Pros

Being able to drive a 379 Peterbilt,

Cons

I felt we had to drive unsafe equipment. After orientation, you are assigned a truck , you do the initial inspection and find various unsafe conditions, bring it to management , and are informed everything is legal. You drive in winter conditions, the truck is sliding because of bald tires, but they are still saying this is legal.
You end your load for the week , informed by dispatch that there is no reload, so dispatch informs you to bring the trailer home, clean it, fuel it, and drop at a designated drop yard, and bobtail to the office. When your paycheck comes out the next week, you are shorted over 200 miles, asking management about this, you are informed that those miles will not be paid, They only pay miles from your home base, how you arrived home is free to them, you drive and log this pulling a trailer for nothing

Advice to Senior Management

Look at safety issues, communication between management and drivers need overhauling, communication is slim to none.

Pros

Working in one of the offices, it provided excellent networking. Good opportunity to learn more about the industry, good for refining people skills. Most employees are paid the low end of fair, but still fair. Other than Corporate Office, most locations are relaxed and casual. Most employees are respectful towards each other.

Cons

Pay isn't stellar, the benefits are not great. Drivers are paid by the mile, office/support staff is either salaried or overtime-exempt. Promotion structuring rarely makes sense, and the yearly wage increase is a joke (I got 3 cents an hour increase once). The company watches their bottom line religiously, and may end up putting you in some ethical tight-spots.

Advice to Senior Management

Don't insult your employees with tiny raises and stock they can't touch for 5 years. Stop coddling drivers and start treating your support staff like they are valuable.

Pros

Growing company with opportunity to do a lot of different things. Good place to build your resume and gain experience.There is opportunity to advance if you kiss the right butt and tow the company line.

Cons

Tons of hours, inadequate pay for the work expected, on call 24/7 expectations. Poor benefits package in general; medical benefits are expensive and sub par, the 401k match is a joke. You'll be told that "everyone gets stock options" but the value of those options is very overstated and you have to stay for over 5 years to even think about getting any of the cash out of them. Basically you get paid less than other companies with the premise that you'll "make it up" in opportunity and stock. It doesn't happen - you will always be paid a substandard wage for a very tough carer path. Raises average 2-3% max per year even if you get a great review. If you are promoted, you will be told "you have to prove youself" before you will get the pay raise commensurate with the new responsibility. Lot's of family and church connections that work for the company make it tough on the outsiders.

Advice to Senior Management

Share the wealth a little more. No pay raise at all for anyone but yourselves? Come on, be fair. I know times are tough but if you can raise the dividend a penny a share (insiders own 31%) and give your top managers "special" stock grants at the same time you tell your regular workers that times are too tough for a raise - something doesn't jive. I guess that 2% increase would have broke the bank. Instead of micromanaging your mid level managers you should let them run their business and let the rewards match the performance.