to be happy with it. Refuse to give raises. Poor training and they put you in positions you aren't trained to handle. They wait until last minute to get hotels for you and then can't find a spot for more than 2 days at a time making you go from town to town every 3 nights in a new hotel. Stick you in cheap motels with bed bugs and then act like they don't want to move you because it will cost more money. Management lies directly to your face when asked direct questions. They don't want to buy parts and items needed to service the equipment or make the job run smoother.

Create daily "to do" list of goals & objectives
Inform corporate accounts, with updates and/or proposals.
Add 4-5 prospects to sales pipeline daily.
Management was always willing to support key initiatives whether a proposal or live visits with accounts.
Most enjoyable part of my job was taking a national account to the next level. In addition to just selling contacts diesel and unleaded gas for their fleets, I would always upsell our rather thorough portfolio of products and services.  National account contacts tend to gravitate to companies that have the ability to offer "one stop shop" portfolios, it literally helps them effectively manage their operations.

Let’s see, upper management is rude and unprofessional. It’s their way or no way.  A lot of the people in the office aren’t even qualified for the job they’re performing. They dispatch loads that you can’t possibly legally deliver. When you turn down a load it’s consequences to pay, even though they say no forced dispatch. Dispatchers have no dispatching experience which will limit your earning potential. When you get your 1099 form the numbers will be wrong, they’ll say you made way more than what you did. It’s not a partnership it’s a dictatorship.  The rates on the loads are not good and on top of that you get paid biweekly. Save yourself a headache and go lease on with a reputable and established company. This company is trying to build itself up and it’s doing so blindly and at others ppl expense.

This is a good company...
Unfortunately management in charge is missing oilfield Experience which comes back for drivers and fuel techs.
Manager in charge wants to cover everything which is more likely impossible...
They need Frac coordinators and Transport manager.
They are upgrading their transport equipment, but still old equipment for carry fuel..It's hard to manage Frac fuel in a Crude oil truck.
Good concept, but its not fully implemented to seniority employees,  most likely to new members.
Crossed loads and people inside the company not trying to work as a team, makes it harder to join crew.
They're working on a lot of chances, but not really good option for the moment.

The first year Atlas was in business I was proud to be an employee. New trucks, good management, it was a driver friendly company and it ran smoothly. Year two started to slide when more upper managers started to get involved with day to day operations and changing things around. It went from show up 30 minutes early every day to dread showing up at all. The new equipment started looking extremely used in less than 2 years because the company was to cheap to pay for truck washes. The pay is less than subpar, benefits are the bare minimum, vacation is alright but the new management staff is a joke.

This company display favoritism among employees, and they pay by the load. Dispatchers give the good loads that pays a good amount to people who they personally know. While others are given long distance loads that don’t pay out as much. Dispatchers choose who get what load, and how much each driver will be paid. So if you have not grew up with management or dispatchers don’t expect good pay, and expect long distance driving, while close acquaintances are getting short loads (shorter distance) with more pay. 



Management always promises change next month but improvement is never made. Band-aid truck repairs leave you on edge if you're going to make it home. Always pushing for unrealistic expectations and if and when you meet them they just move the target a little further away.  Dispatched by people out of state and they just don’t understand why you couldn’t make it across the phone screen 2 inches when the map is in world view, same folks offer to send help the 3rd Monday of next week, but never send help but when they do the truck they send breaks down. High blood pressure and burnout is all that you gain at the end of the day. Do yourself a favor and keep looking. 

The company preaches that it watches out for its people. I had to provide my own PPE for the first 6 months until a company man wouldnt let our people return until everyone had FR's. A portion of their units need updated, overhauled, or flat out retired. But they will expect you to continue running it with a lot of "bandaid" repairs. They won't listen to the guys out in the field that work with the equipment daily. They just take the word of the maintenance guy that only does quick patch jobs. When I was let go, several of their units were a fire hazard, or fuel spill risk. I know, I know. It's the oil field and it's not uncommon but it's a fair warning for future employees. 

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Driver 64 salaries reported	$30.00 per hour
Operator 2 salaries reported	$27.50 per hour
Transport driver 3 salaries reported	$36.67 per hour
Tanker driver 2 salaries reported	$1,200 per week
Typist 1 salary reported	$26.50 per hour

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