I guess they do things different wherever you are. I've never been asked to run illegal. It's never been implied. I've never been given grief for calling it a night because i ran out of time for freeway closure. Never heard one word when I said I wasnt running because an ice storm coated 120 miles of interstate in ice. Never heard a word when I told the TM I wont run with a particular piece of equipment and i was putting on the deadline. I've waited in the hotel 2 hours exactly one time waiting on a load. Every night I call dispatch I'm told come on in when I'm ready. No shortage of freight out here.
Ive never stayed in a bunkroom. Never even been to a terminal that had one. The majority of the hotel rooms I've stayed in were in pretty good shape. Only one I can legit complain about is the hotel in Riverside CA.
As far as pay, I should make no less than $90k this year, probably closer to $95k, maybe closer to $100k if I really want to run hard the rest of the year. Now tell me what company is going to pay me significantly more than that? You keep talking about pay. Youre complaining about nickel and dime nonsense. Yeah I'll go to FXF so I can get paid to fuel while I take a $35k a year pay cut because I only run 250 miles a night and work the dock 5 hours a night for the next decade. Great move.
I guess you work out of a bad terminal or region but you cant paint the while company with that broad brush. Secondly, even if Estes was the way you say it was back in the old days, that doesnt mean it's that way now. Hell the entire trucking industry is different than it was 10 years ago, much less 20 or 30 years. Pick out any LTL company and I can bet you they have changed significantly.over the decades.
You hate it here, we get it. But to go and tell any prospective driver that this is a third rate starter company is a bold faced lie.
