Would they deny a Sikh employment bc of his turban? Theirs merit in the lawsuit and it’s hard to hold a discussion without any bias given that most of the people making the rules/policies and holding such discussions aren’t even black to begin with
Their policy is relatively strict compared to other carriers but it's not unreasonable IMO. I appreciate the fact that they take pride in their appearance. I think the drivers dreadlocks looked good and professional, but the problem is the length being against policy. If the driver can prove what he said, that another driver had hair just as long as him if not longer, then he potentially has a case. TMC should enforce their policy universally.
That person in the picture with the dreads , if it's who I think it is he's definitely been there while I was there and exactly what you said he said is exactly what happend AND MORE to others and we all wondered how and why tf ! Call it what you want but I too have my own TMC stories and can go toe to toe with anyone because if you didn't recently attend TMC (2022 to present) u have NO IDEA
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I was not in the military..i currently drive for TMC. Orientation for some people was diffacult. I however did not find their policys an rules to hard to follow. I just completed my first year..i enjoy working for TMC. Been a great company to start with. They even sponsored me throu private cdl school . Great way to get your start
I rather have a Tmc parked beside me rather than a Swift. Guess which one pulls off your bumper and leaves the scene. Some truck drivers are simple idiots and completely ignorant. Bad truckers are a reflection of horrible parenting.
@MC-ns9ef facts I know they hire veterans and prefer veterans. I know because they were a highly promoted company through troops into transportation. They are good if you are straight out the military. But the trucking industry will corrupt you eventually
From $37K to $45K that's the minimum range of profit return every week I thinks it's not a bad one for me, now I have enough to pay bills and take care of my family.
YES!!! That's exactly her name (Elizabeth Maria Hawley) so many people have recommended highly about her and am just starting with her 😊 from Brisbane Australia🇦🇺
It says it right there on there webpage, first paragraph. "We are known for integrity, innovation, highly trained drivers, impeccably maintained late-model equipment, superior safety record and unwavering dedication to quality and customer service." If you can not meet or live up to these standards don't apply or quit before you are caught.
dam I would have broken so many rules belt buckles, cowboy boots, walking on grass really ? couldn't pay me enough work there. some people might like it but I see thier pay its not worth that hassle ill stay in oil field....
TMCs policies are very plainly expressed day 1 of orientation. Agree or disagree, noone to blame but oneself. I was told to trim my beard in orientation and obliged while in oreintation. Pick the battles or walk away.
It's not about the grass . it's about discipline. If you can't do something simple as stay off the grass, how are you going to flow the rest of the rules of the company. That is a good start.
In my class in orientation, one of the guys fell asleep during the class we were in. The class room phone rang, he was called to go to the other room down the hall and that was the last we saw him. When mr Harold Annette was alive this company was ran very strict. In my personal opinion, the strictness has lessened and thats mainly because the company is mostly in corporate hands to my knowledge. I appreciate the strictness and standard TMC holds. Could the pay be a bit better ESPECIALLY, being a flatbedder? Yes. I have enjoyed my time here so far of almost 4years and have little criticism other then pay and maybe communication hiccups here and there. I encourage anyone who wants to get introduced to trucking to come to tmc to get your feet wet in the trucking industry because i beleive they have one of the best training programs to my knowledge. Its strict and they have securement standards 2nd to none to my knowledge. Oversecurement haha The whole thing with the grass in my opinion is that it is to show how disciplined and well you follow simple rules. If you can't do the simple thing as not walking on grass, what are you going to do when you're on your own and no one sees?
I'm still going to walk on grass. Been driving for 2 years and knock on wood, never had a single issue driving. "Trainers" are mostly there for the money they make off you, securement is not hard and I say let the Darwin Award show begin. The Pendulum swings both ways with that statement. The last time I checked since I started, it's like any other job but at least if there's a problem, I can say something and Captain this ship how I want to and if they fuck up bad enough as a company; I can report them and still keep doing my thing. Never once have I had a issue with my appearance(beard and hair) even wear my hat backwards. So what. I wear a shirt, jeans with a belt and steel toe boots. I'm there to be comfortable in my own skin, not theirs. I'm there to make them money and in turn, get paid for delivering the load. Even then as a company driver years back, they were actually pulling 80-90k a year after taxes, now you'd be lucky to see 55k after taxes. So in all of their bullshit, they better up the money before barking orders or they can end up like Western Express, Swift, Werner, etc.
I worked for tmc back in 2021 and they fired someone during orientation for walking through the grass at the hotel in des Moines, also they fired someone in training for having dred locks when I was there
How bout Praxair, cryogenic outfit. Walk away from your truck and not lock the door, FIRED! Go out of route without permission, FIRED! Count your blessings folks!
If you don't obey the clearly posted signage that says, keep off the grass, not because of the grass, because you have recognition problems, or obedience issues with a touch of lazy= lack of RESPECT!
Shouldn't be wearing sandals or flip flops driving anyhow according to regulations. About dam time a company holds their employees to professional standards.
I've been driving a Hydro-vac truck for a year and a half with my B. Just started school to obtain my A, a little worried been hearing bad news for truckers lately.
A lot of trucking companies are real good about telling you what they require and what they won’t put up with. What they’re not good with is paying you for all the ancillary shit you gotta go through just to get their load delivered, Waiting for hours just to do your job without pay, and dealing with issues that cost you time and money. When any of that happens, that’s when the runaround begins. I wouldn’t work for a mega carrier if my life depended on it.,
I think back to the week long orientation that i put in to us xpress years ago. They were weading people out left and right. So its pretty much like any major company. But one thing i do knkw is, they say read the company rulebook. Then you sign a piece of paper saying that you accept the the rules of that rulebook. And if you have a problem with it, you can choose a different spot to work. It's as simple as that. That dude could go get a declatory judgment and then let the judge decide and it will be a non issue. I don't think he could even use a religious excuse to get by with having long hair. They could bring up the company handbook and say, hey you signed the paper and you agreed to the terms and conditions. And that's that. It's cut and dry.
Rode along with someone that suggested TMC to me for me just stating out and mentioned the walking on the grass thing. The long hair would have been a deal breaker for me tho so glad I didn’t go. He suggested local family food tanker company to me as well, applied and now work for them and couldn’t be happier.
Harold Annett. Good man and he loved auto racing too. I Went through their school and securement training. 2 weeks orientation in ‘98. They take safety and appearance seriously…. Extra pay for clean trucks (inside and out) Pride in the Company…. I had / have no complaints. If you work hard for them, they reward you!
I have run flatbed loads for TMC brokerage. I'm pretty sure it is just excess loads they can't get covered by their own drivers. ATS does the same thing with their contract loads, as does Maverick.
The problem with the trucking industry is that the bar to entry was lowered so much, that you can trip over it to get in the door now. TMC is a private company. Dont like their rules? Quit. Or better yet, dont apply in the first place.
Out of school ... Werner Schneider Swift Etc... Fresh out , pay won't be much different carrier to carrier , unless you go with a small carrier. Can expect .... 600 - 900 on bad week 1100 - 1300 on normal week 1500 - 1700 on very good week But that's probably not great for someone new.
There is nothing wrong with a company that sets standards a lot more companies should step up. No matter what business you run or work at if you look and act and in the transportation industry drive then you must show some professionalism. It’s just good business, not just for yourself but for others around you as well. So hats off to TMC!!!
good for TMC when I started driving in 1973 the company I started with had a dress code as did most companys leather shoes or boots long pants short or long sleave button shirts you are a reflection of the company and I wore them the 50 years I drove. That was when drivers were respected by shippers and receivers and the public because drivers did not look like SLOBS !!!!!!
Have you been in a ts lately ? These employees that work in those places are worse than most truck drivers on the road ! Many of these smart mouths work at the Love’s and are located in Illinois . I don’t drive truck anymore , But if I ever hear of a truck driver getting into it with a ts employee , I know who’s at fault . Let me get on a jury involving a case between a driver an employee. I already know who is the guilty party . tmc 😂 I don’t drive truck anymore, But I wouldn’t care if my life depended on it , I would never drive for such a heathen company. Unbelievable ! 😡
Orientation tells everyone the rules, then it can be printed out to be read. Nice equipment, always clean, i think their moto is destination, excellence. They mean it.
Yr out there representing the company you should look professional nothing wrong with that .definitely agree with you brother. but wow thats insane you get a ticket home for walking on the grass but i do understand rules are rules you read it you sign it you follow it
I worked for them back in early 2000's. They've done this before, has nothing to do with length or style, it about your hard hat fitting securely on your head. They go to alot of places that require hard hats, its a safety thing with them.
Good Evening, I was in the Marines and you better never walk on any grass at any duty station, period; they mean business. If every company have the structure, discipline and expectations like TMC, just imagine how our imagine out here would change. Honestly from your video it sounds like the leadership at TMC see working there as a privilege. I’m with TMC on this, if you don’t want to play ball no problem stay home. Stay safe.
Nothing wrong with the Marine's, Semper Fidelis! You don't like the standards there are lot's of other trucking companies that don't seem to give a hoot about who they hire, TMC has been around for awhile.
I was going too go there but the strict rules I just couldn’t do it. I went to the railroad and some nights I make $1k in a 12hr shift and they don’t care about your hair.
TMC is great company, if you want to learn to be a real flatbedder get with them, amazing orientation and class, they made rules very clear, even the recruiters says how strict they are,if you don’t like it move on, nobody’s forcing you, these days you see a lot of sensitive and weak drivers, is unbelievable
TMC is a SHIT company, with SHIT equipment, and SHIT pay. I made more during my first week doing dry van on percentage than I did with tmc in an entire month. I spent most of my time at TMC in a garage with their junk trucks and junk trailers. And the only week I made money was when my Trimble broke and I could run paper. $700 was all I could make taking 6 loads and busting my ass all week. All that on 31% of the load. Slave labor is all it was. I recommend everyone stay away from that company. They offer big promises and then never deliver.
A great company doesn’t tell you what to look like or feel like ,, all these new comers with the heritage and culture is not for TMC to decide or illegally in force…
I served in the Marines and to this day I avoid walking on the grass in public places. My kids think I’m weird… they are right, but it’s also just part of the brainwashing that happens while serving in the military. A trucking company would have to be paying me some damn good money every week plus give me full medical, dental and vision without copays that covers all medical expenses for all of my family and a full ride college fund to any four year university to make me put up with arbitrary rules. I will say that the hygiene and some of the other policies aren’t bad ideas however, why let women wear earrings and have long hair but not the men? If it’s about safety then the same rule should apply to both parties. People can have neat and clean appearance and have long hair at the same time.
Original owner was ex military …this is simple if you have a problem with the policy find another job. As a business owner whether you agree or not TMC has a right to set its company policy as they desire. They make no bones about explaining it to you and making sure you understand. It never seems to amaze me of the people that come there and think they are gonna over turn the policy.. if you don’t agree find a different company. I work at TMC for 2 1/2 yrs and I can say it’s not the hair style that’s the problem, it’s the length, and being neat and having a clean cut appearance that is there focus. So if you have a big hair style that’s protruding out of your hard hat that would not be clean cut. I did my time there I respect TMC and there rules are there rules.. that person should think if he owned a company would he want someone to come to his company and try to change core rules that the company was built upon. Harold Annette was a military man and he built some of what he gained in the military into his company and you have to respect that and I do. Not coming from an outsider I was there from 2020 -22
😮I can say...I tip my hat to The TMC flatbed operator,trucks are clean,slow,and we'll maintained...have yet to see on " road rage truckers,bone head truckers"...also on a lighter note most drivers that make mistakes are too tired or too lackadaisical wearing improper footwear and clothes😂...some.of these guys look like they are on a" no shower vacation"...cheers😂
This company needs to run DOT this is the way all truckers should carry themselves. Professional I can't stand when drivers check in at a shipper or receiver wearing sandals with no socks and a tank top like they're going to the beach
I don't see a problem with this, all companies have these policies but they don't enforce them until you piss them off. We should all stive to look and smell good, It's really not that hard!
Sounds good to me. Respect is one of many traits that need to return to society since some parents, liberal teachers and Karens have brainwashed so many. Great Video Alex. Thanks
That explains why every TMC tarped load I've seen has a very nice tarp job on it. I pull dry van and even I notice how well and neatly tarped they always are.
There the biggest cut rate flatbed company out there . Call O'Brian in Washington DC at the International Brotherhod of Teamsters to organize this company.
Hell yes, they need to bring professionalism back to the Trucking industry. When my father drove in the 70s and 80s he had to keep 2 pressed shirts in the cab and he always wore black boots and decent jeans. When I drove in the two-thousand teens, the driver's were sloppy, wore sweat pants and shower slippers. Since I am in retirement mode, the driver's i see at the truck stops, I fuel my Rv at, have all gotten quite a bit heavier than I remember.
I think every driver should apply to company that fit with them don't hate companies who don't I try years ago to be a owner operator with them with my own truck and it work out that's life move on
Nothing wrong with it. But imagine getting fired for your personal preference. Possibly even religious beliefs not allowing you to cut your hair. I’d sue tf outta them because they apparently don’t tell you until they’ve wasted all your time
@@monicanajar1746 it does. And it is “Well Maintained” in TMC words. All they had to do was give him a hardhat with a chin strap if that was such a problem.
