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Waited for repairs, waited for reimbursements, waited for benefits, waited for dispatch. All in all a horrid place to work with a totally inept dispatch and planning crew. Management always dropped the ball. Had to constantly contact corporate for reimbursements. Benefits after 60 days as promised? Nope! Equipment is a joke, I would place trucks and trailers in shop for repairs and other drivers would use them before they were repaired. Pretrip much? Dispatch has no idea how to plan a driver based on their HOS, meaning they would ask you to be 6 hours down the road even though you were 10 away. Dispatch also never takes traffic or surface streets into account during planning and they seem to think the blue stripe on the truck is a racing stripe! And incredibly unprofessional when dealing with their customers. The amount of times I would attempt to deliver a load and be refused due to it being either cancelled, scheduled for the next day, or the wrong material was simply mind boggling. I'm still shocked they were able to turn a profit. And please don't trust the images or info for drivers on their careers page. I never saw any trailer less than 15 years old or a truck that didn't have a refurbished engine.

Working at Southern Tank Transport is a very rewarding and challenging job.  Its not for everyone because I think (My Opinion) is that the job should be taken for what it is.  It takes dedication and hard work to be successful at any job.  If you think of it as your responsibility to be the Ambassador for the Company.  And do not fail to realize that this type of work involving driving a Tractor Trailer as well as the danger of working with Industrial Equipment and chemicals is a very stressful job.  This Company embraced me and my family as soon as I began.  The Management is Top Notch and always had an open door to issues or concerns.  I considered all the staff
as the best people outside of the U.S. Navy I have ever been given the pleasure of working for.  The equipment is top notch.   Some of it is worn down due to heavy use.  The Pay is the best and the benefits are exactly what is advertised.  The pay is more than most any other Bulk Transport Transport Company i have worked for.

I was let go of a lhoist contract that paid $1000/wk min guaranteed pay rain or shine. I was let go for something that was a saftey concern that I was unaware of, such as moving the lime slurry arm to load over the porthole/hatch. I was given no assistance by the lhoist foreman, I "was on my own." I briefly was on top of the tanker maneuvering the load arm over and someone took pictures reported me. I had never been in trouble, late, or called in; Ihad almost made it to my 1st bonus of $1100 after taxes (around 4 months).

 I was not counseled due to all the power of the situation belonging to the contractor, who deemed it neccessary to dismiss me instead of retraining or a suspension. I had no voice and neither did Southern Tank, which made little to no difference if they even tried.

What is the best part of working at the company?
company works with you. a lot of semi over the road. home more often.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
getting loaded sometimes. getting unloaded sometimes.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
close, easy to get truck worked on around home terminal

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
load, go unload. return to terminal

As a bulk cement driver the work is consistent on most days.  The downfall are the days of rainy weather.  Loads are rationed-out and you may have to sit at home on rainy days.  Very cold and icy days may slow or stop loads as well.  They guarantee $700gross a week, so once that threshold is reached you can pretty much count on that being all you will get on slow weeks.
They definitely watch your money at this employer.

I would not recommend any join this company. The benefits are the worst I’ve every had. They have no certified people working on there equipment. They can never get your trucks fixed they had to send it to the dealership which takes about 4 to 6 weeks. If I had to rate the company on a scale of 1 to 10 I would give it a 1 and that’s the honest truth

The job itself was okay just a lot waiting time with out pay. The equipment is poorly maintained and mechanics talked a good game I can tell he is well polished at this has corporate convinced he the best at saving them money. I never rode in a wrecker truck so much my 35 years of driving. No pay for all this time either.  

This job was the most enjoyable place that I have ever worked. In my time with the company, I learned so much about transportation, operations, logistics and customer service and will be able to demonstrate all these skills learned at any job that may come my way.

Very well managed company. You become a part of them as a family.  Room for progression based on knowledge, dependability and work performance. Would highly recommend

I was lied to from day one in orientation.  I told them that I could not be out over night that I had animals and an elderly mother at home.  I was told that IF I was out, it would only be maybe one night, which I could deal with.  It turned out that I was out 7-12 days.  So I quit.  I don't like to be lied to.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 20 salaries reported	$1,483 per week
Local driver 1 salary reported	$1,350 per week
Diesel mechanic 8 salaries reported	$23.94 per hour
Terminal manager 3 salaries reported	$82,500 per year
Dispatcher 3 salaries reported	$16.00 per hour

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