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3.7

69% would recommend to a friend

(511 total reviews)

Harrold Annett

83% approve of CEO

74% positive business outlook

TMC Transportation has an employee rating of 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 511 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The TMC Transportation employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation and logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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511 reviews
4.0
12 Mar 2013
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Overall, the company was good to work for. The trucks are maintained very well. I made about $1000 a week after taxes, and the company will get you home almost every weekend. The training program is solid, safety(read: liability) is paramount, and they care about their drivers. They won't make you do anything unsafe, or get upset with you for conforming to hours of service laws provided you're operating efficiently. Pay is variable based on how well you drive- if you get good fuel economy and don't go out of route, your pay will improve. Load securement can be a pain, but the exercise is good for you and will help keep you from becoming fat. Your driver manager is everything, so if you don't like the one you've got, speak up about it and get assigned a new one. I was overall pretty happy working for TMC, and only left because I was moving to a place they don't operate.

Cons

A lot of the people in the training program are enormous jackasses(it is very much like the military), but stick it out and it's much better when you get on the road. The trucks are "well equipped", but what that means is a lot of "safety" sensors that will beep at you annoyingly and drive you nuts. Maintenance is slow as all hell, and if anything breaks, you're going to be spending a ridiculous amount of time in the terminal. When you're put in a hotel, they will put two drivers in a room, which means the other person will snore like a foghorn or blast stupid crap on the TV, and you won't get good sleep. The safety department cares about liability first, cost next, and safety as a distant third. People in the safety department can be extremely disrespectful. They have absolutely insane rules about cleanliness, and you'll be washing out the inside of your truck for untold hours when you go in for maintenance. No prepass on most trucks- you pay tolls out of pocket and get reimbursed.

2.0
9 Jan 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The training staff and team in Des Moines are awesome! Great people driving & the equipment is very nice.

Cons

Poor income options. Most loads pay very poorly. Occasionally you'll get a good one but it's rare. They'll tell you you need to park up on Sunday to earn more but you won't. The senior drivers get the best paying loads.

1.0
1 June 2015

Bad company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Shiny equipment. Otherwise there really are no pros. When they make you go to Des Moines driver has to pay his own hotel bill.

Cons

TMC has a penalty for everything. Will run a driver into the ground and the home every weekend is a lie. Not unusual to spend half the day waiting to get loaded or unloaded. If management spent as much time creating a positive work environment as they do busting your chops over getting the truck washed every week, they wouldn't have such a high turn over rate. Pay is horrid, TMC will start you out at .028 per mile. That will work out to approximately $5 per hour. Better to go work for Maverick in their glass division. Stating pay is .041 per mile. Superior work environment.

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TMC Transportation Response
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TMC owns their own hospitality center for drivers - Baymont Inn and Suites - which is also open to the public. Drivers' rooms are reserved for them by TMC and they do not pay for their rooms. Drivers are home most weekends. The starting pay for drivers who choose Mileage Pay, rather than Percentage Pay, is $0.40 - $0.46. The vast majority of drivers choose Percentage Pay, which is a pay structure based on performance, designed by the drivers themselves. For more information, visit www.tmctrans.com.
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