van driver

regional manager

local driver

dispatcher

fleet maintenance manager

Midwest Transport Inc

From day one the equipment would fail every other week.  Management and communication was not reliable.  Rate of pay not equivalent to the work load.  Drivers don't take responsibility of the truck or trailer so when something breaks they leave it for the next driver who is slip seating to handle it.  The contract I was on would have me start late at night and arriving in the early a.m. and then sit there waiting to be unloaded and then loaded again all the while not being paid because even though you are a W-2 employee they only pay ten hours a night because of their contract.  If you work more than this then you have to call an internal line and provide a bunch of details as to why you worked more than 10 hours and it still would be a 50/50 chance they would pay you the extra time.  There were at least a half dozen times that I can recall where due to traffic and weather and late dispatching I would run out of hours before getting back to my yard.  The company doesn't have a backup plan for when this happens, and doesn't have enough employees to rescue in the event you run out of hours, and still have an hour or so left to get to your yard and can't take an extension because you already used one.  They would rather you drive in violation to get the trailer back to the yard for the next driver to continue down the road.  Poor management and poor planning.  Worst part is the wait time at shipper is unnecessary and they hold you for no reason.  All of what is being shipped is there they just don't load you until 7:15 a.m. when you are supposed to be back on the road by 7:30 a.m.  All around worst experience I have had as a CDL driver at a company.  Companies in general need to do better for the drivers.  We give up a lot of our lives to do this job and don't really need much.  Just some respect, good communication and confidence in the company's ability to support you at all times.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Not doing any paperwork the computer takes care of everything including your hourly pay just sigh in and out each work day 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They lie to you and do not fix there really bad trucks they come out of the shop every single time with only half the things fixed 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very poor  I put garbage along side of the garage can in the shop one time and had 3 mechanics each one at a time, and yell at me for not putting it in the cam and then finally the fourth person which was the manager came over and yelled at me the next day. I’m an adult. I only need to be told once and I don’t need to be told by mechanics, who are in their early 20s and not truly trained mechanics when they advertise for them they advertise that they will train them so they could pay them less money and that’s very dangerous for me. They don’t know what they’re doing.  Working on the trucks 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Log in drive 265 miles sit there for couple hours then drop and hook drive back  log out

In the last three months my run has been extended 1 hour per day and and my hrs cut 2 hours a day.  
Your not " allowed "  to contact the Corporate Offices to resolve payroll discrepancies.  All must be handled thru a very overworked Regional Mgr.
"Forced" 401k program in which MTI deposits any unused HWB " ($5.32 per hr on 1st 40 hrs) health & welfare benefits" revenue. 3 months down the road while collecting interest on your money.
In order to recover your money the 401k plan charges a $50.00  fee along with taxes & early withdrawal penalties. 
This racket is a term of employment and initiated on your behalf regardless of FT or Pt employment despite protest to the contrary. 
Negative incentive culture thru out the Corporate structure. Schemes initiated constantly reduce driver revenues. 
I'm actively looking for new opportunities. 

Bad equipment! They do not fix there equipment. Front ends are wore out, they shack really bad. Paid over $800 a month for mandatory insurance. Safety will NOT take your calls, they tell you not to brake the chain of command. Had a trailer that the brake chamber was falling off, I was told to cross the scales and take it to the shop to be fixed. The trailer was not fixed and made many trips for 6 weeks. You must go off duty when sitting with mail while waiting on relay driver which means you will sit for hours everyday without pay. They hired several drivers and then decided they wanted to change the route relay point so 25 drivers got laid off with no return. Too many bad things to list about this company. You will work every weekend. Bad very bad place to work!!

Once upon a time it was hard to get on at this location.   You might get some part time work around the holidays, rest of time there was rarely a full time opening. 

It was like that for decades. 

The company changed hands a few times and things went down hill progressively. 

When they fired the long time manager who wanted to keep the shop, maintainance  and repairs became something to beg for.

The equipment fell apart and knowone seemed to care.

To the management, the broken down junk wasn't an issue but anyone who noticed it was.

Working at MTI with great home time was very attractive. 

This was a slow motion demonstration on how to run a business into the ground. 

Only took so long because it was a government (mail) contractor. 

RIP Midwest Transport/transit 

What is the best part of working at the company?
It depends on what contract you work. They’ve recently spent alot of money upgrading the cameras to watch the drivers. The trucks are older models and again depending on the contract and manager, most are not kept in great shape. This is an at will position and contracts end and your consolation prize is instructions on how to draw unemployment.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Poor vehicle conditions as far as cleanliness 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They’re focused on the job and the customer. Drivers are a means to an end and apparently expendable.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Little to no supervision and easy

When I started I was asked if I wanted Days or Nights.  I asked for days.  Started around noon and finished my first Route around 5pm. After that I went on Standby or got a trip to Manasota FL to do that took me to around 10-11pm.  If I didn't want to do it I just had to say so.  I found out I liked working days a whole lot better.  Got my life back.
Management was very friendly and we got along very well.
Hardest part of the job was finding a trailer that was easy to use.  They have roll up doors and some were impossible to open.  The Day cabs ran fine but most of them had a 10 speed transmission and the clutch pedal was really hard to push in.  When I got an Automatic it was so much better but after xmas they returned those rentals.  I was a Temp Driver helping out with the USPS mail.

Pay & benefits
My pay and benefits at Midwest Transport Inc are good

Management
In general, managers at Midwest Transport Inc don't care

Culture
Collaboration with my colleagues at Midwest Transport Inc is good

Overall
My experience working at Midwest Transport Inc...
JUNK TRAILERS.DRIVERS PASS NEEDED REPAIRS TO NEXT DRIVER AND IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT IT YOU GET TERMINATED LIKE I DID.Wish one could post pics so you could see.Started as 12 hrs guaranteed a day..then 11 then down to on duty and drive time.Relay spot was changed.Went from 560 miles a day to 639 miles a day at around 10.5 hrs pay.If u like junk and dont care about your CSA score this is your home

What is the best part of working at the company?
Minimal Supervision no paperwork 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Random schedule. Paid hourly for ten hours but actually scheduled 12.5 hours. No response when asked for explanation.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Be quiet and do it. Schedule changes randomly to the point of 12 hour days and 12 hour nights in the same two day period as a local driver. You are a number.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check in on a company tablet or your own phone. Depends on what’s functional. Hope someone else didn’t grab the vehicle you were just assigned. Run your route and don’t ask questions, either no one answers or they don’t have a answer at all.

This company does not care about the home life balance with the work time.  They tend to allow you to do everything and do not try to assist you when you ask for the help.  It is the Upper Management that does not care.  The work atmosphere could use some energy to the positive and allow people to accomplish their work in a better mood.  


When things are negative everything ends up being that way.  The hardest part is trying to keep up with runs and not drop any with not enough drivers to do the job.   it is a good place to work from the beginning, but the ones that need reprimanding are protected by upper management and they do no wrong when they actually are the problem.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Van driver 11 salaries reported	$1,524 per week
Regional manager 10 salaries reported	$62,750 per year
Local driver 4 salaries reported	$1,083 per week
Dispatcher 2 salaries reported	$24.00 per hour
Fleet maintenance manager 5 salaries reported	$65,900 per year

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