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Holland Special Delivery

This trucking company is more geared toward new drivers just coming out of school who do not want to go OTR and gain experience or for the person who has been trucking their whole life and is getting ready to retire and wants a more family friendly schedule. 

Typically, the schedule is Monday - Friday with absolutely no Sundays. Some drivers may have Tuesday - Saturday schedules. Everything is seniority based and routes/start times are bid on every three months or so. 

You will slip seat for awhile before getting assigned your own truck. Trucks are maintained fairly well, except you may get put in a truck that is dirty and trashy due to the previous driver not taking the time to clean out their messes. Other than that, trucks needing maintenance are usually taken care of regularly. 

The biggest downside to this company is pay. They are on the very lowest end of the pay scale, especially if you are a new driver. .47 cents per mile and around $18.50 when on hourly or detention pay. Pay is bi-weekly and you will be lucky to bring home $1500 - $1600 every two weeks. You also do not get paid for all actual miles you run. They base their mileage off of zip code to zip code, so if you need to detour, you will be running free miles. They will switch back and forth from mileage and hourly routes throughout the week so you will never hit OT when on hourly.

Dispatchers are nice, but don't know what it means to be a truck driver as probably 99% of them never have held a CDL or backed into a dock of any kind.

As previously mentioned, if you're new and need experience, go for it. But as soon as you can find a better paying job with your experience, take it. If you're an older truck driver looking for something to do before retirement, this may be the job for you.

I worked for Holland Special for a little over a year. Everyone there is nice. It is hard work but if you do short haul you're home most days. You drive a day cab so if you have to stay out overnight you get to sleep in a motel. Usually if you'll be doing an overnight run you'll know the day before but I learned very quickly to take an overnight bag every day. If you don't have a dedicated run you will be doing a lot of Chicago runs. If not Chicago you could go to Detroit or Indianapolis or you could get put on a furniture run where you deliver to 10-15 furniture stores in Ohio. The company doesn't operate on Sunday so you only have 60 hours a week to work. 

At the beginning of your day you go in the office and get your manifest and truck assignment for the day. Then you go out and pre trip your truck. There were quite a few times I found things wrong with the trucks and had to go back and ask for a different one. The trucks aren't the newest.  Some have over 700000 miles on them. Once you get done pre tripping your truck you go find your trailer. Sometimes your load is already there. Sometimes you have to find an empty.  There were a lot of times I found things wrong with the trailers and had to get them repaired before I could run which caused me to be late. I was told during the orientation that they give you plenty of time for your pickups and deliveries.  I did not find that to be true.

At the end of your day you go in the office and finish up your paperwork.  Then you go to the window and dispatch will tell you what you're doing the next day and what time they want you to start. There were many times I was exhausted from a hard days work but they expected me to be back to work after having the minimum 10 hour break. That was very hard.

One of my favorite places I’ve worked, I’ve heard complaining because of the pay which is valid but I see why people keep working for this company. I’ve had more time off and payed holidays than any other job. I’ve never once had a time off request denied. They pretty don’t bother you at all they just let you know what your  next load is and you’re on your way. You never work sundays because the owners are Christian. One main draw back is some weeks I struggle to get 500 miles a day. But over the road your pretty much guaranteed 1,000 take home a week if you work 5 days. I dont push it like other drivers I definitely could make more but I like a 2 day weekend unless they really need someone on a Saturday but doesn’t happen to often and I could always say no, and it would be a big deal. 
I don’t recommend local for new drivers you won’t make that much. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
Awesome staff and the equipment is very well maintained. The hours are great and your off on weekends and major holidays. Plus you also receive overtime after 40 hours. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not a stressful environment. The only stress there is, is the stress that come with driving on the roads everyday.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Friendly and they care about their drivers. Communication is key. They encourage employees to communicate with them so they can work with you on whatever situation you may have. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Pick up and delivery.  Drop and hook. No touch freight.  Local work 8 to 10 hour days.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Being Home daily with good running trucks.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
This is a slip seat job sometime not knowing what you'll be doing in advance. Often you are responsible for cleaning behind other drivers. Highly demanding supervision.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Always having to use caution when talking to anyone.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Day starts early for the most part. Getting paperwork from dispatch. Pretrip inspection of a different vehicle usually daily. New drivers never get decent routes. End day by having to clean and fuel truck for next driver.

Get ready to be pushed to your mental limits day in and day out. The job itself is very stressful and fast paced. You are extremely overworked and even more underpaid. The benefits are great and the remote work is nice but the base pay is $15 an hour and the job doesn’t end at 5 o clock so be ready to have your days open late. The workplace culture is very old school with the “family” word being thrown around a lot. Not a lot of Holidays off and don’t expect to have your PTO or sick days paid out to you if you decide to leave. I would not touch this job with a 10 foot pole unless you’re looking for something for 6 months to a year.

Very busy with a lot of increased responsibilities with proven ability. Pay is below average for the stress level. Co-workers are generally good to work with. The hardest part of the job is the stress created by near impossible situations coupled with increased expectations of execution. The best part of the job is you deal with a multitude of personalities offering a vast amount of experience when dealing with diversity.

The only positive note I can say about HSD is that the job and work are easy.

The pay is insulting, as are the benefits and raises.
They don't 401K match whatsoever 
Hourly drivers max out around 20/hr tops.
Management will "listen" to you and proceed to not actually ever do anything about issues that arise.
You don't get any amount of paid time off unless you've been there for over a year. Even then, if you start in the middle of the year, you'll be waiting a year and a half instead.
The only reward for being good at your job is more work or one free meal a year. 

Respect yourself and your time, stay away.


Its good to start your cdl career with. 
Don't expect a lot of pay with local. You start out local even with regional if new to trucking. 
Trainers are top notch. Dispatch is nice they don't force loads. They help as much as they can. Management is nice, they will listen to all concerns or questions, and will try to help as much as they can. 
They have newer equipment(trucks) 
If going regional all they give you is a new mattress. You will have to buy everything else(fridge, gps, power inverter, ect.) 
There's only been one day where I'd be off due not having frieght. 



I'm aTruckload driver out of Holland. I start on monday and am home most of the time Friday night sometimes Saturday by noon. Grat place to work. Well maintained equipment. The office staff is on top of making sure you dont sit. We only run Midwest no east coast. If you need time off to take care of personal business they work with you. If a family member is ill no problem you just need to communicate. 

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Warehouse worker 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour
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