No Room For Advancement - Operations Marten Transport Employee Review

3.0
Feb 5, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

The company is stable, so in an environment where there is instability within the industry, you can be safe in knowing if you do your job, you have a job. The work environment is like most trucking companies. Occasionally you encounter a tough personality, but for the most part people are easy to work with. Year over year, you will get a raise, so as long as you can sit and wait, you will eventually get pretty decent pay.

Cons

Zero room for advancement. Promotion is not based on merit, but instead based on favoritism or who can sit and wait the longest. There are so many low performers who have been in positions for years doing the bare minimum it creates an atmosphere where you get trapped. So if you are a career oriented go-getter, this is not the place for you. This is where your career will go to die. You are looking at a 9-10 year wait before you get a promotion unless you get lucky and someone SR to you jumps ship and they are forced to move you up.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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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

4mos in none in sight.

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Marten Transport Response
2w
Thank you for the five-star review! We really appreciate you taking the time to share your Marten experience.
2.0
May 12, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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