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Ozark Motor Lines

The company has not changed much over the years besides new trucks and less productivity. They don't offer any modern day perks like truck amenities, quarterly safety bonuses, breakdown pay, detention pay discounts on goods and services like rentals, gym, cell service etc etc and not even bereavement. Sick pay isn't offered. The averages miles are down to about 1800. They do offer per diem, insurance, 401k and routine maintenance. They have 24hr driver support but weekend and night support isn't good at all. You earn vacation after one full year but can only take what you earn consecutively so there's no takin a day or two here and there unless you're office staff. They also have driver facing cameras. They will get you home for important things but even that beginning to be a struggle. In my opinion people who are new to driving and people who are in their golden years of trucking and almost ready to retire will do great here. People in the middle of that who are looking for a company that offers the most for you experience and time with perks and bonuses will struggle to stay here. They do offer twenty-five dollars gift cards for clean dot inspection. Hopefully you get a good DM because they definitely don't operate the same. They haven't given a raise since after the pandemic but they are big on hotdog and burgers so you know how that go. You'll get hundred dollars layover only if you sit for 24hrs and you ask for it but there will be quite a few time you sit fifteen to twenty two hrs. Short haul pay only goes to otr drivers and not regional but regional will get quite a few short haul loads and holiday runs. No driver gets holiday pay and Ozark runs all year

Treat drivers like dirt.If your sick they do not want you to get medical 

attention.Dispatcher in lenoir NC is concerned with nothing else but 

getting the loads out the door,If you have to take a day off she calls 

and cries to Memphis then they want to fire you.She is very hateful if 

she is not getting her way.If you go here to work and do not stay the 

full 90 days they will charge the cost of orientation back to 

you.These cost include the following,Room,Bus ticket,cab,and Dot 

physical.They also ad $10.00 on to the bus ticket claiming since 

they pay a corporate rate it is more.This is a lie according to 

Greyhound.Recruiter promise one pay but then when you tell you 

other job you quit then they make up an excuse about policy change.

This place will tell you that it is one big happy family,any problems 

call and they will take care of it.What a joke. Also check out their 

CSA score but use the Government website. Everything I 

read on their home page to me is a flat out lie. They will also make 

you sign some questionable documents. If you notice every post 

on here that is positive is posted within a few days of each 

other..Looks pretty suspicious if you ask me.I wish I would have 

listen when the 30 drivers I asked about this place told me to stay 

away. There is no grass on the other side of this fence. 

Do your research .Check out all the reviews. You can find anything 

out about this company online. Check out to see if they have any 

lawsuits in the past,or currently. A company that has enough lawsuit

will go under and when they do it can ruin a drivers career.

Worked there for a year, and left because they made the trucks aggravating to drive. When you have the cruise control on and you hit the pedal to get closer to somebody so you can pass them easily, it drops down to 65 making it impossible to pass people. Govern speed is 68. I came back because I WAS getting good miles. About three months and I regretted it. Nothing but heavy paper roll stock going through the mountains. A lot of mountain driving and cannot turn off E-Coast on these trucks. If you don’t know what E-Coast is, basically right before your truck goes down the hill after you climbed it, your truck loses all power and wants to coast down the hill. They use it as a safety feature to slow you down. The miles became terrible. I stayed out minimum 2 to 3 months. Not one time was I late for an appointment. My breaking point was getting 1900 miles in one week, and watching them hire 15 people. They will switch up loads on you so they don’t have to pay you layover. For instance, I was in Milwaukee, I would’ve had 27 hours between loads, giving me layover, about 21 hours in they remove that load for me and gave me one that picked up right then. I sat for 23 hours and 53 minutes and they refused to pay me layover. There is no detention here either. This used to be a good company, but I’m telling you you will regret coming here. There are far better options. 

Yes I am a real Current driver , From orentation ozark does a great job at making you feel like your a part of a team and not a driver who is working for a company. They will remember your name trust me ! Also They are based out of Memphis Tennessee and they are some down to earth folk, now what I’m sure you really want to know is the pay. It’s simple YOU WANNA RUN THEY WILL GET YOU LOADS , YOU WANNA SIT, BE LATE, NOT LOG CORRECTLY , WELL... THEN THEY WILL ACCOMMODATE YOU 😂! Pro. Tip . JUST TELL YOUR DISPATCHER WHAT YOU EXPECT, and they will Tell you what you need to do in order to make that happen, for example, We pull a lot of FedEx loads which can have some pretty stupid waiting times for the appointments. I told my dispatcher hey look , I signed up to be and OTR truck driver I’m not dedicated FedEx so please don’t run me like such. I said I like to stay out 3 maybe even 4 weeks and run recaps , but if I’m sitting in between loads that is counterproductive. He said no problem. I have done Maybe 3 FedEx loads since iv been here , the rest are 600-800 mile runs and I’m averaging about 2300-2800 miles a week. Closed mouths don’t get fed . Noo you don’t have to stay out that long that is just me . The point his Just let them know what you want and make your appointments on time your straight.

The company has a lot of contract freight which probably pays them very well but the driver is only compensated by the cents per mile which I have been told by dispatch is 2200 miles a week. Several of us have seen back to back weeks where we get under 2000 miles and that hurts. Home time is supposed to be 48 hours off after 8-10 days out but that somehow stretches to 10-12 days out and that 48 hour thing is not always the case. 2200 miles a week is not good for otr and there is a lot of night driving with little rest in between loads regardless of whether you are logging on duty or not. If safety is your thing then you won't be happy here because the company needs their high paying contract freight moved and doesn't care how little rest you have gotten. Think hard about what the drivers who are so happy are saying then ask yourself why does a company that is so wonderful need to continually hire drivers every week. There is some serious favoritism here and some of the drivers boast about how they call the office workers personal cell phones to get better loads. I would not tell anyone to work here.

My first Truck driving job fresh out of truck driving school. Paid 4 days orientation then 4 weeks driving  with a driver trainer then I got a new Freightliner Cascadia and was making between $1,300.00 -$1,900.00 a week as company  driver with constant 3,000 to 3,500 miles each week. When you are at the terminal they provide free truck wash,scales,showers,dining area,oversized recliners and flat screen TVs, they also have a new Chevy Impala as a loaner vehicle for employees while on down time. A good sized merchandise store that has about everything (besides truck parts obviously) and whatever you need clothes, P.P.E.,bedding,logbooks, xcetera you have the option to have it slip up in four payments taken out of your check each week. They take care of their employees cash advances in minutes to your account truck repairs approved almost instantly. Since this was my first driving job I thought this was how every trucking company would be. My first and best company to drive for.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The company itself is fine. The trainer experience that I had was the worst. Which seems to be a bad trend. Safety has to be important with any job or career, when a trainer pushes a trainee to operate an 18 wheeler unsafely it's not good for anyone. No amount of money or item is ever worth putting people in any kind of danger, just for a pay check. Ozark Motor Lines does teach at the orientation the Smith System, but it has to be shown out in the field where it matters more.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Sadly I couldn't discover much about the company due to the poor trainer to trainee experience I've had. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Again wasn't given the chance to find out the environment or see the culture of the company in it's entirety.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Well aside from the bad trainer experience I've had the typical day is pretty cool. The equipment seems to be well taken care of.

* A great place to work with attentive 
   management genuinely interested in the 
   performance and well being of the driver. 
   Everyone from driver managers, fleet 
   managers, safety, HR etc. are easily 
   approachable and attentive to any issues 
   the driver may have.
* Well maintained fleet. All OTR trucks have 
   APU's & inverters.
* Quick turnaround time at service centers.
* Lytx© onboard camera (forward & inward 
   facing).
* Lot of night driving, often back-to-back. 
   (which becomes a safety issue at times due 
   to lack of proper sleep/rest, though no rules 
   & regulations are violated.)
* Compensated for most actives, including 
   getting clean roadside inspections though 
   no compensation for sweeping out trailers.  
   Have to perform sweep outs frequently due 
   to nature of the loads.
* Lots of top heavy loads: require extra 
   attention while driving.
* Miles/week is sufficient so that 34 hr. reset 
   isn't needed. 
* All loads are east of the Midwest.
* No Hazmat loads.
* Overall a good company to work for with a 
   decent pay package and benefits, with room 
   for improvement in some areas. I would 
   highly recommend it to anyone.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The equipment is kept up with no problems

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Not a lot of stress...just don't look to get a lot of miles.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Distrust as with all trucking companies now, controlled by their insurance policies.   Cameras and mics in cab.   This world is intrusive leaving no one with privacy anymore.   

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
The same as anyone trying to get to point a to point b.....it's stressful.   Nobody working anymore but truck drivers and the bureaus that police trucking.  Constant unfavorable laws, either making life as a trucker difficult or intolerable. 

 Ozark is very strict,  so they will keep you up to date on safety and fire you on any infraction.   They have a surplus of seat replacement as do all trucking companies.   So they can afford it.

I'm new to Ozark, haven't experienced any major issues with the company yet, dispatch keeps me rolling so I have no complaints. I would not recommend Ozark to anyone fresh out of trucking school, Ozark is a fast paced company, if you don't understand how your logs work or how to manage time wisely or read a map Ozark isn't for you. They will not hold your hand. Their GPS does need an upgrade, however, it forces you to think & learn the highways & interstates. Trucks are maintained well, if you reside in Memphis you may be routed through occasionally. Fedex runs aren't bad but demand on time deliveries & adequate time is given. Night dispatch isn't good at giving information so know what you need to know before 5pm and the weekend. They do have cameras in the trucks but it doesn't bother me much anymore. Company receives annual raises. Home time is what you request, they will work with you & anything you have going on.

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