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Blair

If you read Blair's "Reasons to drive for Blair" and listen to all the "fluff" during orientation you will be disappointed after 6 months.

Dispatchers are pushy. If you don't take what they want you to take you get attitude. Be prepared to sit (overnight) and or deadhead for hundreds of miles, for their load planner and dispatchers are not on top of their game.

Company takes "low" paying freight, which requires the drivers to drive illegal to make any money after Blair takes out theirs (lease payment, escrow, etc.). Guess that is happens when the company has a low safety score.

Blair promises a minimum of $700 per week. Don't count on it. If you have any repairs Blair paid for, they will take all earnings for repayment leaving you without a check. My income for the past year with this company was actually negative...so low my family qualified for low income tax credit. 

If you have no "income" for the week Blair will not issue you a "stub", it's too much work for them (was told this directly by the company).

If you truck ends in the shop for any length of time, you will be without a check for at least 2 weeks. Blair will not work with you on back payments.

Leases trucks are old and trashed yet you pay top dollar. Drivers stay with and almost get the truck paid off, then it blows up and they have to start all over. This company could car less about the drivers. They are making a killing on leasing junk to those that want to become and owner operator.

Pretty decent place to work, 70 percent of the employees there have been working at Blair for ~20 years, which can be good (such as expertise in their field and position) or bad (taking advantage of their seniority not having their workers and partners backs).  

Equipment is below standard. Turned in my truck did everything I was supposed to do even turned in truck in better condition than when I got it and Blair put in docket that I  had excessive complaints, no show, late delivery,  terminated, and ineligible for rehire etc which was all a lie and even filed a claim on property damage which is ridiculous in order to prevent getting hired somewhere else. Cutthroat company, charge top dollar for used and abused trucks.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good pay and home time. Knowledgeable Dispatchets

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress. Constantly watching out  for other drivers 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Pretty fair. Good work environment. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Mostly 14 hour work day. Dispatch works to keep you loaded.

As a driver at blair logistics I felt like I was treated fairly and felt as though they cared about me as a human amd not just another person in the seat. After moving from driving to another position within the company that all changed and i became just a person to fill a spot they needed with very little support and very little help from the management staff when there was an issue

What is the best part of working at the company?
Home on weekends . Let's you have pets on truck.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Waiting to got loads. They wait until you are empty to find you a load.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Relaxed sometimes to relaxed .

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Load one day delivery the next

This is not a job it’s a career and with this career with Blair you will learn how to become successful in trucking they will teach you also respect you as a person and not a number and will show you how to pay a truck off and have home time and money in your pocket no I’m not a co man and no I’m not getting paid to write this but I have done it and will do it again if I had to give Blair a try it’s worth it 

Blair is the best trucking company out there! I feel blessed to work with people who actually care. They go above and beyond for their drivers. They have great communication, safety is always first and they keep me loaded. My driver manager works extremely hard for me. They try to keep me pre-planned and if i'm not, they will have me something soon after. Blair truly treats you like family.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Freight became hard to get. No a bad company to work for. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to wait for a lad. Along with the lack of communication. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
As good as it gets. There really isn’t any cultural there.

I enjoyed working for Blair, my job was tied to Progress Rail freight and the owner operators that were forced to sign on to Blair in order to keep hauling. I too left Progress for Blair after I was offered a very good package. However when the railroad industry lost most of the coal business there was not enough Progress loads to keep our trucks loaded and me employed.

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