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Coastal Transport

So I have been with coastal for 5 months now and it's not too bad of course there are a few things that could definitely be reworked and done better but in the big picture it's not a bad place to work . So I am currently a miami dedicated driver and my experience is what I am  getting my review from.  One thing I wish that would change is I wish there were night dispatch  I start my day at 2am and no one is in the office before 715am so if I run into an issue I have to wait which is unpaid time and usually shoots my day down the drain  the other is i wish we had a pet policy even though I am home most nights it would be nice to take a fur baby with for the day or even go regional and stay out for the week . The only other thing I can think of is the loads here are very unpredictable  some weeks your busy as all get out and have 2 loads a day and other times you get one load and go home I do believe the mileage pay could be a little higher for the Florida drivers  other than that I have a brand new truck I don't tarp loads and like I said I make it home most nights so no real complaints  I love it here and have no plans on leaving  the management and dispatch are top notch and will go out of their way to help you and no one is calling you 500 times a day to micro manage you you get your load info and do your job. Flatbed isn't for everyone but it's easier here than at most other places. 

Pay is no where near 1500 a week. Miles are not consistent enough. Trucks are internationals which aren’t the best by no means. they give you older trucks even though they advertise newer ones are being bought. No tarping pay. Most drop and hooks are never ready at shippers so live loads most of the time which can leave you waiting for hours with retention pay only being $15/hr after first 2 hours. No way to pre plan your trips because they don’t send a new load until you are 30 mins from delivering or have already delivered and are waiting for the new load to come, but they preach trip planning in orientation. Get your experience and move on.

Do not work here. They do not value their drivers at all. They dont care about what is going on in your life or anything that affects you as a person. Nobody can control life and emergencies but if you have to call out for them they write you up. You have no room for error ever. I just feel like nobody is on your side as a driver. They just dont care about you. If you need a job find another one. Because this is not the one for you they will throw you out like garbage and not care at all. 

Pay is no where near 1500 a week. Barely seeing 1k a week let alone 1500. Miles are not consistent enough. They give you older trucks even though they advertise newer ones are being bought. No tarping pay. Retention pay only being $15/hr after first 2 hours. Get your experience and get out because you here working to provide for your family and the pay here is not going to help you with that. It’s just that Simple!!!

The pay is ok, the time away from family is all week long. The benefits are ridiculously expensive. The ladies in the dispatch office are great. The company promised home during the week. But it rarely happened. Tarping the loads is part of flatbeding,but the use of lumber tarps is exhausting.

Flat bed work. Excellent for out of school drivers. Second to none management and training. Consistent schedule and time off as advertised. For me, I just wasn't cut out to do OTR even in the limited frame of operations for the office I was attached to which was West Point in Virginia'

You get the experice  you need to advance on  to better pay trucking I guess since hardly any money is being by the drivers unless they  are able  to get at least 2 loads per day. You really work for your money here .

Coastal doesn't care about their drivers. The pay scale is designed to pay the least amount possible to the drivers. All lies. CT overworks their employees while paying them way less than worthwhile. Very little trainers. The trainers will admit that the company is a joke. 

Not enough trucks to seat all the drivers coming out of orientation and the ones they do have are junk and break down all the time. The pay is good but hard to make money if broke down all the time. 

Inconsistent pay up and down you have to keep up with loads because they want pay you if you miss it on paper work dispatch leave you out to dry without communication if you want be away from home with low pay ct is the place for you !!!

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