tanker driver

logistics coordinator

terminal manager

sales and marketing manager

safety manager

Petroleum Transport Co., Inc.

People i know you need a job right now, but the best thing you can do is believe what the other people say on here. These arnt disgruntled teenagers, theyre adults with families to provide for. Theyre speaking the truth, and trust me not even close to all of it! Once the novelty of your "rotating shift" wears off, youll find yourself in a cesspool of regret. The ONLY accountability and blame in this entire organazation is placed on the "logistic coordinators" daily. YOU will ALWAYS be the reason ANYTHING goes wrong! You like being talked to like trash, cussed at, or threatened by lazy drivers? Great! Its allowed and seems to be encouraged! You like being yelled at like youre a child who broke a window? Awesome! "Management/owners" will make sure you get plenty. You want to work hard for a bonus that you will never get more than 20% of? Outstanding! You seem to be the right caliber for the job. Forget about raises, PTC does NOT give raises. Forget about 1 week vacations, after a year you get 4 days, and only when management allows you to take it, and good luck getting your 4 days in a row. ALSO its your responsibility to line up someone else to work it. Forget about doing extra and being noticed, you will only fail, and fail frequently (hardly ever because of any fault of your own). Expect at the least 12 hour days(you have to stay "until" youre finished, and you cant control when youre finished). Start at 6, and consider it a good day IF youre out by 7. Wow thats a long day... Good thing theres a lunch and a few breaks... Wait whats that you say..? Lunch and breaks are not allowed? You can eat a sandwich at your desk during your phone calls and gas readings? Oh boy! Oh and your days off? Keep that phone on, youre not allowed to avoid work on a day off. Seriously any of the past/present guys/gals that have done this job could take this torch and continue to run for the biggest marathon ever. You will never see a positive review of this place unless its faked. Do yourself a favor and find something that wont make you psychotic. You will want to see baby bunnies strangled after a shift at this place. If you dont listen to these warnings then you deserve everything you get and i promise you, in 60 days, these reviews will be on your mind again.

1)Typical work day is extremely long and intense during rotation. Fast pace with difficult decisions to be made However, its logistics and it is to be expected. Was never caught off guard by that expectation. 

2)I learned there is a significant imbalance of work flow and inequality of accountability. This varied from person to person & shift to shift. Whether it be through how one is disciplined or viewed, to the workload expectations of one area/shift vs. another.

3)The leadership team is great. People easy to get along with. However, I don't know that I agree with their abilities to be leaders. HR is inner mingled with Operations, which anyone with any experience should know that it is not ideal or in the best interests of employees to operate in this fashion. This may not have been everyone's experience, but HR did NOT do a great job with maintaining employee confidential rights and allowed negative perceptions to influence their demeanor in most cases.

4) Co-workers were great. Dramatic at times (mostly encouraged and developed by certain leaders) but good hearted individuals that make for an enjoyable atmosphere to work around. This is very important when you work 4 days @ 13-14 hours. Some of my best friends still work there.

5) The hardest part of the job is mastering the art of manipulating a driver to run a load that best interests the customer, but may not be the most popular with your driver pool. One wrong move could lead to an unsatisfied customer or a driver who threatens the entire company that they are quitting. Either outcome is reflected poorly on you as an inadequate employee. 

6) The most enjoyable part of this job is working with people who care as much as you do for the customer. Sharing laughs and personal moments with your "work family" helps you persevere. These people are special to me and I will not forget the good impact they had on me.

Stay away. 
They look for any way to take money away from you. Any reason to take away your safety bonus, if youre working the weekend shift which comes with a percentage increase, they’ll take the percentage away for the whole week if you call out one day. 

Work every single holiday. If a holiday falls on your schedule you have to work. 
Slip seat every truck. 
Some guys dont even have an assigned truck and just bounce around between trucks depending on whats available. 
Driver facing cameras. 
Terminal manager might as well be absent every day. He messes things up often. 

Worst of all the compensation. Pay is terrible and health insurance even worse. We make less than other fuel hauling companies and our health insurance is terrible but still expensive. Job posting says 1400-2000 a week but you have to max out your clock to even get close to 2k a week. 

Do yourself a favor and stay away. Good place to get experience but that’s it.


Good company to work with.  Terminal Manager for the Spartanburg branch of Petroleum Transport Company.
 Duties included managing up to 14 drivers, human resource functions, maintenance of equipment and facility, security, initiating and forwarding sales leads, and compliance related to D.O.T. /C.S.A., and ensure all daily functions and materials were ready for that day’s activity.
 Weekly safety meetings, conference calls to the main office with all other Terminal Managers, and constant communication with Central Dispatch/Operations to facilitate customer satisfaction.
 Utilized PeopleNet and MS Office to track, display, and manage critical data.
 Determined the Quantity and Quality each customer needs per day, and ordered that data from the suppliers.
 Spartanburg Terminal had the highest rating for supply chain KPIs with delivering products on time, with the least cost possible.

What is the best part of working at the company?
If you have prior gas experience you'll make money.  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Equipment is absolutely horrible! Terminal manager in Selma does not care about his drivers and has lost countless drivers due to this.  He messes up your pay check often. You won't get paid for breakdowns or extra work that you write up on pay sheet. Too many stressful situations to count. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fine for the most part as long as you don't need anything from the terminal manager.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
3-4 loads a day and go home. Load at a terminal and deliver to gas stations, then back to a terminal to load next delivery

What is the best part of working at the company?
Steady work, there turnover rate is so high you have job security.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The pay is very low compared to other trucking jobs & Fuel Hauling Companies. Unless ur at the top of there pay scale 12% with 10 years experience all your going to make is $18-$22 bucks an hour if you average out your pay. There is no way to make extra cash unless the next driver is off work that day.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
They pretty much leave you alone where the turnover rate is so high, unless you earn it you won't be fired.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Check your loads see where your going, go hop in your garbage truck and roll to the refinery & load then deliver, then repeat.

If you have a shred of self-respect DO NOT work here!  Management cares nothing for their employees, you WILL be lied to, cursed at and force to endure the poor behavior of fellow employees.  Honestly I have seen grade school classrooms with better manners. You will work long hours, weekends and holidays with no appreciation at all while you watch management work as little as possible.  And do not plan on being sick, you will be expected to report to work regardless.  Management will NOT step up to help.
There are NO positives here.  Only pain and misery!

Take home is around 850.00 after very high med benefits and taxes.  That’s without 401 k.   They push hard and give you very old trailers to run with.   Some up and over 30 yrs.  They will float you with different equipment daily, with day guys whom smoke in cabs, throw garbage on floors, and have no respect for new drivers at night.  You are truly just the next man up.  If you work here, continue to look for something better.  In the last three months, over 28 drivers left.  Extreme high turnover.  Very sad.  

Very disorganized company! Horrible training and expect you to know what to do walking in the door. If you ask a question you will not get an answer but you better not do it wrong. The only time you are spoken to is for doing something wrong. And don't try to stand up for yourself because you will be stabbed in the back and ran over. If you like being cursed at and being told to do something 100 ways and your still wrong please apply. Also during your 12+ hour shift you can forget about a break. Unless your "special".

Work here till you can find a good job somewhere else micro management is in use daily....
Expect untruthful answers...
Dispatch is a Chinese fire drill...
Favoritism In use daily....
Drama like any other place of employment.....
Don’t get paid for paperwork or wait time or delays..
DONT WORK HERE UNLESS YOU JUST NEED A JOB...
THEN STRIVE TO FIND SOMETHING BETTER .....
THIS EMPLOYER DONT HIRE YOU TO KEEP YOU ... THEY HIRE YOU TO USE YOU..... USE THEM DONT LET THEM USE YOU!!!!

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Tanker driver 133 salaries reported	$1,692 per week
Logistics coordinator 1 salary reported	$49,500 per year
Terminal manager 1 salary reported	$77,500 per year
Sales and marketing manager 5 salaries reported	$80,000 per year
Safety manager 2 salaries reported	$75,000 per year

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