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Continental Express Inc

I've only been to orientation. Took one day to figure it out. Dispatcher will only try to cheat you. I heard conversations out of GAFFNEY terminal and they talk about about drivers and you're only a number. Insurance only free if you are a non smoker which I do not smoke but this info is for all the other drivers applying. I have an accident free mvr and a clean dac until now. Company will hit your dac and throw a bad report. There is no interview, your orientation is your interview slash state date. You will take a drug screen and physical day one. If you leave orientation and tell them you don't think the job is for you, they will tell you that you wont get paid because your first day will cover the cost of drug and physical exam. That's ok but then the next thing I know I get a doctor bill from the place I got examined for 100 dollars. I called and asked if they cover it because that's what they where suppose too and they said no. That there tells you exactly the kind of company they are. Alright why did I leave? Trucks stink to high heaven. Nasty filthy equipment. Also they take up to a 1000 dollars of your pay if you get in a bump up or wreck. We shouldn't be wrecking the trucks right? I'm sorry I've been trucking long enough to know if a limb touches the think or a flying rock hits the truck you're paying he deductible for the truck to get fixed. Ridiculous right? I questioned that too and they said it has to be non preventable for them to pay for the accident and plus if a rock hits your windshield I was told that your following too close. Ok? I guess birds poops on trucks and that your fault too. Not having that. Now the 4 week vacation. Yea you do get 4 weeks of vacation but your entitled of 1400 dollars a year until it gets bumped up. So your first few year your vacation will be 350 dollars a week for each week you take. No you can't combined the weeks into one week to get all the 1400 dollars. I asked.... So if all this is still attractive to you then I say go for it. I may be a closed minded person I don't know but none of this was attractive. Best to luck for all you drivers and be safe!

Where to begin, I’m not a review writing kinda person but I’ve honestly never worked somewhere so disorganized before in my life.  I can’t speak for other terminals but the gaffney terminal is terrible, from the top down. If you enjoy sitting 10+ hours at a shipper or receiver and not making any money then this might be the place for you. There is zero communication between terminals and dispatchers, so expect to have at least 4 to 5 people blowing your phone up while driving, and constantly switching your loads.  If a load is late that is no fault of your own prepare to sit there all day and night and then be told “ to get comfortable” . Also it’s good to get to know the routes around scale houses because if you call about being too heavy all you’re going to get in response is “try to find a way around the scales”. Nothing here makes sense and I learned the hard way why everyone leaves. If you have an issue with something and call a terminal all you’re going to get is “let me get back to you” and then of course you’ll never hear from them again. Trust me, if you value your time,  your sanity and having consistent pay checks and don’t enjoy feeling like a homeless person at a warehouse because you sit there for so long then this isn’t the place to go.

Typical day for me is 0730-1730. Everyday you learn something new, just when you think you know it all, you find out you are still learning something you didn't know. The management team has always been accommodating with personal requests. Everyone will always have something that needs attention outside of work, and the company has always provided me the time needed to address the unforeseen circumstances that popped up. The owner has provided his employees a very clean and professional environment in which to work. In the nearly 10 years I have been here, the work culture has always been about teamwork. No one employee is above the rest. The most difficult part of this profession is trying to accept the younger generation thought process, and the best part of my profession is developing relationships with the drivers. I need, and want all the drivers to realize they have a home at Continental and not just a job. We have the ability to provide them all they need to be successful.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This company is terrible. Run, run, run, save yourself time you will never get back. They want you to use the 7/3 or 8/2 sleeper berth break so they can get more work out of you. You don't have to use their preferred break method, they can't make you do it. When you convey you will only do the 11/10 they give you the smaller runs with less miles to run earning less than 800 a week. They play too many games.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The fleet manager wants to constantly argue about loads that have been completed by other drivers, comparing them to me. Everyone circumstances vary, time, location, load readiness and traffic.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Stressful. They don't care about the drivers. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stressful. I never wanted to answer the phone because I didn't want to hear the bull.

Continental didn’t urge me to want to stay there.
You more than likely will be unloading trucks, you may get a no touch route depending on availability. If you have to to take off it will go to someone else, paycheck amount depend on your routes. I averaged about $900 per week take home. Dispatchers are terrible here, they will sabotage you out your job if they don’t like you. Very unprofessional with logistics, you’ll find yourself doing their work ALOT!! Definitely have to check your checks every week. Trucks are very dirty inside “In my opinion” Mechanic’s are good. I ended up quitting because I didn’t like that the company didn’t have my back when I needed them. Which is very important when you want to have driver retention. If they choose better corporate staff, keep their trucks cleaner and have more integrity it would be a better company to work for.

typical day is 12-14 hrs, (Dedicated). poor leadership and poor planning in dispatch. although vacations days are considered paid , its is less than 1/2 amount made for a full days work. days off are impossible to attain unless the request is made months before needed, home or personal emergencies are not accepted. sick days require written excuse from your MD. notorious for shorting you on pay for work done. constantly changing pay for empty miles, fuel bonuses virtually unattainable, drop and hook pay non exsisting. my biggest problem is the continuing abuse by dispatch with lies and false allegations against drivers to cover for their poor decision making. web site states average pay to be 72000, when its is probably more like 50k. basically they are like every other bottom of the barrel carrier. human resources have a revolving door for new employees as turnover volume is very high

Worked for this company 1 month, and could never get ahead. Wasn't informed until orientation, that they pay you on a 2 week delay in pay. Something that needs to be told even before orientation. If I was informed of that before hire, I  would have never worked for them at all. They are the second company within a year, I've worked for in my entire career that does this, and I've been in trucking now for over 30 years that does this 2 week pay delay.  Going without a paycheck for 3 weeks doesn't cut it in today's economy. This information needs to be told up front before orientation, not at orientation. If I would have known this before I went to orientation, I would have NEVER considered working for this company from the start. Myself couldn't afford going to this company at all do to my financial situation. Pretty much destroyed my financial situation. 

The job was offered as a home daily position out of Schaumburg, IL.. I specifically asked the recruiter if the job was actually out of Schaumburg or was located somewhere else as I know this tends to be the case with other companies. I was told that it was out of Schaumburg again. Put my 2 weeks in, quit my job, and attended orientation. I learned at orientation that we would have to park our cars in Oswego, IL. Adding an extra hour onto my commute. The Reps at orientation told me they did not know where their parking was going to be until a few days ago. I feel lied to about the exact location of the position and was even told at orientation that they knew this might change peoples minds about working there. Pretty ridiculous that they would mess with people’s lives like that. I do not want to work with a company that is going to be so dishonest from the get go. Who know what else they will try to lie about down the road. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
The dispatch staff was top-notch, professional, friendly, empathetic and very timely.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
No stress beyond normal driving.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very professional, accommodating and concerned about driver requirements.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Stored tractor at residence, drove to Reiter Dairy, hooked load of milk and delivered to North Cincinnati, dropped and hooked empty, returned to Reiter Dairy for milk load for delivery to North Cincinnati, dropped load and hooked empty for return to Reiter Dairy for 3rd load of milk for delivery to Neuport, Kentucky. Dropped load and returned to Reiter Dairy to drop empty then return to home.

What is the best part of working at the company?
This is probably one of the best companies I’ve worked for, great dispatcher company takes care of their people and their equipment pays good routes are good only drawback as they don’t have APU

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Can’t think of anything stressful about working for this company that is actually related to the company, traffic, traffic, traffic, and dumb drivers

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Everybody seems really helpful and professional at this company

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
This was a very easy company work for or give you an assignment. You do your pre-trip make your deliveries and pick up and come back. They don’t have you , They just help you.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 396 salaries reported	$1,508 per week
Local driver 433 salaries reported	$28.93 per hour
Long haul driver 36 salaries reported	$80,556 per year
Diesel mechanic 13 salaries reported	$31.88 per hour
Trailer mechanic 18 salaries reported	$32.28 per hour

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