tanker driver

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crude oil hauler

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Badlands Tank Lines

This company has ambitious goals and looks willing to spend money on equipment to reach them. However the management team I deal with is either incompetent or extremely unqualified for the task of growing a company. At this point I’m chopping it up to a culture issue within management itself. The employee retention issue I personally have dealt with is due in large part to management making bold claims and failing miserably on delivering. Basic pay and bonuses are a constant fight and something you must remain vigilant in keeping records of. My manager is constantly threatening my bonus and changing the pay structure to benefit (I believe) his numbers. The lack of communication is an ongoing battle with no accountability on his part. As a driver the workload is constantly being increased on our part (in regards to communication) to make his job easier and still I rarely see movement on any of the issues he or the drivers are trying to address. As with most jobs with poor management it’s constantly being blamed on high workload or the fault of another party. Myself and several other employees have at this point made the determination that it’s best to get the experience necessary here so we can move on to something where we are working with management instead of FOR management. I’d like to think it’s going to get better but without any accountability with the management team I feel this company will be stuck in this situation for some time to come. As I stated having seen this issue in action for some time without accountability I can only assume that upper management is aware and neglecting to take action or maybe not aware and either scenario is a detriment to the culture and ultimately the company. The plus side is they will take you with no experience so if your willing to put up with a bunch of bs to get that experience this can be a step in that direction.

If your goal is nonstop work and money and anything else you feel about a company ends, this might be the place for you. I clearly stated to the recruiter that I needed honesty and clarity. I was assured this company was exactly that. It was the exact the opposite. It was soulless, uncaring, inconsistent in training and work schedule. Little to no new driver support. So if what you're looking for is nonstop work and pay this may work for you perfectly. If you're looking for a company where you feel any support and not just the negatives of too much work and not enough workers and equipment this will most likely turn out to be a severe disappointment. I couldn't recommend this company to anyone I know, experienced or inexperienced. Trainers (the majority) wanted nothing to do with training or helping newer drivers. I was told too little pay and too much sacrifice in work for the financial compensation which lead to a horrible training environment which was inconsistent and unclear as about every other day new drivers were put out with a different trainer. In 1.5 weeks, I was assigned to 4 different trainers. Bad, bad training with a serious lack of understanding of what proper training even looked like. I even ask the Supervisor and HR for clarity on why things didn't work out with the responses being very little and still unclear even after requesting pleasantly and clearly the information.

These guys undercut every competitor in their area and as soon as they did they cut the pay. Now they can’t find any drivers I wonder why. ;) when I started at this company I made easily 110k working 5 day work weeks typically day around 12 hours. Now currently guys work 5 or 6 days straight and 1 day off then right back to work. Guys also regularly work 14-16 hour days now (cause they’re short staffed naturally someone has to make it up) and they cut the pay to around 100k including ALL this extra hours and days. Now to a lot of people this is a lot of money, myself included. But remember this is a VERY dangerous job, you’re hauling explosive material, working on sites with very dangerous gasses (often times in remote areas with no cell reception) LONG hours driving and different than OTR  this is physical (you have to get outta truck and work on location) and add in mental fatigue and these wear on you increasing chances for accidents (I personally know two guys that died hauling oil in northern Colorado). The choice is yours I’m just presenting the info, are you willing to work 80 plus hours a week with only 1 day off, driving a semi truck (already dangerous enough) loaded with explosive material during winter storms (add in the fatigue) All of this for 100k a year. If that’s you go for it. Keep in mind once they got enough drivers they cut the pay before:)

Rather than trying to improve and make Badlands a top tier company that earns their contracts, Badlands buys out the competing trucking companies just to get the work. They'd rather do that than take care of the real assets - the drivers and the equipment they use. Pay is subject to change without any notification, and typically it's not in the driver's favor. Driver morale is low and turnover is high.

Back to the subject of equipment, nothing is set up for ease of use. Pusher axle switches are outside of the cab forcing you to stop and get out to back up loaded, most trailers have terrible work light setups and you can barely see anything when you arrive on location (and switch is on the outside of the trailer), load hoses that are too short, old trailers with shoddy wiring, delayed maintenance. It can also be difficult to get the supplies you need to perform your work unless you purchase them yourself. 

Once upon a time, I'd have recommended this job to a friend. Not now.

What is the best part of working at the company?
NONE The worst place to work ever !!  don’t waste your time everything they say it’s a lie, from pay to scheduling, you don’t get raises and you have the worst management possible with no experience in this field, the company has always having drama truck drivers. Do not get paid guys come in all the time complaining that their wages are wrong. It’s just a horrible work environment and very toxic.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
the management, this company has ranby corporate they do not care about the employees you are just a number and a warm  body. They charge the gas company for stuff that they don’t pay the drivers for. It’s very corrupt environment  I recommend you go somewhere else

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
very toxic very dramatic. You have to watch your back. You have employees that record your conversations without your knowledge.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
definitely a struggle no help for management too busy trying to catch up corporate to care about the operations that go on for this location in Utah

What is the best part of working at the company?
Equipment was usually good. Especially the tractors. Mixed fleet of trailers.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lack of communication. Night shift managers didn’t exist. If you needed something as a night shift driver you had to wake up a day shift manager.  

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Toxic. They hired and fired drivers  unnecessarily. More coaching and training would have been less expensive than offering huge sign on bonuses to bring in unsuspecting drivers. You need to consider this so you don’t blemish your trucking career if you’re fired.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sleep during the day and work later in the afternoon into the evening and early morning. If pretrip was good it was a pretty good shift. Problem was I shared Truck with day driver so it was stressful to get back for a timely shift change.

1.Ten months with badlands They promised a lot  they delivered very little. Pay changed 4 times, never in the drivers favor. The 2nd week of month  you will  get 2 to3 loads, just as you think  hey this will be a good month  then it all will change, then you will get maybe one load. Do not believe anything they tell you, you will hear  25 times a month its coming  the only thing that ever comes is more lies and false information .your pay will be  sporadic at best unless your the pushers pet or relative. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being Left Alone…. I did well there!  There Management is Little to be reckoned with.  Poor Management….

They say One Thing and do another — Like our Government!

I’d never work for them — The Tanker - Computerized, working w/EOG Which is Enron!

Terrible Mis Managed, & brand New Trucks… Most the guys, even with experience don’t care enough for the Upkeep!


I had a Corialus Tanker — Malfunctioned more than once, for a 15 Gal spill.  Not a thing I could do.  Management proclaims to answer their phones. Not at night…

Good Riddance BLT - 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Management was not the Greatest at all.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Communication between myself & them was good.  Environment - Okay, like any big company

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I worked nights, and the only great thing was being left alone!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Multiple companies we haul from (EOG, ENLINK, PDC, NGL to name a few) . It also helps having multiple lanes at different offloading facilities to ensure that you're completing more than 4 or 5 even 6 loads a day while other companies only have 1 lane. Mechanics keep your truck up and running and have plenty of backups if yours goes down which hardly ever happens since are vehicles are less than 4 years old to 2023 Pete's.  Management takes care of you and isn't babysitting you.

In my opinion, this IS the best company in the Permian! 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
There isn't stress unless you create it. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everyone takes care of each other. No clicks or favorites. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I start at 3am and knock out 5 to 7 loads

If you liked the clicks in high school, this is the company for you. If you don't mind driving overweight (over the overweight permit), this is the company for you. If you like to drive 100+ hours (illegal) a week, this is the company for you. If you like to be micro-managed by a drunk, this is the company for you. And if you'd like to work for a company where you, as a driver, have no worth(drivers are a dime a dozen), this is the company for you.

The pay is average. They pay you on the adjusted net barrels, not on the gross, so for every load, you are screwed out of 2-3 barrels of load pay. Equipment goes down the road, but you hope you don't see DOT because you'll get a ticket. Maintenance is only if it has to be fixed then it will.

If you have any self worth, stay away from this company.

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