Safety Dude

Mr. Randall Burson is not eligible for rehire. During his employment, he demonstrated significant issues involving honesty, judgment, and reliability. In one incident, he attempted delivery of a load that required tarping but arrived without the load being properly protected, resulting in a freight claim. Initial statements regarding the incident were inconsistent and changed after customer video evidence was reviewed. In a separate incident, Mr. Burson abandoned company equipment while under dispatch, leaving a truck, trailer, and customer freight stranded. Due to these events and the resulting loss of confidence in his ability to safely and responsibly represent the company, we would not consider him for future employment.

Mr. Detonio Price was engaged as a 1099 contractor and, at the time of separation, was actively participating in a DOT SAP follow-up testing program from a prior FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse violation. During an active delivery assignment, multiple company personnel reported concerns regarding his condition, including slurred speech, confusion, and behavior inconsistent with prior interactions. Law enforcement subsequently responded to the delivery location, where Mr. Price was arrested for Public Intoxication and Public Urination. Following an internal review, the contractor relationship was terminated immediately for violation of company safety policies and failure to remain fit for duty while operating under the carrier's authority. No additional FMCSA Drug & Alcohol Clearinghouse violation was reported by the company related to this incident.

Mr. Ray was employed from 04/28/2026 through 05/08/2026. Prior to receiving his assigned truck, Mr. Ray was dispatched to Texas with another company driver to recover two recently purchased fleet vehicles. During that trip, management received reports of continual complaints regarding company equipment and negative comments directed toward the other driver. Upon assignment of a detailed and service-ready 2019 Kenworth T680 double-bunk sleeper, Mr. Ray continued expressing dissatisfaction with the equipment and requested additional accommodations. To assist him, the company dispatched freight toward his home area so he could obtain additional personal items. While under dispatch, Mr. Ray requested and received an emergency cash advance, stating his family was facing eviction. After delivering his load, he advised dispatch that he had a family emergency and remained unavailable for approximately one week. Shortly after receiving his first settlement, he informed ownership that he would not be returning to work and instructed the company to retrieve its equipment because he was leaving for California to deal with the "family emergency". Application shows the use of "Family Emergency" a number of times for reason to resign. Ownership offered financial assistance to return the tractor and trailer to the terminal and attempted to coordinate a reasonable return plan. Mr. Ray refused all proposals and abandoned the tractor at his residence while leaving the trailer unattended at a truck stop. The company was forced to dispatch another driver, purchase airfare, and incur additional recovery expenses to retrieve the equipment. Based on his conduct, refusal to cooperate, abandonment of company assets, and costs incurred by the company, Mr. Ray is not eligible for rehire and would not be recommended for employment.

Mr. Washington completed the hiring process, accepted the position, agreed to compensation and onboarding terms, and was scheduled for travel at company expense. At Mr. Washington's request, travel arrangements were changed from June 8, 2026, to June 15, 2026, resulting in additional travel costs. Prior to Mr. Washington's scheduled start date, the company incurred expenses associated with the hiring process, including motor vehicle record reviews, Clearinghouse queries, pre-employment drug testing, administrative processing, and travel arrangements. After these resources had been committed, Mr. Washington ceased communication and failed to respond to multiple phone calls, text messages, and emails. Mr. Washington provided no notice that he no longer intended to proceed with employment and made no effort to request cancellation of the company-purchased airline ticket or other onboarding arrangements. Fortunately, the airline reservation was canceled prior to departure and a travel credit was obtained, mitigating a portion of the financial loss. Based on Mr. Washington's failure to communicate, failure to honor previously agreed employment commitments, and disregard for the time and resources invested in the hiring process, the application was closed and Mr. Washington was designated as ineligible for future employment consideration.

Safety folks, please be advised! Mr. Pharr applied for a non-CDL <26,000 box truck position. As a CDS, I do things a little differently for my non-CDL drivers. I run all Clearinghouse query, PSP, and MVRs for all my drivers whether they are in the clearinghouse or not. This driver fraudulently filled out a Tenstreet application. He stipulated that he was a Class C driver, he had no accidents in the last 5 years, no convictions in the last 3. The accident in '21, was not on the application but on his PSP. The FMCSR section which asks about being 'currently disqualified from driving a CMV, License ever been suspended/revoked, and denied a license. All three were answered "no". This is not truthful, so finally after explaining that he will only be considered if he accepts the query. He is "prohibited" to drive a CMV. In '22, he was cited for being on duty, while in operation of a CMV while under the influence, and was in possession of a narcotic drug/amphetamine. This citation wasn't on his application nor was the company he was driving for. Please be diligent with your hiring folks, if we only did the basic background - we don't catch this. If hired, and driving and gets pulled over? That is an automatic OOS, Driver fitness violation, and towing of the truck. Another tidbit of information, when a driver gets downgraded - some states don't not annotate that original license was a Class A, and was reduced/downgraded to Class C for a violation of the FMCSR Drug and Alcohol regulations. This is a huge oversite.

Mr. Mireles from southern TX was vetted and screened ready to roll. We purchased airline tickets from southern TX to Chicago. I welcomed him to Chicago when I found out the plane landed (no response). I waited another 45-55mins, to get his bags together and get to Terminal #2 so I can get him an Uber to the Terminal (no answer, straight to VM). I ended up sending him another text message 2.5hrs after his plane landed, asking him if he made the flight (no answer). Had to go on my United App to see if I had a flight credit on my account, there it was. He never got on the original flight. I sent a nasty gram to him stating that "the adult thing to do was to inform us of any issues....", nothing. Then 2hr additional hours went by and his "brother" texted me (from Manuel's phone) and stipulated that the ticket had a misspelling on his first name (Manuel vs Manual). Which would not have hindered him from getting the ticket agent to change on the spot. After calling United about the situation, they assured me they would have simply changed it prior to boarding, the stated "a mismatch (when a name doesn't match the ID) happens all the time, for this being a single letter - would have never been a reason to cancel the ticket". Apparently didn't want the job, another disappointment trying to hire reliable people for our company. Make you wonder why a Class A driver wants to driver a little box truck but it is what it is.

This Class A driver came to us with high expectations and great attitude. He wanted to drive one of our box trucks w/sleeper (<26,000#). He was here all day filling out all the paperwork and getting truck ready to go. We gave him one of our 2020 trucks for a few weeks to see how he does prior to giving him one of the '26s in the yard. Apparently he thought he rated the brand new truck and on his very first day, no call no show. As everyone knows, there are so many things go into vetting and hiring a driver. It pains me to write this as he had such a good personality and my recruiter talked so highly of him. I hope that he contacts us with a reason for this abrupt turnaround. I would love to update or remove this review, I would love to be wrong here but 11 phone calls from President to Dispatch to Safety and even the recruiter. 7 text messages, 3 emails and 2 IM through Tenstreet all went unanswered.

Driver was a fairly dependable until 12/09/2024 when this driver rolled over his equipment losing the load and both truck and brand new MAC trailer. Total loses were over $100k

We gave this driver many chances to prove himself as a driver. He boasted about being a hard runner, couldn't wake up in the morning. Later we found out that he is a gamer. Plays video games in his truck on his off hours, which is fine. It only becomes an issue when he couldn't get up in the morning to make deliveries. Sleeper time for most drivers average 10-11hrs, Mr. Boyd is 15hrs. When he has to drive early he make mistakes, one such mistake turning into a customer's driveway (left turn), turned so wide that he hooked the guideline on the electrical pole that was in the grass. No property damage to the customer, plenty of damage to his truck. Next incident was him pulling into a facility just to turn around and wasn't paying close enough attention and the trailer struck the gate upon entry (left turn). Company paid for new gate and concert post. He is not reliable or re-hirable.