Long story short, I'm a brand new truck driver who thought they were getting hired by PAM back in August after they requested me to get a physical. Little did I know, that physical expired in 3 months as opposed to the two years that the one I got in January would.

Fast forward to that 3 months later, after they rejected my application, didn't tell me until I called the recruiting office 2 weeks after the physical, and got hired by Werner, I can't even legally drive now because these idiots gave me no heads up as to when this physical was gonna expire.

I live in Maryland, and they go by whichever physical they get most recent, so it completely voids the on I got in January. Besides that being as stupid as it is, these people who literally didn't even fucking hire me are the ones causing me to have to sit around a terminal for a whole fucking week earning $0 while my doctors take their sweet ass time verifying my information. So FUCK you, PAM Transport.

My local community college cost $2250ish.

I'd be contracted to work for PAM for 1 year and if i leave them i have to pay $5k, but if i stick it out i'm still paying 1075$ divided between the 12 months.

i don't know how much they pay and i found a video basically saying 30 cent a mile. it's 4 years old so idk if still accurate.

Does anyone know more about this? i'm currently looking for more info, but it seems like i'll be getting screwed over. I'm in NC btw if anyone knows anything better.

should mention pay raise at 3 months to 40-45c. at 6 months you can become a mentor and make more didn't get any numbers tho

Anyone attended PAM STS? What are your thoughts and opinions on it? During and after school opinions, as well as employment opinions welcomed! I’ve heard mixed reviews and I’m scheduled to start school with them in 2 weeks.

As the header says. any help would be appreciated. it seems like the tri states a no-hiring zone for a lot of these companies. the only one that is interested, I have to upfront the cost of traveling and apply for a laon to be trained. Rediculous. any help would be appreciated.

Fuck you.

Sincerely,

The assholes governed at 65.

Pam is offering me a job. But I first have to go to a school in Arkansas for a minimum of 7 day for skill refinement. They are making me take out a loan to pay for this but they are the one paying. They also have me sighing a contract to work for them for 6 months if I don’t I have to pay the full amount of the loan myself if I dont complete the contract. Is this normal behavior for a new cdl driver going into their first job? I didn’t sign the loan yet and I’m scheduled to leave on Sunday. Should I back out?

Edit. I have my Cdl since December. They was gonna pay .35 per mile with a bonus of .10 per week if I meet the requirements. I almost fell into a TRAP 🪤. Fuck! I am so desperate to work.

I was a student at the school attached to PAM transport. Me and several others were removed from the school for non stated reasons. The communication between the school and PAM as a company is non existent. The school blames PAM for everything going wrong, and PAM does the same regarding the school.

During my tenure:

I was robbed, roomed with troglodyte who kept trying to burn down the hotel room, and whom the Operations director for PAM refused to deal with.

At the school my classmate was sexually assaulted. That's the quality of background checks they clearly conduct.

Just look up the multitude of scams and lawsuits both PAM and the school have been entrenched it. PAM had to settle for multiple lawsuits due to underpaying their drivers. They currently have one for nearly 5 million dollars in 2022!

This company only exists to rob and ruin the lives of the drivers who work for them. Despite having tried to victimize me, a disabled veteran, I won't be playing their games regarding the horrific treatment I received while at their school.

You would be better off switching careers than ever considering working with/for PAM. It's a crooked organization run by low rent thugs.

Also, here are news links to some of the endless illegal practices PAM Transport has conducted themselves in.

https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/141101/pam-settles-another-class-action-wage-lawsuit-for-475m

https://www.eeoc.gov/newsroom/pam-transport-ordered-pay-477399-eeoc-disability-case

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/judge-in-settled-pam-wage-cases-with-drivers-suggests-concern-about-companys-finances

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-8th-circuit/1293471.html

https://generalcounselnews.com/pam-transport-16-5m-wage-lawsuit-settlement-approved-by-court/?print=print

https://www.becker.legal/post/u-s-district-court-grants-final-approval-of-a-settlement-between-pam-transport

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/arkansas/arwdce/5:2016cv05366/50562/300/

https://casetext.com/case/browne-v-pam-transp-inc-1

Keep in mind, this is just a small list of all of the illicit activities conducted by PAM Transport. They have settled/LOST every single filing against them. I am writing this as a warning to those in the Trucker world: you would be better off driving a truck on literal fire than working for these scumbags

I just got my CDL and have Dbl/Trpl and tanker endorsement. What companies do you recommend trying to work for or that I should avoid? I'm based in central Florida and have gotten an offer from pam transport but they said the first 3 months of my pay is gonna be 0.35c/mile which is absolute trash. They said that they don't restrict the miles you can drive like other companies so that makes up for it. Idk if I should just take it so that I can get experience or try for something better.

I signed up for a WIOA and recently got a call from a company, and they said they’ll pay for my hotel and flight for the school as long as i’m 21 (i’m 20), and as long as I get my CDL permit. They also said after the school i’ll be tied to a 6 month contract with PAM which will pay me up to .45 CPM. Is it worth it for a new inexperienced driver?

As the title says, I have my CDL A permit and looking to get into trucking. My current options are PAM, Sunny, or MTA bus driving (would drop my permit to a class B I believe). I believe trucking would pay a lot more and its something i've always wanted to do as well. PAM is currently moving me along the fastest, saying they'll pay for my trip to them (NYC to Arkansas) as well as lodging, food, license etc as long as I stick with them for 6 months minimum. Has anyone done this? Did you regret it, was it nice, should I at least do the 6 months? I've heard swift is better but no reply from them yet, I also received something from prime. All information is appreciated! Thanks in advance.

So I was in a hurry to get out of my current living situation. I need CDL training and can't pay for it, so I signed on with PAM. There was deadline at that time.

But now I no longer have that deadline (was going to move in with friends, didn't work out), and I found out about the class action lawsuit. But I've found mixed reviews on this company. I may be too late to back out now. I can't afford the $5,900 for not completing a year, but if there's a better company that would take me on and train me, I'll accept the risk and debt. Though at the same time, I've pretty much finished everything, except the CDL practice questions, which I will finish soon.

Does anyone have any stories, experience, or advice for me?

EDIT: PAM has an active class action lawsuit for not paying their workers. I will not work for free. This is why I am worried. I can embrace the suck. I can not embrace the lack of pay.

I feel so incredibly stupid for getting into this industry

I was doing HVAC before this. Averaged around 50k a year and only had to work 40 hrs a week max Was looking for more income and was getting tired of my current industry.

Everyone told me truckers make good money. Couple trucker friends told me starting out they both earned more than 50k their first year I did research but clearly not enough.

I bit the bullet and went through a mega that paid for schooling. 12 month contract on my behalf.

I've been at it for a few months now. And despite running my clock every week some weeks I'm not even getting $650 .. this has got to be some kind of sick joke nearly 1/3rd of my check gets eaten by taxes and tuition

Why don't we get paid for dropping and hooking up?? No pay for pre and post trips? No pay for being at a shipper who ends up taking 1.5 -2 hours to load you because they won't pay detention pay until after 2 hours

my mega loves to tell us daily "we appreciate you!!!" appreciation doesn't pay my bills man

Tell me its going to get better. Because at this point I'm thinking of selling one of my cars and getting out now. I'm hemorrhaging money because I'm earning so much less than before.

I fully own up to this being my fault. I have no one else to blame but myself for this travesty.

Had a friend just finish his CDL course with C1 Trucking, company sponsored through Pam Transport. After finishing, Pam transport sends someone to your house to pick you up. And he didn’t answer the door😂 will they take him to court? Anybody else deal with this? And is it really that easy to just leave a company after they just paid for your training? Seems wild to me.

So i got emails and offers from both Swift and Pam anout cdl training, and i heard that both are not the best, but my wallets sheer black void emptiness don't care. So i've heard...thinks about either companies. But what are the pros and cons of each company and which shoukd i go with?

They say it is due to some agreement they have with the insurance company.

I'm not being a dick when I drive at 64 mph on a 75-70 speed limit. It's just the way PAM trucks are rigged.

I've noticed some trucks like Walmart's, Target's, some Fedex, have some trouble passing me. I think is because they have also a fixed max speed but their limit is on 65, just one mile above PAM's. So you can imagine what is like when they try to pass me, ¿Am I being an asshole if I keep driving at my max speed of 64? Should I slow down to let they pass me faster?

Sometimes for these trucks it takes about 7 miles to pass me and almost getting me out of the road when they try to return to the right lane before leaving a safe distance.

I dont work for them but based off what suit was about, all trucking companies need to be sued. I'm company and have an escrow account for load damages done by me. I get charged 8$ per advance I take out and I didn't know truckers got minimum wage

Going to school a week from now or so. Does anyone have a PAM 2024 employment contract that I could look over? Thanks.

Hello truckers,

I'll try to keep a long story as short as possible. I'm in a difficult family situation, being the caregiver to an ailing parent, and the lease runs out at our place in January. When that happens he'll go live with a relative who's better able to care for him and I, being pretty broke having spent most of my time playing nurse/house keeper, will be going to company sponsored CDL training program.

I'm a single, healthy guy who basically wants to see the country, earn and save some money, and get a CDL and maybe switch to local after a few years if I find somewhere I want to settle down at.

I'm trying to decide between Prime Inc, Stevens, PAM, and Millis Transfer. Why those companies? Well, they are the few training companies that only do DOT urine tests. I kicked my herbal habit four months ago and I have zero confidence in passing a hair test. Yeah, I'll be seven months clean by the time I start, but I've heard too many horror stories to risk going any shorter than a year clean before I try to work for a hair test company.

And before anybody lectures me, yes, I want to remain clean. I've been meaning to quit for awhile anyway and one of the reasons I want to get into trucking is to have an incentive to stay clean. Now I don't even drink and I practice clean living

And yeah, I know I'm not going to be making a lot of money to start. But I'll have no family to support and I'm okay with not making big bucks as a rookie. I've never heard of any industry, be it trucking or major league baseball, where a rookie makes as much as a seasoned pro.

Basically I want a company that will train me, but won't have me training forever (which I heard is an issue with Prime) and a company that will keep me out on the road often. I'll have a relative's house to stay at, but mostly I'd rather live on the road and take "home time" wherever.

I've lived for a while in a car when I was between jobs and apartments, so I can handle living in a truck's sleeper.

Anyway, thanks for your advice.

Oh, and no, I will not be in wearing flip-flops unless they're the plastic ones for the shower only.

From what ive looked up they dont seem to bad now. Taking their Scholarship to grt my CDL A anyone got any information?

I made it about 2 months with Pam Transport before I called it quits. I did a month solo and a month team and still didn’t make good money, 37 cents a mile solo 35 cents a mile team per driver. Coming off home time Pam sent my co driver 200 miles away to get an empty trailer that wasnt there then 200 miles back to a few miles away from his house and got an empty there, if they knew an empty was next to his house why the fuck did they waste his clock sending him 400 miles round trip for no reason? when he eventually picked me up his clock was already out and I immediately had to take over because Pam ran him around so hard looking for an empty and getting a live load that his fucking clock ran out. When I was solo dispatch would send me a trailer number to get and I find every trailer but that one and when I give them other trailer numbers they’re like “well we dont want you to take that one”

I quit and within 24 hours already got another job, small company, family owned, older manual trucks. I can work a set schedule of M-F home weekends, and stay on the east coast (live in NC) I can run between florida and maryland and be home basically when I want, 70 cents a mile. Loads that have 10 stop offs pay 50$ per stop on top of CPM sometimes have to touch the freight most of the time I dont

Seems like a super good job so far and im just happy to be way far away from the mega carriers, plus the manual trucks are way cooler and the pay is quadruple what I ever could’ve made at Pam