tanker driver

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Energy Dispatch

Upper management was descent to me always handled most issues professionally. While a owned by Racetrac/Raceway you get the feeling you work for a different company as everything is duplicated and as a newbie you can get easily lost in the shuffle. It's one of the few companies that deliver only to one store chain. The stores are newer so easier to get into and out of. 
If you are an O/O or use to the OTR life this will be a step down in pay and respect for your fellow driver in most cases. The company hemorrhages drivers for just and unjust reasons. If you have childsupport please stay away with the 5/2, 5/3 work schedule you'll get alot of 4 day paychecks and while they guarantee the minimum of 200 a day there are stipulations. You're looking at 600-700 a week after taxes and insurance in most weeks. There are some financial advantages during service emergencies where you're at a 300 a day minimum cap. However, only last about 2 weeks then back to the grind. Tough shift if you have a young family. You may sleep in your own bed but it will be alone in most cases. You do have an opportunity to have weekends off every 3 months. A great company for someone looking to get experience in the industry. Please don't try and make friends here... no body is your friend. Probably one of the most toxic environments I've ever worked. Cameras in truck watching your every move, There a few that contend if your not doing anythinh why should the cameras bother you. Well review the safety record of the company before and after company installed them... accidents incidents increased not decreased.You can get written up for appearing sleepy but also for calling out if you're tired too many times. Good health was not designed for these shift. lol Don't touch anything while driving it only takes 2 warnings to get you terminated. Terminal operators are gods. You have to get card at probably 5 locations @ a minimum and update that and port cards yearly. You get a few reminders but the process is a major inconvenience. Truly thought the pay would be better and local work would improve family time... I actually saw family more in OTR with better pay.

Let me say, this is just my experience in the time i was there, someone else experience can be totally different, you will come at 1-2am or 1-2pm, 12h shift, they says they guarantee $200 a day but, if you make $180 one day you will make $220 next day to complete the day before so, not $200 a day, just a $1000 a week if you work 5 days, if you work 4 days is what you make, forget about guarantee.

When dispatch was in the office everything was ok but when central dispatch took over, everything went down, not for the company, for drivers, the company is happy while the numbers coming in are biggest that the ones coming out so, they dont care about drivers, you will work 12+ to make $200 because the wait at terminals, or non sense load combinations, that make you loose time and no one will pay you that time, yard management dont have any power over central dispatch, when you complain about something or you just talk about drivers issues, they will say "ok i'll let corporate know' and you'll never hear about it.

Benefits, are a joke, whatever cross thru your mind that is.

Bonuses: they are good they give what they call retention bonus, $1000-tax=$750 a year, $300 or $500 a month "cant remember right now" less taxes but is money, is good, BUT the monthly bonus is conditioned, the cameras and others sensors will say if you will have the bonus or not

Cameras: dont worry about them, just do what you need to do and paint attention to the road for your own safety

Meetings: not bad, they bring food and drinks, funny video about people cough in cameras doing stupid staff and people doing a great job

Management: the company have to make a big change on that, because they dont represent you and they will not  fight for the drivers, thy just there to do what corporate says, dont put pressure on them, but yes, they need a change in management a big one.

First Job? if this is your first job, is good, just go and learn all you can so you can move on later, but dont mess up or you will pay for every single error  you make, good company? YES for new drivers, and stay away from others drivers, they snitch each other and weepers

note: this was my experience, may vary with others drivers
Good Luck....

Energy Dispatch offers all kinds of bonuses in addition to their above average salary. There are so many ways you can make extra money in this company such as a monthly safety bonus, quarterly performance bonus, working on your day off, working on certain holidays, referral bonus, which is paid in one lumpsum, longevity bonus which grows yearly, in other words, they pay you for staying with the company and the checks get bigger every year you stay with the company. They are also one of the most driver friendly companies I've worked for. Their rotating schedule is the most unique in the industry. Where else can a new hire get a fair share of weekends and certain holidays off, same as a veteran employee? Not to mention their annual safety dinners. This is the time they pause to recognize the safety and overall service of the individual drivers. Not only do the drivers get cool gifts but the company also includes the families to dine with them and also show them appreciation for supporting the drivers. 
Energy Dispatch also boasts excellent equipment. All new trucks and trailers and state of the art GPS devices and electronic logs to make the driver's life more safe and easy. No forced dispatch and downtime. If you do have any downtime due to breakdowns or terminal or traffic delays you are compensated for your downtime based on an hourly rate.
Being a part of  RaceTrac, Energy Dispatch drivers do not have to worry about contract renewals and bidding for contract work as the company services only RacTrac and Raceway stores. The only downside to this company in my opinion is that if you want to advance within the company, you will have to move to Atlanta which is where the corporate office is located. Some advancement opportunities in the individual markets but limited to a certain level. 
I would recommend this company to anyone who wants to be home everyday and enjoy what he or she does.

Depends on the route you are running, you will not get all the loads in because of the way the gas is bought by the corporate office. That means you run all over Atlanta, Georgia trying to pick up a load. Then you are talked about in the morning as to why you couldn't make that store or split that load of tank of Gas. Management sucks terrible, they were all one ethnic group in one sector and another ethnic group in the other. I have seen many drivers ladies and men of come and go, Some were very gifted and smart but because of the constant level of poor leadership. folks left. You may make friends but trust me they are all out for themselves and what's best for "Their Company" I have seen folks get written up for the stupidest things. You are hauling Gas or diesel around in a 9200 gallon tank. Trust me you will never get paid enough for what you haul with them as a company driver. If you have your own truck then find a company that you can lease it out to.It would be a blessing to you than to become a company driver with these guys. Team leaders that has been over the team assigning loads for years, I have seen them get busted down to regular drivers because of stupid things that just didn't make sense. You better be a perfect driver also because if you get into accident you're are gone I seen them get fired for a few stretches    from a tree branch on the plastic tape saying Race Trac on the tanks. Then you may have a sorry team leader who stays in the office that will not get into a extra truck to help you on a route they planned for you.I have seen it all the good and the bad. Find some place else than this company...The management of this company get crazy bonuses on how they market makes money. So please know if you are not producing at that low rate they are paying you, you are replaced by someone else. I can say more but that's enough for now and i hope it helps someone to make the right decision

Every step and move you make is watched with a close eye. Have zero trust or respect in the driver's ability to do the job. Not even trusted to drop diesel. Must send a picture to managment and wait for an ok. Alsp noy trusted to put diesel on the same load as gasoline.

Dispatch is a joke and loads are given one by one with no since of location. Dispatchers are out of state with out a clue as to where these stores are located and how long it takes to get around.

Pay looks good on the surface, in reality the limited hours makes it very low for the industry. They do not care how cutting hours and taking bonuses will effect the employees. If a driver goes over a 10.5 hours a day they must take it from the next day. Due to a rotating schedule every other week is only a 4 day pay week eleminates most of the overtime. Considering they would rather you turn the last load down and send you home at 8 hours instead of letting you work 11 and make the overtime. Trucks are slip seated and shifts are 12 hours apart, they just prefer not pay the overtime and send you home. 
Once a great company, they made alot of changes and not one favored the driver.

If you just want experience in a tanker and can handle the frustration of low pay, poor management,  and poor dispatching. This will do then take that experience to a company that not trust the drivers, but is willing to pay the drivers. 


It's a straight company but the turnover rate is high and the pay is low. You are paid by the load lowest pay being $47 - $98 being highest. Now there are little things that help your pay which is split stores, coming from different plants, and so on. There are 12 drivers and 5 supervisors. Seem like a bit much since it's not that many drivers. 5 on 2 off and 5 on 3 off so weekends are rotated. They say guarantee pay but nope its really 4 days 800 and 5 days 1000. I would definitely say that this is a " come get your experience and leave type place". Drivers at the place bust they butts here only to make about 1000 I'm guessing after insurance a week carrying hazmat! You have to get atleast 4 loads for check to be decent. Oh yea its slip seat so you share a truck. Just come here get yo experience and venture out for better. Managers act like they care but they only care that you get those loads out. Dispatch is ok! 

Do you enjoy being treated like a child ? 
Do you enjoy weekly meetings covering the exact same procedures as the week before? 
Do you enjoy being recorded via driver facing cameras that track your head and hand movements every second of your shift?
How about the lowest pay in the market for fuel delivery drivers?
Then I am sure you'll love the constant required overtime that turns into regular time when they send you home early on the last two days of the pay period to "save revenue cap limits" .

There is a reason this place has an 80% yearly turnover. 

There is hope however if you can stomach the non stop peacocking of the terminal manager here you just might be able to brown nose your way into a lead position where you'll be in for a particularly jaw dropping level of disrespect that honestly borders on hostility.  

Do yourself and family a favor and look elsewhere.

A really good company with very poor line haul pay. And their hourly rate of pay is stuck in the 1990's. Drivers are micro managed via cameras and gps. They have a decent monthly safety bonus program but it is basically money that should be included in line haul but the company makes it conditional to camera scores and gps data. They chip the bonus away depending on scores. The retention bonus is ok once you get past year 7 if you don't starve to death from low pay first. The micro managers have no real world experience hauling fuel and expect top notch professionals driving their equipment for very low pay. The common carrier drivers who help haul their stores make more delivering Racetrac then the company drivers. They are a great group of people but they just don't pay enough.

I hated the load pay, and being held up. Equipment was consisted of rentals and a few company trucks, trailers were bran new. Overall equipment was decent. Management from the terminal down tried their best to look out for you but you can tell they were restricted by upper management. Dispatch was needs of the company before needs of the driver so that mixed in with load pay made for poor work environment. Some drivers felt like there were favorites. Two drivers working the same amount of hours could make from $40-$80 even more difference in pay per day, and it just didn’t make sense or feel good. The quality of new hires really started to go down, as a result of the company starting to be a revolving door. The company had so much potential.

Very frustrating company to work for.  None of your "managers" will ever have requisite experience in the trucking industry.  Their sole purpose is to monitor and surveile you every second of your day. If you're ever caught doing anything outside of the manual,  it's automatic write up and added to your file.  When you leave, they'll use it to make a negative note on your DAC. 
You should never have an original idea, only validate the incompetents who are your unqualified babysitters.  You will be branded as one who is not a team player. 
My advice is to leave this company for the brand new drivers who just need a few months training. If you're an experienced driver, you can do much better. 

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