Beware...of TMC

[ziggyzago]

I was surprised to find out all the bad things that went on inside the TMC military compound. Yes people I thought I was choosing one of the best trucking companies out there but I was wrong. they suck... While at orientation I had drivers staying in my room and they gave me the truth. 1. do not exspect to make 8 to a thousand a week cause you won,t unless you stay out there for months. 2. Yes you will have the national anthum blasted in your ears every morning on the bus. 3. If you leave the company before 6 month period you will have to pay 38% of your check back to the company. 4. The instructors are arrogant asses that believe that are gods and you are a piece of crap.the load securement instructor is even worse then that and ignorant to boot. 5. I f your hair is touching your collar you,ll be getting cut at the motel or out you go. Well I.m not going to waste anymore of my time talking about that place I just wasted 9 days of my life I,ll never get back. I,d rather work for Werner or Swift then the communist TMC.

[Cerberus]

this is the first real negative i have heard about TMC. might have been the place you went for orientation and not the whole company.

[rooster]

Can you confirm that what they said was the truth? I know TMC drivers,one of them is a friend of mine,and they make that or more.Don't take info from people in orientation that's never really worked for the company,cause all they're doing is getting you to leave so they have less compatition.You can make that if you are willing to get out the truck and tarp a load or do mutiple drops.Some of the requirements of the job! Don't take advise from someone who doesn't know exactly what's going on or you could get the wrong info dude!!!

[pro1driver]

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Originally Posted by ziggyzago I was surprised to find out all the bad things that went on inside the TMC military compound. Yes people I thought I was choosing one of the best trucking companies out there but I was wrong. they suck... While at orientation I had drivers staying in my room and they gave me the truth.

ok.............and here's a "little game" i like to play, its called "pick apart the story for more details than what someone is saying".....

first of all, i think you "might be" a newbie. because if you were a "seasoned pro", you would be able to sift through the dis-information you got in orientation.....

read-on..........

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1. do not exspect to make 8 to a thousand a week cause you won,t unless you stay out there for months.

not the slightest bit true.
in fact, most truckers WILL make that and more each week, without having to be gone months at a time. i think those guys in your room were trying to scare you away, hoping for better first out assignments after orientation.

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2. Yes you will have the national anthum blasted in your ears every morning on the bus.

well, 1) you could have asked for the volume to be turned down
2) you could have just gone along with our NATIONAL ANTHEM
3) what's wrong with being proud to be american...?? maybe the owner of the company, or the bus driver is "super-patriotic".....??
4) i hope you ARE NOT a foreinger, if so, get out of MY COUNTRY

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3. If you leave the company before 6 month period you will have to pay 38% of your check back to the company.

you need to explain this, as you left us in the dark on your reason, or lack of them

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4. The instructors are arrogant asses that believe that are gods and you are a piece of crap.the load securement instructor is even worse then that and ignorant to boot.

then, you were never in the military (neither was i), but any instructor has an awesome responsibility each day for your training, safety to everyone, and proper teaching. if any instructor were to slack off or do a crap job, what learning would you have done...??

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5. I f your hair is touching your collar you,ll be getting cut at the motel or out you go.

ok.........if YOU, the original writer of this thread, have short hair, then why would you be complaining about this....??

however, i am of the thinking that YOU have long hair, and think that NO COMPANY should have a dress code requirement...

well guess what, a famous baseball player (Johnny Damon) from the Boston Red Sox, had long hair and a beard when he was with the sox.

he then went to the New York Yankee's..........

guess what..........the NY Yankess' HAVE A DRESS CODE....NO BEARDS..NO LONG HAIR.....NO FACIAL HAIR.....

Johnny cleaned up.........heck, if he can "clean up" for the millions of dollars he gets, you could have cleaned up the thousands of dollars you WERE GOING TO GET.............

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Well I.m not going to waste anymore of my time talking about that place I just wasted 9 days of my life I,ll never get back. I,d rather work for Werner or Swift then the communist TMC.

i think you are a case of sour-grapes.

i think that those guys in your room scared you right out of a very good paying job.

i think that from reading your thread YOU ARE A NEWBIE, and YOU THINK the world owes YOU SOMETHING..

well guess what, you want a good job, you gotta earn it. if it means you gotta shave and get a short haircut, than DO IT.....!!

sounds to me like you're the type of driver that i'll be smelling while i wait in line for the cashier, because you don't like to shower either..............

be carefull.............if you go to those other companies...........showers ARE required by the driver-trainers.............

[the saint]

how could you NOT make 800 to 1000 per week? they pay 40 bucks just to tarp!that's an easy 200 per week,geez allready.My friend says his truck was in excellent shape when he was assigned to it and it still runs like a champ because tmc is on top of the maintenance schedule.He couldn't comment on the hair because he went in straight out of the army but he did say they want clean cut drivers,not guys that have been in the same clothes they put on 4 days ago when they took thier last shower.Sounds like you got Bulled hard to me.

[Veteran82]

First of all, Saint, you don't get paid $40 for tarping, it's $10. Those of you who have been in this industry awhile, should know what to look for and this company is not it. They DO try and get every dollar out of you. The miles are NEVER correct (short). They will blame it on the program they are running. For those of you who are thinking about TMC as a place for long term, think again. When I left, there were only 10% of their fleet were veterans (10+ yrs). And there is a reason for that. The majority of their revenue comes from their school, so the DRIVER is NOT a priority. You will be at the bottom of the totem pole. You will start seeing this after about 6-8 mos.
I personally have caught them twice, trying to lie to me about revenue. I could not waste anymore if my time with these guys. If you like a little more in depth explaination, you can e-mail me and I will gladly fill you in.
TMC is great at getting you in, but be forwarned, it's only temporary.
Also, PRO1driver, have you worked for TMC? You sure sound like one of those people in the office, who has no idea what they're talking about.

[lunachic]

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Originally Posted by Veteran82 First of all, Saint, you don't get paid $40 for tarping, it's $10. Those of you who have been in this industry awhile, should know what to look for and this company is not it. They DO try and get every dollar out of you. The miles are NEVER correct (short). They will blame it on the program they are running. For those of you who are thinking about TMC as a place for long term, think again. When I left, there were only 10% of their fleet were veterans (10+ yrs). And there is a reason for that. The majority of their revenue comes from their school, so the DRIVER is NOT a priority. You will be at the bottom of the totem pole. You will start seeing this after about 6-8 mos. I personally have caught them twice, trying to lie to me about revenue. I could not waste anymore if my time with these guys. If you like a little more in depth explaination, you can e-mail me and I will gladly fill you in. TMC is great at getting you in, but be forwarned, it's only temporary. Also, PRO1driver, have you worked for TMC? You sure sound like one of those people in the office, who has no idea what they're talking about.

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