Trac, INC. Menomonie, WI: Good Riddance!!!

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  1. diesel_weasel

    diesel_weasel Medium Load Member

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    :biggrin_25516: Although this company is no longer around (Thank God for that), They deserve being mentioned. This was the most disorganized, unethical, hypocrital sorry excuse for any job of any kind that I have ever encountered.

    Here is a story about how they shut down. They essentially did the same thing Arrow did, But it didn't make waves because they were a much smaller outfit.

    http://www.dunnconnect.com/articles/2007/11/26/news/news02.txt

    Shall I start with the overweight 49,000+ lb loads of Pepsi-Cola out of Burnsville, MN? Or the expectation that drivers should make 5-10 loads/pickups/drops a day and still drive over 600 miles, yet still make it legal? Or the fact that they had Quallcom and didn't need it?

    They would punish drivers who didn't play their illegal games by sending them home in the middle of the week and forcing them to go out again. Their trucks in 2005 were mostly old, leaky, underpowered, worn out and totally unsafe.

    Most of their veteran drivers were good people, but a lot of them stuck around simply because they were so close to retirement and the economy in 2007 was already taking a turn for the worst. Unfortunately in the end everyone found out the hard way what kind of people the owners really are.

    I'm all for sticking around and giving a place a fair shot, but a few months was enough back in 2005 to learn that this place was hell on earth. The day I quit a former Swift driver also threw the keys back at them, I think that pretty much says it all.
     
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  3. Shep Shiloh

    Shep Shiloh Medium Load Member

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    Kind of sounds a little like Mid-States Express with the insurance premiums and 401k contributions not being paid. I hope those who were wronged are able to get some closure on this.
     
  4. slabrunner

    slabrunner Light Load Member

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    Creative capitalism at its finest.
     
  5. Farrell 67

    Farrell 67 Light Load Member

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    Oh,is that what you call it?

    I woulda gone in a totally different direction with that..
     
  6. DJ trucker

    DJ trucker Light Load Member

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    i worked for this sorry outfit out of south carolina. the term mgr was nice in your face but mean on the phone ... and you WILL run this load, i dont care if you are out of hours...

    the loads were all pepsi and water # 53,000 lbs in the box.

    i am glad to see they bit the bullet
     
  7. snowbegone

    snowbegone Bobtail Member

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    just another sorry WI company that took people for a ride. Haven't driven by there lately, but last year there was still a big NOW HIRING banner hung on the fence, with weeds poking through it.

    I thought of working here once upon a time, glad i never did!
     
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