Official Worst Companys List, rank bassed on ripoff reports and annual revenue

I have worked for 3 of these companies, PRIME (6 years) Southern Refrigerated Transport (9 months) and Celadon 2 years to current and I couldn't disagree with this list more. you are ignoring too many factors that contribute to the rise or fall of a company, revenue means nothing in comparison to "ARE they a good company to work for". Robert Lowe (CEO and Owner of PRIME Inc. being a personal friend of mine since I was a mere boy) stated PRIME pulled in a figure WAY beyond your statement here and has no reason to lie.

first things first, A company's revenue has VERY little to do with what they give a DRIVER as far as being a good company. Shouldn't safety rating reflect quite a bit about a company? Prime's safety rating is FAR above 90 percent of major freight carriers throughout the US and Canada, as is Celadon's. Benefits offered by companies to the drivers should play a role as well as driver pay scale and average owner op/lease op income. A little bit about PRIME Inc. to give some of the "Oh PRIME has slow trucks so they're a bad company" bandwagon. Their main terminal, based in Springfield, MO. costed Mr. Lowe a whopping 24 MILLION dollars to build and MOST of the cost was FOR his drivers. Including a driver ran, driver controlled movie theatre, touch screen KOHLER surround showers, FREE bunk rooms which are closer to a Howard Johnson room with a double bed, full indoor basketball and weight gyms, complete with FREE to company employees and their family members, PERSONAL TRAINERS. a massage parlor and spa, yard wide free wi-fi at t-1 speeds, hair salon, arcade, embroidery shop, company store the size of Southern Refrigerated's main terminal, FREE daycare center, a TOP of the line restaurant where an 8 oz. chicken fried steak will cost a driver around 6 bucks. a 75 bay shop, state of the art security systems in and out of the building, smoking and non smoking driver's lounges, big screen televisions in both, a yearly company truck rodeo, christmas/new year's party is always hosted in 4 star or above locale, my last I attended had 4 caterers and live....music if you want to call that group music, a PEER safety review board, meaning it's drivers who have a say in accident decisions and they have to go through training via FMCSA which is why I mentioned them. NOW let's look at the quality of their equipment. EVERY full suzed conventional owned by PRIME is equipped with either a Carrier or Thermo King Tri-Pac APU, VORAD or OnGuard smart cruise systems. By the way, have you ever seen a PRIME truck with SETTLED dirt on it? Oh, that's because they spring for their trucks to get a wash as needed. ALL PRIME's mechanics in Springfield are CERTIFIED...not some grease monkey who just crawled out from under a farm tractor and decided to try his hand at the city life. GINORMOUS fuel network....need fuel with PRIME? find a TA, PETRO, Pilot, Love's and you got fuel.

SRT....in my opinion should be among the top worst companies to work for. TERRIBLE equipment. Trailers with pieced together frames, Nearly ALL their trucks are refurbished from wrecks. Dispatchers have the ability to fire a driver, NOT the other way around as is standard practice in the industry. average miles per week depends on dispatcher and what they WANT to give you. Make a dispatcher there mad if you WANT to...we'll see how far from where you are sitting at the time you make it in the next week. a 97..YES...97 (100 being the worst) safety rating. Head dispatcher is rarely sober. not many drivers can accurately describe what Tony Smith (owner) looks like. HORRIBLE fuel network...a big ole whopping 135 truck stop fuel network with NONE of them in Arizona, Alabama and one other state but I forgot which state. and the BIGGEST reason they are Mr. Magoo's horribad company of the millenium....52% OWNED BY COVENANT...nuff said

MOST of those companies are training companies and will have what you could call a "revolving door turnover". You have many who are students there thus employed there who just don't cut it or hate working in this industry. Schneider layed claims as one of the biggest net income trucking companies of 2010. Celadon was voted as one of the five BEST fleets to drive for and are awarded by multiple publications for both safety and overall employee satisfaction. Celadon also one of the safest companies in the US/Canada by FMCSA and DAC ratings.

Valiant effort and definitely food for thought for newer drivers but not accurate if you ask me.

 

Interesting list; I would like to see the numbers compiled for just The Truckers Report Forum. Also - would very much like to see a comparable "companies most loved by drivers" list.

 

One Man's Treasure is often another Man's Trash!

 

I don't have much respect for so called reports such as these. I have spoken to drivers from several of those carriers listed and they are very happy with them. Most drivers won't take the time to tell others that they like their company unless asked. It is only those who are not happy who will spend the time to put a black mark against a carrier. It will more often be because they didn't do their job, didn't get their way about something or they didn't like some corporate policy that is the real problem. Not that there are not bad dispatchers or companies. I don't think that most carriers are inherently bad. It is usually only one or two individuals who are the problem. But, if you look below the surface, it is probably the driver and not the company in most cases.

 

Where did you get this alleged info on carriers? Is this something that you compiled. Nowadays, the turnover rate has very little to do with anything. In your data compiling, did you assess how many people quit driving for the company, due to the requirements of the job, the time out on the road, maybe a non-driving job popped up, etc.?

Did you research how many lease operators went "belly up," due to the fact they didn't have poor money management skills, didn't know how to save fuel, and rejected more loads that they accepted?

I know several people that work for Schneider, and love it there. Of all the companies out there, I hear the less complaints about Schneider. Overwhelming percentage of their drivers I talk to, have no problem with them.

I apologize before hand, but your data is about as useful as "tits on a boar hog."

 

There are a lot of good carriers. If most didn't like working for them they would not be able to continue in business. Sometimes you need to find the right carrier that works best for you. There are some that are not so good, but more often than not, it is the driver and not the carrier that has the problem.

 

Prime's "Taj Mahal" in Springfield does sound impressive. I guess if you live in or around Springfield it would be nice.

But even then, how often are you gonna use all this? Most Prime drivers probably don't use it that much. Wouldn't you rather be making money on the road, rather than hanging around the terminal, for free?

 

The point all of you are missing is this can only be the OP's "official list". There is no documentation provided only his (or her) interpretation of some things researched by them. Personally sounds like a recruiter to me.
If the OP is actually going to work there good luck.

 

Oh boy, another 'list' with no data to back it up.....