The experience with WW slow pay did cost them 3 drivers in one day which we assume went unnoticed. Luckily my boyfriend had the capital in his business account to pay his drivers so they never went without; however phone calls stopped being returned by the owner (and she used to be very good about that). Same email theme, "Didn't get BOL"; when the email confirmation of the same BOL was sent back to prove they did receive it, that would be followed up by "I sent that check last week". Three to four days later the check would arrive with the postmark dated the day of or after the email stating it was already mailed days before.
It was understood that, when my boyfriend contracted with WW that pay would be 30 days. Then the contract was amended to 35. He accepted that, he could live within that window. However he could not accept 35 days becoming 40 then 60 then 96 with one excuse after another. The fear they would go under and still owe $$$$ was very real. You can imagine, with how often Whirlwind kept him and his drivers moving, that it didn't take long (less than 35 days) to amass thousands of dollars due.
Not once was he told WW was awaiting payment from the source. Therefore, he had no idea what was really going on. The excuses given plus actions taken by WW made him wary enough to pull his drivers and self from their roster.
Two of his expediting colleagues have since followed suit.
With the thousands of expediters on the road, WW will have drivers at their disposal for some time; but not forever. This will eventually catch up to them; expediters don't just post on EO. They talk in truckstops and WalMart parking lots all over the country. Word gets out.
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