truck driver

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diesel mechanic

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mechanic

ZForce Transportation

You are paid by the load and pay is just ok. It could be better. Health insurance is decent. Sometimes you have to donate a lot of free time because of waiting to get loaded during transport or at landfill waiting inline. Days are too long to make a decent days wage for this to happen everything needs to run smoothly. Equipment isn’t kept up on properly. Trucks break down all the time and keep breaking down with the same issues over and over!!!!!They hire uncertified cheap labor for mechanics. The shop is like one out of a third world country. The equipment is never even washed. The owner is cheap and doesn’t want to invest anything into company he just want to collect, however you will never see him. The management you do see are nice and easygoing they just have limited capabilities. The dispatcher (drivers main boss we deal with) is the best part of the whole company. He is awesome and works with you. He’s down to earth and understands where we come from and he will work with you the best he can but he can only do so much. It would be so much better if only they would invest in better equipment and better upkeep of equipment. Trucks and trailers breakdown all the time!!!!!!!!

I pick a truck up where i park my car at Carmeuse Lime in Gary In. I get suited up and drive onto a scale to get an empty weight reading . I then drive a few hundred yards to open my lids. I open them by climbing onto the top of one truck with a cable attached to my harness. I open the latches and proceeded to drive into a building where they dispense the lime from a shoot above the arn truck. I close the hatches after being filled and then drive to the outgoing scale and weigh in. I drive five miles to U.S. Steel and drop the truck so it can get unloaded and pick up an empty truck. I drive back to Carmeuse and repeat the process over.
I've learned problem solving at this job. I've learned to rely on myself in most suituations that use to be a challange.
The management treats me fair like and my co-workers and I get along pretty good.
However the hardest part of the job is working and hauling the chemical lime. Seeing out the window is hard due to window corrosion; it's hard not to breath it and to get it on my skin.
The most enjoyable part of the job is that I get to drive, learn, and grow in this field

What is the best part of working at the company?
Worst company I’ve ever worked for, there going to lie about pay you have to work long day 12 to 14 hrs  just to make 230$ they try to force you to do things your not comfortable doing when weather is bad they don’t care the trucks constantly breaks down none of the drivers are had they give u write up for everything and tell u it’s a good job because of benefits they turn over rate is crazy and the drivers that stay is because they are close to retirement but if you want to break your back for 800$ a week and be treated wrong this will be the job for u

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They way the company is ran and the pay

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
You have to climb on top of garbage with needles dog and human stool

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Start at 2am end at 4 am truck breaks down regularly and doing 3 loads and a pre load even if your over your drive time

As a Commercial Truck Driver, a person needs to be self motivated and willing to put in long hours.  Working for Z-Force Transportation is no exception.  With pre-trips started a 0245 under a flashlight and a quick trip to Morgantown, WV for a 0500 first load out, the day jumps off to an early start.   To get 2 rounds completed before the Landfill closes, requires dedication and a can-do spirit.  Patience is a must and can be exhibited hourly in dealing with traffic, flat tires or excessive mud at the landfill.  An engine failure or major equipment breakage can not only affect the days earnings, but extend the time on the road.  When you do arrive home at the end of the day, tired, muddy and smelling like garbage, you look yourself in the mirror, smile and nod, because it was a job well done.

To start, these guys will have you working 6 days a week. Their description says Some Saturdays, but its more like every Saturday until you have gained some seniority with the union they are partnered with. Trailers need to be dumped in the landfills with the garbage in it. They have so many problems, its not even funny. The trucks are good, near new. If you have a DOT issue with your truck, good luck getting it fixed. Ran 5 days without any trailer brakes due to a malfunction in the tractors air brake system, company just brushed it off to the side. They say you will make good money, but you won't (unless you like to work real late). Union offers real good benefits, but the benefits don't do any good when you can't get time off to use them. 

Its not a bad place to start working on trucks since they are willing to hire inexperienced people and teach, but the shops are borderline third world. Holes in the ceiling, doorknobs missing from bathrooms, service vehicles barely run, mice mosquitos and other vermin are in abundance and everything gets covered in dust and trash. Don't bring a box or tools you want to stay in good shape. Management isn't bad, I didn't get on well with my direct superior but your millage may vary, he wasn't a bad dude just not for me. Head manager was great though, quick on the phone and rarely pulled me away from my tasks. The mechanics I worked with were great, all easy enough to get along with and I would work with them again. Trucks are beat up pretty bad, they haul garbage though so that comes with the territory. 

PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN THINK OF WORKING FOR THIS COMPANY! They are Union and you are probably thinking “WOW” this is good money! What they don’t tell you is that you are paid by the load not hourly. BUT this is the worst company who worries about 1 thing $$$ for them and screw you! If you breakdown or wait on site for 4 hours. You sit and wait.. guess what! You don’t get paid for any wait time. Everyday there is 4 hours or more that you don’t get paid. You are not responsible for mechanical work on your truck, but if you breakdown and you will break down because the trucks  are not maintained by a licensed mechanic. Whatever happens you do not get paid! You can sit for 6 hours and not get paid This  company is the absolute worst company to work for.  DO NOT WASTE YOUR TIME!

Expect to work.  5 to 6 (usually 6) days a week.  Average 10 to 12 hour days.  The job is simple, load, drive, unload and repeat.  There are plenty of challenges.  
As other reviews have pointed out the equipment can be tough.  This is landfill work and the trucks get worked really hard.  That said, the equipment could be better maintained.
The pay is good and you can make great money if you hustle.  Pay is every Monday and I have not had a pay issue in over 5 years.
Insurance is top shelf!  Best I have had in my working history.

All in all the company is good and is as much what you bring as what you get.  I don't have any problem recommending this outfit to friends and have referred several people.

Working at z force is great, show up early in the morning ready to get the first run in wether it’s with a preloaded load from the night before or a live load in the morning. There’s never a dull day working for Z force and there’s always something to do. There are plenty of things to learn here within the trucking aspect of the job. Management and dispatch are very understanding and very helpful when you need them. They have real good equipment and are only getting. They just got like 20 new trucks within 3 month period which is awesome. The hardest part of this job is waking up in the morning lol. 

Only benefit to this job is free Healthcare
Pay is less than any other trucking job for the bullsh*t involved
Union is more of a hindrance than a help, and is bought and paid for by z force
Management has no balls and will absolutely throw you under the bus to appease somebody else
A typical day at work involves some of the most toxic workplace attitudes and the sh*ttiest equipment available
Only thing I've learned from this job is seniority is used as an ego boost for losers 
The hardest part of this job is wading through the endless sea of bullsh*t to find ANY silver lining
The most enjoyable part of this job is Sunday, the ONLY day you get off consistently, while making 1300 a week. 

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