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Originally Posted by jimifoad
not hiring now, nobodies quiting.
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I beg to differ on that, there has been at least 9 drivers plus myself that have quit in the last few weeks. Those are the ones that I know of for sure so I'm positive there have been more. What better line to give a prospective driver than "We'll take your app but we're not hiring right now because all of our trucks are full and we have no one leaving". Most people that want something when they get told they can't have it they want it even more. I still have a couple of contacts that are driving there and talk to them a couple times a week, they said that there's drivers quitting right and left.
But you hit the nail on the head as for dispatch, home time, money and favorites. As for moving to blades or towers you have to be on one of the favored boards to even get considered for it. I have met drivers there that have come from a heavy/specialized background and after two years are still pulling legal flatbed loads all the time and not even getting considered for wind and I have met drivers on blades who cam from a reefer/van background, put in 12 weeks with Lonestar and got moved into blades. I made good money while I was there but I was also promised I would be home for Christmas. When push came to shove I was left hanging in the wind, called childish and hung up on (3 times). That was the straw that broke the camels back, I can deal with just about anything but hide behind a phone and hang up on me instead of giving me an explination and I'm through.
They have an excellent safety record so whatever formula they use for deciding who gets upgraded and moves the bigger stuff works for them but from a driver standpoint there are those that get promoted and those that get shat on without any real explination.