Thinking about working for Stevens Transport? Don't!!! I worked for these professional scam artists for 2 years and it's the worst mistake I have made in the trucking industry. They recruit new trainees for their truck driving school in Dallas, etc. And shaft you for about $6K while they have Uncle Sam paying for the schooling. Nice Scam, very profitable. After school, they pay you $350/Wk during training. After that they apply a tremendous amount of pressure to lease a truck from them. Even Bigger Scam, even more profitable! Under their lease you end up with a truck payment of $600 to $800 a week, not a month, a week! After they screw you for insurance, maintenance, escrow, Qualcom, etc; you end up paying about $4000 a month for a crappy, beat-up, very poorly maintained 3 year old truck. You can buy the exact same model truck, decently maintained for $30K anywhere (T2000 KW) and pay under $1000 a month.
Also, They do not report your lease to the Credit Bureaus correctly. They only report to 1 bureau, not all 3 (Legal but they lie to you about it) and they do not report how much your high lease balance was. They only report your high credit balance as 1 monthly payment. This will screw up your credit badly and they do it on purpose to prevent you from finding a job with a reputable trucking company or purchasing a truck on your own. Stevens claims its legal because they have a "walk away lease". After you walk away they shaft you for $3,000 in maintenance fees so they steal all your money in escrow. Also they put negative information on your DAC and will not remove derogatory entries. You end up making a ton of money for Stevens, but hardly any money for yourself. Please, do not go work for Stevens; there are a lot of reputable trucking companies out there that will hire you and not rip you off.
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