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I made it 1 month short of 6 full years with Express-1. It was very enjoyable for the most part but find myself unable to get over the changes that took place this spring. I enjoyed all of the people who work in the office. You will be missed greatly. I started as a newbie with no experience...

We are taking all these pay cuts and yet they announce they are going to expand in NC? They are planning on hiring 287 at an average salary $51,568/year plus benifits (14.8 million / 287 new employees) Unless you are a team (same household) straight truck or tractor I don't think any of the rest...

I think I have stumbled across new tactics that express-1 has instituted that will help bolster their bottom line. Since March 1st we have been offered 3 loads of greater than 3000 lbs. We have a payload capacity of 3340 so we were able to do them if we chose too but I turned down 2 of them. The...

I already called them and I am on the list as of noon today. ;) I have also called others such as allstate, tri state, and fed ex. Going to make a decision shortly.

Nope ALL sprinter type vehicles will get .80 no matter the load. All cargo vans will get .70 no matter the load. I talked to a guy out of Birmingham office and he confirmed it.

We stepped up to a sprinter a year ago ;) and still running as a team. I do not like this and here is why. As a team we generally don't take or are even offered short loads so the short load bump really doesn't apply. 90% of the CV loads we ran we were able to get the .80/mile anyway. So my...

Todays conference call with new rates. Your thoughts. I will reserve my thoughts until I can personally talk with someone but I have towed the line for quite awhile but the gloves may come off.

I have not been on this site in weeks and I come back and low and behold its SSDD. Lets just face it. We didn't leave when they stole our pay from us so we have set a presidence. They also continue to bring on new vans/trucks with them knowing what the rates are and until they have a hard time...

Re: fsc I feel your pain, HOWEVER, when we signed up we knew how the fsc worked and how E-1 did it. My only beef is when we are told one thing and "due to economic conditions" things are changed without notification and then aren't reinstated when things picked back up.;)

Not sure. This time last year I was still solo, however, it was last March that made me decide to become a team. It was horrible. As a team I can't complain it is what I was told and hoped for. Just wish I could have convinced the wife to come out instead of the daughter. HAVE to pay...

HOWEVER, I did not have 75% more loaded miles and my increase in miles I attribute to becoming a team.

That is done by "cheating" "stealing" "raping"... oh wait I mean "streamlineing" their employees/contractors pay and benifits. I've said it before and I'll say it again. "We are not asking for ANYTHING that was not told to us from recruiting and in orientation." I can not survive on...

What is the truth? What is the non-truth? Its all a matter of perspective. Its the age old arguement. Good vs Evil, right vs wrong, top vs bottom, in vs out, Ok don't ask me where this is going its too late at night but all I know is they can not explain to me to my satisfaction why we...

Yup got the jacket. That is why I went to the banquet. Once I became a team there really wern't too many "bad" loads and as a solo I took everything and anything...... my motto is keep the wheels a turning.

Just rereviewed my contract. What I signed was this B base rate up to 2000# .80/mile B major account rate .70/mile C Base rate 2001# to 5000#1.05/mile C major account 1.00/mile That is the contract I signed. This is what I agreed too. When did every account...

I have put off posting this thread for awhile. I am going to be vague but sometime in the last 2 months we took a load and it had the amount that was paid for shipping on it. Now I know we have had many discussions about why we lost our dime and when will it come back but I did the math and if...

I use the streets and trips as well. It is very good and easy to use but like SE said sometimes you have to use your own judgement.

The van just not large enough for 2? I know what you are going thru and just imagine if you weren't with your wife but with your daughter. :rolleyes:

Rumor has it that it is closer than you think. One can only hope as this is starting to get old.:(

Went to my first banquet this year. Had a nice time. Good food, good friends, good ceremony. Don't know if other expedite companies do this but I thought it was very nice. I have worked at other companies that do this and its always nice to see how the company did in the past year and to...