Disgruntled drivers NEVER cease to amaze me. How can your husband be in the top 5% of earners at TMC and STILL not be happy??? :shock:
I, along with 100 other drivers I know just in the Northeast ALONE make a guaranteed $1,100.00 per week running on local dedicated accounts. A lot of us are home DAILY, weekends AND holidays. The others get home several times per week. and WE'RE not even CLOSE to being the top 5% earners!!! If earning MORE than $57,200 a year is not your husband's idea of making good money, I don't know WHAT is. Perhaps he should look into becoming a doctor or lawyer?
As far as their safety ratings go, I never checked and don't really CARE. It isn't like I'm worried about another TMC driver hitting me. Worry about YOURSELF....
How YOU drive.
What YOU can make.
How YOU are treated.

Seems to me many drivers who quit or complain about TMC spend WAY too much time analyzing what TMC makes or how OTHER TMC drivers drive. Or what OTHER TMC drivers earn. They are like the statisticians of the trucking world. Ohhhh your SAFTEY rating is "this" or your turnover rate is "that". Oh you pay "these" miles not "those". Shut the hell up already. Shut up, close the door and get on down the road and you WILL make money. You sound like one of those guys who sits around in truck stops all day and night practicing "CB Kung Foo". Those are the people who can't seem to make a living for themselves because they're too busy worrying about what everyone ELSE is doing or making.
When I ran OTR for TMC I made GOOD money. I didn't CARE what TMC was "really" making. WHAT FOR? If I was making good money, who gives a rat's a$$ WHAT TMC is making off my work. God BLESS them if they can earn a good profit and STILL pay me what I want.
As far as your SWIFT drivers being "safer" comment, I guess yoiu haven't been to many truck stops where I've seen MANY a Swift driver pass on a parking space because he couldn't make it in followed by a TMC truck that just backs right in in one shot.
The reason why we take in so many recruits 40-80 per week is because usually at least HALF wash out before orientation is over.
I SEE all the reasons every day why a recruit goes home.

Also, as you have mentioned ELSEWHERE on CAD, I do NOT make ANY recruiting referral bonus. I declined them. I drive for the SOLELY because I WANT to. My business www.goldiesplating.com is QUITE profitable and TMC simply fulfills my need and desire to drive a nice, clean, well maintained "big-truck". Something i've ALWAYS wanted to do but never have. If it sucked as bad as you CLAIM, I wouldn't be here. I'd LOVE to have your First/Last name and DOB so I could look up the REAL reason why you quit and how much you earned while employed at TMC. Of course the information would remain confidential as I am not allowed to discuss employee histories here. It's just I'd like to see if you are blowing smoke or if you have legitimate gripes.
I'm sorry if you had a bad rub at TMC but I can honestly say I am VERY happy there and yes I DO make GREAT money.

 

Fred,

I will not give you that information because if you do have access to the company files it would also give you access to my SSN#. But I will be happy to post my earnings on my last settlement.


YTD
By The Load $6927.04 ( 8 weeks solo in the truck )
Bounce $ 143.80
Tarp Charge $ 70.00
Quality Pay $ 75.85
Stop-Off $ 80.00
Trainee Pay $ 1300.00

Total $8596.62


I was on the long haul division. Truck 92239. The 8 weeks I was in the truck I was home for 3 days and I was shut down in Mitchel SD in a blizzard for 3 days. So actual time was closer to 7 weeks. In that time I put over 21k miles on the truck. I was averaging close to 3k miles each week I was out. My snapshot revenue was $628.

I question your claims of $60k your first year since you did not even start training until April 10th 2006. You have not even completed a full year in a truck yet.

Am I a disgruntled former employee? Yes, but it is due to the fact of the treatment that this company demonstrates. You have less then 1 full year expereince in the industry. And your expereince is only with TMC, so you do not have the credentials to compare TMC with other companies. You have stated on other forums that you look at recruiting as extra income

You say you are not concerend about the Safestat rating of the company you work for. It is a direct reflection of the operation of that company. This score is what DOT uses to determine if they will pull you in for a level 2 or 1. I am guilty for not looking this up when I chose to go to TMC, it had been 2 years since I had looked them up and assumed that they had continued to have a good rating. Your comment about backing into a truck stop shows your ignorance as it does not relate to anything. Please try and use documented facts to make a case not subjective observations.

I am willing to give the information that I have available to anyone. Just send me a PM with your email address and I will gladlyl forward a copy of the AHI Rate and Tarif guide. Personaly I do not have an issue wiht a company operating profitably, but I do have a problem when they operate with deception towards their employees. A good analogy to TMC is that you should not judge a book by its cover.

 

I'm glad to see that Mudflap and Goldies jumped into quash this mess, finally. They must have had a busy week, unlike some people.

The way i figured buzzdog's gripes was that he was a bad fit for the TMC culture. I hope he finds his way to a satisfying job/career.

Thank you to Goldies and Mudflap.

 

WTH is with the $60k claim? Let it go. Jeez the company PR people ran the numbers and in a perfect world a driver could possibly make $60k. Are they guarnanteeing $60k? bah!!!

 

a bad fit?????????............the guy was running 3k a week.........geez

 

Cadet,

Are you telling me to let the $60k claim go? I refer to this because it is a major argument that Fred uses to paint a rosy picture at TMC.

By his own blog, he has less then 1 full year actualy holding a CDL. He did not start training until April 18th 2006. But he claims to have made over $60k in that time. Am I the only person that finds these claims suspect?

 

It's not a "claim" I am on a dedicated home daily run NOW and make SALARY. My SALARY is $1,100.00/week wheather I deliver 5 or 10 loads per week I make $1,100.00 GUARANTEED. YES.

 

The following is cut and pasted from our OTHER post now currently running:
Fred (That's me) says:
Yes I remember posting that. And elsewhere I also said I made a grand total of $700 from recruiting BEFORE I told them I no longer wanted recruiting bonuses.
My $60,000 claim is based on what I have ALREADY made plus what I am making NOW guaranteed. ($1,100.00 per week SALARY) for my local dedicated run. It will come out to around $59,000.
As far as making enough to live in NY. My business www.goldiesplating.com is doing well thank God. That helps with the $137,000 I made for the 2006 tax year from it. $60,000 is not a "great" income in NYC but for a trucking job, it's excellent in my opinion.
You say you had no issues with your FM???!!! It's his JOB to make sure you make money. He gave you $hitty loads if they didn't pay well and you are at fault for accepting them. I'd be looking to kick his butt, not quit. He may have been nice, polite and got you TONS of runs..... but if they paid bad, what good were they or him for that matter?
I may not be DRIVING as long as you, but I have owned my own business since 1996 and KNOW how to make money and deal with people and problems set before me. I will be profitable no matter WHAT I do or WHO I work for. Swift, Schneider and more included. TMC just makes it a little easier to make better money while driving nicer equipment and they treat ME well and with respect. Why you label me a "suckup" is a bit confusing since you never met or spoke with me. I simply LOVE my job while you seem to hate yours. Your anger and quite honestly your envy, pervade every post you make. I hope you find happiness SOMEWHERE. Life is WAAAY too short to go through it pissed off and "cheated".
Here's a free tip: Spend less time getting "documented facts" AGAINST your employers and work at making YOURSELF more productive and happier. Positive feelings and attidude promote growth while negative vibes tend to bring you and others around you down lower and lower each day. I never felt the need to play detective with TMC and don't CARE what flatbed rates are. I earn enough and could care less if TMC were making $100,000.00 per load I delivered. THAT"S NONE OF MY BUSINESS NOR IS IT YOURS. As long as I was taken care of and so far at TMC, I am quite pleased.

 

$1100 x 52 weeks $57,200.

You claim to have made $60k, your first year. You have not had a CDL for 1 full year yet. Are you saying that you have made a total of $60k since you started recieving pay from TMC? Was that your YTD for 2006? Do you honestly think that any experienced driver will belive that you have made $60k wiht less then 1 full year in the industry?

I have posted what my earnings were while at TMC. Take the time to look at the Best of the Best numbers. You can see that the bottom side of the top 50 were barely making $1000 a week gross. What does that say for the other 3050 drivers?

Fred, you are doing a huge diservice to new drivers or potential new drivers in the industry by making the claims that you do. I can tell you from personal experience that there are better choices that these people can make then to choose to drive a peter car. You can to eat a chrome bumper.

 

Buzzdog,

Yes, wouldn't you try to paint a rosey picture if it were your company? (I think they call it advertising.) I don't know if Fred has made $60k, but it seems to me I have read on the TMC website that SOME 1st year drivers have the CHANCE to make that in their 1st year (cool beans, huh?) Along with also saying that they can make what seasoned professionals, like yourself, could make by working as a compnay driver at TMC. But seems like the catch is that those kind of earnings are on an annual basis not a 3 month basis.

Hey, you made the right choice. Cut your losses and move on. You weren't happy with TMC and you made your decision(s). You have options, the world is your oyster, go find your pearl.