Hi Everyone:
I just wanted to say something about Smith Transport. My husband quit his job and went to work for Smith due to the promises they made. He was a long distance trucker and was gone for 3 weeks at a time. He has been in the trucking business for 30 years so he has been around the block. He started years ago making 23-30 cents a mile and was never home. The job he recently quit he was making 53 cents a mile and knew he wasn't going to get rich but they (Smith Transport) promised that he would make 40 cents a mile and fuel bonus would be 43 cents a mile. The fuel bonus was suppose to be payed quarterly, they also promised he would be home every weekend. So he quit his job and went to work for Smith. When he got to orientation he found out that they don't take any state tax out, not even Pennsylvania's, next the truck is a junk and keeps breaking down, you can't idle the truck (but you shouldn't have to, to stay warm or cool depending on the weather) because all units have a separate unit that uses minimal fuel and the temp in the bunk can be controlled. That died the first week and now you can't idle the vehicle unless your dispatcher disarms it. So it runs for two minutes then shuts off. He came home after over 2 weeks, he got home at 3am on Sat and had to leave on Sunday at 7pm. Then he finds out from other drivers in the company that there is no such thing as a fuel bonus. No truck ever makes it, the driver said and if he demands that he comes home as they promised every weekend then they will cut his 35 cents a mile to 32 cents a mile. If he says he is out of hours they get angry and give him an attitude. With all of the stuff wrong with the truck they still tried to send him quite a distance from the terminal.
He read the blogs on this company and because no one ever said anything bad about this company he felt it would be a good place to work..He made a really big mistake believing in this company...Please don't make the same mistake he did. I know that not only is he barley making a living, he is running so hard and has to lie on his log book. ..Please run away from, don't go to work for smith unless you are really in need of a job..........