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It’s easy work if you want to just make a little extra money on top of a full time job. I would not recommend this as a full time job if your priority is making money and being home. When I got hired on I spoke directly with the lead dispatcher to verify what the work would be like prior to starting. I was told that most guys run 5-6 loads per week. That would be awesome as you would be getting around 3000 miles per week running that. That was unfortunately not true and why I left.  In Phoenix, you basically deliver Amazon packaging supplies to different Amazon facilities (even though I was told you’d be running USPS contracted loads). I mostly ran loads to NV and CA. Management leaves you alone as long as you don’t get any camera events and trucks are governed between 66-68 mph. No slip seating is also a plus. The big downside to this job is once you drop your trailer at Amazon (it’s just drop and hook), they basically find whatever load they can on the DOT load board that goes back to Phoenix. You typically don’t find out if you’re back hauling until you’re about an hour away from your drop. Some of the loads are just ridiculous and push your clock to where you get stuck having to layover. That’s why I left. My last load (which I refused) wanted me to pick up USPS recycling, go 10 miles away to a certain scale to weigh, drive back to their facility so they can take a picture of your scale ticket, and run an overweight load back to Phoenix. You essentially only get three loads per week and about 1800-1900 miles. They pay you $25 per hour while you’re getting loaded at a back haul. It only takes about an hour or less to get loaded so it’s really not worth it if it causes you to have to layover.  At 1800-1900 miles per week, it’s just not worth it. If they let you come straight back and run the next day it would be awesome. That’s not the case here. Their paychecks are also sketchy. It doesn’t show how many hours nor miles you were paid for. It just says 1 mile and then they just give you whatever they must have calculated your week to be. The plus side, as already stated, is no slip seating and no forced dispatch. If you don’t want to run you can just tell them you have other things planned. If I was just looking to run one or two loads a week for some extra money it wouldn’t have been a bad job. Just not worth it for someone wanting to make money. 

You might as well be a number and they might as well be a wall. Worst communication ever...better yet no communication skills. They don't care about the drivers at all. They refuse to replace, keep regular maintenance, or do repairs on the trucks or trailers unless they literally have to. They would rather you risk running a truck with DOT violations or safety issues than actually fix something if it means they don't have to personally deal with it. I don't think whoever managment is (which I literally haonly knows how to say "let me transfer you" and then you get sent to someone else's voicemail and never get a call back. The shop at the Ursa yard is a jove no idea who is in charge of what because they fire and hire faster than a roadrunner) knows what they're doing at all. Dispatch only knows how to say "let me transfer you" and then you get sent to someone else's voicemail and never get a call back. The shop at the Ursa yard is a joke. They fired all the overnight mechanics [which is when we drivers are working] and they don't have anyone there like ever to work ok the trucks so you're forced to just grab a random truck and hope it doesn't have a worse problem then the last one. Currently there are around 50 trucks sitting in the lot that are out of service. The majority of the trucks in the yard have over 800,000 miles on them some even have in the upwards of a million and a half. Payroll really sucks at their job. Paychecks have been shorted multiple times and I am forced to just wait till the next pay check to get compensated for the missing hours. Now here in the last month back to back checks were failed to be direct deposited like they always have been. They had to cut us paper checks with take a few days in my bank to clear so now their affecting my life and my family personally not just the professional dishonesty. I wouldn't be surprised if they close up shop at at least one location if not multiple in the new year. ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE PATHETIC COMPANY.

Working for sheehy in the beginning was ok but a few weeks in if u ever encounter a problem u will soon learn that dispatch is your supervision. Its sad because this company is set up for the driver to thrive but there is no chain of command u will only speak with management at orientation and probably never again afterwards. I worked 16 hours one day caught in a blizzard and was told to be back in in 10 hours and was instructed that if 10 hours wasn't enough I should drink energy drinks and walk around the truck. The majority of sheehys drivers refer to the Chicago drivers as thugs and this is sad if u ever seen the lack of attention the Chicago branch gets. There's no chicago terminal not even a office or restroom its a yard shared with another trucking company 10x bigger and all you have is a porta potty. They emplimented a few changes to weekend pay which were cool but not enough to drive your tractor and 53 ft trailer thru downtown Chicago. Most of there drivers are over 40 because this is an end of the line, post retirement, I just need the extra money type of job. Truly sad to see such a well structured company having its drivers scared off by its dispatchers. If u are in your 2nd or 3rd year driving this could be a step up pay wise from the mega carriers but they also have the mega carrier mentality of drivers being expendable and not appreciating them. U would think a family owned business would appreciate family.

$136.77 a week for health insurance is highway robbery! You will only get a good mail run if you are willing to work 6 days a week if not they will give you a short horrible run that's like 5 hours a day. Who wants to work 6 days a week every week for 10 or more hours? The one day you will have off will barely feel like a day off. They are short on trailers all the time. Short on trucks too. It's to the point where they had to rent trucks and trailers and its still not enough. You will have a camera not only watching you but also recording audio as well. Safety is a joke, hiring standards have dropped dramatically come to the yard in Laurel, MD and see all the trucks that are out of service due to accidents. Dispatch blatantly lies to drivers when its not necessary. Job has only gotten worse since it was sold to Evo. No one stays long as they realize after starting there that theres much better companies out there to work for. The only reason why I'm still there is that they work with my schedule since I have kids to take care of but of course they screw me out of hours. That and the fact that I no longer want to work 6 days causes me to have a terrible run. They change runs and let you know at the last minute. I could go on. Please take heed to what I am saying if not you will see. Do Not Work Here!!!!

There is no organization in the Columbus branch. They dont even have a supervisor, when they fired the last one, they just waited for a driver to step up and take over without ever sending official help. You're easily replaced without even knowing they fired you.
26 ft box drivers make nearly what Class A drivers make , which is insane to even think that was possible.
Equipment is not legal and your risking your license.  Trailers are junk, trucks are dirty. Postal warehouse will run your blood pressure up 
If you want to have the worse sleep schedule,  bare minimum hours/pay, unsafe Equipment to work with,  unorganized work days, pointless meetings, consistently be lied to, gain stress for nobody using common sense to make the job easier, or simply do a bunch of unnecessary extra work that made no sense, when they can simply fix small minor things. This is definitely the place for you!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay was ok and fair that's all i can say about the best part of working at the company

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Trying to improve on a quality work place and Company not spending the funds to get things done to provide a better workplace for the employees. made cutbacks based on personal reasons and not for the betterment of the company

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's like you're working for three different companies operation Safety maintenance and no one is honestly working together to make things better

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Personally my days was great I went to work with a positive attitude and my goal was to do the best job I could each day I went to work and support the drivers in my safety team

Job is easy. I work 7 hours a day hauling mail to and from post offices. Same route everyday. Unload trailer with a pallet jack at my first stop. Pallets are light 98% of the time. My second stop, post office loads 90% of it for me and then my last stop I just drop my trailer and bobtail back to the yard. The people at the post office are all nice. Only thing that sucks is working 6 days a week. One of the easiest jobs I ever had to be honest. Pay could be better compared to what some of our competitors pay. Pay is $23.16/hr and $5.11/hr for the benefits. Work/Family balance is great. Can’t complain outside of the PAY and working 6 days a week. Other than that, management doesn’t bother me at all. I hardly see my manager actually lol. No inward facing cameras. Huge plus. Overall a solid place to work. I give it B+ grade.

Honestly, the people that I work with at the post office are amazing. The problem is, most of them are not evo contracted. First off, they provide you with an inadequate vehicle to complete the job. Consistently as a mail carrier, I have to pack the car so full that it’s legally unsafe to drive. I can’t see out of any window other than my drivers side. However, they will get upset, and will contact you wondering why you had to take an extra on the day and argue that the car meets the route required measurements (not even close). I have never met any of my “supervisors” in person so it is impossible to get a grip on their management structure or for them to get to know me. I have never worked for a more poorly run organization in my life, and I am speaking on behalf of my fellow evo coworkers as well. Look else ware if you want to get into mail delivery. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Having no one breathing down your neck 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Waiting on other drivers to bring me the mail driver's used up your drive time stops on the routes talking to people to long not starting on time management never addressed the problem 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Hauling mail drop and hock some of your coworkers are good people and some people don't care about other's 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most times you or waiting on the other drivers to get back with the truck so you can start your route allot of times you will be 2 to 5, hours later or more starting your route and that not good when we're paid to deliver on time

A typical day starts at midnight and runs until 2:00 PM. the first seven hours or so are on the dock directly supervising drivers in loading and unloading the mail for their respective routes. The remainder is spent doing managerial duties such as payroll, scheduling and compliance. The management team is very approachable and pleasant to deal with, but they seem to be reactionary in nature and does little planning ahead for oncoming changes/issues. Dealing with the Post Office is challenging to say the least. The postal way of doing things is the opposite of how things were done in the Freight world and once you accept that fact, it gets much easier to understand.

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