hat as well.I should off known better, but with the sincerity of this converstion this sounded like the real deal.So 18 months on and still with Bulk Carriers (well until May 20th 2011)was everything true well this fairy tale cetainly wasn't.It became apparent quite early on how much what i was told wasn't true the basics of "we value our drivers" was absolute trash,the ethics of this family firm is nothing more crimminal,running overweight from PEI with potatoes into the USA was the norm you were expected to do this even after various messages were sent to despatch you were authorised by Tyson Kelly to go with it.Bulk Carriers although say they condone illegal running i.e log book tampering pushed drivers into it,sitting them for hours unpaid then expecting them to run all hours to make delivery times these drivers who need to put food on the table for the familys have no choice but to be very creative.Since i started nearly all the workforce has changed either drivers have left for better companys or returned back home refusing to put up with the way Bulk Carriers treated them, either like the way they run or lump it is there attitude plenty more where you come from, Europe is full of wannabee North American Truck drivers is there answer.When i complained to Tyson Kelly after been holed up in Loblaws cambridge for over 20 hours again unpaid i requested a layover eventually after basically begging for some sort of payment $50 was allocated, i made a comment to say that i would earn more money per hour in Tim Hortons making coffee his reply was go to Tim Hortons is this the way off valuing your drivers, i beg to differ.I eventually gave up never bothering even after the longest waiting time to request any sort of payment i refused to run day and night and always made sure i was running legally,my philosophy if you care so little of me to sit me for hours and hours unpaid then i care very little of the company to even help them out making the majority of my deliverys not only hours late but sometimes a full day late.So what to do next, make the best out of a bad situation i used my free time to play the tourist, site seeing and shopping could always be fitted in due to the waiting times i was now subjected to you.Luckily for me my outgoings were low there was only me to fend for so i could ride the times when earnings were low unlike others who had familys mortgages and rent to pay how some of these guys coped is beyond me.Wages were always a battle the majority of the time you were short paid, as if you needed this when your pay at times was as little as $900 a fortnight for 10/11 days work either mileage was missing or delivery drops maybe the odd layover etc but there seem to be something missing,i again in the end gave up chasing for the odd 50/100 mile i was short they had eventually beaten me. Iwas to join the long line of immigrant drivers on the Bulk Carriers conveyor belt and im sure i wont be the last.My decision to return back to England was made quite early on,even though i love the trucking we decided that the overall package of Canada wasn't for us how much off the underlying problem was Bulk Carriers is anyones guess but im sure it certainly didnt help.
Bang on the Money (sorry) with this Dom. I would love to see the penny pinching weasels you mentioned try to defend or deny any of what you have said. Its sad that the only family they care about is there own. I hope someone now picks this up and runs with it as these companys have to be brought into line, or does the Clyde River Maffia's bank account reach places we have no idea about?
ReplyDeleteI logged on to blogger after not being on here for ages, and just read this, to be honest I am suprised you lasted that long out there. I dont want to leave our names,but you may guess, this is what I and my family was put through, this is why I left early, you could not survive on that if you have a family and mortgage to keep.We was told lie after lie to get me to go out,once out there it went from bad to worse, when you complained you was told to 'suck it up' or walk, if you told locals about the treatment you was experiancing, none cared, they actually laughed and said thats 'the way'over there, this company and all the others doing the same should be held to account, we are still furious about what happened, we was contacted by a journalist last year, who wanted to hear what happened to us, she was going to run an articale,we never heard back from her. Nothing short of a HUGE scam all over it. I am glad you survived and are now back home, good luck mate.
ReplyDeleteHow true about Bulk Carriers etc etc ... i also worked for them and.... bunch a crooks who dont give a s**t about anyone but themselves
ReplyDeleteI was working there for two years and i'm glad i'm survived i left them just couple days ago,those f***in idiots care only of them selfs,people suffering there and scare to do anything because of their immigration process and lovely Kelly family using that fact to threat people like a slaves.Horrible company,if you think going to work there then think twice before you do,and dont beleive to wonderfull bulls**t that Mike Shut will tell you at your first interview...
ReplyDeleteMmm I can onle concur I was there for 4month and it was enough for me, love the driving hated the long waits, especially at loblaws in Cambridge. 900 a pay period was all I got for 15 hour days and 12-14 days on the road. I would do it again but with more assurances over pay.
ReplyDeletejust found this blog.....so wished i found this 9 mouths ago as i would not of come here. Its so true about the pay your out on the road for two weeks at a time with not much pay $ 900 to 1100.
ReplyDeleteMike tells a good story how good of a company this is and how they look after the drivers...well im yet to here a good thing about him and the company. Im still working for Bulk and that is only so i can get my PR once i do im out of here i would get more money cleaning tolets or working at Tim Hortons. if your reading this and are thinking of working for Bulk Carriers DONT you can do better your not a slave don't work for Bulk Carriers...