Pardel
Bernie,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Fri, February 22, 2008
I personally did not think of filing a report with the BBB. But now that it has been mentioned I am going to do just that! I would suggest all of you other drivers that have been scammed by ES do the same. That is one of the first things we should have done.
Davenkimm
Indianapolis,#3Consumer Comment
Wed, February 20, 2008
Thank you. We have long dropped the notion of signing on with ES but find it amazing that they are still in the business.We don't understand how they still have a good BBB rating also. But we do want to thank all who have stood up to this company especially when they are still under contract.Kim and I have decided to seek training on our own through a formal,ligit, i.e. a real Proprietary Education trucking school and seek employment to be team drivers for an OTR company. Again,thank you for saving us the agony of getting scammed by these shysters. By the way,we baited them by telling someone(a supposed employee) who forwarded an e-mail to ES, that we didn't have a great deal of money to begin with before starting training.We were told that,in so many words by ES,they didn't want to deal with people like us who are short on funds. That sure say's alot.
Paula
Paducah,#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, February 19, 2008
I would just like to let people know these are the things you will be charged for if you quit with ES.I just finally got answers as to what we are being charged. 1.You will be charged $128.00x2 for not giving a two week notice. 2.$3995.00 for what they call a school. That is per person. 3.$280.00 for you to stay in a house that doesn't have anything except a bed. 4.Now for the real kicker, we are being charged $215.00 x 2 for lost revenue. HE IS ACTUALLY CHARGING US FOR HIS TRUCK BREAKING DOWN. Is that the kind of person to work for? It was his fault the truck broke down to begin with, and he has the nerve to charge us for it, since we were unable to run any freight. Now I am still trying to figure out what happened to all the money he took from us for the 3 1/2 mo. that we worked for him. Our highest pay amount was in the $700.00 range (1 time I might add), and numerous weeks we were in the negative, so that money has just disappeared now. It sure has not been applied to the amount, since he is now trying to sue us for $11,000. Far cry from the original amount stated. For any persons looking into getting into the expediting business, THIS IS DEFINATELY NOT THE COMPANY YOU WANT TO GO WITH. As the other post state you will need another job to be able to pay your bills because you sure will not make any money with them. They will see to it that you don't and thats exactlly what they want is for you to quit, then he makes even moreoff of you. I do think it is odd that they advertise a drivers lounge, why when it has no reception on the tv (no good there), a washer that doesnt work (no good there either), no place to even hang out since it is away from there offices as if they do not want to talk with any of their drivers. Wonder why?) Also no working emergency lines or fuel cards, kinda goes along with what I have stated in the past post about garages refusing to look at our truck due to being on bad standings with ES as far as their paying their bills. These are just a few more things you might want to consider when checking out this company. Also as the person stated they are very serious when they tell you not to listen to other drivers about them (even their own), they just dont want you to find out ahead of time that they will rip you off. The guy we drive for now personally gave us phone numbers to contact his other drivers so we could find out for ourselves how he operates. That is how it should be, says something about ES if you ask me if they dont want you talking to their other drivers. And they DO tell you that when you go there, because we also got the same speech. AGAIN this is a drivers beware regarding this company. They are lying theives. He has became a professional theif. He also can care less about his drivers, all he wants is for you to bring him in money regardless of anything else.