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Barney Trucking

I have been an employee with Barney for a little over a year and a half. During that time, I have learned a lot about this field, which I personally believe to be better than most other trucking job environments. 

A typical day with this company usually involves saying hello to your friends. I really don’t like the “big corporate saying of “”everyone is family””, but at Barney, I know these people care about each-other in more than a coworker fashion. You really do build lasting friendships with the people you work with, which is very comforting when you get to learn new things, and Barney will teach you anything you want to know, from different trailers, different runs, how to repair things, more in-depth explanations of how things work in the truck, etcetera. I don’t want to brag, but I feel as if I have years of experience under my belt albeit only being in this industry for the aforementioned time above, just because of the quality of education and opportunities I have been presented. 

As far as workplace culture goes, it was a little nerve-racking going into this field, because what’s the first thought that crosses someone’s mind when they hear “trucker?” Probably something along the lines of rude, smells like cigs and cusses like a sailor… and while the latter stereotype MAY be true for some of us, I have actually never met a group of people more focused on caring for one another and being accepting of people of all backgrounds, races, ethnicity, gender/gender identity, physical expression or otherwise. I really think Barney knows how to pick the good ones. 

There are some downs, as with any career, the hardest part about this job being the daily challenges that any trucker deals with. Weather, traffic, wildlife, things like that. Since Barney is a dry bulk hauling company, it is a lot of in and out of mines, which are typically in mountainous or wild terrain, which can be a little scary sometimes. However, Barney really makes up for that by allowing drivers to drop loads if they do not feel 100% safe doing so. They will NEVER risk your life and safety for a load. EVER EVER EVER!! And I know this to be quite opposite with other truck companies…

I want to note that being a company that specializes in dry bulk material, with the mines and mountains, you sure do get some gorgeous gorgeous scenery at times. You almost forget you’re at work, driving down the highways, favorite tunes on, spotting a fox here or a bald eagle there. That’s definitely a plus for me. I do not think I would be in this industry long if I was a pavement prince. Backing into a dock? In the middle of a city? Waiting hours to get unloaded?? No thanks. I’ll stick with BT for sure. 

Let me just say I like barney when I work there.  But I do not like there management ,  They give you  false hope.  Let me explain .  I worked for barney for (5) years ,but my body was breaking down so I try doing somthing difference .  I started doing preventative maintenance on the trucks.  Let me tell you, I really love my job.  I thought I would retire from barney, doing what I loved.  But know the management did not like that I was cutting into there xmas bonus, by ordering parts and supplies for their trucks.  After doing this postillon for a year, not to mention in 110 degree heat.  Becase we did not have a garage in mesa,az so all work for trucks was done outside in the heat.  Summer is over I just get back from vacation and they tell me they no longer need my services to work on trucks, but I do have a option  to climb back in the truck. Not an option for me.  I felt like they used me to work on thiers trucks for a whole year in the summer heat, but when 
 I started  to eating into their bouns,  that when someone decide weneed to get him back on a truck. . Its alot more to this story, but no time for my book.  Just know there no growth for drivers outside of the truck here, unless you know someone. Love the people here.  Just do not like the fact that you can not do nothing else here but drive. 


If you've got a new CDL this job will most likely exceed your abilities. Barney Cheyenne is an outpost terminal with bare minimum resources. As Salina's "red headed stepchild" management squeezes it for everything they can get. The equipment is slip seated 24 hours and you will be in a different truck every day so be prepared to deal with defects ongoing. They keep drivers on call without pay. It's done in the way of cancellations but it works out the same way and there is no cancellation pay, no advance warning, even on holidays. Safety and maintenance are low priorities and when I was in Cheyenne they rolled trucks at least twice a year. Its a wide service area and if the roads are open you are expected to run no matter how bad the conditions. They will tell you different but you will pay a price every time you refuse a truck or a load. Take the job for what its worth. When the risks and hassles get out of hand I would advise take the best offer available and walk, preferably to someplace a little warmer !

Add is very deceptive, hourly pay is only training wage. After training you are paid per load.  They are very secretive about what that amount is until you are assigned the load. Most loads average pay per hour based on time calculates to $25 per hr Advertised breakdown is $28 per hour but that isn’t true. The first 1/2 hour is donated to the company and you are paid 90% which is $25.20 per hour. Paid holiday but are expected to work if it lands on the day of week you normally work. And advertise 10 PTO days, but those 10 days are not paid its unpaid days. And come April they pay 2% of gross of your pay which equals to only 1 week pay.  As you can see. Deceptive employers are the cause of driver turnover in this industry.  And Barney is no exception until the industry decides to change the driver turnover will never change. Pay drivers for their work, please notice all the work performed that is not compensated.  You want safe drivers be willing to pay for them. 

For a long time when i started it was a great company because of the people that made it so. Alot of hard work is required. Expect to run doubles. you will hit your 65-68hrs a week. You will use your 16hr exemption occasionally on your Logs. when i left i was only making 1100 a week. Maybe theyve upped their pay to be more competitive. But im hauling Intermodal now and its stupidly simple and pays better. Its a major learning curve too if your hauling Pneumatic Tankers. They use Smooth Bore and Compartmentalized tanks. Good luck with Compartmentalized tanks filling those suckers sucks lol You cant have any restrictions on your license as far as manual restrictions go cause all their trucks are manual. If you haul hazmat for them your gonna be wearing the rubber suit in winter and summer during your unloads. Unload times vary with product but 20min- 8hrs depending on if its a liquid or bulk product or and what tank its going in.

I receive a interview with these guys and at the end receive a job offer from them after telling them my stimulations of trying to relocate and looking for jobs in phoenix. I put my two weeks notice in at my other job and signed a lease for a apartment in that area thinking I had a job. About a week before I move to phoenix I receive a call from barney telling me they no longer have a job for me there and they overextended the job offer and its nothing they can do about it. This was very unprofessional and I would not recommend anyone to try and work here. If they did this to be before I even had a job I can't  imagine what they would do while I am on the job. Me and my finance don't have kids and are financially stable at the moment so it didn't hurt us much, but could you imagine someone who really was depending on this job for their family and needed the money.

Barney is very cut throat. The owners/upper management only seem to care about the bottom line and themselves. They treat the middle managers (driver managers) very badly. I was yelled at and belittled by the owner on more than one occasion. Co workers were no better. Name calling and belittling another employee from other departments in email chains seems to be common with this group. You never know if your job is safe from day to day, as I found out when I was fired for no apparent reason and then never given an explanation. I still dont know why I was let go because no one in upper managemnt would return my calls. What im saying is, just watch your back if your brave enough to give these guys a shot.

I was let go do to not getting along with dispatch. You have to be a suck up to work at this company. And don't talk to anybody about any other company or they get mad about that. I received a text message after I was let go asking why I was recruiting other people to another company mind you this was why I was still working for them. And after they did not pay us our correct wage multiple times. When I got hired on they even said watch your checks because they do not always pay correct. And despite what they say I was making $1,200 a week and no that is not good over here you want to work for a good company allowing you to work as many hours as you want make as much money as you want go to Savage service's or even reddi services this company is the definition of suck up.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The ability to choose your schedule however this comes at a cost of 60 dollars per load and only getting three loads a day it puts a hamper on choice of ability to leave

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Laking of pay as designated per previously that the ability to get more income with Barney is impossible

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you like drama you know the high school grade school type drama then this would be the place for you

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Making making three circles to the pit to the plant that's it

What is the best part of working at the company?
Leadership and dispatch treat drivers with respect and consideration.
Tractors are late models and reliable.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
12-14 hour workdays sometimes on some routes. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As previously mentioned the culture is respectful and considerate mutually.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
At the end of the workday I feel like I worked all day just like any trucking job.
All the trucks have SXM radio so we can listen to and learn from smart people while we work or whatever we like.

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