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GP Transco

I was with this company for 6 months, for me this was becoming home. I loved it there. I was like a cheerleader for them. I really thought they where different.

Long story short. Most of there dispatchers are in Lithuania which they don’t get our culture they don’t get things we Americans go through if that makes sense. I was going through a lot and my favorite dispatcher dropped me. After 5 months together working closely and actually friends on fb etc). But with me almost wrecking in a snow storm and being screamed at and called the bad word for gay at a shipper and many other things in my life started piling up, I started to slow down and not run as hard, and he said “He can’t work with someone like me” all of a sudden. (I have a screen shot for proof)

So this is when everything went down hill. I got a dispatcher that stunk SO bad could not trip plan at all and horrid communication skills!! Then I got a dispatcher that didn’t care if I slept or not. It just went to bad really really fast.

Once I decided that I wanted to leave the company. we had a recorded verbal agreement (with no anger no rudeness convo) to get me home so I could clean my truck out and get a load back to Chicago to drop off there truck respectfully. But as i waited 2.5 hours for a load to My house and i had to move to a different truck stop ( as i was in a full small truck stop and i wasn’t really in a space) well this one was about 20 25 mins away and this is when They stabbed me in the back, After i told them i was moving to a better truck stop so i could park which they where fine with then THEY called the state police handcuffs where put on me and i was thrown in a cop car and GP said I stole the truck then changed there minds again and recanted. So I was in a cop car for 20 ish mins. I WAS TWO ish miles from the bigger truck stop! Then I was left on the side of the interstate With my cat and was not allowed to move the truck to a safe place! I had to ask the police for a ride to a rental car place with my cat (talk about a sight to see cat and me in a troopers car 🤦‍♂️). Once I had a rental car I had to legit unload my things on the side of the interstate with a severely injured foot that I got earlier that day while still employed. With the amount of pain I was in I could only get about 85 percent of my things and now they are not responding for me to get the rest (UPDATE they have “claimed” they are sending what I couldn’t grab via UPS after i posted this review lol we shall see what’s damaged and what i get back) . MAN I wish i was making this up and Unfortunately this isn’t every single thing that happened either.

I did everything I could to make this company look good i took pictures for them with my drone, i decked out my truck, i brought on 3 drivers myself and was working on 4.... I am disgusted, I am disappointed. I now have to sue them. I now have to be out of work till my foot heals. This company at the end of the day just cares about them selves. (Shocker) I would have detailed the truck and brought it to them and left on good terms. They only cared about getting there equipment back and not my interest or I guess my safety at all. They are ALL foreign. Which I don’t normally care about but I guess now I must. They are Selfish, greedy and maybe out of touch with American culture?.

So if your good at kissing butt like I was everyday (till i couldn’t take it anymore)and I guess just don’t complain and just be a good little slave. You will make decent money.

Bottom line if you find a good dispatcher and you mesh well don’t lose them. If you go to this company always have emergency money because there equipment comes first. Other then that yes they have nice equipment. Yes they take very good care of it. If there willing to strand a driver on the side of the interstate you bet your butt they care about it. If you have any direct questions I’ll answer them just reach out I’ll tell you the good and bad. I am not as nasty as this review sounds. This was just the last month. The first 5 where actually really good I’ll even admit this maybe a isolated incident where they went WAY overboard and will learn from this. Which makes me sick it ended this way. I mean they BLOCKED ME ON INSTAGRAM because i asked them to take down all pictures or videos i have taken or done.... how pathetic of them. It’s laughably SAD. If you go to this company it is better then most but I was done very wrong and companies don’t apologize or take responsibility. So now I have to force them to. Just like the VP of HR said to me on a recorded line “I would love to see you sue us” well honey get ready. To all future drivers good luck :-)

If you can do your full 11, maintain proper logs, and drive safely this place will treat you extremely well.

Good equipment with a speedy maintenance work flow both in house and on the road.

Respectful management. However, sometimes they are over sticklers for safety, but who isn't nowadays. You'll get a phone call about company policies when you don't perform a full stop at a stop sign with no one around and you've looked thrice. But it'd be a rare phone call. They are understandable, I have a feeling my above example was them finding something for the sake of finding something to pad out a company score sheet, because it's impossible to be a perfect driver. Which I really don't have a problem with.

You will work with Samsara for logs, which is okay, I've had better Elogs. So you'll have to wait to login every app open if you don't keep it constantly running. Minor annoyance. Oh and you have safety scores generated by truck sensors. But nothing was ever was really held against me.

They were starting a relationship with CoPilot Navigator when I left. They will lock you from navigation controls while moving if you agree to use copilot. And if you have your own account with copilot, expect some interference. When I took aff thier program was extremely basic and it might just have been computer glitches. Luckily, they allow you to use whatever you want and don't require a dedicated device, yet...

My biggest issue was hometime. I love in New Mexico. A netoriously unprofitable state to get to. So it was a real hassel to get routed there and I missed a few appointments which is why I left to find something more reasonable for NM. But, they can fly you back if you don't mind living out of a suitcase all the time and leaving your stuff in the truck. 

Nicest terminal you likely ever saw. Free lunch on Fridays, if you’re lucky enough to be at their 1 terminal in Joliet…at lunchtime. Lithuanian (previously part of the USSR) owned. 2 day orientation pays $200. In reality it’s a 4 day orientation. They put you up for 1 night at a hotel, and move you into your truck to “check it out” and “make sure there are no issues”. Meaning they want to keep more profits, and there is no PM program since they lease their trucks and get rid of them at 400,000. 
Dispatchers (Fleet managers - typically stay 6 months) get pushed hard and in turn push drivers. There are a few drivers that are on dedicated accounts and love it, since they get consistent miles. All the others are typically there for 6 months or less. They claim they have 30% turnover. They typically hire 20 employees per week and have 500 tractors. You do the math.  They originally were only owner operators but realized they could make more money with company drivers. They still have a few OO’s.
Micromanaged and drivers are pushed, hard, mostly by (cheaper labor) young, inexperienced Colombians or Lithuanians). They are always watching and phoning you a lot, regardless if you choose the inward facing camera. They can see you in the windshield reflection on the outward facing camera. They will toss you a bone and allow a 3000 mile week on occasion but consistent miles are only for those that have been there a few years and are on dedicated runs.
I’m searching for something better with a good culture. 
 Stay away.

They're an ok company overall. 
However, in all honesty, a driver is but a manageable asset, not a human being with their own worries and needs, which is, sadly, the golden standard of today's trucking.

Pros:
Newer trucks and trailers, hence not much downtime due to breakdowns.
If you're lucky to work with a knowledgeable dispatch you'll make decent living.
CPM raise is per review, if you don't drive like a maniac you'll get it, every six months.

Cons:
If you're not from Chicagoland forget your home time. If you live outside the area of their preferable operation, you gotta be ready to stay on the road for the minimum of 6 weeks at a time.
Maintenance at HQ shop takes long hours (you won't be compensated for overnight breakdown btw), if you can persuade them to get things done on the road this would be your best bet.
Safety will micromanage you, even though not many of them have clear idea of regulations (young boys from Colombia and Lithuania that haven't spent a day behind the wheel).
It is hard to break through 2500 mi/week ceiling, not impossible but equally not easy, bc again some office people need to be educated on HoS rules so they relax their buns and let you do your job.
Insurance premiums are rather expensive, other carriers pay bigger portion so that you don't have to sacrifice a sizeable chunk of your earnings for the minimum coverage for your family.

Bottom line, if I lived in the Midwest and was single I would consider rejoining.

The best part of working for GP Transco as office staff is interacting with the drivers. The office staff is very cliquey, there is very poor communication between staff and there is an extreme lack of diversity in the office. Unless you are personally friends or very close to upper management, there is no opportunity for you to advance in any way within the company. They thrive on making you, as the employee, feel as though you owe them in some way and that there are no better opportunities to work elsewhere and depend on that mindset to keep employees. They claim to be transparent but are actually very tight lipped in most aspects. They expect dedication and loyalty from employees but they do not show it to employees. This company is desperately trying to find its culture, but clearly cannot because most employees/departments have different mindsets on what the most important thing to the company is and overall, this company is disgustingly disorganized. There are two offices overseas that they gloat about, but the dynamics between the offices are all very off, disorganized, and feels as though there is competition when overseas offices can constantly afford promotions throughout their revolving door of employees, while there is little opportunity for a promotion in the HQ office.

take what they say with a grain of salt. they start you off at the bare minimum pay regardless of outside experience. average length of loads are 300-600 miles. you will almost never utilize your entire clock. 

need assistance or have a question and it’s outside of the 7am-5pm schedule your manager works or on a saturday/ sunday? good luck being able to get ahold of someone. you could call them 1000 times and no one would answer but as soon as you miss a call from them, you get yelled at. 

they advertise being true otr but you will NEVER hit the west coast, very RARELY the south and south east. you will mainly run mid / midwest regional. 

each weekend is a mandatory 34 hour reset on the road. usually done saturday afternoon and ready to roll monday morning. 

wait time in between loads is hit or miss. sometimes there will be a load ready and others, you’ll wait hours just to be given a load that is a last minute pickup that you’ll barely have time to arrive on time. 

a lot of the loads given are either already late or will be late if you run into any traffic. with that being said, even if it’s 100% out of your control, if the load is late, it will be pinned on you. 

there are many lies and deception that goes on behind the scenes.

be cautious with this company 


GP Transco is a great young company! Great dispatch and management is available to speak. Everyone in the office from HR, Safety, Payroll, Maintenance/Shop and Dispatch speaks to you (Drivers) with respect.  They truly mean what they say in orientation. All their Trucks are well maintained, the shop is very clean as well as the bathrooms and showers.  The drivers have a lounge with TV, Play Station etc., the Gym is well equipped with workout equipment and available to drivers(only during office hours).  
The only downfall(for me) I  am from Central Florida and as an OTR driver, it is mandatory by GP Transco you must stay out 4weeks at a time to get 4days off for hometime. I usually stay 5 - 6 weeks to get 5days off.  Dispatch keeps you running. as long as you(driver) wants to run.  It's very rare you will sit for more than 1 -2 hrs waiting for a load, the miles are ok!! 
(For me)If I am going to stay out a minimum of 4weeks, I would want to hit 3000+ miles a week. It is very, very rare I get more than 2800 miles a week.  Average miles is between 2500 -2750.
But overall it's a great company and payroll is never late, Detention/Layover pay is really good! Health benefits are a little on the high end if you have a family.  

The equipment is excellent. You will have a newer tractor with a refrigerator, inverter and microwave. That's the only good thing I have to say about it.
Expect to spend nearly as much time loading and unloading as you spend driving. On average, it's a 45/55 split that can go both ways. They are mostly shorter hauls, with an average of 8 to 10 hours per load combined loading and unloading. Because of this, expect your paycheck to be wrong about 75% of the time, and you will have to negotiate to get paid. As the problems with the freight are everyday normal in this company, eventually they will get tired of paying you and will stop honoring detention / layover / the weekly pay minimum guarantee. They will accomplish this by changing how they interpret the policy.
Additionally, you should expect to work at least 14 hours a day. You will have to use a split sleeper berth to extend your work day if you want to keep your load on schedule. So you will be working 14 to 17 hours per day for a rolling average of just over 2,000 miles per week, and all you can count on getting paid for is the mileage.
Thankfully, the per mile rate is competitive. Not the highest, but competitive.

This is an ok company. $1000 guarantee is GROSS, so don’t blame this company because you are not doing your due diligence as a driver - that is your responsibility. If you run hard, you will see miles most of the time. They are flexible if you ask for home time but they tell you up front that you will run OTR and even Canada and do resets over the road - you can’t blame them for that - after all, they are a trucking company. Dispatch has never been in a truck before but if you’re a trucker, you just need them to facilitate loads. You do a lot of live loads. Drop yards are 3rd party yards. Check your trailer registration or you will be in the scale house hoping you’re dealing with a fair DOT officer when they randomly select you for inspection. I’d work for them again if my family was somehow transferred into another dimension never to be seen again and I suddenly found myself without a life outside of trucking. One important thing I will say about them and trucking companies, in general is you guys need to care more about the mental health of your drivers.

Worked there as a company driver's for 2 years 4 months. First 2 years were great. Not too many complaints. Then something changed. Dispatcher's became cr*p. The good one's were all let go. The entire mechanic staff was swapped out for less than average mechanics. Force dispatch was becoming a "thing". They really wanted to micro-manage everything. When asked to take some time off to take care of a family member, it was first approved and then denied. I was never given a reason. I was then fired. No reason was given but was told that it wasn't me and that I did a great job. I did my best to work with them but unfortunately, it didn't work out. I still have a few friends that work there. From my understanding, GP wants to know everything and uses it's apps to invade your privacy whether on your company laptop or personal electronics. Be careful of what you sign when starting there. Unfortunately, instead of being the "driver's" company like it was when I started, it has become a company with a mega-carrier attitude and all you are is a number. And if you're a Vet, forget it!!

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