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Brown Trucking

What is the best part of working at the company?
There are much better places to work that respect their employees!  Brown Trucking does not respect their employees.   Their training is minimal & horrible, and they tell you if you need any help to reach out to them and when you do, they are never there to give assistance or they claim to be too busy.  They want you to hire as many drivers as possible, and yes, that was my goal, but they cannot provide trucks to put the drivers in.  No one is going to accept a job offer and then be told “oh, we do not have a truck for you right now but hang in there because you are on a waiting list until we can find you one”.  Now they claim there is a freight shortage.  For the few employees they have left, a word of wisdom, you better start looking for another job because your time is limited.  After speaking with some of them, they said they are very unhappy and are looking for a new career. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to hit your monthly goals but they do not have trucks to put the drivers into. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Unorganized.  

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Call the few leads you got (usually less than 8 per day) and try to chase the applicants down you have already spoken with to try to keep them hanging on.  A lot of them read review and go elsewhere.

It is very easy to get hired with Brown Trucking Company if you have the necessary experience. If you need a driving job ASAP just to get you going, then Brown is ok. This is not the job for you to make good money and if you like being at home with your family. The OTR and Regional drivers don't make very much money compared to the industry standard. Even if you come on as an owner/Operator, you'll be frustrated with your settlements. Home daily positions are always available because the turnover rate is high. This is due to the fact that they bought out 2 other existing companies and underbidded on a lot of the contracts they have... thus the hourly and daily route rates are pretty low compared to the amount of miles and hours you'll drive every day. You have 14 hours of on duty time and you can easily burn that up or close to it with the miles you have to drive. Even with home daily, you won't be spending much time with your family with some of the routes they have. If you're an experienced driver, I wouldn't recommend going to Brown. With even a little driving experience, there a quite a few other companies that you could do better working for. 

Brown is a regional carrier with dedicated customers and pre- loaded drop and hook trailers. You are home on weekends, and throughout the week is possible. You have one dispatcher that you work with and your terminal manager. Everyone has a courteous and professional attitude, and works to keep you moving and profitable. You scan your documents from your phone, and 30% of linehaul on each load is paid to you each week. They have per diem, so of the 30% you get 7% tax free. Blue Cross Anthem insurance, paid vacation and holidays. Safety training is online and at terminals. They use Qualcomm XRS on tablets for logs and dispatching. They have 24/7 support for breakdowns, logs and emergencies. Dispatch pre plans you and keeps you informed on what is next. The shop is open 7 days with extended hours on weekends. You have the opportunity to take your truck home with you for your weekends off, and nights home throughout the week. Most all loads allow for daytime driving. 

Was hired as local driver out of Raleigh, NC. Job description changed, literally, 5 mins after orientation to include rate of pay. Would never have given this company a second look had I known it was percentage pay. I've worked percentage jobs before and found that any percent of nothing, is nothing. You have no idea what the load pays, so there is no way to tell if you are being paid fair or not. Deadhead time/miles are not paid. No matter what you are being told by recruiters, NOTHING PAYS BY THE HOUR. Check stubs look like they are just making stuff up as they go. They will send the same drivers out on good paying loads day after day while you will pull loads going around the corner for pennies. Worst load: picked up load off Raleigh yard, pulled to Benson, NC ( 20 miles ). 45 mins to unload, deadhead back...start to finish 3 hrs...$11.26. You make the call. Health insurance is an unusable product. Almost $200.00 per week in premiums for a $5000.00 deductble for my wife and I. If you need a place to gain experience and have other income, this is the place to learn from. I'll take my 30+ years somewhere else.

A great place to work,up against obstacles on a daily bases,while driving being aware constantlyof your soundings,reaptedly backing 24_7while maintaining pre and post trip inspections,to prevent breakdow`ns and hazards on the road. to peform and maintain  the production in a presentable timly manner,with correct paper work. pay was resonable for the work requred.medical coverage and benifits were matched eqeuil as others.work at your own pace,at the time requred to maintain production.Knowing every day is pretty much the same dedicated shedule.Knowing what you have been trained to do.Dealing with changes as they come along,cauitouseness at all time,knowing what you have to do.A very family oriented work place,problem solving to the best of their and your ability,communication was ok  while instructerd to do the job,keeping an opened mind being safe and productive, in a timely manner, while respecting each others point of veiw,to keep the prosses safe in a timely fashion,great coworkers,and team work..

Typical day depended upon the customer (Pepsi)...Because the schedule changes daily routes varied from day to day.  If there aren't enough runs available, then you are placed on other dedicated customer routes.  Pay is a % of the load, therefore outside of Pepsi pay can be really low.  I learned that I prefer hourly pay.  Management at the Raleigh Terminal has always been professional and as helpful as possible.  The culture is pretty laid back, but due to the demand of the dedicated customers things can get a little hectic.  The hardest part of the job is the long hours (never equal up to the pay) due to traffic and sometimes delays at the customer.  The most enjoyable part is the freedom as a driver, home daily (for Local) or home on the weekends (for regional).  

What is the best part of working at the company?
You get nice hats and ink pens at safety meetings, That's about it.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trucks are governed slow, load are extremely heavy, pay is terrible, load and unload time take forever.  You have to work 2 times harder than those that live close to terminal bc it's 1st come 1st serve. Pay is terrible

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The pay is terrible so everything is terrible. I went to school to earn CDL A top pay, not a forklift driver size paycheck

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Sitting at the papermill in Savannah for 4-5 hours a day earning $130.00  then driving to Brunswick Georgia to get loaded for an additional $120 before heading back to Columbia or wherever home is.  11 hour days most times no back haul

30 percent sounds good. But they don't tell you that they don't charge the client nothing. If your lucky you get one load a week that is 200 dollars. You will never make that at the Ooltewah Tennessee location. There zero communication. You have to fight for compensation for being broke down and will will be broke down alot because of trailers. They won't fix ur tractor mine has had multiple tires because it so far out of alignment that I've been pulled over because it is a battle to keep in a straight line. They do not care about there drivers and they expect you to pay for the upkeep on the tractor. I've only gotten the oil changed once on my tractor cause they didn't have time to do it every time I went to have it done. This company is a joke and I have no idea how they keep the doors open

What is the best part of working at the company?
Friendly dispatchers and freedom of no force dispatch. If you need time off there is no hassle. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The pay is not great. Paychecks are wrong half the time. Lots of deadheading (not paid for) health insurance is very pricey. Sometimes you can spend quite a bit of time looking for empty trailers.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You won't have people breathing down your neck or babysitting you, that's a plus. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most of the time driving. There are places that this company delivers or picks up from that could have you waiting up to 5 hours. You can get detention pay this but has to be well documented.

Don't trust what they say. They promise pay increases that never come. Work is unsteady. Management has a very big problem with lying and communication is very poor. Payroll has a tendency to make mistakes often with checks. they will tell you what you want to hear just to fill seats it doesn't matter if you're there 3 years or a month as long as they can get a position temporarily covered they are happy and will say whatever they need to to make sure that run is covered. New drivers get treated better than drivers with seniority seen that first hand. My best advice unless you're going to gain experience because you're just starting out look elsewhere.

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Truck driver 1116 salaries reported	$1,336 per week
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Shuttle driver 8 salaries reported	$28.00 per hour
Tanker driver 22 salaries reported	$1,323 per week

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