Comments By Indy

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You can get an e-book about the entire affair.

"Big Rigs, Posh Digs, Fast Cars, Dark Bars..."

I just purchased it on Amazon for Kindle, $4.49. Looks interesting. Gonna read it now... will keep me out of trouble here, on my day off.... Thanks for posting this!

I read it in about two or three hours. Mom should have let the daughter take over.

Dave

I read it last night. I was thinking the same thing. Unfortunately, mom doesn't have much more sense than son.

Ok so im just atarting out and have looked at different companies but they all seem to have low reviews. I want to become a company driver and just want to know if anyone knows of a good company to drive for? Please let me know just curious, thanks in advanced.

If you want to go over-the-road, and home-time is important to you, I would look at Schneider. They have lots of regional/dedicated jobs that will get you home pretty much every weekend.

"How can you use your best judgment when someone with an anonymous name makes a bunch of unverifiable statements?"

First, I said that if I saw "a whole bunch" of reviews saying basically the same thing, I would give it consideration. No, I wouldn't give any weight to a single complaint. And, I said I would then try to verify the complaint(s) in some other way.

I consider online reviews in many decisions that I make. Example, we recently had our hot water heater go out. Now, rather than just let a salesman make my decision for me, I read a whole bunch of online reviews of hot water heaters at a number of different sites and from that I think I was able to make a better informed choice. I approach these reviews with skepticism, I look for details in reviews that suggest the reviewer actually knows what they are talking about. And, I consider the weight of all the reviews, overall.

It's actually kind of hard to explain my process of using online reviews. Again, I just call it using good judgement.

Do you really not ever consider online reviews in any choices you make? I find that hard to believe.

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You can get an e-book about the entire affair.

"Big Rigs, Posh Digs, Fast Cars, Dark Bars..."

I just purchased it on Amazon for Kindle, $4.49. Looks interesting. Gonna read it now... will keep me out of trouble here, on my day off.... Thanks for posting this!

If you check around this site, you will find that many other people have asked this same question. I'll give you the shortest summarized answer I can:

There are no bad companies, only bad drivers. The bad drivers lay the blame for their shortcomings and failures on their company, by going online and posting a one-sided rant. You'll never hear from the good drivers having good experiences because they are out working and making money.

Bottom line: if you go into it with a positive attitude and solid work ethic, it won't matter which company you choose.

Don't choose based on online reviews, choose based on pay/benefits, home time, routes, etc.

Yes but if what i read about a companies home time online is bad how am i to choose?? Know i mean like i know its away from home a lot but i would like decent home time. But i look something up it says barely any home time.

I disagree with those that say online reviews are useless. You just have to use your best judgement. If I was seeing a whole bunch of reviews saying that a certain company does not live up to its promises regarding home time, then I would take that into consideration. I might also try to verify that information in some other way... maybe try to talk to a driver for that company in person,.. like, at a truck stop.

I would guess that the accident is a bigger problem for you than the ticket. Your former company has likely reported it on your DAC record. You can request a copy of your DAC report here. I think most companies check your DAC report as part of the background check.

Is Arrow a good company?

Lol that was my first good chuckle of the day!

It WAS a good company. I heard it was one of the BEST flatbed companies around...

Dave

Yes, I've heard that too. I saw a guy on another forum who claimed he was one of the drivers that was left stranded... talking about how much he missed his job at Arrow

I didn't receive a Private message.

What's with the private message system here? Seems they don't go thru for quite a few people. Does it require high level security clearance to have your pm's flow freely?

I had a great account 7 dollars for every mile the truck turned.

I would love to hear more about this since it paid about 300% more than any account I've ever heard of.

I would like to know more about this too, because everywhere I have been doing a lot of research about trucking (and I mean a LOT). I have watched hundreds of Youtube videos, called plenty of trucking companies, of course asked things on this forum, started my studies in the High Road program on this site, talked to people who are actually truckers, started reading the CDL manual on the dmv website, and everything else that you can think of. Everywhere that I look and read, I see the phrase cpm, as in 'cents per mile.' I've never heard of anyone making dpm, or dollars per mile lol. Not bashing just curious. We all want to make money.

O/O's are paid dpm, out of which they must pay for all of their expenses..., so they end up with cpm.

Is Arrow a good company?