I was a sstudent at Stevens Transport during the month of Jan-2010, a member of their Grad Fleet from Feb-May 2010. I was impressed by most of my experiance as a student. I didnt like the fact they were paying us $100 less per week as students than most other companies but Stevens was the only company that would accept me as a student. I didnt like the .26 a mile either as opposed to .29-.30 compared to other companies but again I let it go. I can say that the one big rule the company has (like almost all the big companies) has is the NO U TURN policy and they are honest about it. THEY WILL DUMP YOU wherever you are if you are caught. I was headed to Garden City, KS (a place I had only been 1 time in my life and during the day) I knew there was road construction going on but it was a couple months later and 12:15 at night when I arrived there. I didnt see any road construction going on until I had already turned right to go in the truck enterance. Then when my trailer got behing me I saw it...A jersey barrier running for miles and blocking the enterance...I had no choice but to use as much of the 30 minutes I had left to legally drive and the little fuel I had left (fuel light on) to try and find a place to turn around...I drove for 5-10 miles in pitch black (even with high beams on I couldnt see anything) I saw TWO driveways big enough to accomidate my rig and attempted my uturn. No traffic for miles around, no one got hurt, truck got stuck in some tall grass and I was told I had till 10am the following morning to clear out. I MESSED UP, I did everything right to avoid injuries and still got terminated. I had to hitchike 100 miles to the nearest Greyhound and didnt eat for 2 days because I had no money. A woman named Chris Cordell from Lamar, CO (a Godsent angel if you ask me) was the only reason I made it home (she bought my $200 bus ticket!)! Im not mad they fired me, not even mad they left me stranded like they did. I am mad because of things they dont tell you. They tell you that if you stay for the 3 weeks of school and the following few weeks of OTR training they will get you home in your own truck and that is crap! I went through the training and had my miles and my mountains by the end of Feb. and was forced to stay OTR until mid MAY! Everytime I got close to home they would turn me around and say they were WORKING on getting me home. The Driver Managers DONT communicate ith each other. I had a DM say he had a load waiting for me in Biloxi, MS and the VERY next day when I was ready for it I was told it was already on its way to the destination! I was forced to work at the very limit of my driving hours constantly and had to fight to get a restart! I had to drive 12 hours once to meet another driver so I could do a restart and I get there and his reefer is running, ok thats odd, Im supposed to do a restart but I cant because Im under a load again. To top it off this DUMBASS has stopped at a truckstop he KNOWS is in the middle of nowhere, TX and didnt have the common sense of a doorknob to fill it up in El Paso or somewhere and 2 hours later it shuts down because the fuel runs out! I stay up for another 8 hours trying to keep it running after driving 12 hours and being up a little longer than that..The next day a DM calls and asks me if Im ready to roll, I laugh, NO! I havent slept and Im suppose to be doing a restart and he gets mad at ME!! I lost it! I have been telling all the DM's that Ive talked to for the past 3 days that Im going to run out of hours and youre pissed at me?!? WTF?!?! Just random BS from that company...I had my first OTR trainer tell me he was going to let me take over driving at 2:30am just miles from Yonkers, New York. He told me to jump in the drivers seat at 60mph on the interstate after he had jumped into the jumpseat! MY FIRST TIME DRIVING OTR!!! And he had a new student the week after I returned to the yard in Dallas! ***! Yall can do what you want just be ready for anything.

you are a retard, the minute you saw the jersey barriers you coulda stopped and called 911 and the police would've nicely help you out of y our situation, and got the problem resolved this is company policy .you also could of called safety department and got a tow truck to come and tow you to a safe haven .why were you arriving at a destination with no fuel in your tanks ? Jimbo

Stevens paid for the truck driver school with the condition of staying with them for a year. Or else paid them back 5, 000.00. After your school you go to dallas then drive with a senior driver that trains you. Worst experience ever. He was raises and rude. I got paid 350.00 a week minus money I used for lunch and showers. I had to apply for food stamps and borrow money from family.

After a month I quit because i was about to fight with the instructor and I was going to loose everything. It was the worst experience ever and don't recommend stevens to anyone. Now I have bad credit because of them.

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