truck driver

dispatcher

diesel technician

tanker driver

diesel mechanic

United Petroleum Transport Ltd.

Pay; reality here, even if you are an experienced driver, pay is under $600 a week net after benefits. This is with an average of 10 hour days, 5 days a week. 
Equipment; The trucks and trailers are complete junk. If I go 5 days without breaking down, I call that a good week. Trucks are old, beat up, and none of them should be on the road. There are times have to wait a week or more just to get a tire replaced, due to the fact the company shop goes past their budget, and doesn't  have the money to make repairs or replace bad tires. When your truck is down, it is mandatory that you use any available truck on the yard. The problem I found with this, is most, if not all of the trucks are not mechanically sound.
Dispatch; dispatch is easy to deal with, and normally don't have a problem with them.
Management; management is non-existent here. If you need something done, or have a question dispatch can't help you with, you are completely out of luck and on your own. When you are able to see management, every answer to any question is, "I don't know." When it comes to loads, the new people get the worst they have to offer. They are on the buddy plan here, and their favorites get the decent loads, while you are averaging $10-$15 an hour.
Overall, this is by far, the worst trucking job I've ever had. Lowest pay, and the worst equipment.

I can say that I had a lot of hype and good hopes for this place but after 3 months I will be resigning. I will be resigning because the pay is not what was promised during the interview. You’re told 1200-1500 a week but it’s more like 700 after taxes. 

Took this job to be local and home every night but it feels like I’m not home when I am off. Shifts for me start at 7. Despite everyone else leaving early to beat the traffic at the loading rack and traffic in general it doesn’t matter if you start at 3am or at 7am you will wait almost 2 hours to load your tanker which is unpaid time considering you’re paid by the load. 

Equipment that you train in is good but that’s the last time you get good equipment. Pay is a big let down. If you’re with a company making 1000 or more a week trucking, stay there and don’t come here. Dispatch is a pain to deal with and favoritism with the loads which is why I believe my checks are not good as promised. 

I had high hopes for UPT and for fuel hauling. Thank you for the schooling I received but I will now take my knowledge elsewhere for hopefully more pay if not I’m returning to my old job that I had which now I regret leaving as I see that the grass is actually not greener on the other side.  Stay away drivers!! You’ve been warned.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Stay away! Lied to from the beginning. Stated $80,000 per year… not even close. Paid by the load. Never even touched that amount. Severely under paid for the job being done. Equipment was good. But the compensation was so lacking that you will struggle just to make rent and groceries. Don’t DO IT. STAY  AWAY!  This company couldn’t care less about its drivers. And it shows. They are losing drivers everywhere. But they do not care. Just keep hiring under paid drivers that need experience. And they wonder why. They have problems with CROSS DUMPS. UHHHH
CAUSE of the way they pay and the low pay. Drivers hafta get loads to make pay. In a hurry. Make mistakes. Enjoy it UPT!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
The extremely low pay for a HAZMAT JOB. DEFINITELY NOT A CAREER!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
People and fellow drivers were good. Always

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Always a very long day. Cause otherwise you are not making any money. So 13-14 hours a day pretty standard. Fir a measly $300 -$320

The problems start at the top and trickle down. Corporate can’t seem to run a business and the blame gets passed down. There’s no accountability for why things are the way they are. Management can’t do their job because corporate has too many demands but doesn’t want to give them the necessary resources and funding to do so. They continue hiring drivers with no fuel experience because the company is not desirable to experienced drivers which leads to more costly mistakes and money wasted training more drivers. UPT is a rotating door with new faces coming in every week but you won’t see them here for long. Drivers use this place to get trained and leave for better companies. The equipment is a rolling DOT violation just go check their scores for yourself. You won’t have to worry about DOT though, chances are you’ll be sent home without pay because there won’t be any trucks available to take. There’s so many issues and the list goes on but it starts with corporate who then blames management and everyone below.
Happy truck driver appreciation week 🎤

Worked there for over 10 years. Company use to put drivers first. Then they started putting money first. Their money, not the drivers. After 5 years you were topped out on pay. Then they decided experienced drivers cost too much. Some were laid off, some just quit due to under appreciation. They had a lot of drivers with a lot of experience. The equipment was a joke. New drivers got new equipment, as I was told, that way they would come work here. They have lost a lot of accounts due to many in management making poor decisions. A lot of middle management have HUGE egos and basically want you to shut up and drive. They track everything on peoplenet including your speed. I hear they have made some changes for long term drivers. ( It's about time) after a couple of decades of hauling fuel I was tired of the cut throat business. Best thing I ever did was get out of it. I wish them luck in finding good drivers but I know a lot of experienced fuel haulers leaving the business for reasons I have stated above

I had high hopes of working here when I got out of the truck driving academy.  I did my two years driving time and got hired here.
I could NOT be more disappointed.  I was hoping to brag about this company but I can't.

I can verify:

Bad Equipment. - Not Maintained or repaired.

Six days training on best equipment on the yard, then sent out on your own with the wore out used up equipment that is falling apart, or missing parts.

Online training is "fair" at best. I bet no one retains anything from those online classes.   

Pay is non-existent.  Why? You're setup to fail so that you can't get paid. 

You're paid by the load buy you can't complete them due to faulty equipment (DOT will love you.) or bad information.

Been here a month.   I'm making almost $10.25 an hour.

I have been told, "You won't make any money the first 2-3 months. Just hang in there."

When I applied here I was promised the world was told it was the best company to work that I would make a lot of money. When I started training I would have to drive an 1.5 hours away to start. I would leave at 3 am then come home around 7-8 pm. I didn’t have a life at all. I have to do an extra week of training because the manager didn’t really care about me being alone and working. The pay is garbage! Once I started I didn’t get paid for about 5 weeks! It was ridiculous. The ads says you can make between $85k-$100k after I finally left training my check for that week was only $750. Someone’s math is great up in payroll. Another you don’t get dispatched until about 10:30-11:00 at night. So you’re up thinking all night wondering where you go how early you have to wake up etc etc. I honestly wouldn’t recommend this job for anyone unless you are single and don’t have kids.

I have to say, the company is pretty good itself, but working out of the Waco area is not.  You will be dissapointed when you figure out everything you were told in the beginning was untrue.  Equipment is old and in very poor condition.   Company drivers play second fiddle to the Owner Operators at every aspect, dispatch,  schedule,  and trailers.  They get the best of everything.  

You will not get a weekend off period.  Don't even ask. If you do, you will be ridiculed for it.  Don't try to go around management or you'll face stiff retaliation, they'll get you back through your pay check. 

Worst thing about working put of this area - management or lack there of.   Trust me. You will be disappointed with the manager and how he will treat you.

This company I use to work for a little while back and it is horrible. The work is terrible. Days without work for drivers. Management is terrible. The company is terrible. Holidays not paid time off or vacation time. Taking days off is impossible. Constantly changing the routine or schedule without proper notices. No HR system. Drivers don’t get paid due to error of management. Your better off working for a better gasoline company. I worked here for more than a year and it was not a good place. High stress and no manager or corporate care about your well being. No holiday parties or any appreciation given. Job states salary but they will remove pay quickly for any reason .God forbid your sick they will still work you.

Been working for this company for a total of 4 years and worked from two different terminals. Terminal managers at both location have no business being in the trucking business. My experience with these so-call managers have been one disappointment after another from the beginning. Starting from not being available when called about questions, being told one thing and doing the complete opposite, retaliation when proven wrong, favoritism among  "their" drivers is an everyday thing, maybe they are getting something in exchange for the best loads. Upper management seem to be blinded by what's going on. Do yourself a favor and don't let all the promises made go to your head. Look elsewhere for a job.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 26 salaries reported	$101,712 per year
Dispatcher 12 salaries reported	$52,542 per year
Diesel technician 8 salaries reported	$23.44 per hour
Tanker driver 21 salaries reported	$72,500 per year
Diesel mechanic 1 salary reported	$26.00 per hour

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