Pros
Nice equipment, will teach you proper and safe securement. Company has great safety rating. Will hire students straight from school.
Cons
Many many cons. Will not pay for ANYTHING besides freight removed from trailer. Completely ignore Driver Appreciation Week but will throw office parties for the secretaries and dispatchers (they're all related). High paying contracts have disappeared, drivers are quitting left and right due to paychecks averaging $600-$800 for being OTR 5-6 days a week. Dispatchers lie about freight costs. Recruiters and all advertising says you'll make $75k-90k your first year. Most drivers made less than $45k in 2024 and it continues to decline. They offer a "longevity" bonus of $1,000 that is actually a performance bonus and is nearly impossible to achieve. You must make $56,000 to your truck in four completely arbitrary 4-week periods to earn $1,000 "bonus". They claim "no forced dispatch" but will absolutely punish you by parking you for 24 hours and claiming there's nothing else to give you until you comply. Drivers are skipped in line on the "board". They have been caught doing this multiple times. Benefits are atrocious, they got the cheapest insurance plan that covers absolutely nothing. Claim insurance is ACA compliant but will not provide insurance for your step-children. No night dispatch, only 7am-5pm. Drivers spend more time parked waiting for freight than working. Favoritism is extremely apparent. The only good paying position at the company is dispatcher and office girls. Shawn Aber (owner) is unprofessional and combative, will be petty and vindictive and laugh at you when you turn down a load that does not pay or is dangerous or illegal. They run overweight coils WITHOUT permits on single axle trailers and tell you to avoid scales. Unwilling to accommodate family emergencies. They will make drivers pick up freight (can take 5 hours to do so) before they can even begin the journey home. They make drivers sign a contract (and keep the only copy) stating if you leave Valley within your first 6 months, they get to keep your last paychecks up to $2,000 to recoup the money they gave your trainer.
