Robertsons Transport

Basic day is: Come in pre-trip truck, call dispatch for load, get loaded at your quarry (if u park at one) transport load to local ready mix plant, and repeat. Honestly the job is easy and reaptatuve, they use to have Sat’s Off but now are mandatory. They have a Saturday of list for every week and try to be fair and give u 2 a month. Come busy season (summer) good luck. They give you a 12hr shift schedule but if you finish your loads early you can call it a day. Be prepared to work the night shift when u start. First year is hard due to low percentage but it goes up every 6 months. Seniority is BIG here. Not work ethic. Their benefits are good, Good to rack up your exp to claim, But the pay could be better. Your paid by percentage of load and every route is different in rate. I’m in Palmdale and we have some of the highest rates only cause our runs are longer than normal so you we do 3-4 loads but u can expect to run 5-7 loads in the city area to make ends meet. Cool job if your young, single, veteran, or work alcoholic other wise it’s hard to get used to but you do. Management is the worst and are always in a bad mood which make you see how long and miserable they are from working here 10yrs+. Everywhere you go has its pros n cons you just have to weigh out what benefits or makes sense too u more and make a decision. Great job for starters but if your looking to make amazing money and better time off u might want to try something different. There’s advancement but it’s limited and expect to be here for a LONG time. Unfortunately the old timers or most seniority works here seem to miserable and over worked. Just be careful and take care of your license here cause u get carried away and start driving unprofessionally to make a load to end your day better. Not worth it n I have done it myself. If you have a better opportunity go for it. Hopefully this helps and good luck!

Manager pretended to be good with you but as soon as you turn your back it’s a different story  
Great first driving job for the experience and  they pay for training but get out as soon as you get your experience specially if your other truck driver doesn’t like you they’ll make sure they find something wrong with the truck just to blame you and get you points make you look bad with the upper management   And once upper management has a view about you they stick to it they won’t even ask you about it or try to get to know you and see if the comments your driver made are actually true or not don’t trust anybody there unless you work with the corona buddy’s there a great group of guys on a good day if Robertson doesn’t screw you we made between 250 300 a day  night shift and day shift if they where lucky would probably hit 200 

Like others have said, use this place for training and experience, then go get a real trucking job.  It's very dangerous driving their trucks, they should use dual tires on the trailers, but they use singles, which make the trucks swerve all over the road, really hard to keep them in the lane. Other bottom dump companies use dual tires on the trailers and they drive straight. As far as management, the dispatchers give you too many loads, which doesn't allow drivers to take breaks or lunches, The company has been sued several times over this and has lost each time.  A super boring job, as you just do the same thing over and over, very monotonous job. The wages are the lowest in trucking, only way to make decent money is to work 20 hours OT. 
All in all, a very sad and depressing place to work.

A typical work day starts with unreasonable expectations to work your whole 14 hr clock and get paid by load. At the end of a "good" week working your whole 70 hr clock you're looking at 800 or 900 a week. Pretty much about 13 an hour with no guaranteed days off. If you request any vacation time off, it has to be approved by management and drivers with more seniority always get the day off instead of you. If you need a sick day off, you are required by the company to bring a doctors note even though you are not required to if you have sick days available in California. Management is horrible and constantly nags you when you put a truck in the shop and expect you to run on bald tires or faulty equipment. There are no good things about the company other than the training.

Typical work day, usually work 12 hours transporting rock and sand from quarry to concrete plans, driving between 250-430 miles per day.
I have learned I have to sacrifice a lot of time with friends and family with this job, 

Management, they try to pretend everything is good and under control, when there is constant problems, 

Manipulative management. You won't be able to talk to your supervisor. Mainly because he'll be "In a meeting" every single time you need to talk to them. Enjoy begging of a day off. EVERYTHING that goes wrong on your shift will be put on you. If you're trying to use the company to get into trucking be warned: This company is a laughing stock in the industry! The trucks are all automatic. So you won't be trained for a stick shift (again won't be able to go to different companies because you don't have the proper training). They also increased the time to work off your licensing training (from 1 to 2 years). I could go on, but this company isn't worth it. 

I learned a lot from this company, good skills in the work place. I learned how to pre trip and post trip a semi truck, i learned how to stay awake and be alert do to long hours of operation. A typical work day would start at 4pm, I would drive to a source to load my trailers with cement powder and deliver it to one of our facilities. Normally it would take a 12 hour shift to complete 2 loads and get back to the yard i drive out of. All in all a good company and great management. Hardest part of the job is being away from home long periods of time. Most enjoyable part of my day were the good friends i met.

Only good to get experience then get out. They don’t pay you what you deserve and if your in traffic that cuts down your pay more. Keep making new rules as they feel. Management in Rialto treat the drivers like garbage and always talk to you like you are a piece of garbage. Field supervisors are great though. This is a ok company for starting out but wouldn’t plan on staying longer then you have too. Very high turn over rate.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Making alot of money once you get that hang of it and learning alot if you want to.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Working 6 days a week is hard and when you ask for a day off they get mad

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Fast pased but smooth. Every t8ng gets taken care of when you need it to be.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Clock in work your 12 hours and go home.

Im not recommending this company to anyone, drivers are not treated fairly, pay is ridiculous. You are paid by the loads. This company load pay rates are so low that you literally have to drive like a mad man and do 6 to 7 loads just to make $100 to 200 for the day. This company takes no responsibility for the environment it creates. If you already have a CDL don’t bother applying, they don’t really like hiring you. They want the no experience people, that way they can lock you in a 2 year contract.

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