Roehl Transport reviews

3.1

44% would recommend to a friend

(563 total reviews)
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Rick Roehl

65% approve of CEO

40% positive business outlook

Roehl Transport has an employee rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars, based on 563 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Roehl Transport employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.5 stars).

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563 reviews
2.0
Dec 18, 2017

OTR Truck Driver

Recommend
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Pros

fleet managers didn't try to bully you in to run illegally

Cons

I was with Roehl for roughly 5 years. about 2 years before I left is when thing started going down hill. they started updating there fleet with trucks equipped with an automatic braking system which NEVER worked as advertised. One truck I drove was so bad I began recording every FAILS brake application of the system and it averaged 26 FAILS brake applications a DAY 2-5 of those were hard enough to make the seat belt lock (add snow ice and heavy traffic....) roughly 8 months before I left the loads got bad, keep in mind I was in OTR driver in there NATIONAL fleet, roughly 90% of the loads i got originated in, end in, or went trough the Chicago metro area, averaged 300 miles and where scheduled such that i was going trough Chicago at peak rush hour. on my W2's I averaged 34000 a year.

1.0
Jul 14, 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Paid rental car and hotel accommodation during orientation and $10.00 meal ticket for breakfast or dinner. Not to mention, nice equipment.

Cons

They don't pay their professional truck drivers on time or if ever at all. Constantly disputing your weekly pay, period . They are in the business to pick up and drop trailers, daily, for FREE and see no wrong, as to why they don't pay their professional truck drivers. After my fourth load my paycheck says ZERO net pay. I called my driver manager and asked "where's my paycheck"? Response, call your driver manager. Nothing but a BIG SPIN AT ROEHL TRANSPORT INC & nobody seems to know nothing when it comes to payroll. This is by far the worst trucking company and such a waste of time last five (5) weeks of he'll and basically worked for FREE with ZERO NET PAY. Thank you Roehl Transport for ZERO NET PAY!

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Roehl Transport Response
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I hope you will follow up with your fleet manager or our employee relations manager about your pay issues. We have lots and lots of very successful drivers, and it sounds like there could be something else going on in your situation.
1.0
Dec 19, 2017

Really poor

Recommend
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Pros

Maintenance is nice at most of the terminals. Some of the fleet manager are good, and some of the higher up are good.

Cons

Roehl has their core values that they put in all of their buildings, but can't seem to stick to them. Right now on their GYCDL sign up page, it says you will make $60k+/year. This simply isn't even close to true. I made $33k. They say you have to sign a contract to basically reimburse for the training, and it's based on miles and should take about 15 months to fulfill. Again, this simply isn't true, try 24-36 months because they don't give you the miles they said you'd be getting. Whether you complete 1% or 99% of the miles in your contract, if you leave early you will be billed the full amount. I don't know how they expect you to pay it, when it's 1/6th of your yearly pay, but... When you speak with the recruiter, they will tell you things like "transportation will be provided" or "meals will be provided every day for all 3 meals". When you show up, you are treated like a jerk for suggesting such a ludicrous idea. Also, no one else I've talked to noticed this, but day one, when you're going through orientation, there's a form they tell you to sign along with your w-4 and 401k stuff. They say it is a disclosure to use your photo on their Facebook page. If you actually read it it states that you are signing over your image, likeness, voice, name, signature, history, or anything else that makes you you from the past or going forward into the future, for their use or non use (fictional or actual) EXCLUSIVELY in perpetuity, with no compensation, approval or even input needed, required, or allowed from you. If you run into a building and save a bunch of orphans and the news wants to do a story on you, you MUST refer them to Roehl for approval, because you no longer have the authority to say "yes, you can put my picture or name or story in the newspaper". [Edit: I tried to submit a copy of this, but it was not allowed] talk about honesty and integrity.

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