I was lied to and ripped off by my recruiter Roy. I was told that I would be hired on as a solo driver and at completion of orrientation they tried to send me out with a trainer. I have 8 years experience driving o.T.R. With no accidents so there was no need to send me with a trainer. I also was told I would start out at. 32/mile and when I got my first check I was only being paid. 25/mile.
Thats what a rooky starts out at. They pull this crap were they pay you according to your last 3 years verifiable experience, so if you drove 20 years and you took off a year and a half in the last 3 years, they rip you off. If you do work for them, watch out. They will try to get you on one of there dedicated accounts like Dollar General or Family Dollar. Thats what they suckered me into. You will be worked to death unloading freight that is stacked to the ceiling and all the way to the rear doors (freight will litterally fall on you when you open the doors). Then after your empty, they have you rush back to warehouse to pick up another load that will deliver the next day. I was worked in the summer months til I almost had a heat stroke. The managers dont care thou, they think its funny.
When I first started with Dollar General, I was told I had to ride with another driver were he could show me how to set up the rollers. He picked me up around 7:00pm at the Fulton, Mo. Warehouse and he started to drive to our drop in Des Moines, Ia. He was so tired, he was weaving all over the highway. I was afraid to sleep because I thought he was going to crash. I told him if he was tired, that i would drive but he didnt want anybody else to drive his truck. He said he wasnt tired but he was eating ice and moving around like he was trying to wake his self up. He pulled into a weigh station on I-35 in Missouri because it was open and a car followed him in. The driver of the car ran into the station and told the officer that that the Werner driver almost ran him off the road.
It takes 5-6 hours to unload a Dollar General trailer but the dispatcher tries to get you to log under an hour. Watch out, this company is crooked and not fit to work for.
Junior
Edwardsville, Kansas
U.S.A.
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