1. Does the company slogan involve the word "respect" because other employees do not give their drivers respect, and must be reminded by putting it in the recruiting slogan?
2. Do senior employees talk to other associates as though they were little kids that need to be disciplined as a normal tone of conversation?
3. Does the DOT have to inspect their yards to verify that tires are mounted correctly, and that valve stems are not "hidden" so that drivers cannot check the air pressure?
4. Does the DOT have to inspect their yards to verify that older tires are not "recycled"so that the passenger side inner tires are hiding borderline tires from view?
5. Roads would be safer if DOT inspected all truck yards for defective equipment, and recorded the odometer reading of defective equipment, and would have a list of vehicles to watch for?
6. How will the company expect you to act when the work assignment requires you to unload past the 14th hour?
7. Do work assignments come through outdated equipment so that you have to write everything down?
8. Even though inexpensive ink jet printers are compatible with this outdated equipment, they would rather you not keep records of your work assignments?
9. They don't trust drivers with lists of their "customers" so they don't give them printers?
10. They don't want accurate documentation of work assignments because DOT would be able to audit log books for HOS violations?
11. If the company makes a payroll mistake, and you don't write anything down, the company will save money if you can't report it?
12. Does the company boast about cutting edge GPS location abilities, and then give you directions that get you lost, or worse, in "no-truck" zoned areas?
13. Does the company depend on training students to keep and secure business, because students are paid at substantially below market rates?
14. Does a company that depends on students for their customers end up with substandard service, clogging their docks and yards with slow moving trucks?
15. Will the company then complain about lost business, or offer brain storming sessions to get new business?
16. Does a company that says you will get paid one amount per mile, come back and say those miles are really "zip code miles", not what you drive?
17. Will you be expected to pick up an empty trailer on one side of town and take it to the other, or another town near by, for free, because of zip codes?
18. Does the company tell you that "zip codes" pay evens out over time, but really leverage their software so that equipment is moved by a driver's location, without pay whenever possible?
19. Does the company "advertise short haul pay", but then leverage their driver's time so that "relays" disqualify them from extra accessorial pay (you pick a short haul load, and live unload it, but are disqualified from extra pay because you are not the "original driver")?
20. Will you be late because dispatchers are relying on zip code miles, instead of "practical miles", and making promises they can't keep because they are "practically clueless"?
21. Does a company tell you that they can't pay "practical miles", because it's always been done the other way, and their customers won't pay more (you pay more for other things don't you?)?
22. Will you be told how much free time you can spend each day for breaks, or will they just expect you to go without because they barely have time to get your next load, let alone manage your time?
23. Will they just make up the "estimated time of arrival", and expect drivers to give the correct time, they can just give their customers an imaginary excuse if they are too far off?
24. Does the company value your input by forcing confidentiality agreements?
25. Will you be harassed daily about saving fuel, but be expected to park in between two trucks idling?
26. Will you be working for a company that is "testing" technology, or using it?
27. Will you be able to sleep as though a lawnmower were outside your window (diesel generators) as frequently happens at truck stops?
28. Will you be expected to use life-support equipment on your face on a truck you are not supposed to idle if you are diagnosed with a sleep disorder?
29. What is the average hold time on the phone when asking for any department representative? Does this hold time indicate that work loads are leveraged so that employees are overworked?
30. Will you be given routing assistance to help you determine a legal route, according to your permit book, or will you be expected to "figure it out"?
31. If the equipment becomes unserviceable, but is not documented or observed by the previous driver, can you be held responsible for damages?
32. Does the company offer "easy financing" and allow you to buy used equipment, knowing that the equipment will break down, and if you can't fix it, they can repossess it, and still bill you for the repairs?
33. Does the company offer "cutting edge technology", "select your own loads", but only if you are there for 1 year, some people don't make it that long as contractors?
34. Does the company cater to clients that have limited parking ability, and must use appointment times because there is only room for one or two trucks at a time?
35. Are company students given a boot-camp style training that crams you in an old school bus, wondering if you are going to make it to training alive or not?
36. Are company students told that on the road training will only take several days, but it really depends on how slow the other student is who you are forced to train with, which could take weeks?
37. Are company students told that on the road training will only take several days, but they are kept out on the road longer because more money can be made by the company for "team driving"?
38. Can you imagine picking out a truck driver at a truck stop, and being forced to train with him or her for a few weeks?
39. Are company students really being used as "team drivers" for a limited time?
40. If you do complain about something, will you be given difficult loads to perform, and lower miles? Is that how the company addresses "equal opportunity"?
41. When it is all said and done, will you make $1000 one week, and the rest of the month average half that?
42. Are you prepared to loose money because of Hours of Service Rules, which could force you to loose 34 days (34hr * 24) or more a year from "34hr restarts" at truck stops hundreds of miles from home?
43. The drivers that make the most money don't take any time at home off?
44. Does the company try to make money off the drivers in their off time through a company store, and a restaurant, by trying to use their "terminal" as a "truck stop"?
45. Do major truck companies all act the same, because that's the way it is always been done, and they can just get another driver who doesn't complain?
46. Does the company try to deduct a daily entitlement by the IRS (which is not determined by miles driven) by paying you a pay rate based on miles driven and effecting your per mile pay?
47. If the pay plan involving per diem "calculations" was truly legitimate, or not leveraged in their favor, why would they need your permission to "participate"?
48. Does the company install auxiliary power heating AND cooling unit's fleet wide, not on a testing basis?
49. Will you be required to have the truck in for maintenance by a certain mileage, but force dispatches you on a load that will have you no where near a facility within that time?
Now is a time in history where drivers are able to communicate more freely the ways that companies are using their time and money.
50. Are companies that refuse to adapt to better pay and working conditions, holding on to the old ways by relying on special favors from Congress to let in Mexican drivers, and are actively petitioning for new visas, rather than supporting local drivers?
51. Does the company tell their "independent contractors" that they can refuse a load, but it is not clear that you will not be responsible for fines or charges once it is assigned you?
52. If a company can fine or charge you for a load once you refuse it, are you really an independent contractor or an employee?
53. Are you really an independent contractor if the "contract" says you can refuse a load, but documentation that outlines "guide for success" says not to refuse loads, is just a way of telling the IRS and drivers they can do what they want, because they are a big company?
54. Will drivers develop health problems over time because the trailers are not routinely washed out, and are surrounded by fine dust clouds everytime they have to sweep a trailer out?
55. Will drivers develop back problems from trying to slide tandems on trailers that have heavy corrosion problems from not being washed?
56. Will customers or dock workers develop health problems over time because the trailers are not routinely washed out, and are surrounded by fine dust clouds of unknown composition everytime they have to unload a trailer?
57. Will customers or dock workers develop back problems from trying to slide tandems on trailers that have heavy corrosion problems from not being washed?
58. Will customers and other drivers have to wait several minutes while drivers have to try to break free tandem sliding mechanisms that are not routinely replaced when mechanically bent from previous drivers having to hammer them because corrosion has set in, but are in the way of business, at the gate, etc?
59. Are drivers with Schneider given a false sense of security because the trailer is painted orange and the real color of the trailer is road grime because they are not routinely washed?
60. Will you have to worry about the tires on the trailer because some student or other driver ended up shreading part of the treads becuase they are not routinely checked for air pressure, or have to dock in facilities not designed for 53ft trailers?
61. Do company drivers with seniority have to wait for loads because students are getting more loads, because they are paid less?
62. Are independent contractors not given loads to Canada, because it makes the Schneider drivers in Canada jealous, and there are just too many little runs to take care of, they have the experience to get in those little places not designed for big trucks?
63. Will you end up spending time and money weighing your truck, when their is technology to install onboard wieghing systems, and could be avoided?
64. Do trailers suffer from corrosion problems, because mechanics cannot keep up with the maintenance, and they have to trade in their tractors frequently?
65. Since drivers have to write all their work assignments by hand, and determine appropriate routes, why are they not paid to do so, and if they have to do it, do all their drivers reflect 15 to 30 minutes of trip planning in their log books if their company does not do it for them?
Would you recruit for this company?
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