Seriousy...this company is about as shady as it gets...they dead head you to pick up loads then cancell the load after you are already to the shipper...then they do not pay you for those DH miles on the cancelled trip or the next dispatch ...They sneakily only pay 50% DH miles on 1st trip off home time . they have a very tricky idle policy it simpy says 30% ,but neglects to say it's 30% of moving engine run time ,which only gives you 3.5hr idle per day at 2500 miles and a 50 mph averge...drive faster you get less time to idle ...However at Gts look to get many loads that sit you for a day or 2...or 3 netting you maybe 1200-1500 mi and now that 30%idle is based on 20 hours of moving engine run time earning you about 1.5 hrs of idle per day ,so GTS will sit you in 90-110 summer heat for 75% of the week ,and expect adherance to this 30% plan...GTS mngement will tell you to hang out in the truck stop all day/night for AC in summer or heat in winter ...They DO NOT pay for idle air ,yes they offer it as an alternative to idiing ...but at drivers own expense...
Recently they went to a 13 day pay out hold on trips ,so the trips you haul are on hold for 13 days after emptied out ,so it can take up to about 3 weeks to get paid for a trip depending on the day of the week you empty out ,because you still get paid every friday so if you emptied out on say 9/1/08 the 13th day would be 9/13/08 ...meaning you skip pay day on the 5th and 12th due to the 13day hold ...And dont see your trip pay until the 3rd wk after empty :roll:
They find any loop hole they can to keep from reimbursing you for any thing from head lights /scale tickets to toll receipts...you get a "PHOTO COPY " of the origional receipt and a statement telling you they are not paying you back ...I'm not sure why a copy ...maybe on lumpers/tolls they still bill the customer for those items and hose the driver.
Currently my last day wiith GTS was 9/8/08...they owe me 3 trips totaling...3800 miles at .33cpm =$1254.00...And 1 trip was a driver unload with 2 stops thats $50.00 x3 for assist at all locations ad $30.00x2 for the 2 stops inbetween the shipperfinal....that's $210.00 ...Grand total due $1464.00 in wages owed past due since leaving GTS ...now by labor laws all these wages were by the next check...welp i dd not see any checks this week at all...
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[email protected] it would be breath of fresh air for you to upgrade from chater 11 to 7... :wink: