QUALITY CARRIERS - DRIVERS BEWARE
ANOTHER BULLSHIT TRUCKING COMPANY
Drivers always remember that just as a company are interviewing you to also be interviewing the company and at the first sign of BULLSHIT to do yourself a favor and do it moving to another company !
For this reason along I always keep at least three companies in the interview process because these BULLSHIT trucking companies will string you along and then tell you some bullshit at the end of the process.
For this particular company QUALITY all that's needed to realize that there is nothing QUALITY about QUALITY is to check their reviews, which are by and far for the most part negative reviews.
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Been Here for a while. I run 91-100+ Hours per pay Period and receive half of that on my check. The dispatcher is a former driver who took the job after an injury and she sucks at it. Shows favoritism and does not pay you for all your runs.
You will work full time but only be paid for half of that on your paycheck. They give you excuses and say that they have to audit your people net and never do it. My checks are $1,000 after taxes and does not pay for rent
I have been looking for a full-time driving job for the last month. I have all my route information on a tablet I keep in my pocket along with all my route sheets and plan to file a grievance with BOLI after I leave. Stay away from Quality Carriers it's not worth the headache they will surely give you
Add this firm to your TO AVOID list.
Bulk tanker driver (Former Employee) – Fleetwood, PA – July 15, 2016
Quality Carriers have several affiliates, one of the them is FT Silfies/Donmoyer with their corp. office in Ono, PA. This review reflects my experience with this particular affiliate based in Ono, PA, now part of Quality Carriers. The initial, probably good intentions of this firm go down the hill upon a closer look so any job seeker, esp. drivers should be aware of their problems. Their problems are mostly related to inexperienced management which besides other things reflects the lack of respect for their drivers whom should have been their most valuable asset and without whom the firm will collapse. Despite the act their upper management puts on during the orientation, more less to overwhelm their new recruits, the firm is showing some serious problems.
First major problem is their outdated equipment where their trucks and trailers, delivering 80,000 lbs 90% of time, can be decades old. They have newer equipment but that is allocated to chosen seniority based employees only. Their tractors are showing wear and tear in every possible way (beat up, extremely dated and dirty, and are barely able to pull the full capacity or 80K lbs. The same can be said about their trailers which leak air from most of their valves. Once the new driver realizes that most of their clients are based in NY City he'll understand the seriousness of pulling 80,000 lbs on extremely busy major highways while using old equipment. Second big problem is their business strategy where management often makes promises they never meant to keep. That relates to the absolute lack of mutual respect related to relationships between drivers and management as well as among drivers themselves. One other big issue is also the low wages where the actual percentage earned from each delivered load barely comes to 50% of the wages promised by management at the hiring point. Driver often realizes that after prorating his income by actual hours worked he earns as little as 6-9 $/hour.
First major problem is their outdated equipment where their trucks and trailers, delivering 80,000 lbs 90% of time, can be decades old. They have newer equipment but that is allocated to chosen seniority based employees only. Their tractors are showing wear and tear in every possible way (beat up, extremely dated and dirty, and are barely able to pull the full capacity or 80K lbs. The same can be said about their trailers which leak air from most of their valves. Once the new driver realizes that most of their clients are based in NY City he'll understand the seriousness of pulling 80,000 lbs on extremely busy major highways while using old equipment. Second big problem is their business strategy where management often makes promises they never meant to keep. That relates to the absolute lack of mutual respect related to relationships between drivers and management as well as among drivers themselves. One other big issue is also the low wages where the actual percentage earned from each delivered load barely comes to 50% of the wages promised by management at the hiring point. Driver often realizes that after prorating his income by actual hours worked he earns as little as 6-9 $/hour.
