truck driver

warehouse worker

yard hostler

billing clerk

customer service representative

FFE Transportation

As an over the road trucker, you have plenty of time to soul search and think about life.  In the early 70's, the average trucker made over 60K a year but today they start at about 30K.  5 weeks on a truck followed by a 5 day break means that there is absolutely NO time for family or relationships.  DOT regulated driving hours means that after your allotted driving hours are up and you shut 'er down, you must still stay on the truck (yet there is no pay for sitting).  While a $800-$1,000 week (before taxes) might sound nice, you've got to realize that you are on the truck 24/7 and often unable to drive it.  A 168 hour weeks means that you're making about $5.50 an hour.  As a company driver, .32 cents a miles isn't much.  There are no co-workers so there isn't too much drama and the class and education of most truckers at the truck-stops leaves a lot to be desired.  The best part of the job is that you have a heater in the winter and an air conditioner during the summer and you can sit in a comfortable chair and watch the beauty of our country pass in front of you eyes day in and day out.  Vacations aren't a dream but a lifestyle and if you're divorced you can take your "home time" anywhere in the country you want…..which means Mardi Gras, Kentucky Derby, Daytona Bike Week, Bumbershoot, Bonnaroo, Smokey Mountains, etc.  An awesome life experience - but only for a limited time. 

In a typical work day, you never know what you may encounter driving a 75 ft long 80,000 lb vehicle down the highway. Interacting with different customer throughout the United States sharpens customer service skills. Being in different situations on your own without a supervisor watching your every move teaches you strategic thinking and becoming a self starter. Management was understandable to a certain degree. One part of management wants you to get the load there on time for pay and reputation reasons while the other part of management wants you to do the same thing only they focus a lot on the safe part of it. Most of the other drivers had mixed feelings about things. Some hated the job on a daily basis while others enjoyed the life of the open road. The hardest part about the job was driving in different weather and road conditions safely and if you had family being away from home could be a problem. I loved seeing different parts of the United States that I see on tv or in books but actually driving through it was a lovable experience.

● Work-life balance
Nothing get your CDL license and quit find a better company

● Pay & benefits
It's okay when payroll doesn't screw your check up don't do any locals let's put it that way

● Job security and advancement
There is no job security to worry about you keep killing yourself for them and they'll keep paying you

● Management
Again I can't stress enough the school was awesome but after that it goes downhill real fast

● Culture
99% of linehaul freight only moves on Thursdays and Fridays after that you pretty much stuck wherever you're at until the weekends over then they try to get you to do local runs and then if you do local runs they screw up your paperwork and you end up not getting paid for those hours anyways until you have to go through Loops to get that money back

● Overall
The academy side is pretty nice very clean CDL teaching staff are very knowledgeable very good people the food's pretty good just don't ask the cook for anyting or he'll give you the evil stare the rooms they put you in our pretty nice to the beds are very comfortable free cable Monday through Saturday you're off on Sundays what else is there to say go to the school to get your CDL leave the company.

I have to say that the pay is not  consistent  with the amount of time you spend out on the road and in certain cases at some stops which can throw you off your schedule starting with the first stop.  I found that no matter how much you work the money  never  covers your bills.  I may be a special  case but I will say that I usually  run all of  my 80 hours out most weeks because  I volunteer to work on the weekends. The big problem is if you work 40 hours at a normal  job you get paid  for 40 hours and after 40 you get overtime  not in trucking you devote so much of your own time for nothing. I guess  that's why so many people quit. Basically  you get paid  1/3 of your actual time you commit to the job. I really think that  the company should  take in consideration how much a driver has to devote to the company in order for them to understand how much there life is committed  to there success. I guess what I'm saying is that  a bonus  once a year would really  help them feel  appreciated  especially  around the  holidays.

The Dundee/WInterHaven Fl Facility Manager is not fit to hold the tiltle given to him He doesn't care about the employees under his reign only cares about himself
He only sees what he wants to see Blind overall of the moral within the warehouse employees that works extremely hard especially the 2nd shift that actually works overtime hours Sunday-Friday which is from start time of 4pm until close to 7am when 1st shift comes in to take over the duties of getting the final trucks loaded which leave late on a daily basis 
The Facility Manager of Dundee/WinterHaven Fl is overall incompatent to remain as the Facility Manager which says a lot about corporate office of the company
 Corporate Office in Lancaster Tx doesn't care about the overall employees that work in Dundee/WinterHaven nonetheless about the employees period company wide
Overall the company does pay well in Dundee/WinterHaven Fl without the overtime hours

	Served on site at the customer’s location as liaison between FFE and one of its largest national accounts
	Performed tracking on all LTL orders delivering each day giving the customer up to the minute updates on location and estimated times of arrival for their orders
	Attended meetings with the customer’s top transportation personnel to target problem areas and adjust shipping schedules
	Worked closely with planners and schedulers at FFE to make sure appointments were made in a timely fashion
	Worked closely with 7 load coordinators in the customer’s traffic office providing them with rate quotes and transit times as well as any information required about current shipments
	Assisted FFE’s OS&D department in researching OS&D orders, routing returns, advising customer on the status of their product, and filing claims when necessary
	Responded to all customer complaints in a timely and efficient manner and provided solutions

If you're considering working at FFE Lemont, then you might want to reconsider. I had my trailer pulled out on me twice now in the course of eight months.(In which no one was punished). I didn't even get an apology. I had to put in a OSHA report. Other then that water leaks all over the dock. I can't tell you how many time I've had nasty water fall in my eye. The equipment is constantly broken and the racks are smashed/missing scan bars so picking orders is just the worst! The couple guys that are still employed don't do much and are getting paid three dollars more an hour. The only way to get a raise is over time, which they don't give additional raises for learning stand up loading or training new employees, and training employees is considered the manager's job. They only allow six sick days for the whole year, keep in mind a typical office job you earn around one a month. I could keep going on and on about why you shouldn't consider this place for employment, but if this isn't enough, then have at it!

They don’t care anyone hometime for local. Just pressuring driver against dispatcher to do list. They also said I was reckless driving for some reason and they refuse to look my dashcam instead of people who cut me off for a hurry and blaming me. They force resignations me and get out.

Paying is just depending you like it or not. Not enough vacation time just 2 weeks, 3 weeks you have to work 10 years experience which is waste of life.

They do ignoring appointments time and the customer will always say to me “your early get out” and I kept telling them it’s the dispatcher responsibility setup my delivery stop list it has nothing to do about LTL driver if the dispatcher put it in the first place before I arrived early on starting shift.

Overall, this company is a joke but it’s okay for an anyone wants to get CDL to get experience it and then leave.

The slow periods increased by months over time. This company has been bought out by another. There is a serious lack of communication from office personnel and management to the drivers on a daily basis. Upper management has an unfair, unreasonable and most of all uncaring way of dealing with or handling even the slightest of everyday problems that re-occur frequently within the office staff and drivers alike. Management doesn't seem to have control over the everyday schematics of being a leader in a busy logistics office and tends to put forth an attitude to blame the drivers for office personnel mistakes. Large turn-over within the office, dock and driving fleet alike due to poor leadership skills of the manager currently in charge.

I worked primarily in a local area so my days were very busy, I would see several of our customers multiple times in the same day.

 While I enjoyed working with my crewmates and my direct supervisor, I feel that the management as a whole lacks communication and coherency this tends to create a very inefficient working enviroment.

The hardest part of the job was learning to keep my patience when a receiver would overbook incoming loads and I would have to wait several hours to complete my assignment and move on to the next task.

The most enjoyable part was working with my cremates on large shipment pickups. I really enjoyed the camraderie and sense of team accomplishment

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 169 salaries reported	$26.08 per hour
Warehouse worker 48 salaries reported	$20.90 per hour
Yard hostler 16 salaries reported	$20.56 per hour
Billing clerk 12 salaries reported	$17.00 per hour
Customer service representative 6 salaries reported	$20.42 per hour

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