truck driver

owner operator driver

customer service representative

road manager

dispatcher

J.S. Helwig & Son

This is a amazing company, with amazing owners and employees, very hard to call them this with the way they treat you, very much more of a family environment. Work is OTR, for the most part Mid West out too the East Coast. Its a Freightliner Cascadia fleet, automatics and 53' refrigerated trailers. 

The owner has set the tone here for sure, there is literally a open door policy with EVERYONE, from the driver managers all the way too the owner himself, and all the staff embrace the family and friends environment. He was a driver himself and has pulled out all the stops for the drivers, all the trucks have fridges, inverters and if you want a tv you can pick up a mount and tv from walmart and the shop will install them as well as cb radios in the truck (you do take the tv and cb radio with you if you leave). On the property at the main terminal drivers have their own building with three lounge areas, one large one with a BIG screen tv and leather recliners and tables and chairs, and two smaller rooms with additional recliners and tvs, a well stocked gym area, private showers, fully furnished kitchen area (buy your own food), washers, dryers and vending machines. This company also encourages you to have pets, whether your a cat or a dog person they are welcomed, at the terminal there is a full climate controlled kennel with wash basin and several kennels that have doors that lead out to individual fenced in chainlink runs. Also its not uncommon to see the owner or other employees come out and play with your dog if your out walking them or bring them into the office with you. They also make Helwig hoodies and gear for your pets. They like to do monthly company BBQ's where they invite you to bring your family and or a friend with you to come eat and hang out. During driver appreciation week they do really nice gift sets for all the drivers and then also do raffles for additional gifts, as well as typically have some kind of catered food every day during the week of. 
 
Best two stories I can give about this company:

First, for my Birthday the owners son called me to wish me a Happy Birthday and check and see how things were going with the company.  He also told me they wanted to buy my dinner and gave me a limit and told me to submit a receipt for it.  They did in fact pay for it. 

Second, when I started with the company, part of orientation is they take you around the office building showing you where all the different departments are and introducing you to all the staff. During the staff meeting process, one of the payroll ladies came up to me and asked me my name, I stated my truck number and then my name, IN FRONT OF GOD AND EVERYONE, she points a finger at me and goes, "Don't you ever, ever, do that again, we don't know you as a truck number, here at Helwig all of us learn your name and face, and we get to know you." 

If they were to ever offer a local position down in Houston I'd go back in a heart beat, I miss this company and staff every day. 

What is the best part of working at the company?
If you wanted to stay gone and be busy, this company could keep you steady out and working forever if you ask them.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Information handoff was hugely negative. They didn’t like to pass messages from weekend dispatchers to the normal day guys, usually leading to a snafu when the rubber was meeting the road on weekdays. Usually, this was worse, coming in off of the weekend, but trusting in a word getting passed to other entities within the company should not be dependent upon which person is running the dispatch on that particular day or night.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
If you make enough waves you get thrown out of the boat.  Right or wrong, day or night the bottom line is that they run a business, if you impede that in anyway, they will advise you to know where the exits are and don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Don’t oversleep your 10, manage your time appropriately. Run at least 9 1/2 hours before you consider calling it a day.  Breakdowns and disasters will happen, call management if you have any problems.

A typical day at J.S. Helwig & Son involved regional and OTR driving with routes that were generally well-organized. Dispatch worked with drivers in a respectful and professional manner. I learned how to manage my time on the road more efficiently and gained valuable experience handling refrigerated loads. Management was approachable with an open-door style that made communication straightforward. The company culture was supportive and driver-focused, creating a positive work environment.

The most challenging part of the job was the long hours and occasional tight delivery schedules, but the highlights included newer equipment, steady miles, and a strong emphasis on driver safety and support.

I loved my time at J.S.Helwig! I had to leave do to personal issues. This company is the best company in my book to work for! They really care about there drivers. They have above average pay, great benefits, and make you feel like apart of the Helwig family. Mr. Helwig is an outstanding guy. Everyone is just terrific. If you want miles, good decent pay, and great equipment and environment I suggest you go to J.S.Helwig & Son. They will fly you to Orientation. No bus unless you want to take the bus. Also you get paid Twice a week! They have a excellent Safety Rating with DOT. If you are looking for a great family company to work for the give them a call. They are looking for O/O’s too.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company has the miles they give alot of bonuss,early bonus swamp load bonus and is honest to their word 98% and then just usely an over look

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
My most stressful part is sometimes receivers are too slow to unload 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Your welcome to come in and talk to anyone anytime even the big guy 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well for me I just run the miles average 600 a day I hardly ever here from anyone so I believe my performance is satisfactory

What is the best part of working at the company?
The pay and most of my coworkers

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The maintenance shop manager was very disrespectful and would cuss. At you during meetings.
And had unrealistic expectations.
Not a nice man.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
For the most part, the work environment with the co-workers was okay. Culture was mixed. It was a shop manager who was not nice.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Most of the time decent with other coworkers, but very stressful with shop management, expecting unrealistic expectations, not understanding a person's disability

I have learned that this is a nice place if you are new to trucking. Not the place if you want to run hard and are a seasoned driver. Delivery times set up by the company are so far out there that a person who runs hard finds themselves sitting waiting to unload.  The company does not like it when you think outside of the box. It is hard for me to use the term Lie. Lets say the company does not always tell the truth. The payroll dept. talks down to you as if you were a child. The shop department is not helpful and seems agitated when you ask for some help. I have yet even seen the owner or his son as they advertise they are a family oriented company.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Excellent Company and very Professional Leadership.
Dispatch was excellent as well. They will 100% do what they say and follow through. 
Did not want to leave this company.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Maintenance Shop...Pulling teeth getting everything you needed fixed in a timely manner. Went 3 months with a non working apu. I don't have time to sit and wait for repairs that were said to be fixed and weren't.  APU related.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Excellent, facility. Excellent Staff.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Once you prove yourself you make money unfortunately too many drivers burned the planners and too many loads had to be saved cause ppl don't live up to their word 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
You will sit at times also no room for advancement in any way

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
It's lay back no micro management except new safty guy on power trip

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
I just roll as long as load on time I do what I want

It was the best job I'd ever had! You won't find a better boss than James helwig! But, I had an accident that I could not have prevented and was fired less than a week later! After the insurance company investigated the accident, they came to the conclusion that I WAS NOT AT FAULT! I really believed I was part  of something special but after the insurance ruled I was not t fault, I never even received a phone call from helwig! I guess the 2 weeks of vacation pay I would have received in another two months simply wasn't worth it

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 123 salaries reported	$1,788 per week
Owner operator driver 15 salaries reported	$34.00 per hour
Customer service representative 2 salaries reported	$19.23 per hour
Road manager 1 salary reported	$57,500 per year
Dispatcher 2 salaries reported	$57,500 per year

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