averitt and star
 

anyone know anything about averitt or star? what you guys think of them. Any input would be appreciated

I haven't driven for either of them....but:

Averitt, from what I gather is a pretty decent company. They have dress and hygiene rules and expectations.. :shock: SO if a person likes to look sloppy, unshaven, or like a bum....not a place to apply. (Don't take that wrong, I don't know you, so its not meant personally...only "informationally".) 8)

I spoke with a fellow the other night who drives for Star (blue) which I gather is out of Nashville or thereabouts...correct me if I err. But what he had to say was not good. Its not the first time I have heard criticism and claims of less than happy feelings with the company.....

In my minds eye, Averitt would probably be the better choice. 8)

Star is owned by Covenant. Enough said.

Ahemmmm, uh....AMEN!!

I cannot say anything about Averitt but I can speak about Star.

The Covenant deal is beginning to suck. Our freight is off and my miles are down a little. I think a great deal of the problem is with our sales and customer service folks. I've had mosre issues with CS in the last 3 months than in the 18 months before. Stupid things like wrong appointment times but when you are 3 hours late at Lowes its just too bad.

At this point I'm looking to move on after 2 years but I realy like most of the folks there.

The Atlanta fleet is run by a fool who runs off more drivers than they can hire. He tried to bully me and I rolled up my window and drove off.

I'm getting about 2600-2700 miles per week running from Sunday night until Friday afternoon.

One of the biggest sore spots is new trucks, we havent seen any in almost a year and this week instead of condos about a dozen slick top Columbias showed up. Stripped down bare bones trucks. I'm glad my truck only have 190,000 on it.

Star has a lot of Nissan freight which is usually light and drop and hook. They have several other dedicated accounts.

Its a job, I get piad, when I find a better deal that fits what I want out of trucking I'll move. I'm not going to quit if I get mad. When I get screwed over I squawk to my boss, safety, or start up the chain. I got paid to sit at a DC because the customer service girl was stupid just because I made my point.

Keep looking, find what you like, take the job you weant not the job everyone thinks you should. You might want to haul manure to Chicago on a flatbed. LOL

HTS