Roehl Transport Reviews

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The starting pay is decent but it caps out fairly low. It’s a good company for starting but may not be for the long run. The equipment is well taken care of but you’ll get the base model tractor without many features. No refrigerators, no standard inverter. If you want an inverter installed you have to pay for one of theirs and it will only run for 2 hours until it is off for 10.

Cons

Management micro-manages and loves to play the blame game. Driver retention is awful. Did not feel like i was part of the 'family'. In-truck cameras. Pay sucks

Cons

As stated above, awesome company leading up to going solo and being assigned a truck...

1. Fleet Manager is okay; we have our differences. Learning to just do as he says. (When I started phase Two i was required to contact him once a day... I distinctly remember him saying for me to be successful him and I need to work together as a team... now that I am solo it is more like he “yells jump” and my response is required to be “how high.” Not a team effort. More like I do as he says or risk retaliation.)

2. Dispatch does not plan times correctly based on routing. Fuel and Routing is ridiculous; (plan @55MPH) then proceeds to route you through every small town not built for trucks with speeds as low as 15MPH. And then has the nerve to blame you for being late.

3. The fleet management personnel are taught to place blame on the driver if anything goes wrong. Regardless of the nature of the problem. (I.e Poor F&R Plan/Unsafe Roads/Unsafe Traffic {being routed through areas during “rush hour”}/.etc)

4. Miles Assigned are not as promised.

5. Loads are forced on drivers (even if logical reason to refuse the load is presented.)

6. Forced to sign contract (miles based) [refer to number 4.]

7. Equipment is rusted beyond repair (securement equip.)

8. Weekend dispatch/Over Night Fleet Managers are 85% useless. (That is if you can actually get through to someone via their automated voip system.)

9. Repeatedly sent to shippers that have a well known history of being a cemetery for HOS.

10. GPS System is often incorrect (wrong exit numbers, road names incorrect, speed alert is wrong 60% of the time)

11. Event Recorders (inward facing is invasion of privacy)

12. Lane Control Alert goes off randomly... (could be on a road with not a single line anywhere for miles but it will repeatedly go off setting off the event recorder.)

13. Bendix System/Collision Mitigating System is overwhelmingly inaccurate. (I’ve had it slam(literally) on the brakes and I was the only vehicle on the road for miles) (no obstructions in road either) Apparently these trucks are scared of shadows...

14. Governed at 65... More of a traffic hazard than safe. especially on the roads with speeds above that. (These trucks struggle to climb a damn hill empty due to being governed.)

15. Everything that goes wrong is the Drivers Fault.

16. Pay is lower than most other companies. (Based on per mile rates)

Cons

Disorganized management with no concern for the drivers. A lot of wasted time. Frequently searching for empty trailers, frequently sent to customers that are closed or without necessary numbers just to be turned away, required me to leave on recaps 3 hours before my 34 hour reset completed, poor communication - frequently ignore messages. Long hold times when calling in. Night dispatch not capable of handling problems. Trucks frequently in the shop and problems recur - don’t get fixed properly. Must work continually to make any money. $40,000 per year max for 70+ hours per week. I was never late, always left as soon as my breaks were over (unless I couldn’t). Really it was an awful experience. Career opportunities only rated three stars because fleet managers were constantly leaving also and there are always job postings. Turnover is high.

Cons

They don't pay their professional truck drivers on time or if ever at all. Constantly disputing your weekly pay, period . They are in the business to pick up and drop trailers, daily, for FREE and see no wrong, as to why they don't pay their professional truck drivers.
After my fourth load my paycheck says ZERO net pay. I called my driver manager and asked "where's my paycheck"? Response, call your driver manager. Nothing but a BIG SPIN AT ROEHL TRANSPORT INC & nobody seems to know nothing when it comes to payroll. This is by far the worst trucking company and such a waste of time last five (5) weeks of he'll and basically worked for FREE with ZERO NET PAY.
Thank you Roehl Transport for ZERO NET PAY!

Cons

Can not think of anything

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PTO isn't very good. Hard to get days off

Cons

- I've been pushed to be my best in my role at Roehl. I recognize that, at times, this makes me uncomfortable. I also think it's actually more of a positive than a negative.
- Trucking is a tough business. Some trucking companies are not built on values; they are not like Roehl, but that doesn't stop some people from forming a biased opinion about our company.

Cons

Wish I had came when first started driving

Cons

None compared to other companies.