I imagined that it wouldn't have been too difficult to follow the link that was posted in my original reply. Guess I was wrong. So, what was posted there is now here as well. I hope this will resolve any additional issues.
WH Transportation Co., Inc., - Wassau, Wi.
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First of all, let me say that I understand and realize that there is a certain amount of BS when dealing with any recruiter.
Well, I guess the one that I dealt with has the most.
I called the Ohio recruiting office and asked quite a few questions. I was satisfied with what he had to say, so I accepted the opportunity to go to Wausau for their orientation.
I was suppose to be picked up by one of their drivers on Monday morning...didn't happen.
Tuesday afternoon I got my ride and about two hours into the trip, I was really beginning to question myself as to, did I make the right decision to go with this organization.
About 100 miles into Ohio, the driver ran out of hours.
Sixteen...Sixteen hours later the driver picked me up at the hotel and we continued onto Wausau. We arrived at the hotel in Wausau at 11:30 pm.
On Thursday morning, I began the second day, (my first) of orientation. By that afternoon it was becoming quite evident that there were problems.
The recruiter did in fact misrepresent several facts.
This is what I had discovered, to list a few:
Trucks were not governed @ 70 mph, they are set at 65 cruise, 68 pedal.
Trucks are older the 2004
The trucks did not appear to be equipped with the generator packs.
No Pre Pass
No toll cards for Ohio or Indiana.
They do in fact use brokers more often then I was led to believe.
They do in fact haul to grocery warehouses.
The following, to list a few, is other information that I had discovered:
The service department appeared to be very disorganized. More so than any that I have visited. The service department was also very out dated.
If you violate your 11 or 14 hour rule, you receive a 100.00 fine from the company.
If your toll receipts do not match to your log, you eat the tolls and receive a nasty gram from the company...something about fraud and stealing from the company.
New York City is forced dispatched.
When you get home and if you are under a load, the trailer can not be dropped/separated from the tractor.
Do not dare exceed 5% on your over speed, this affects your bonus.
You must purchase your own load locks.
All divers are required to attend quarterly safety meetings on Friday afternoons.
Now the rest of the story...
Although I did not agree with a few of these policies, I accepted them. It's their sand box.
On Friday morning I received my truck assignment. It turned out the truck was still in the service department.
When I walked down to see the truck, I almost ....
The bumper was off the truck. Both bat wings were damaged beyond repair. The drivers seat was busted up. The drivers side windshield was busted. The interior was pigged out. Oh, and the mechanic mentioned that it was 20,000 miles past it's PM.
I went back to the gal who assigned the truck and asked her when the truck would be done. She said a couple hours. I asked her if she was sure and she asked why. I went over the damage with her and she had no idea. She also had no idea if there were any other trucks available.
An hour went by, still nothing on the truck assignment. Then I was told that I would probably have to get a ride with another driver, back to Ohio
to get a truck there. My ride might not be available until Friday evening or Saturday morning.
Well, after basically wasting a week of my time, no orientation pay, no lay over pay, no sign on bonus, no compensation or apology, I decided it was time to head home.
Fifteen hours later I was home, thankful for rental cars and wondering how these companies get away with treating drivers like this. These companies invest thousands of dollars a year trying to attract the best drivers they can and look at what they do. It really makes you wonder.
In all fairness, there were a few good things WH had to offer, but no different from any other company that has 418 trucks in their fleet. They claim to be in the top 10% in the country, when it comes to driver compensation. They also stated that they could probably do better, but they had number 1 to look after...and number 1 wasn't the driver. That was made very clear.
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