Company logo

Big G Express reviews

2.6
(32)
•
$500 - $1,400/week

Call to Apply
Reviews About

Summary

Overall

Home Time

Equipment and Maintenance

Dispatchers and Managers

Salary Surveys

$500 $907 $1,400
weekly average

Share Your Experience

Rate and review Big G Express

Share the salary you were paid at Big G Express

$

Ratings and Reviews

Former Employee - Dec 24, 2024

Big G has very nice equipment. And the company care more about it.Than the care about their drivers.Big G isn't a job for a family man.Because he's isn't going to make enough money to take care of them.They like hire Truck drivers that know nothing about trucking so they can beat you out your earnings. Iam warning you not to go their.Look up Big G lawsuits on your phones this will tell what you need to know about them

Pros

Good home time

Cons

50 mile runs

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Former Employee - Dec 9, 2024

They say 70mph trucks but it's 67 on the peddle and 68 to 70 on cruise, that's when your being a steering wheel holder and I completely disagree with full speed on cruise control only. The people there are really good people, dispatchers are hit and miss like with all other companies. Expect to run out longer miles with less pay because they want you to specifically run i65 south to i40 to i81 from bowlingreen ky to breinigsville,pa and your actual pay is the shorter route of going north from ky then east, not south from shipper. I was there 3yrs, my last year there I was just under 50k for the entire yr. I think the most I made was 60 something. I quit in 2024

Pros

Good people and they are great at keeping an eye on maintenance of their trucks and trailers. Dispatchers and office personnel are all good people.

Cons

To many short runs, lay over pay sucks and you literally have to stay on someone about it or you probably won't get so don't bank on you being paid for lay over without verifying it. They give you a 2 to 4 hour run of a load on the yard and you'll either sit their minimum allotted time of 2hrs or less before unloaded and probably get a return load close by to take back to the yard. You might do that 1 day, 2 days then get a decent run. Not all drivers experience that. Lack of regional and local

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Current Employee - Sep 6, 2024

Great company just low pay per hour. I hear a lot of good stuff from other drivers. They keep you rolling

Pros

Keeps me busy

Cons

Equipment but getting better

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Former Employee - Aug 29, 2024

They will lie to you from day one, keep your guard up with this company, you help them out but they screw you in return, don’t expect to get paid right for anything you do and good luck getting dispatcher to answer phones, maintenance team sucks unless you use the East Tennessee terminal.

Pros

Not sure I can think of any

Cons

Everyone of the ones I mentioned

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers

Former Employee - Jul 31, 2024

Carlton the fleet manager is a liar. He does a lot of buddy buddy bs. He is Big G best liar.

Pros

Good local running. 250-300 mile loads.

Cons

Carlton is a piece of crap. Lie lie and lie.

Home Time
Equipment and Maintenance
Dispatchers and Managers
View More Reviews

Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Mt. Juliet, TN on Dec 24, 2024

$650 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Tennessee on Dec 9, 2024

$1,058 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 6-11 Months CDL Experience

Surveyed in Nashville, TN on Sep 6, 2024

$1,200 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in on Jul 31, 2024

$800 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Georgia on Jul 22, 2024

$1,058 per week

Current Employee

No

Discussions

Koch or Big G, which would you choose?

tjh

Jun 28, 2016

Koch or Big G, which would you choose?

Big G is a great otr company. Both my wife and I worked there for several years. If you live in TN they will get you home every single weekend, unless you choose to stay out longer. I highly recommend them.

Full Discussion
Big G Express Shelbyville, Tn So far........

Tenn I See Trucker

Jun 5, 2014

Big G Express Shelbyville, Tn So far........

I have been driving for 22 years and for a lot, I mean a lot of companies.....I have only found 3 that were decent, Wright Transportation, Mobile, Al., Tyson Foods, and my current employer Big G Express. I have posted positive reviews on here before about past compaines, but then something happens,i.e. miles drop, big management changes, or they go bankrupt. Now I digress back to Big G. I started here in March.I applied here 5 years ago and the pay was low and the insurance was horrible, so I passed. 3 years ago the owners sold the company to the employees, and things changed, driver pay increased (3 weeks ago they gave us a .04 cpm across the board pay raise),we got more extra pay items, and the insurance is awesome. You get insurance from DAY ONE if you so choose. The ESOP plan puts FREE MONEY INTO YOUR RETIREMENT! yes I said free!!!!.Basically the more money the company as a whole makes you make more, because after all you are an employee owner. Here are a few of my observations thus far:

Full Discussion