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Kenan Advantage Group

I'm a truck driver.  At orientation, they are big on safety, yes, but they don't teach you anything about how to operate the trailers.  Unloading, pressure, potential problems.  You aren't taught that on the field, either, you are thrust into the role and have to figure out how to unload cryogenics that are flammable, volatile and very cold on your own.  Does that sound safe?  

I've had multiple situations where I had no idea what to do and had to figure it out on my own. This isn't common sense stuff, these are things you should be taught about.  I found that aspect of this job appalling.  

What they don't tell you before you quit your previous job is the fact that you don't have any scheduled time off. I'm not talking paid time off, I'm referring to what the normal person would think of as weekends.  We don't get that, at all. We work weekdays and weekends, we work holidays and if we want a couple of days off like the rest of the world gets on a weekly basis? We have to ask for it and then we are told "we'll see what we can do". Meanwhile, THEY go HOME on the weekends, why should they care?  

What trucking companies don't give you a couple days to go home and relax after a couple of weeks on the road?  I read a note from the CEO of the company last pay period that said the corporation had hired a lot of truck drivers last year and a lot of them left. Well duhhhh.  We aren't machines.  SOME truck drivers like to live in their trucks, the rest of us would like to go home on a scheduled basis and see our families! It's not good for your physical or mental health, imo, to be stuck in a truck endlessly and be away from the people you know and love.  Or your dog, or everything that is familiar to you, the things that bring sanity and peace into your life.  

The other thing they don't bother to tell you until after you get into orientation is their trucks are set at 65mph.  After driving this speed for a while, I can tell you that it is dangerous, unsafe and unacceptable to be stuck at a driving speed that is well below every other company - or most drivers of any type of vehicles - on the road.  I get cut off all day long.  I get trucks cutting in front of me 5, 10, 15 feet, 50 plus times a day. I get stuck into pockets of being stuck behind a really slow driver for extended periods.  This company might find a few drivers that are okay with this nonsense, I am betting that some of these drivers that quit, did so because of the speed governor.

And another thing they don't bother to inform you of:  a radar device.  It beeps at you when it deems you are too close to a vehicle in front of you.  It beeps so loudly, it hurts my ears.  When you are driving in heavy traffic, you aren't going to stop that thing from making it's constant, unending racket.  It's QUITE distracting.  If the volume were less than half of what it is set at, I could see it as a training tool. But they are obviously trying to force drivers into compliance. 

That was the other thing that was so wonderful at orientation.  We weren't told how wonderful it was that we had quit our previous jobs to come work with them, we were instead invited to hear how many ways we could be fired for doing this and that.  We weren't welcomed there, it was true authoritarian complex on steroids type of atmosphere.  

There are a large number of negatives coming at this company from the starting date of employment.  If they're so conscious about "safety" by keeping trucks at 65 mph, why aren't they just as concerned about drivers actually knowing what  they are doing when it comes time to offload them?  Who is this company to demand us working all the time and not give us scheduled time off?  Why do I have to ask for 2 days off? I haven't had 2 days off in this company in months.  This company will continue to have trouble keeping people in a career type of thought until some of these problems are addressed. If they don't want to, that's their choice and they will continue to pay the consequences.  They are so desperate to expand, make your drivers happy and your drivers will outperform for you in ways you never expected.  

In the end, you aren't my god and I'm not married to KAG.  Give me the same respect I give you and we'll have a happy medium.  Don't come at me making all kinds of demands and give nothing in exchange.  That's insulting, disrespectful and demeaning.  It shows you think you are above drivers, condescending and even to the edge of arrogance.  Get off your thrones and come back down to the same Earth the rest of us live on.

My health insurance cost more through the company than I had been paying for COBRA - nearly double the cost, and cost me more out of pocket for appointments and procedures than my private insurance.  Upon my departure they still took out the full amount for health insurance even though my coverage ended before the end of the pay period. 

The company cafeteria food is cheap and tastes cheap. Even the food at the holiday luncheon was mediocre at best. Its not the perk they claim it is. At the time of my departure there was a push to ban eating lunch at your desk. 

HR does not respond to emails and are not receptive to discussing accommodations for those with disabilities.  I reached out to HR several times and was never answered and my supervisors would not intervene to help get assistance from HR and were also unwilling to make accommodations.  

Management is resistant to listening to employees in regards to improving the work environment, or will agree to make changes and then never make them. They use excuses to not give raises based in merit and have started pushing responsibilities downstream with no compensation. At the time of my departure my job duties had gone from entry level to completing tasks done by the supervisor and no raise in pay was offered and requests to be compensated for the new duties was denied and justified as 'making a more well rounded employee'.  Even the supervisors are not making a livable wage - it was very common to hear employees discussing 2nd and 3rd jobs they held to make ends meet. Entry level positions start at less than most fast food and fast casual restaurants and pay ranges for positions are very small (often less than 2 dollars difference from low end to high end).  You are also instructed to not discuss pay rates despite that practice being illegal under Ohio law. 

The environment is like a middle school with very clear cliques, frequent loud gossip about employees personal lives and supervisors seem to be worse than employees when it comes to sharing people's personal business. I found it beat to not engage with any coworkers to avoid this and was reprimanded for not being a team player because of this.  

Participation in company activities is touted as voluntary but supervisors will make you feel guilty for not participating or go as far as to strip job responsibilities due to lack for participation.  

Communication between departments is horrible and causes a lot of issues when trying to solve problems (inwas once emailed by 3 different people regarding thr same issue and all 3 had vastly different instructions for solving the issue and WOULD NOT discuss it amongst themselves to find the solutions. These were 3 supervisors who wanted me to solve the issue and reach out to the customer despite my not being part of the original issue and simply because I had been at my position longer than 90% of my department..which is not saying much as my department had been fully restaffed twice during my time there. 

Management panics when people quit but they do nothing to retain employees, and then complain about lack of competency because everyone is new.  Training is inconsistent and often a lack of understanding is blamed on the employee and not lack of training. Not that training really matter because the procedures change on a near daily basis with little to no communication about changes until something is done wrong. 

Sales does not work with accounting to decide how customer accounts will be handled and this results in numerous misunderstandings between accounting and the customer. I would estimate that 40% of work done in accounting could be avoid if sales and accounting worked together. 

The best things about Kenan advantage are the uniforms, health and vision, and paid life insurance. The worst things about Kenan are the job itself and the life insurance.
Kenan Advantage loves to take advantage of their drivers (see what i did there?) They offer a guaranteed pay of $1800.00 every 2 weeks. Funny thing is they don't advertise how much the pay is so im guessing it varies by location. Once you speak with the manager, he will let you know its 1800 every 2 weeks. Imagine getting paid 1800 every 2 weeks ( $900.00 weekly) carrying something as DANGEROUS as fuel with little to no life insurance (their policy is 25,000 then you have to add coverage and pay for the rest yourself). and ONLY getting a guaranteed pay of 1800 every 2 weeks and that is BEFORE taxes hit your check so in reality you are getting paid 1400.. How exactly do you expect a driver to make a living off of that? Kenan basically spits in every professional drivers face with this ridiculous pay.. (trust me, you will end up getting the guaranteed pay more often than not) Their major pay package is running the weekend warrior shift, as well as working on your days off and that still didn't pay over the guaranteed amount because the jobs themselves are very low paying. At kenan, you get paid by the job, not by the mile.. so imagine hauling fuel and taking about 3 hours to do it to only get paid $35 a load.. What do you think that amounts to? $17.50 an  hour.. For a professional driver who is required to have a hazmat and twic card please tell me how that makes sense?!! When it comes down to it, i made more at my previous company driving non hazardous wears then i would have ever made working at Kenan. Imagine being non hazardous and making over 65,000 a year (with your life less at risk) to working for a hazardous company (taking a bigger risk.. anything collide with those tanks you will explode with them more often than not) being required to have more specialized training, plus paying to have these specialties added to your license to get you the better paying jobs.. only to end up at a place like this where you end up making 49,000-55,000 a year..

If you want to work for nothing go for it. As for me, i left after 4  months of "Guaranteed Pay" and running myself into debt.  Don't say i didn't warn you....

Growth potential is strong for customers and the company is growing. A typical day at work is processing the paperwork to bill the customers and pay the drivers. Much of it requires others to scan in the paperwork, drivers to document the work performed on each load and dispatch to insure that information is put into the load diary for my department to process, charge customers and pay the drivers correctly. I have learned I have to work diligently to get answers as to what really occurred during a single delivery (out of hundreds), from the drivers and dispatch. I have also had to wait to process paperwork due to inefficient scanning of the paperwork that does not capture each bill of lading our customers need for their invoicing processes. Management does make an effort to address the situation but the monthly numbers are more important than the understanding of why there are issues that upset the customers not getting copies of the paperwork of a load delivery or why there are delays to driver payroll, end of month and now end of year. My co workers are great to work with. My team all suffer the same issues I do but we all pull together. Dispatch and drivers are more individual - some are your go to person you know you can rely on, others, need continual prompting. The hardest part of the job is to complete the job in the needed deadline when you do not get cooperation from those who have to complete their part of the process for me to do my job. That makes me the one who has to call, question and get the answers due to lack of documentation of events. The most enjoyable part of my job is my co workers, the drivers that reach out and communicate and most of all, the customers that continue to reach out to me to resolve issues for them. I have moved into different departments but no customer , current or previous, that returns to me is left without an answer. That is the best satisfaction of my job.

There is little need to restate what many other reviews have already highlighted regarding Kenan. My experience at the Tampa terminal aligned closely with much of the existing negative feedback.

The workplace culture is one of the most concerning aspects. There is a noticeable lack of trust, collaboration, and accountability among team members. Rather than fostering growth or development, the environment feels stagnant, with many employees appearing disengaged and primarily focused on collecting a paycheck rather than contributing to team or organizational success.

Training and onboarding were also significantly lacking. Even after five months, I found myself still in a training phase, largely due to high turnover and a lack of structured guidance. Leadership involvement in employee development was minimal. There was little to no effort made to check in on progress, provide feedback, or support professional growth.

Advancement opportunities appear to be heavily influenced by personal relationships rather than performance or merit. This creates an environment where motivation and initiative are not consistently recognized or rewarded.

Additionally, there is a clear disconnect between corporate oversight and day-to-day operations at the terminal level. While visits from corporate representatives may temporarily improve standards, those changes do not appear to be sustained once oversight is removed.

Overall, this location may suit individuals who prefer a low-engagement work environment without strong expectations for growth or advancement. However, for those seeking professional development, meaningful collaboration, or a performance-driven culture, this may not be the right fit.

My typical day starts by arriving to find an incompetent minority co-driver that destroys and breaks everything on the equipment  and is Untouchable to all , because management is afraid of discrimination lawsuits .
This company does not care about your personal life or any safety concerns , the only thing they care about is sticking a warm body in a truck to deliver a load .
If you enjoy stress of imaginable levels ,fixing other incompetent operators mistakes on a daily basis because management tells you that you have to because you are the professional operator .
Trust me when I say this company is no good !!!!!! Beause it's the third petroleum tanker outfit I've worked for and I would gladly go back to my previous two Hazmat jobs without even thinking twice about it !!!!!!!!!!
 The only positive thing with this job is absolutely nothing  except 70000 + salary which you work an average of 65 to 70 hours in 6 days...... be prepared to work 12-16 hr days and have almost no home or family life because they make you work every weekend  and holiday for eternity or till you die or quit this company...
I would rather drive a box truck for Salvation Army or or McDonald's for $12 an hour .....than deal with the ridiculous stress of redundant  stupidity than ever work for this company again .
If you are desperate for a job or need hazmat tanker training then apply , but don't stay long because this company is a joke !!!!! management is useless and corporate is just a rubber stamp of sweeping it under the rug technique !!!!!!

In my department, you work 45 hours a week, on salary. On average, you will take 75-100 phone calls from drivers, customers, and terminals. I learned a lot about the driver's perspective of delivering fuel, the in's and out's of on board computers, and how to dispatch loads. My department has a manager and a supervisor. The manager oversees all activity and guides the supervisor. The supervisor does the same job we do, but with added responsibilities such as schedules and delegating work loads. My only issue with the management is that the supervisor is new at managing anything. It can be frustrating at times because of the skills that he lacks. My co-workers are great. We all work very well together. We help each other with everything. We all get along well. The hardest part of the job is number one, when you have to work a shift by yourself, you end up taking about 200 calls in a 12 hour span and it can be very stressful. Number two, the schedule is always changing and it usually ends up with me being on every weekend. The most enjoyable part of the job is you learn new things every day. Also, you get to interact with with the drivers in the company, all over the country, and its interesting hearing about their side of the job. 

They offer great benefits, 401K, and if a manager sees you struggling with a position, they will work their hardest to get you into a department where you will excel instead of just letting you go.

Worked for both klemm tank lines and Advantage tank lines .
Advantage tank lines we worked around the clock to keep the trailers and tractors safe and on the road.
The downfall was some of the messy drivers some would keep urine bottles in the truck and they ran local routes at the Columbus Ohio terminal and being on call with one other mechanic that worked there so with 2 mechanics always there to keep every unit we had going we did do our best to keep drivers happy .
Now klemm tank lines that's a whole different ball park. Down in Newton Illinois as a mechanic they wanted you to sign off of a DOT inspection when the drivers had suicide knobs on their steering wheel the lead mechanic well was a  moron trying to come into a shop when I had a propane trailer in there leaking with a lit cigarette. The tire change was literally made out of cheap metal welded together and wouldn't handle a tire pop , and if something was wrong or faulty during the inspection we was instructed to duct tape the dashboard to cover up the lights or if the Abs light was on drivers would unplug them or mechanics including myself was told to leave it be there was no proper channels.  The perks there was nothing it was an unsafe facility. 
At least with advantage in Columbus we had standards yeah drivers were mad because they had to drive a different rig but we made sure they was safe and passed a DOT inspection we went through everything with a fine tooth pick and everything ran smoothly .

You get to work only to find no trucks available to drive. Having to wait at some times more than an hour or two before another driver shows up so that you can start your shift. Considering pay is by the load, that equates to at least one or maybe two loads that you will not get paid for although you were at work on time. Compound that over a week or two and you find yourself falling WAY short of any advertised pay ( oh yeah,there isn't any). The only advertised pay by this company is "GUARANTEED PAY". Ask yourself what that pay is before signing on the dotted line because you may find yourself receiving that pay more often than not. Let me add the so called "GUARANTEED PAY" is not as guaranteed as advertised. Make sure you ask a your interviewer of stipulating factors that will deny you of "GUARNTEED PAY", you will find that Your Time is greatly undervalued as to reasons why your pay is justified and other reasons take precedence as no guaranteed pay is the case. 
  Loads are good when available, but like other things this company is so focused on expansion that ittakes for granted the cultivation aspect of the business. Employees (Drivers) are numbers not individuals. It is the biggest bulk company but MOST DEFINITELY not the driver centered company you expect from the typical transport company. This is has been my experience, change will do this company some serious justice or upper manage can simply listen.

The following review is for KAG Specialty Products Group out of Denver, CO.

Kenan, I believe, tries hard to treat employees the way they would like to be treated. It was never a "drag" to come into work. 

One of the main problems I had was that there was no preventative maintenance plan for trucks returning to the terminal.  No mechanic brought you in to go over possible problems you may be having. It is always fix them where/when they break down. And the trucks were ALWAYS breaking down. There were weeks at a time when there were no miles, just minimum pay. 

The good side of that is KAG has no problem taking care of you when you ARE broken down. You have a minimum weekly pay of around $1200. Not bad, but around half of what you get paid while on the road. 

On the bad side, you basically need to be an accountant by keeping track of every single run, mile and stop, write it down, 
then go over it with a fine tooth comb every pay period, which is bi-weekly. You WILL HAVE pay issues! You can't trust them to get you your correct pay. They will correct it, but it's up to you. 


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