Pros
Getting home for family emergencies
Cons
When I first started here I needed a job to support my family and had wrestled with having to be away from my family every week when they needed me at home so badly. I started at this company trying to be extremely positive but today that positivity as just gone right downhill. Now that I have been here for quite some time this is what I have to say about it... With 20 yrs experience you would think I'd be paid better than I am. I'm paid like a rookie and treated as such. More than half the time if I send a message on the Qualcomm I don't get a response. Today, when I call in about issues or concerns I am talked to calmly and politically correctly but I am actually being patronized and told to suck it up this is my job; and then nothing is resolved. My first DBL didn't treat me this way and was actually very helpful and tried to solve a lot of problems for me and listen to my concerns. There is a lack of concern about the drivers needs. Company is not driver friendly; from mgmt to their trucks. (But I will say one positive thing about this, when I needed to get home for family emergencies they sure made sure I got there within 24 hours!) If you like big brother hanging all over your shoulder watching every little tiny move you do then by all means come to this company. Their trucks are so full of the latest technology that you are watched like a hawk and all of that technology actually makes a driver complacent instead of better. And if you're high strung it stresses you out to the max! But as it is with most large companies their trucks are not driver friendly when it comes to comfort for air in the summer or heat in the winter. Plus there's hardly any time at home; only 34 hours a week (and I have a little one at home) so there's absolutely no quality time with my family; and that's IF I make it home every week. All of their benefits are way too expensive especially if you have a family. The money I shelled out just to pay to have the insurance for 1 year doesn't even come close to the deductibles that I've had to pay once I've used it. It's one of the worst benefits packages I've ever seen in this industry. For an experienced driver such as I am this company is way too stressful for me and I have difficulty doing my job the way I need to and still be paid enough to support my family without having the need of an emotional and mental breakdown! I guess I've said enough!
