Stevens Transport - Opinion - Bad Business Practices

Mar 10, 2008

Stevens transport complaint by Rlfederico

I have been with Stevens Transport for 6 months, just finished my 90 day Grad Fleet. It started when the recruiter said I could make $900 to $1200 a week easy driving between 2500 and 300o miles per week. Well I drive 2500 to 3000 miles a week and I bring home $400 to $450 a week. I could come home everynight to my wife with a local job for this money.

I also reported my first trainer in to the company for acting improperly i.e. he threw urine on a woman driving by because he didnt like the way she was driving and accused her of trying to make him crash because he was black and a professional truck driver. He also threatened other truckers over the CB, as they were driving by because he said they were racist and was also trying to make him wreck becuase he is black and a professional truck driver and it upset the others drivers to see a black man on the road. He is still happily employed with this company.

The instructors and others in the company tell you that if you desire to quit as long as you leave your vehicle at a Kenworth Truck Dealer or any other approved locatioin is ok and you will not be charged with abandonement. To abandone a commercial truck is a big mistake. To my re-education this morning I was told that if I left my truck at the Kenworth dealer I would be abandoning the vehicle and would have to pay storage fees and go against my DAC report. Another lie by the Stevens Company.

Stevens pays its new hires .26 cpm which is way below what other companies pay for new hires. Stevens says we have the best pay and compensation and we are a premium company. Lies, lies, lies and more lies.

The new company I am going to work for starts out at .34 cpm for new hires w/ a .04 cpm bonus for on time delivery. roughly .38 cpm compared to .26 cpm is a very big difference when your running 2500 to 3000 miles weekly.

This is my opinion of Stevens Transport

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Comments (4)

1. Written by GMA IN N.C., on 13-05-2008 12:27

I GUESS U ALL KNOW WAT UR TALKIN ABOUT. I AGREE WIT RAIDERONE, I APPLY TO THESE SAME CO. AND :sigh

TO SAY HE IS RITE IM WAITNG ON TO JOIN STEVENS ASAP :grin

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2. Written by Tate, on 20-04-2008 11:42

It is true that you CAN make the money @ Stevens Transport. However, it is also true that 2500 m/w is $650 BEFORE taxes. I have found that there are definite mistatements @ Stevens. Most of the money one makes depends on the driver manager, how much you bend the laws on the log book (time compression, 2 books, actual time logged, (30 minutes minimal for proper DOT inspection, per Safety Dept.) etc. If you run it legal, and log it as you do it, Dispatch tends to give you crappy loads...this is what I did for the first year. Then I learned that I could get better loads by telling lies and cheating. Now, I have been a lease/contract driver for a while. Making top dollar. What Stevens won't tell you up front, is that in order to make the big bucks, you need to be a lease/contract driver. That means paying for the truck repairs yourself.....which takes money from the top. And not all of that is beneficial as a tax deduction. Bottom line, it depends on each individual's moral center (best if you have none), driver manager's efforts (which you can't control), and craftiness. I'm still working for Stevens after 4 years because I don't have a problem crossing moral boundaries and I make the money now that I do cross them.

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3. Written by Downhillracer, on 10-04-2008 07:00

:grin

/ this dude is a joke ... I agree with Raiderone ... I went to truck stops and talked to Stevens drivers ... I have been happy and I left Werner ( a real joke now ). I am averaging $750.00 per week as a company driver and I don't run all the miles either. I am a retired Colorado State Trooper and the recruiter was right - you can make as much as you want is you want to work. In my opinion if you want to drive - Stevens is the only company period - go talk to drivers and dont believe anything this fool says ....if Stevens was bad the customers like IBP and Kodak would not have awarded them there best carrier award. If you are reading this - drive for Stevens and forget the crap this fool said ...

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4. Written by Raiderone, on 10-04-2008 06:53

This fellow is a fook ... I just let JB Hunt at .36 per mile to come to Stevens at .30. He needs to do the math and quit lying to people. .30 per mile is what he gets with the bonus times 3000 miles a week is more than $500.00 per week, I am making extra bonus too. DO NO BELIEVE ANYTHING THIS FELLOW SAYS - He is probably stupid enough to fall for the higher pay scam. More pay per mile YES, but old trucks, dry box equipment where you sit alot - refigerated allows you to run more miles because you can haul everything. This guy is a :cry

baby and should go back to working for Walmart .... the recruiter in the west didnt lye to me - infact I earn more than he said I would .....ask a driver at a truck stop driving for Stevens - I checked out Werner, Swift, Knight, Central, Marten and especially the real master of diaster - England, and Stevens is the BEST - Period !!!!! I am now a lease operator trainer and last week I brought home after everything was paid - $1300.00 and had 2 days off. Call Stevens ....

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