truck driver

business development manager

field sales representative

tankerman

diesel mechanic

Pilot Thomas Logistics

The best part of working here is the immediate co-workers you have.  Other driver and warehouse personnel are awesome to work with.  Dispatch is a hit/miss 50/50.  Most 1st line Supervisors have no idea what you do but will consistently tell you that it is done wrong and to change how you are doing it.  When queried upon this, they say stuff that makes no sense because they have absolutely zero background or experience in doing what you do.  

I.e.  a manager telling a driver that he(the mgr) could find something wrong with every truck on the yard and down them.  (driver) That is a good reason not to leave with the vehicle, it needs to be fixed.  (mgr) Why cant you just deal with it and get the job done? why cant you just be like "insert random guy" and just get it done?

I understand this is OK to some people, but it was not for me and eventually it came to get me in the A, just because i just rocked the boat to hard.  the Co-workers make this place.  After a few "oh man, we need to retain people quicklike, dont want anymore to leave" you will make good money, really good money. like take whatever you were thinking and add $40k

Management as you go up are further and further removed each step as to eclipse the previous level.  each level is exponentially separate from the one below it, so by the time you get to the Corporate Levels, you have people that have no experience deciding how and when and what you are doing for your job.

also, sales reps:  promise things that we cannot do and practically give away everything they can to secure (some business) and also include not possible delivery times.  they do not answer the phone provided as well unless you are a customer.  at that time, they just lie to get off the phone and pass the puck.  Each department is so Disconnected from each-other it is insane to believe the business still runs.  Doing just enough to get by because they are salary.  the ones that try are good, but are far and few.

Equipment is band-aid'd up to get out and preform.  clearly riding on the coat-tails of acquisitions that came before.  Turnover is quite high - training to be done in 10-14 days from nothing to standing on your own.  as a Driver, that is quite a bit to learn and to also become proficient with, in the small time allowed.  Be wary on what you say you can do, because if you have any inclination of knowledge, they will expect expert level work/consistency with beginners knowledge.

that is what i can summarize in 10 minutes, god bless and good day to all.

This is not a Pilot Thomas thing, this is just plain bad local management thing.The office is like a circus, with kids and all, which they call dispatchers and management. No matter what their age is they act like grade school and have no respect for drivers. They get paid to work but they never seem to be in the office and just carry around cell phones. I even went into the office the other day to find them all sitting on big balls, next they will be walking on a high wire, way to much time on their hands or too many of them, that they don't need. "Salary people" Two drivers got fired last week, I don't know the details but walk into the office to hear a dispatcher trash talking them with pictures to other drivers. I hear dispatchers trash talking drivers all the time. Their tittle is "driver manager" is this exceptable behavior for a manager. Field employees are blamed for everything to save their butts with total disorganization. We don't work we don't get paid, they don't work they still get paid and it is to sit in an office, " when they bother to even be there and not out running around on a cell phone" What good employees they have with this company have either left or are looking to leave and they will continue to just hang on to the ones losing all are business. Good drivers don't want to put up with this. 
There is a long history on both sides of managers sleeping and partying with employees. I guess that must be the problem of getting no where with this company if you are not sleeping and drinking with the right person. I am still here, but like most drivers I am not jumping into another company to fast but taking my time to be selective. We are getting hours because so many left, that is a positive, but it is getting scary since they now have the boneyard of trucks and put on used equipment not to buy new. Merges usually keep the best of the best, where did they send our best because they did not keep them here in any of the positions.

Asked to preform duties safely with you hands tied behind your back. Management only follows their policies and procedures when it is convenient for them. A typical day would be you are called at 9pm and told to be at work at 3am for a one day job, you show up at 2:30am because they want you to leave at your yard time. Then you might have to load products and equipment. You don't get paid until you get to location unless you are the one driving, which might be an hour to 5 hours away. You get to location an clocked in then you have to make sure all equipment on location is full of fuel. Might be 10 to 60 units. Might dispense 200 gallons or 4,500 gallons. On an easy site you might only have to fuel twice, on a  hard one you might be hot fueling constantly for your twelve hour shift. Hot fueling is extremely dangerous, you have to fuel in between frac pumps that are 6 inches to 3 feet apart. In the summer time the temperatures range from 160-180 degrees between the pumps, oh it is quite load even with hearing protection. Then you think you are going home and management tells you that you get to stay for the next 5 or 6 days, hope you packed accordingly. If you consider this type of job, then you must love being dirty, wet, hot, cold, tired. Basically if your a tough sadomasochists this might be right up your alley.

There were things I loved about it, and things I hated about it, but overall it was a good job and I miss it from time to time.

The job is great if you like time to yourself, driving through the desert. It's very scenic. You pick up your truck, do two runs (~5 hours / run), and you're done for the day.  

Management was extremely helpful and genuinely concerned. I probably gave them more grief than they would have preferred, but they never seemed to hold a grudge and were always interested in improving the workplace ... although oftentimes their hands were tied and one had to make do. 

Generally everyone looked out for each other. Safety was a top priority. People wouldn't go out of their way to volunteer their help, but they'd help if you asked.

Boredom was the worst part of the job. Pickups and drop offs broke the monotony, but driving on the mine site is challenging all on its own. It's very dark in the desert at night and easy to hit cows (open range). The mag they sprayed on the roads to keep the dust down was gross when it got wet. The parking situation left a lot to be desired. Oftentimes the person who had your truck before you wouldn't clean the lights like they should. Approaching maintenance to fix problems, you'd think you'd asked them to do something they weren't getting paid to do.

But overall, a fine job. Oftentimes I wish I hadn't left.   

I was moved up to management for working hard, then moved down when new management came. New management has no clue what's going on or who I even was or what I had done for the company. 

Never been to a company where you work your way up the latter then pushed to the bottom by someone who's never met you or reviewed your work. In fact, the guy they gave my position to clocks into work, leaves to go to the bar, and then clocks out later. 

The new management is already gone and there is no one to talk to and no one knows what's going on. 

Payroll is always behind and gets the checks messed up. Usually hundreds of dollars shorted. 

Never got a raise or bonus because the company put a freeze on it for everyone. 

The insurance is $480/mon for a husband and spouse and it covers nothing at the doctors office. You will pay all expenses out of your own pocket and once you sign up they refuse to turn it off. 

So basically you're not valued even if you work hard, no management cares, no management last more than 3 months, no advancements and if you do advance that can change no matter how good you do, no raises (pay is low), no bonuses, expensive insurance that covers nothing at all, no sleep, no home life, no family time, either working to much or not at all. The list goes on and on.

Load up your double side dump in one location, unload it at mine pads, very easy job, long hours tho, pay is by the load and you work 5 days a week,if you like to run hard, money will be ok, on the other hand, they have horrible pad supervisors, some of them very ignorant and disrespectful, always blaming the drivers for the stupidest things, they’re not there to help you, they’re there to make your job harder and stressful, if management wants to keep good drivers, what they need to do is fire all the supervisors (including loader operators) and bring people who at least, know how to treat other people, 12 hours shifts, all automatic trucks, mostly peterbilts, lots of off road driving. Shop it’s a complete disaster, mechanics treat drivers like garbage. Safety? They say the really really care, but they show different, turn over is huge and I think is mostly because the reasons stated above.If you want to make money and can put up with people mistreating you, bad mouth you and talking down on you, this is the one job for you

Management skills non existent in the company!! Only got the position because of time with the company...in other words...BY DEFAULT. No accountability...no balls...will fire you with a text. When I interview at other companies, they want to evaluate your character...at Pilot....pass the drug screen...have a CDL with the required endorsement and your called that you got the job...lol...really? Sounds good for you poor character ed individuals but now your job depends on those poor character individuals to pull their weight....and that doesn't happen. Crab in the bucket mentality is born because of the poor hours and you pretty much created a work environment of cut throat capacity!! So if you like drama in your life and the fact that you are treated as a contractor(paid only when you work and work can be scarce) rather than an employee(who is compensated for if work is not available but you are) then by all means...apply and hold your breath...cause you WILL go under and eventually drown. Other reviews prove my point...read them. The only positive ones are from management positions or office roles. Hhhhmmmmm...I make sense!!

In training everything sounded Great....I thought i was going to work for this company for years to come, but after Training and you get on the job...everthing goes out the window! I Took my 1 week off that was coming to me (which they complain about) and it was during this last Christmas! I had a return flight that was cancelled! i called a let them know!! The next schedulled flight cancelled also due to snowy weather...I let them know agian and got a text telling me that i was terminated, because I abandoned my job...when clearly I was trying to get back to North Dakota from New Mexico. I still had to go back to get my things and my car! I tried to get my job back and was told by HR that i would get it back..i emailed,text,called...did everthing i could do, but not one person called me back. Go make your quick money and get out!! Do not let me get started on the man camp and your sleeping situation..Child size bunkbeds...2 men to a room...8 men in each trailer...sharing the same fridge!! Not Good!!

People you work with is the only good thing about Pilot Thomas (Other drivers/ warehouse personnel). Management is horrible and have unrealistic expectations for drivers. They Expect you to be perfect like a robot or else you are not a "good fit". Safety definitely has to justify his job every day, so he goes fishing for something to get you on.  Also, if a driver in a certain region messes up, everybody in other regions will have to pay for it too. I've seen several drivers with multiple years with the company with no write ups that have been let go over small issues. I started working here after covid and it was really good, then certain people left the company, and we got stuck with our current upper management and safety department that has no idea of what it's like on the field for the drivers and comes up with rules that don't make any sense while never leaving their offices to go on the field to understand what a driver needs/ or has to go through.  So good luck to you! 

During the time there it was decent, the last 6 months I worked for them it got to be a burden trying to keep trucks on the road, money became a large issue.

Drivers complained because things weren't fixed, but yet our hands in the shop were tied due to upper management at corporate. Talking to some that are still there, they are now in lay off mode with everyone.

They are crashing hard and I don't see any bright light for them anytime soon, they were loosing customers left and right during my time and I am sure they are still doing it.

Alot of the ones that were there while I was are gone, pass on them, the oil prices crashing is only going to make it worse for them. Right now the marine division on the west coast is probably the only thing keeping them afloat, but for how long.

Time will tell what they do, but with upper management at corporate having no clue what to do, to many stake holders with their hands in the pot and wanting something different than the other, they are going to crash hard and by the sounds of it, pretty soon.

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