Solar Transport Reviews
Updated Jan 17, 2022
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- Current Employee, more than 10 years★★★★★
Pros
Good solid company that isn’t perfect, but has always tried to make things better.
Cons
Not much for bonuses with new pay structure
Continue readingThank you for your feedback! 2021 seen some record changing times for our Industry and right away Solar Transport's Senior Leadership Team recognized we are a company that cares, respects and values the job our drivers do daily. We quickly implemented pay increases throughout all our regions to ensure our drivers are leading the industry in wages and benefits. We have only professional drivers at Solar Transport and we will continue to treat them that way. The 2022 bonus programs are implemented in many areas for drivers from PTO to years of Service. We have stability until retirement for our drivers.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Free coke and food. Heated garage. Professional office. Lots of PTO.
Cons
No room to grow. Micromanaging. Open office concept.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Home every day Fairly consistent work schedule
Cons
Driver issues sometimes aren't addressed as quickly as they could be.
Continue readingSolar Transport Response
Thank you for your feedback, we now have local engagements for drivers to communicate directly not only to their managers but the Senior Leadership Team. We make sure there is a work life balance that exists for our drivers.
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Great bunch of drivers to work with
Cons
To many rules. Always looking for ways to fire you. Supervisor hides and watches you deliver then can't wait to tell you what you did wrong. They over hire so when work slows down you barely survive. Benefits are great but way to expensive and not enough vacation time
Continue readingSolar Transport Response
As always we want to thank our employees current and past for taking the time to submit feedback. We have taken the constructive feedback and have implemented many engagement opportunities. We have come along way in the past year and are proud of our drivers and support teams. We listen and will continue to evolve communications within all of our regions.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Decent compensation and benefits, schedule is flexible
Cons
Company centered culture, employees are just numbers, no consistency, no communication, extreme lack of professionalism. Unless you are a "yes man", you well not make it long here.
Continue readingSolar Transport Response
We appreciate feedback. I believe the listed Pros here are true and should be focused on. In transportation there are positions you apply for such as dispatcher and they hold different responsibilities from company to company. Here at Solar Transport a dispatch position is one of support. We have implemented ongoing training and communications for our dispatch team so they can provide the support to our drivers and peers. We firmly believe all our roles are support roles.
- Former Employee★★★★★
Pros
Family friendly and laid back
Cons
smaller company with a lot of room to grow
- Current Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Safety comes first at Solar
Cons
Benfites can be better . Health insurance is pricey
- Current Employee, more than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
Great people and management. Care about employees
Cons
lacks a little in the area of communication
Continue reading - Former Employee, more than 5 years★★★★★
Pros
Three years ago i would have had plenty of pros.
Cons
I have worked for Solar over 5 years. When i started i was told by management, coworkers and friends that the company was thriving with plenty of advancement opportunities. After giving it my all day in and day out rarely missing work. I quickly found out that it is not the case and there was no advancement opportunities, you were stuck in the day to day slug where you are not appreciated. Solar Transport has some of the worse equipment in the trucking industry. They are very unreliable and fleet management is not given the equipment to perform the job duties. I would never recommend this job to anyone. Stay away!
Continue readingSolar Transport Response
Recruiting Manager, Drivers
Your comment concerning equipment is completely unfounded. The average age of equipment is 3.5 years. This is by no means even close to being worse equipment in the industry. Additionally there are advancement opportunities and they are based on performance.
- Former Employee, less than 1 year★★★★★
Pros
The pay fluctuates wildly but the safety bonuses, quarterly bonuses and christmas fund are good.
Cons
Day to day operations on the ground can be sketchy at times. Bringing issues up to management leads to no resolution. When a problem arises, drivers are left holding the bag. Quick to discipline, slow to correct issues faced on the ground.
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58% of Solar Transport employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews. Employees also rated Solar Transport 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.1 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.
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