STEVENS TRANSPORT, SLAVE LABOR AND RIP-OFF'S! I am repeating this to be sure you don't get taken...
You have probably ended up considering Steven's Transport w/ the horrible economy and joblessness in this country. Understandable. Who isn't? If you are down to your last dollar you are in deep trouble with these ***'s. Here's the "Steven's Promise", I mean, farce...They offer school, your CDL, a fabulous income blah,blah,blah. 3 week school, 5 weeks of road time for your miles, a great job with a great income. Total, it is promised that it should take only 8 or so WEEKS to become an employee. They also promise that they'll pay 350.to 375. per week while you do this. A5 figure income is also mentioned after you complete their crap. Well, how about the TRUTH? Stevens has no idea what that is so let me tell you. You stay in a fleabag motel for 3 weeks, conveniently located at the rectum of the universe while they LOAN you 70.00 a week. They also charge you for these fabulous accomodations later, but before you are even employed. They hold you hostage for 6-8 MONTHS, not weeks while you scrounge for your road time with another trainee, an inexperienced driver, battling with them for road time. They pay you 100.00 per week instead-NOT 350.00-If you survive this, you get to make a whole 1000.00 per MONTH working for their delightful company. They badger and browbeat you with a so called "contract", threatening to come after you if you decide to save yourself and leave. One of the most amazing acts was while they are going through a ridiculous backround check-the DOD doesn't even bother with one like this-they deliberately make mistakes on the paperwork in an attempt to slander your record. The office staff apparently can't read or understand Englsh but are responsible for doing backround checks when they themselves couldn't find their *** with a flashlight. The instructors at the school make jokes openly in class about how the recruiter lied about everything, and how stupid you are to have fallen for it. They charge each student 9000.00 for these classes while already collecting 9000.00 from the government for the same thing. This is not including your so called lodging costs or allowance during this time. WARNING-THIS IS A TOTAL AND COMPLETE FRAUD. Steven's barely has any trucks that are on the road driven by "employees". Anyone making any money is an independent lessee, NOT a Steven's employee. NOTE: A CDL Booklet is available from your local DMV for free and a small fee at the DMV will allow you to take the tests for your CDL.NO CDL SCHOOL IS NECESSARY TO GET YOUR CDL. There are many reputable companies who will allow you to get your road time through them and who will probably even employ you for a real wage. ALSO: They threaten you with their BS contract and it is important to know that a contract either verbal or written is ONLY valid when BOTH parties keep their agreement and the contract has been made in "good faith". STEVEN'S TRANSPORT lies before you even get there. They honor NO PART of their contract. No court will hold you liable under these circumstances. THESE PEOPLE ARE FRAUDS AND LIARS. DO NOT GO TO STEVEN'S TRANSPORT FOR ANYTHING unless you are using the advertisement as toilet paper or birdcage liner.
where did you happy stevens employees come from, skid row? 99.4% of all hires quit before completing 1 year of service. if you are still there, its because you have no where else to go. Or you are not skilled enough to go anywhereelse. just like you see nice guys with no self confidence hooking up with bad women, you see workers with no self worth staying with stevens
2. Written by wannabe trucker, on 31-07-2008 09:01
I have been looking around about stevens transport and all you have to do is google them and youll find about a million bad things that people said about them and what they have done to them while working there if you made the mistake of going there without doing your research then thats not stevens fault but yours..........
3. Written by Another Happy Stevens Driver, on 18-07-2008 09:41
I have to agree with everything in the previous comment. And an added FYI, I am an \"employee\" driver, not an independent lessee, and I have made nothing short of $34,000 my first year all the way up to $62,000 last year. Yeah, the company has it\'s quirks. Heck, what company (trucking or not) out there doesn\'t? But, if you\'re willing to work hard and do a good job then you\'ll see the rewards. (And they\'re definitely more than $1000/mo.)
4. Written by Another Happy Stevens Driver, on 18-07-2008 09:39
I have to agree with everything in the previous comment. And an added FYI, I am an \"employee\" driver, not an independent lessee, and I have made nothing short of $34,000 my first year all the way up to $62,000 last year. Yeah, the company has it\'s quirks. Heck, what company (trucking or not) out there doesn\'t? But, if you\'re willing to work hard and do a good job then you\'ll see the rewards. (And they\'re definitely more than $1000/mo.)
5. Written by A Happy Ex-Steven's Driver, on 07-07-2008 14:42
Wow, I would bet this guy yells at the sky for always being blue. You always have the option on NOT SIGNING THE CONTRACT if you don\'t like the terms. No, you don\'t need a driving school to get your CDL, but Stevens will actually teach you how to drive a truck rather than only how to pass a CDL test. The company does NOT have to provide you with lodging or a weekly stipend and they DO have the right to expect you to pay it back. As far as the *free* school, let me inform everyone how this works. First, it\'s only $5000 at the very highest for school, lodging, and the stipend. Second, they do a paycheck deduction over 2 whole years to only pay off HALF of the money. If you stay with the company for 2 more years, they will pay you back every penny you paid in the deductions. Silly system, but again, if you didn\'t like it, THEN DON\"T SIGN THE CONTRACT!!!!!!!! And if you break the contract, why would you expect Stevens to NOT take legal action? If they \"forgot\" to pay you one week, would you just let them off the hook? And the training pay is not $100 nor are you stuck in training for 8 months. It is actually $350, but the government take taxes out, so it turns into $250. And training only lasts at the most 3 months. I am sorry if you had a bad experience with the company, but that give you no right to talk about the company the way you have.
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