Culture of bullying and leading by fear - Anonymous employee Marten Transport Employee Review

1.0
Nov 22, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

I cannot think of a single pro

Cons

"Management" is reactive and fosters an unhealthy environment of blame. Senior people bully and get off on intimidating, make impulsive business decisions without a desire to understand the situation or consequences of their mandates. They frequently ILLEGALLY threaten to withhold employees' pay. They make promises with no intent to follow through, bamboozling naive employees into doing more with expectations of promotions and/or raises that will never come. Marten Transport is a badly managed company that is destined for failure.

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Pros

Full 48hrs off a week, good miles, great support, onsite 24hr mechanic and tire shop, showers, close to all needs.

Cons

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Marten Transport Response
1w
Thank you for the five-star review! We really appreciate you taking the time to share your Marten experience.
2.0
May 12, 2026
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Pros

Good office camaraderie, regular PTO available for long term employees if you stay there long enough, good overall structure in place to deal with most common trucking company/industry issues.

Cons

Management has a tendency to nitpick issues. Everything is goal and growth oriented as a public company so you're always expected to do more with less. During the current trucking market they keep looking for new ways to trim the fat. This was the first year they didn't provide company calendars to employees, and got rid of the yearly floating PTO day as well. 401k contributions also diminished. There were also blatant sexist/transphobic/homophobic remarks made nearly daily and nothing was ever done about it.

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Marten Transport Response
1mo
Thank you for sharing your experience. Comments like yours enable us to continue to improve, so we appreciate your honest feedback. Please reach out to marten.recruiting@marten.com if there is anything we could do to assist.
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