I am going to keep this simple.
I applied to Expedite Solutions. At the time I applied they had employee drivers. I talked to Stephanie Leland[director of operations]about potetential earnings. I was hoping to earn a little more, but decided that I would be able to get by on what was promised.
I researched the company online and found several negative reports. I considered that the reports could have been written by disgruntled employees. I talked to Stephanie about the negative reports, she assured me the reports were definately from people who could not budget their money. I gave Expedite Solutions the benefit of the doubt and set up my orientation.
We arrived at the company owned house. Fortunately we packed with the knowledge that we would be living in a truck for awhile. The house was somewhat dirty and toilet paper was not even provided. The house rules stated that you would be charged if you did not clean up after yourself, which meant to me that the house should have been spotless considering the amount of the charge would allow Expedite solutions to hire a proffessional cleaning company if the previous people did not cleam up after themselves. Also only one shower worked, thank God we were the only two in the house or getting a shower would have been somewhat frantic.
OK my POINT. Stephanie withheld information. I would have never went to their orientation if all of the fees that Expedite Solutions charges were put on the table before I agreed to waste my time and money driving to their facility. These are fees that most companies typically pay for themselves. DOT physical and drug tests $100.00 per driver. Driver is responsible for tolls. Administration fees $25.00 per driver per week. $50.00 per driver per week into a savings plan... Later to be explained as a safety account, which would end after the account had $5000.00 in it and would pay for damages to the vehicle. I think that charge is somewhat acceptable, but most likely should hav e been disclosed before we decided to spend time and money driving to indianapolis.
Most transporatation companies allow drivers to take cash advances on their paychecks. So does ES. But however, because they are not a bank, they charge you 10% interest on those cas advances. I'd assume that because they are not a bank would mean that they are not legally allowed to charge interest on cash advances. I guess they would also not pay any interest on the so-called savings plan???
When ever Stephanie talked about fees and what not she made it very clear that her company was in business to make money and she was sure we could understand that. However when we realized that our income was decreasing by the second Stephanie became extremely irritated and rather bitchy. Telling us that if we did not know how to budget our money that we were most likely in the wrong line of work... Well let me tell you Something Stephanie... I have A credit. You can confirm that with any Credit reporting company... I budget very well.
The other the couple who were in orientation with us, were also mislead. They were also demeaned by Stephanie. And also decided not to pay for the priveledge of working for ES.
When i checked ES.com I noticed that they no longer have an employee program.
I wonder how ES has managed to stay in business for 9 years and will track them to see how much longer they can stay in business.
I know I am leaving a few things out. Just trust that this is not a company you want to get involved with.
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