truck driver

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diesel technician

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Pitt Ohio

First off if you are brand new to trucking or the Diesel Mechanic world. This place is definitely a great place to start off . I was a diesel mechanic for them for about 3 years. The maintenance department gets the low end of the stick when it comes to parts. Drivers are treated beyond gold, but man do they complain about everything and each other, not all but majority do. Back to the Diesel Mechanic Poistion though, the upper management is severely lacking for the maintenance department, to much cheif not enough Indians if you will. Biggest thing to watch out for would be the lies about policy because the rules will change from week to week or month to month for (shop personal). They will tell you one thing and then tell you a week later that you are wrong. Not to make the place sound terrible, cause it really isn't. They treat you very well all they ask is do your job in a timely and effective manner. The biggest thing that I never really cared for was the family atmosphere. Mainly due to the fact alot of the people who work for Pitt Ohio are actual family members ranging from the dock, mechanics,  and management. Family never mixes in well with business just a real fact. Another one of my biggest issues was they would constantly send wrong parts to you and would rather you make due with what they sent you, and then complain or argue with you about why you installed the wrong parts on things. Again a very great company to work for just needs better management. Otherwise benefits are awesome and the OT is there as long as its justified. Pay is great as well.

I enjoyed working at Pitt Ohio for three years.  My working hours were from 5:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.  Started out part-time, eventually went to full-time.  It was extremely busy and the day went fast.  I was the first to arrive in this office, did the bills for the drivers so that they could get out on time, the manifesting, did scanning, other kinds of computer and paperwork.  As far as co-workers went, the people in the office could not be trusted.  Any time a person walked out the door to go to the restroom or wherever, other co-workers were stabbing the particular person in the back, talking about them.  When the worker would walk back in, these people acted like they were best friends.  I really didn't like that and often wondered what they said about me when I wasn't there.  I did not participate in this at all, very unprofessional and some of the people were just down right mean.  There were a few who I trusted and, even though I knew the others probably did the same to me, I always did my best to get along with everyone  As far as management goes, the terminal manager who hired me was great, then almost three years later, we got a new terminal manager who really no one liked.  I am not the only person who left because of him.

I loved the early hours, did not like that the phone constantly rang, interrupting anything anyone was doing.  I am more of a give me my work, and just let me do it, more of a data entry or production type of job, but need to be kept busy.

A typical day at work involves unloading trailers & straight trucks of all manner of freight & either loading the freight or staging it (somewhat...) nearby. Freight is palletized & loose, some of the freight is very heavy, & difficult to handle. All freight is drawn out manually or via pallet jack, effectively to the end of a straight truck as the forklifts (1) are not permitted inside straight trucks; & (2) the forklift cab is too tall to fit inside. The forklift operators will, if they have time, haul your freight to the appropriate door/dock (number); otherwise, your fellow dock workers are required to help you transport your freight.
Training is supplied, paramount & readily available from your terminal mgr., or the more experienced dock workers. Especially hazmat. You will learn the differences between hazmat gradations & what types are permitted to be loaded. You will learn the more healthful method of freight handling with the pallet jack, (yes; there is several!). The best part of my job is the camaraderie, excellent pay, occasional cookouts & they pay you to do stretches before your shift. All considered, it is hard work, but you are paid well. The folks there are great people! So, if you do not mind working hard in all weather, in an open-air environment; join our team!

Great Company! Enjoyed my few months with them. Great hours can expect at least 55 hours a week minimum. You’ll be in the city a lot first starting off, if you aren’t from the city you’ll have a bit of a struggle. The dispatchers and management do the best they can to get the freight off and keep the ball rolling. This job is very much labor demanding you can expect your 1500-2000 pound pallets that need to be lift gated and pulled around the world. A usual day starts between 6am-8am and ends around 5:30-7pm. You will have to load your truck almost every morning. The dock is extremely unorganized and takes hours to locate freight! My number one advice would be practice proper load securement, the dock workers whom load the truck could care less if the freight makes it there standing or scattered all over the truck. Also this may be a deal breaker for you but no headsets allowed, even though they call you a million times a day……. Great policy right hope this helps someone! 

I was excited to become an employee with Pitt Ohio but that changed quickly. I was in a serious situation while on the road and needed assistance from dispatch and/or management but was unable to get help. I came to a detour and needed help finding an alternate route. I was able to safely pull off the road and attempted to call dispatch. They told me they couldn't help me. I was given 5 phone numbers to call when I started working there and tried all the lines but did not get an answer. This was horrible being on the road and not able to get where you need to and have no one to call.  The management and team members were very rude and unhelpful throughout my time there. I tried talking to them as a new employee and they had no interest in being a decent human being and conversating. I felt very unwelcome and unwanted there. There is many more instances that made me feel very uncomfortable as an employee but there's not a need to name them all.  I hope this review helps the next guy from being put in the situation's I was in and feeling completely unwanted and unappreciated.

Facility out of Pa was too intense at times. Certain drivers got worked to the bone while others would need help or could not complete there own task and brought freight back to the terminal for someone else to do the next day. Management would consider suspension with out hearing the facts of any circumstance. Certain dispatchers were incompetent to the point of loosing accounts. (North Jersey). Company policy only benefits certain drivers, while other drivers for the same offense were terminated. Example of that was that I never got a exit interview, while other drivers did get a exit interview. I called and request one and never received a response back. All LTL companies have one goal, that is to get the freight out the door, which is understandable, but the same way we as PROFEESIONAL truck drivers we have a responsibility to operate a trailers in a safe manner, follow all DOT regs, treat customers with the up most respect, managers have to make the same effort in being professional to us the drivers and staff, just like if we were the customers.

After working here close to 20 years, it's rare to get any praise or acknowledgement of the good work you've done day in & day out, but have a bad day or week & you definitely get told. Many times you have to figure out changes to the work on your own after the fact instead of given any explanation that procedures have changed. It gets confusing & you feel like you're floundering. Even when you ask questions, you still really aren't given a thorough explanation. When I've needed an answer to complete my work, I've had to ask over & over because they seem to forget to answer you. I've been left hanging multiple times & then you get a one word answer not an explanation so next time you face the same situation, you need to ask again. It's not productive. It's also difficult to use your PTO for even a once-in-a-lifetime special occasion & you practically have to beg to use your earned PTO for a vacation. Even when you get it, you have to take whatever dates you can get.

Depending on the day and your shift things can go from dull to fast paced chaotic. The Glen Burnie terminal is considerably overdue for renovation, and one of many businesses crammed in the crevasses of town.

The supervisors and management seem pretty open and willing to work with you. Some of the co-workers on forklifts seem to forget that there are people on foot also on-the-clock working towards the same goal, but everyone tends to do their part.

There is no overtime for the first year, and there will be MANY days where it's easy to work over your 12 hours... and they are twelve hour shifts, five days a week, which I wasn't aware of personally from the get-go. If you are one who likes those hours, or need a forced reason to save up this could be for you. If you have other responsibilities or simply prefer having a life off the clock look elsewhere.

This is no company for a family man.The hours are insane nothing less then 10 hours a day some 12 hours days with a 1:00 am start to  anywhere 10am to noon finish time for a married man with young  children your lucky to spend a hour a day with them.I'm not afraid of hard work and long hours but your insane  start and finish hours are impossible for a family man whos family is everything to them.And forget the caring about there employees well being management does not give darn when an employee is down on there luck and in need of help. Never go to your supervisor and ask for help with counseling  (WHICH PITT OFFERs). They terminate you instead. I also have a good friend that drives truck and has for 19 yesrs complaining about the 8:am start NEVER home before 8 to 9 pm nightly. No family life for him.It's a shame that companies that pay a decent wage are at the expense of your family NOT WORTH IT

Was lied to in the interview, the company plays favorites, the equipment is in very bad shape, every truck has a check engine light, ABS light and ATC lights on. There are a handful of trucks need to be regen every day to make it through the day BC the lead mechanic can't figure it out and won't let anyone else work on it. The Lead mechanic runs the shop like it still the 1990s and spends all day on the phone calling other shops trying to fix it. Upper management allows it BC they been there so long they don't know the technology either, most haven't turn wrenches in 20 years. The company keeps complaining about tire failure, but every time you try to change a bad tire your told to reuse it, same thing with Brakes I was told to take Brakes off of one truck and put them onto another truck on multiple occasions. 

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Office clerk 2 salaries reported	$22.00 per hour

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