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$800 - $3,846/week

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Former Employee - Dec 27, 2024

Pay was good, equipment was decent. I have read numerous reviews that mention the word micromanaging, that should sum up my time at Bulkmatic. Always criticizing and critiquing what you do. Everyone in management will tell you how you are doing your job wrong but none of them have ever actually did the job. The safety director for my region was an arrogant know it all and had lots to say but would never listen. The terminal manager was clueless on any aspect of truck driving but in his defense he was probably being micro managed from the other managers. I took the job very serious and was dedicated to doing the best I could. Never late, never missed a day of work and never missed a delivery and had great relationships with customers and other drivers. Always represented the company in a positive and professional manor. That was never good enough. One of many examples of the misery at Bulkmatic, I was returning from a fairly long day and was caught in traffic due to an accident about 1 hour from the terminal. When I made it out of the traffic, I had 35 minutes left to drive on my ELD, gps said it was 44 minutes to the terminal. Called the terminal manager and explained the traffic delay and that I’m going to probably go over a few minutes of drive time. ( fmc regulations say that unforeseen traffic incidents is an excusable reason to go over) manager advised me that if I went over any amount of drive time I would be terminated. He made an angry comment that it was unprofessional to inform him that late in the day that I was going to have issues and that I should have informed him sooner. I had no idea that there was going to be an accident and it would delay me. I did inform him as soon as I knew. I ended up parking at a rest area but had no way to travel to a hotel. There was no uber or ride share in the rural area. Stayed in the day cab for 10 hours and then returned to the terminal to start the next day without any sleep. That is just one of many instances I could site of the horrible experiences from management. As stated earlier, I had many great relationships with customers and loved the type of work I did at Bulkmatic. It is much more than just a driving job and I thoroughly enjoyed the parts of the job that required the hands on labor and making sure the customer was satisfied with everything about the delivery. I was sad to leave Bulkmatic but the stress from management was too much. Since leaving my health is better, sleep is better and up to a healthier weight. The money was good but not nearly enough to have the stress that went with it.

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Pay

Cons

Micro managing from people that have no real world experience.

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Former Employee - May 5, 2024

Red flag management with sd energy If your company is so safety oriented, why make me do a u-turn in a supermarket parking lot and you don't even know if I can drive, second trainer need to go get diversity training I don't know how to feel after my trainer ask me do I listen to snoop dogg and over step his boundaries when he said I might not be a good fit here isn't that management and Human Resources call the right driver would press a lawsuit

Pros

Free boots and paid trip to chicago

Cons

Stuck with dweebs for 8 hours

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Current Employee - May 18, 2023

Bulkmatic runs a fair game with a no push freight policy. They are pretty strict with most everything you could do behind the wheel.

Pros

Great pay. Great home time. Good benefits.

Cons

Micro management, all stemming from the smart camera system. They like to contact you about your; following distance, speed, lane usage, eating while driving, smoking while driving, or talk on a headset/cb.

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Former Employee - Dec 12, 2022

There are countless things wrong with this company but the main thing is that they DO NOT pay you properly. After about a month of working there, I was told by another employee to make sure I check my pay stubs. I’m glad I did because they have not failed to cheat me out of my pay. At first it was $30, $60, now it’s over $1000! I know it sounds outrageous to believe but it is true. One of my checks was less than $40. No wonder they can’t keep drivers. Trying to get in touch with the manger is useless. If, and when, they answer it takes over a week and that’s with me calling everyday. No one there knows what’s going on. I’ve turned in my jobs for the week and EVERY single week they decline some of it and they don’t even tell you why. The pay for the loads are completely inconsistent. Dispatch changes the pay according to their moods. You have to pay for your motel rooms and fuel, in hope you’ll get it back in the next check. I can say so much more but the most important thing is, stay away from this place. Working here is working for free.

Pros

I honestly cannot think of one thing.

Cons

They do not pay you. They do not care about the drivers. No management.

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Current Employee - Aug 22, 2022

Great company to work for if you enjoy having your conversation recorded with your spouse and or family. There have a camera that faces you and the road. So they listen to your phone calls.

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Home time

Cons

Camera that records you and your convenience

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Surveyed in Southern area on Dec 27, 2024

$1,346 per week

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Surveyed in Ambridge, PA on May 5, 2024

$800 per week

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Surveyed in Hodgkins, IL on May 18, 2023

$1,712 per week

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Discussions

Bulkmatic Transport- a good place to work

Truckergirl123

Oct 8, 2014

Bulkmatic Transport- a good place to work

Bulkmatic Transport has been my home for over 10 years. I don't see myself leaving any time soon. The people are good and they treat you well. There is no lack of work here. If you want to work, you will stay busy, that's for sure. Working for Bulkmatic is different than parking at a dock. There is a lot to learn with pneumatics, but once you get the hang of it, it's worth it.

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Bulkmatic??

chicagocity

Feb 24, 2011

Bulkmatic??
Whats their routes?

Couldn't tell you the Chicagoland routes, but they're a short haul company. If it's like the terminal I drive out of, it's usually a 300 mile radius of the terminal.

How many miles per week?

Drivers are paid 24% of the load's linehaul on Monday through Friday. 27% of the line haul on Saturday delivery. 30% of the linehaul is the pay for delivering on a Sunday. If you have to dead head to get to a load from the terminal, you're paid $.28/mile ...it depends on if it's hub miles or company set, so you've got to keep track and turn in the hub EVERYtime. But, it's % of the linehaul pay, not mileage based pay.

Is training good?

I'm not sure if it's gone the same way at other terminals, but training is a week with a local trainer, then a week in Chicago (Bulkmatic University), then maybe a day with the local trainer when you return to your home terminal. I'd have to say the training is as only as good as the trainer, and in my case it was very good.

Pay good?

I, personally, think it's better on the food side of the company than the plastic side. I've spent time doing either and the food paycheck always comes out ahead of the plastic checks. My first year here, I brought home roughly $45,000. Over the course of time, my paycheck's roughly 7 to 10K less than it was when I started.

A brief over view would be much appreciated.

I've been here for a while and it's definitely gone down from my first year. More progressively the last two years. The owner's not worried about the turn over rate, "we'll just go find another driver to put in the truck." As a result, turnover has gone through the roof. However, if you've had more than two jobs in the past three years, they won't even consider your application.

Several bonuses have been taken and have not been reinstated, however the fleet's being upgraded to new Peterbilt 384's among other trucks. Due to customers wanting upwards of 54,000lbs, sleeper trucks are being done away with. Bulkmatic will pay for motels via a Corporate Lodging Card.

Rail yards are common, depending on the product being hauled, but it's not the same as dealing with a rail yard in the van/container side of the spectrum. At least the rail yards I have dealt with.

Pulling pneumatic bulk tanks has got some perks over pulling vans. At one customer I frequent, I went there in a van and did nothing but wait ...either in line or at the dock to get loaded. Now, I cruise past the lines and do my thing, then leave.

That's just a brief over-view of things as I see them. As with any other trucking company, your mileage may vary.

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