Lazer Spot

I worked for them for about a year. Was a lead driver on the night shift at International Paper. Where to start... lol.

Honestly, I probably have more complaints about the paper mill and their stupid rules than I do for lazer.

Management was a joke. We had 4 site managers, plus the regional manager. They were all a bunch of dinks, pretty much useless. But being on the night shift that didn’t bother me too much as I had minimal contact with them.

Equipment was terrible. They pretty much didn’t fix anything unless it physically prevented the truck from moving. But if you didn’t do a full pretrip and report every single loose screw, they would not hesitate to write you up or blame you for the problem. But I do partly blame the drivers for the poor equipment. Drivers were always tearing #### up and could never even be bothered to keep their trucks clean. If they did get nice new equipment the drivers would just tear it up. So I kinda get the lack of maintenance to a point.

Pay and benefits were pretty decent. The mill was a 24 hour operation so we worked rotating 12 hour shifts. We got overtime after 50 hours, and if you worked any extra shifts you got an additional $2.50 per hour, plus we got a $2 premium for working nights. And you got 8 hrs pay for holidays (in addition to your regular pay if you worked the holiday). You can definitely make some money if you are willing to work.

It’s a good enough job if you want to be home daily and have a regular schedule with no headaches but you still want to drive. I don’t regret working there, but I definitely like what I am doing now much better.

 

I've never worked for Lazer spot but for the last 4 years I've delivered consistently to 2 locations served by Lazer spot .
One is a cold storage in penn and the other is a med supply company in Indianapolis .
The place in penn has excellent looking equipment and very little turnover...and the drivers are helpful.
The place in indy has total junk for equipment and I don't often see the same driver more than a few times .

 

The local IP warehouse uses them, but only on 2nd or 3rd shift……maybe both. During the day they get us to move trailers while we are trying to pick up our loads. I hope we charge them for it.

They have a Mack and Volvo daycab here. I don’t think they go out on road. They need an actual switcher truck. Docks are tight and yard isn’t any better. I’d hate to be a spotter with a regular truck. F that.