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I was hired on to replace a Fleet Manager that was not cutting out on not only managing but rebuilding the Savannah location. The people I met in Alabama were all great and honestly, it still was my best experience coming into a company. I was really taken care of while I spent two weeks training there. I felt like I had a new home within a company after working with Walmart for nearly 10 years. There were a lot of things I saw this company lacked that I could provide to help them grow especially with this hurting Savannah location. I made amazing progress and I am sure you can go back to ask some of the drivers, they will tell you that I looked out for them and stayed on communication 24/7 for anything they needed to make their lives easier for work. My operations manager went on leave about 2-3 weeks into my employment so work load was heavier but I maintained great pace to success. I had an altercation in the office and it triggered a mental condition of mine without me knowing, declined for weeks. Finally admitted I was suicidal and requested to work from home. I am quite experienced and this job was easily doable from home, with just a rep to fill in the office for basics while I complete the operations remotely. I faced backlash and no support then got terminated, my only thoughts is because it was near a new contract signing. Which I put major work into securing and they let me down as a manager. My trainer was awesome and great, my operations manager was A+, just the entire team there were really down to earth people.

I enjoyed working for the company and so far the best job I came across but the support for my situation really shocked me and I just didn't know how to take it. I had a few suicide attempts and now I am back recovered. I have been finally able to take the event in to process and this is my experience. I wish I could continue to work for the company and continue the progress I made there but EEOC will have to hear about this while I continue to gain more opinions. 

Hopefully this makes it public and White Oak, feel free to reach out to me. I have no harsh feelings but I have to share this experience. 

The people are nice. But at the assigned dedicated contract account we are hauling loads for the management always finds a way to make sure that we don’t go over their extremely high mileage threshold that they have. And with them doing that causes us to only get paid the minimum guarantee base pay. It’s rare for us to make it over that threshold and actually make a little more money. We only get paid per trip and the shortest  trip mileage  they can get away with paying us for. If we want to make more money we have to ask if we can work on the weekends as soon as our 34hr restart is over and pray that they’ll let us work. And that only happens if they even have something for you to do. And they try real hard to make sure there’s not anything to do.  The account manager  told us in orientation that they’d have more miles than all of us can run in a week. But that was not a true statement. I can count on both hands how many times I’ve gotten more than the base pay and still have fingers left uncounted. I’m trying to hang in with this job but honestly I’m starting to look at other options for a better paying job that will actually pay you for the work you do. I know that no job is perfect but at this location we’re seeing a high driver turnover rate because of the pay. We can deal with a lot of work as long as we get paid for it. Which we don’t get fairly paid for doing. I gave the best star rating  I could but if I had other rating options I could’ve been more accurate with the rating. We drive day and night here. And you can’t find anyone that will say they are making more than the guaranteed minimum base pay  unless they’re working weekends. And not all of us can get weekend work even if we ask for it every everyday of the week before the weekends roll around

What is the best part of working at the company?
The whole company is Great! 
The pay is not where it needs to be besides that it's good. Another thing there is no slip seating you are issued a truck and it's yours. You have a problem in relation to your equipment you call who you need and tell them to come fix it. There is no one you have to call for approval you are given the numbers you need for breakdowns, tires, logs, fuel whatever. If you need something for your truck you sign for it. If you buy something turn in your ticket and they pay you right back. A huge help is you are allowed to take your truck home or somewhere close to park loaded or empty so when you get ready to go your truck is close. With gas at $17/gallon that benefit helps a lot.
Trucks are newer in good shape I have a 2022 Mack day cab. If you like OTR you get a road truck. 


What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Depending on where you are Nashville or Atlanta is the traffic. 
I just hate to be sitting in the traffic but no way around it. 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Laid back easy to get along with anyone. 
If you want a slow easy day tell them if you want to run 600 miles a day go for it. 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Everyday is never the same. It's hard to define a typical day because each day you are going to different places

When I started this job it was okay.  I thought the last minute dispatching was awkward, but the out and back drop n' hook was usually easy.  The only issue was some customer sites were cramped ( Carthage, MS Tyson and Dothan, AL Wayne Farms ) though some others were decent.  They added a Gainesville, GA trip which was odd for what was home daily up till that point, but if the occasional run was on a Friday without pressure to get back for the next trip, I could deal with it for the extra money. 
When the out of the way backhauls and live unloads were added to take advantage of HOS leniency from COVID, it really cut into the Hometime and I burned out.  

This isn't the worst company out there.   Trucks are typical base model governed company trucks.   Pay rate is decent, could be better for us drivers with over 15 years of experience.   Loads, at least those I haul, are mostly light, out loaded back empty, drop and hook.   Dispatcher is decent, leaves me alone and let's me do my job.   Maintenance...well I can't say I'm impressed.   Have asked to have a truck issue fixed a few times.   Keep getting told it will be done before I need my truck again.   Still hasn't been fixed.  Trailers for the most part are better than average.

What is the best part of working at the company?
The benefits are really good at a low price weekly deduction.

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Having to track down your checks every week they mess your checks up.

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
The environment is cool a lot of kind people.

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Waiting around for loads and having your early dispatch changed to a different load at last minutes notice with no notice.

Log in on tablet, pretrip truck & start rolling . Push to get to customer on time then sit & wait as they take their sweet time unloading you burning up your time.  Call dispatch because u can’t make the other appointments & have a chunk taken out of your check. U r not payed by hr but by mile …..don’t quit but use it as a stepping stone to get to your dream job. While u wait on customers put in applications on your phone…..u will find something better if u look

I'm not the kind of driver who likes to drive to the bitter end of my day everyday only to be woke up early by a driver manager calling me before my 10 hour break is over to ask when I can make my next pick up.

My dispatcher knows the customers I prefer to go to and the lanes I like to run in and he works hard to keep me there. If he does need to take me out of my comfort zone I know it's do to customers needs and I'm ok with it.

What is the best part of working at the company?
Nothing. I went through training for 3 days and they fired me. They still haven't paid me for those 3 days. It's a bad company 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Wondering if you're gonna get paid

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Dusty, everyone talks about everyone 

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Wondering who's gonna stab you in the back that day

What is the best part of working at the company?
They stick to they word and they have amazing dispatch 

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They take a way my good job in Montgomery  due to relocation  the plant in fortpayne

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Neutral  and  lot work and great days off

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Free mind  with just being  there living

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