Thinking About Going With US Xpress

I'm a student driver graduated from CDL school not to long ago and I now have my CDL A. I am scheduled for orientation with US Xpress next week I'm just not too sure about them because of all of the bad reviews I have seen on them. They told me I would be running a dedicated route making $1400-$1700 a week which I don't believe could anyone tell me what I could realistically be making with them starting out and also if they are even a good choice to go with starting out or if I should explore my other options. Thank you

Quann, welcome to our forum!

To be honest with you the bad reviews are worthless. For the most part they are posted by folks who have no clue about how to succeed in this business.

Brett, the "Boss" around here spent six years driving for U.S. Express and loved his time there - it is a great company with a solid reputation in the industry.

What worries me about your situation is that dedicated account you're talking about. That must be a "Dollar Store" account, and we would definitely discourage a rookie driver from getting into that. It is a really tough gig, and generally overwhelming for a newbie. I would not do that for sure.

Put Dollar Store or maybe Dollar Tree in our search bar at the top of the page and you'll find a lot of former discussions about those accounts. Read up and take heed. You'd be way better off doing Over The Road first, and get that steep first year's learning curve out of the way.

$1,400 x 50 weeks is $70,000. First year? Wow! You could take two weeks off and still be doing well. Sniff, sniff. You might wanna clarify that pay claim. Smells a little.

$1,400 x 50 weeks is $70,000. First year? Wow! You could take two weeks off and still be doing well. Sniff, sniff. You might wanna clarify that pay claim. Smells a little.

Actually, it smells like owner operator , and I doubt any o/o would take a Dollar account.

Hey Quann, everything Old School said was correct. I worked there six years and they're a great company but it does sound like they're pushing you toward their Dollar Tree account and you don't want anything to do with that in the beginning. I was on that account for a year. It was by far the most difficult trucking job I ever had. You're unloading 45,000 - 90,000 pounds of freight and driving about 2,000+ miles every five days. You have to find all different locations and squeeze into all of these tiny strip malls in super congested areas, many of which were never intended for huge tractor trailers. Then the real fun begins as you hand unload the entire trailer.

So the navigation, backing, and back-breaking work are just too much to deal with for a brand new driver. The company is great and I would recommend them, but don't go with any dollar store accounts. Just stick to ordinary regional or OTR work in the beginning. After getting a year of experience if you want to give that division a shot then go for it. It pays great, but most people only last a few weeks to a few months on that account. There's a lot of turnover and a few injuries here and there from improper lifting and boxes falling on people as they're unloading.