J.B. Hunt Reviews

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than a year

Pros – Every day you face a new challenge. You will never get board with what you are doing. If you have the ride mind set and can hit your goals there are opportunities to get promoted. But that does not mean you will get more money. Just a new title. The company is currently looking to expand, and grow quick. Once again this gives you the chance to be promoted. You are not limited to just 1 job function. They are good about letting you learn new duties and take on more responsibility. Most of the people you work with are younger so it is easy to get along with them if this is your first job. A great group of people that are in the same position as you.

Cons – Money. You put in 50+ hours a week, work weekends, skip lunches and don't get paid for it. Not only that but when you do all you can to do well they will look at you and say " Its not what you did for me today, its what you can do for me tomorrow."

Terrible follow up. If you want something done you have to stay in front of management and your other team members. You have to become border line annoying. I was made a lot of promises that were not fulfilled. And I was getting tired of it.

If you are looking for a team environment you won't find it here. Everyone is out for themselves. Each branch has a separate budget and that is all they care about. You will spend more time fighting with other people to do the right thing then you will working some times. The management never knows whats going on because the "rules" are always changing.

You will also be told you need to focus on 1 thing on Monday and by Wednesday it has changed. They are all over the place and have a flavor of the month mentality when it comes to solving a problem.

The company does not like to fire people. So if you are on a team with a lot of lazy people you will have to pick up their slack. Also a lot of the people that have been their a while bully the new employees.

There is no loyalty. The company would rather bring in outside people to fill upper management spots then promote people that have been with the company for years. They will also pay those people more. Unless you play office politics you will be stuck working for nothing to become something

If you are looking for a job to gain good experience in all sorts of job functions this is a good place to go. But do not get caught up in it. There are green pastures.

Advice to Senior Management – Learn to praise your employees more. An award a month given to the "poplar" employee isn't enough. You have a lot of good talent that never gets recognized. Upper management needs to spend more time on the floor. They are locked in their offices and don't have time for entry level employees.

Promote within. Stop bringing in management from the competitor. We all know they make more money then current employees and they don't know the culture.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time

Pros – Excellent pay for recent college grads and willing to hire those with little to no experience in the professional workforce. Most managers are easy-going and patient while training. You gain a lot of experience working with a wide array of people (truck drivers, customers, sales people, etc.).

Cons – Raises are negligible and the salary bumps for promotions are relatively low. Within a couple years you will find yourself qualified for logistics/supply chain positions paying 15-20% more in salary. Hours can also be very long. Be prepared to cross 70+ hours some weeks. Most weeks hover around 50-55 hours. Also, many management teams are kept as skeleton crews. This makes advancement difficult because there is no one there to train as a back-up to replace you.

Advice to Senior Management – The management pay scale needs to be reviewed given the hours put in by the management teams. A lot of teams run on skeleton crews (fewer managers than they were budgeted for) and this damages the work-life balance. The manager training program needs to be brought back to how it used to be as well. Many managers can't advance because they aren't given someone to train as a back-up/replacement. This leaves them stuck where they are and the end up leaving the company out of frustration.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than a year

Pros – The terminal in Chicago has a cafeteria. Usually, could find an empty trailer after home time fairly quickly. The staff at the terminals are usually friendly.

Cons – The other terminals don't have cafeterias. Most of the terminals aren't comfortable. That's par for the course in the industry, though. It's a bizarre lifestyle. I think some drivers get truck madness, like space madness.

Advice to Senior Management – I was an owner/operator later and could turn down some the loads going to places like DC or Staten Island, thank god. The loads to those places don't even pay well. If they want 52' trailers in those areas, they shouldn't use sleeper cabs in my opinion.

Give drivers a head's up about not getting off I-95 in NYC even if it is a "truck route". The height of bridges are mislabeled and the truck routes are confusing (other than to Hunt's Point). I was fired for hitting a low bridge there. I didn't know an interstate could have bridges marked 12'6" and went off course to avoid them, which got me further in a bind. I was black balled via the DAC report, but I bought my own authority and delivered food there many times after that. I learned the hard way how to navigate through that area. It's not for rookies.

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – works well with your schedule

Cons – pay is low for the work performed

Advice to Senior Management – faster advancement for top performers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for less than a year

Pros – No day is ever the same... You will face constant challenges and learn a lot fast!! Lots of opportunity for growth in a organizaiton with a great product and service in all areas. National company with opportunities to move...

Cons – You will work 50-65 hours and possibly have a on-call phone on the weekends...It's borderline unacceptable to move outside the region and you will get no support to move outside of it...Poor benefits... No Vacations for a year and after a year, 5 days... 401k is basically a 3% (6% of half) match...Extremely stressful work environment (Definitely losing hair). Very poor training from the get-go... Sink or Swim mentality. Depending on the customer you work for, you are subject to their hours of operation... Retail (2/3 days off a year) some other industries (every holiday).

Advice to Senior Management – My only advice is 5 vacation days after 6 months, 7 after a year... after 6 months you have learned so much and your constant interaction with aggressive under-educated individuals wears on your mentality significantly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Challenging
The people I work with are excellent
Innovative with technology
Aggressive goals
Support great ideas

Cons – Deadlines can be aggressive which means extra hours
Pay could be better especially for top performers
More vacation time or holidays would be great

Advice to Senior Management – Take extra care of your top performers in any field, you want to keep them.
Continue to support the great ideas of your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – New Equipment
Electronic logs(not many like em but I do)
Never have to drive unsafe or out of hours

Cons – Pay is horrible, 11 yrs experience took a pay cut to .32 a mile
"dispatchers" treat and talk to you like crap..being college grads, they know more about driving ya know
Fuel bonus is very hard to get
No performance bonus or raise in all the 3 years I've been with them

Advice to Senior Management – Pay drivers better. If the CEO gets a yearly bonus, so should the drivers. Hire some Fleet Managers that have common sense and treat drivers a little better..and PLEASE get rid of Peoplenet. Its the worst software I've had the displeasure of using in my professional AND personal life.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time

Pros – - Huge growth opportunity in ICS (both as a division and for employees)
- Ability to find opportunities in field branches across the US (new branches opening every year)
- Solid benefits
- Young, vibrant, and fun culture
- Upper management, led by CEO John Roberts, has a great vision of how to improve JB Hunt services, increase market share, and continually grow JB Hunt as one of the top-quality transportation providers and consultants in the industry

Cons – - Your success and earnings is largely based on what branch you are assigned to. If you are assigned to a branch with poor leadership/management, this will be evident in the teams attitude, numbers, and productivity, which will directly impact your personal success and earnings. The same productive employee may flourish or fail depending on which branch he/she happens to be assigned to
- Reviews are often delayed by managers
- Compensation is not properly tiered for employees with various productivity (top performer versus average performer)

Advice to Senior Management – - Recognize your star performers and future leaders and compensate them properly. This is critical if ICS is to continue its long-term grown and success. Invest more in your people (not across the board necessarily but for those that are the most productive) and reap the benefits of higher returns. Slack on this investment and the future may hold stagnant growth due to the cost of rehires and lowering the bar for talent.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – I've been with J B on and off for 21 years. I've never had a complaint about the company itself. My I've run into a knuckle head Fleet Manager or two, but I've a;ways made good money with J B.

Cons – They go a little overboard with all the safety stuff. It can be a pain sometimes. but then I guess there can never be too much safety.

Advice to Senior Management – Start cracking down on the smart mouth Fleet managers, who think it's productive to talk to grown men like babies. I'll name no names, but they know who they are.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Improvement in work life balance and work flow

Cons – Compensation still low and still needs improvement in leadership roles

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to hire executive leadership from other division to help in improving worklife/compensation, and understanding business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company