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Midwest Systems

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Decent company. - Intermodal driver Midwest Systems Employee Review

3.0
13 Jul 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Assigned trucks, quick dispatch, helpful coworkers for the most part.

Cons

Low pay unless you pull tanks.

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2.0
20 Oct 2017
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Good place for someone near retirement or possibly looking to earn a little extra money. You'll only interact with 3 people all of whom have been in the same position for 20+ years. They have become so complacent in their jobs that you can just not show up for days at a time and reappear as if nothing happened. Your home every night.

Cons

Commission based pay structure. Your paycheck will vary 30% weekly based on what trips your assigned, or how busy they are not work ethic. Management less happy than employees. They are abrasive, and crude. A trucking company with dozens of empty liquor bottles proudly displayed in the dispatch office. Do not expect help or respectful professionalism. Health insurance costs for catastrophic 80-20 insurance are unlike anything I've seen.

1.0
3 Dec 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I honestly can't think of any

Cons

Don't waste your time with this company! Low pay! It will average around $15 and hour-if that. They pay by the load. They make all the drivers scan every piece of paper into their tablet.. Which should be the job of the office people. Drivers get paid by the load but want them to do time consuming things like scan the paperwork. If you sit at a railyard for 45-mins you do not get paid for that. Remember, you are getting paid by the load which is a flat rate. Trucks are all junk. They're constantly in the shop! Dispatch is terrible. They are literally never in a good mood or friendly. Mike is a good dispatcher but you can tell the other dispatchers are miserable. Recruiting will just tell you what you want to hear to get you in there. No sign on bonus. Hands down the worse company I have ever worked for in the 7 years I have been driving. Remember, if a company has a high turn over rate there must be a reason why. If they're constantly hiring, that company isn't doing something right. Drivers, know your worth. Plenty of other good intermodal companies in the st Louis area that pay hourly! Do your research.

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