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Roadtex LTL

Pros:  very decent pay for new drivers and they give everyone a chance to advance and earn good money for beginners, will quickly advance from driver to trainer as long as you show interest in working and follow procedures, they don't really stress you about days off in between trips as long as you plan to keep working, will treat you fairly and show appreciation for you if you behave like a professional, they always have an abundance of work and good miles per trip so you can earn on every trip, they keep the equipment safe and d.o.t legal and quickly fix anything you report wrong with the tractors or trailers.....Cons:  no bonuses of any kind, holidays are just straight miles, no layover or detention pay and there are usually alot of layovers and lost time at stops and pick ups, no d.o.t. inspection incentives, no vacation incentives, pretty much you get paid for only miles and stops, most of the time you have to spend hours before starting a trip servicing vehicles and you don't get any compensation for this, and if you can deal with a few narcissistic personalities that are in charge and approach any encounter with them with humility and a passive attitude you should do well there. At the end of the day they are really not bad at all and are more than willing to help you in your career and your training   I highly recommend them for anyone looking to learn about the trucking industry.

I have worked for this company now for several years up until just recently. There are several flaws that cause a ton of issues on the productivity side of things. This place is so old school that their warehouse is still run on paper and pen. Its very easy to cover up mistakes when they are made by multiple employees. The manager has a sever issue with taking the sides of his "favorites". Those guys get practically whatever they want but when someone asks for the same thing those guys are getting he tells you he aint got time it. The female he has "running" the warehouse at night cant even run it. She knows nothing about how to manage a dock let alone the warehouse. She says she helps but the only thing she helps with is making sure the mouse clicks and keystrokes are on point and her picture diary of what gets messed up is always up to date. She will come out and take a picture of some tape missing off a box and say one of us damaged it. The terminal manager has a problem with going home, and coming back to the warehouse after drinking 1 too many and showing up intoxicated. He promises 1 thing but does the complete opposite. When i comes to working here you might wanna rethink it. You get no social life what so ever. He works you 6 days a week and a majority of the major holidays. There is no bonus or pay increase after however many years. Hands down not a good place to work for.

I don't want to be biased or speak for the company as a whole but for the cincinnati/ blue ash location.....
  Worked the 9-5 shift work was sparse ,we had 3 employees total working on the warehouse flr and we would unload on or 2 trucks with forklifts in the mornings and then sort some of it later in the afternoon. It would take only an half hour of so to unload and stage the freight and we would be asked to wait til after lunch break to sort it. There would literally be hours of downtown with nothing to do but sweep, and because of the small size and large dust mop that would be finished within 10- 15 mins. We would have literally nothing to do but be scolded at if we sat down or got on our phones. It was a small family owned branch and other then myself only 1 other guy was not a member of the family. I had told them I needed 3 days off to do a pre planned vacation and they said it was fine. When i came back from the vacation they told me I wasn't needed anymore. I would maybe reccomend for CDL positons but warehous was boring nothing to do and everyone frequently sent home early. No benfiets.

If you are going to work here, be prepared to have no outside of work life. A typical day at Roadtex is 12 to 14 hours long, leaving you no time for anything other than sleep. There's no advancement opportunity with this place. They hire people off the street with no experience. Management is absolutely horrible. The supervisor that i worked for, was horrible with no supervisory experience prior to getting the job 2 or 3 years ago. They promise things that they cant follow through with. The pay is probably the lowest i have ever experienced as a lift operator, but you make that up by 30 hours or more of overtime. There's no support from higher up. A certain SOMEONE has a severe attitude issue, which he should probably get that worked out! Overall, bad place to work for. Would not suggest this on my worst enemy.

It's a good place to work, they are honest people there. It is easy steady work, early morning start times range anywhere from 3 a.m. to 8 a.m.. home everyday. You are paid a salary per day and surprisingly they do not abuse it, yes every now and then you'll have a 14-hour day but on the same token sometimes you'll have a seven or eight hour day. But I was down average it's usually between 10 and 12. After 90 days you'll get a raise as long as you do well, you get a $500 bonus every 3 months if you do not have any accidents or tickets and you get a one week paid vacation for every year that you are there with no limit. So if you're there for 10 years you get 10 weeks paid vacation etc. There joke there is if you work there 52 years the 53rd is on them..your not gona find that anywhere else. 

Took a week after orientation to get a run. Truck was in need of MANY tires, no oil/fuel after told the wait was due to vehicle inspection maintenance.

Run by mostly unpleasant dispatch which constantly tracks vehicle and calls throughout the trip, no regard for the 10hr break (want temp reading, didn't receive receipt, where are you). Will send you w/o proper directions/address; inadequate information on company receiving...hours of operation, pu# etc. Never receives paperwork although scanned & text repeatedly, and pay will conveniently lack per trip bonus promised, no detention pay despite long hours awaiting an unload.

Doesn't pay what promised or advertised, max pay at .44cpm despite tenure. Excellent with lies, horrid management.

A typical day at work consists of tracking and managing truck drivers from coast to coast. I learned to navigate sweet GPS vehicle tracker, trucking bases, and dot websites, I also learned to edit documents on pdf xchange viewer software and maintain email correspondence between the Roadtex ltl and its customers. The hardest part of the job was learning truck driving procedures without previous training or truck driving experience. The most enjoyable part of this job was being an asset to the drivers and ensuring the safe and efficient transportation of freight and produce. I also enjoyed reading maps and planning routes across the country.

A typical run is from NJ to CA or WA.
you can have a 2 day home time after every trip or 2 to spend time with family and take care of personal stuff.
or stay out as long as you want to make more money.
you are awarded for your long stay out.
the down side: Unlike with bigger companies, you are not assigned to a single truck that you would use with your team driver take good care of. Here, you are assigned to another truck after every trip. I know health insurance was been taken from my check, but was never given an insurance  card  or ins information.
To the non-smokers, most trainers are smoker if you do not mind the smoke.

Typical day starts around 6:30am and ends approximately 8:30pm, This is non stop work, very computer intensive, with many calculations, and fast approaching deadlines.  Direct boss is very helpful and fun to work with, Upper management has little to no tolerance for errors.  Overtime hours are not re compensated, and salary gains come very slowly.  Computer systems are outdated and very slow, plagued with constant freezing.  IT department is overstressed and backlogged, never there to help when needed.  I do enjoy fighting through the labor, and feeling as though I have accomplished a feat each day.  I have learned a lot in the ways of Logistics, Warehousing, and Dispatching along the way. 

They are all about business! You are fine as long as youre running but when it comes to getting home there is a problem. The pay though is really good but how they handle everything else is just ridiculous. A lot of questions I had went unanswered because they "Didn't Know." Also if youre a clean trucker don't come here. Majority of the time they will stick with a dirty/ filthy truck and expect for you to just take and deal with it. Their attitudes are on a different level also....any chance they get to try and throw you under the bus so they wont get in trouble for NOT doing their job they will most definitely do it. To me this company is not worth it even the pay is good.

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