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Smokey Point Distributing

Like any transportation company, Smokey Point Distributing has a culture that isn't for everyone and some people might find fitting in to be difficult if not impossible. 
The job, no matter what it is, can be isolating because you will pour your heart and soul into the job. We want you to love what you do and the people you work with while striving to keep our trucks moving and our drivers happy. Unfortunately, this doesn't often bode well for people who are looking to just make a paycheck and go live a different life outside of their working environment. 

What to expect:
•	Long hours
•	Challenging problems that require quick solutions 
•	A demand for accuracy 
•	Friendly office staff 
•	Catered lunches, office parties, individual awards for success - We work hard so we can play hard 
•	Comfortable, open, floor plan 
•	Lack of management oversite. If you need to be micromanaged, or consider a hovering manager a "good" management style, this is not the place for you. 
•	You will be in charge of your own career path. Carve out goals, show that you can operate on your own but as a team player and you will do well. If you need a premade plan with clear-cut goals, look elsewhere.

Some Cons:
•	Work life balance isn’t high on anyone’s priority list here. That’s not to say there aren’t married people with children, or single mothers working here, or even that time off isn’t encouraged. However, if you’re salaried, you are expected to answer your cellphone no matter the time of day, or day of the week. 
•	Change is either painfully slow, or sudden with no warning. It can take months to get something done, or immediate results giving staff no time to be aware of what’s happening. 
•	With most staff having been here for 8+ years, moving up can be difficult. If you’re starting at the bottom rather than hiring into a high up position, you might struggle to stand out amongst the lifers.
 
Some Pros:
•	Everyone is here to support you. You can ask anyone for help and they will drop what they are doing to help. We succeed and fail together. 
•	You get to be an adult. No one hovers over you or questions why you were away from your desk for any amount of time. Get your work done and nothing else matters. 
•	Relaxed environment – Casual clothing, ability to surf the web, listen to music/podcasts, and coming and going as you please. See my point about getting to be an adult. 
•	Understanding management. Our president is very engaging and truly listens. Anyone can go and have a conversation with him and he will truly listen.

Overall a positive experience in hindsight. A lot has changed and this used to be one of the best company's to work for.  Lot has changed including business climate. You'll run mainly machinery off of load boards and elevators.
Pros:
Pay system is salary based. The compensation is decently solid if otr and regional. 
They change over time and genuinely try to make things better. The middle management and supervisors  are over worked and under appreciated it seems but they mean well, work hard and will prioritize genuine driver concerns and placate fools. They communicate regularly with YouTube broadcasts.
Tractors are solid . Resources are available. Growth is possible.
Cons:
Loads will be horribly aggravating delivering to residential and inner city locations with no good delivery contact info provided unless you hunt it down yourself, assuming you can. You'll have to muddle your way thru inner city streets with no guidance. Talking Chicago,Boston,Philly,NYC,Nashville,Miami,

Company clearly has office issues between sales, middle management ,and upper management.  Technology and procedures are way behind, office staff seems overworked and disgruntled. 
Overall a good place to cut your teeth in flatbed / stepdeck and over dimensional. Get your experience and get out. 


SPD has excellent equipment. Trucks and trailers are newer and well maintained. Their pay package is in line with most companies and very fair. If you don't like to tarp this is not the place for you. I would say about 95% of everything you haul has to be tarpped. They have a lot of Conestoga trailers but they are assigned to dedicated routes and teams. Several people in the main office are pushy and rude to drivers. Dispatchers will try to bully you into doing what they want. Some in the safety department are questionable. You will sit from load to load as they have one way freight everything else is broker freight. Multiple stop loads are they're speciality. Micro managing the truck is constant.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Driver focused, nice equipment and support team. 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Like any trucking company issues arise, nothing extraordinary about the problems I had, par for the course. All resolved with communication 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Supportive, success driven and incentive inspired

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Compared to other places I worked previously, if you do your job and turn in your paperwork, its pretty much fire and forget. They will stack dospacthes on you if you show you can be on time and independent.

When you first start out with this company, things are amazing. You have good miles, great pay and a sense of acceptance,however, the longer you are there, you realize peoples true colors. The management are judgy and arrogant, so if you are not a social butterfly that wants to hang out with, be buddy buddy with or go golfing with the director of operations and essentially kiss everybody's butt then you will not make it here. I am a very quiet person, who keeps my head down and does my job. They dont like that. If you dont fit into thier "social norm" you are an outcast.

When I hired on, I was promised more miles than I knew what to do with. I was told I would have to practically beg to slow down a bit. That couldn't be further from the truth. On average, I sit 8 or more days a month waiting on loads. When I do get a load, they aren't high miles, or they go to very undesirable places. (Lots of Los Angeles) They don't pay you enough per mile to live off of short mile trips. Competitive pay does not mean .40cpm. Or it shouldn't in any sense. While you earn .42cpm starting here, .10cpm of that is per diem. So you are really only making .32cpm. Do some research before coming here folks. Things have changed for the worse.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The awesome team . They treated all as family. Not saying they wouldn't correct me if I made a mistake .But tomorrow was always a new day.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Making the choice to seek other employment. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Professional.  And always committed to ensure  you have whatever you need to do your job and love being at work .

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
For me I helped the shop complete any task that was needed .wright ups . Services. Tires ,no one day was the same . Just as no truck was the same. You know how it should be so make it so .

SPD provides excellent equipment and benefits.  Access to management has been good.  Drivers are given considerable input regarding their choice of truck.
The customer base is primarily aerospace, and I have found the clientele to be very nice to deal with.

Unfortunately, rapid growth has led to considerable disarray in dispatch planning.  Frequent OTR downtime has become the norm.

A substantial percentage of pay is defined as Bonus, and is forfeited if a driver spends more than 4 days per month at home.  This feature, coupled with scheduling requirements, makes home time very difficult.

Every company has negatives and positives. SPD is mostly positives. The pay is above average. I’ve always gotten home when I asked. There are some really outstanding people here who honestly care about me and my loads and my equipment. It takes a year to get dialed in at SPD. Because of the people who assign my loads and communicate with me I’m still here after 5 years. There are 1-2 people in operations that I don’t care for. Oh well. I’m not leaving over that. The good outweighs the bad at SPD. 

New pay structure which benefits the driver who LOVES to RUN. If you want to be home, this isn't the place for you. this is truly for the driver who wants to earn and earn. People in the office are all very kind and know you by name. Very professional and safety oriented. (not for the driver who can't drive safely.) I very much enjoyed working for them. we hauled aero space and other flat bed items. 

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