Mesilla Valley Transportation

Alma Villa _{on Google}

Jan 9th, 2024

This company is very unprofessional when it comes to treating employees drivers are very under paid and taken advantage of

Justa Guy _{on Google}

Dec 26th, 2023

Im giving 2 stars, should be 1, but I liked what I saw at the El Paso terminal. This is why I think trucking companies send you to the HQs a lot for training. Its to make it all look nicer than it is. That location has a nice setup, though for my local driving position in Denver, not even remotely accurate or even applicable. Anyway, now to the actual experience.
$25 hr straight pay no OT (Not good, but I accepted it) 5am-5pm approx may be more and maybe less
4 days on 4days off rotating, meaning one week you start on Monday next week Tuesday and week after Wednesday and so onwhich means theres times you only get a 3 day checknot good pay at all. $25 an hour straight pay in any sort of trucking is highway robbery to be honest. You take just as much risk as OTR drivers maybe more as youre consistently in city traffic, still dealing with the elements, and actually drop and hook or back up way more than an OTR driver.
3 days 2 Nights orientation in El Paso, TX with promise of $500 completion pay on your first check (Which they didnt give me) I drove down instead of them flying me as its not that far from Denver. The ad said flight. They were going to reimburse my for my travelthe recruiting said yes but then said theyd reimburse me a bus ticketRT its approx $60 thats less than half my roundtrip money on gas.
First day of work right out of the gate, my trainer I was supposed to ride with did absolutely no pre-trip (he knows his truck) Im sure one was put in the tablet though. Oh and his truck ignition didnt work, took 4-5 or more times to finally get it started (imagine my excitement) Next was sitting for about 2-3 hrs at a shipper. I wasnt too happy with that as I really thought it was more about moving loaded trailers from various yards to our yard. Those hours in a day cab will suck. I was exhausted on my first day as I had gotten no sleep excited for work and how the day would go. Regardless just sitting in my truck for hours on end is already bad, now itll be in a day cab. Blah!!!
11 hours later, we get back to the yard, seems like were done, and then I meet my dispatcher that does an impromptu local orientation well call it. During this Im told that they have a dress code, which is fine especially if you have uniforms which they dont. Im told I cant wear shorts? Really, in trucking? Im sitting in a truck for 10-14 hours a day and cant be comfortable? Not to mention I wore shorts for 3 days at orientation, and all day my first day and heard nothing about this until the end of my day (which then he wanted us to make one more run after his presentation) so my conclusion is, communication is probably not their strong suit.
As he did his orientation I was thinking about how, Im tired, I now know I cant wear shorts, its not a bench seat in the day cab so you cant even stretch out while just sitting, AND you want me to go for another runfor straight pay. No thank you. No shorts for me was a deal breaker, even in Winter, Im still in shorts.
If youre thinking about working at MVT Id look into their OTR positions, better money, they have some great policies regarding winter driving, avoiding I-70 and I-80, and great incentives and competitions for MPG both quarterly and annually. Those contests dont apply to local drivers though. Their routes are kind of triangle based, an example would be El Paso>Dallas>Denver>El Paso designed to give you home time at home, well wherever home is. Consistent miles etc.
Had my recruiter asked more questions about what I do and dont like about driving we would of ended up on me being OTR, but in my sleeper cab I would have worn shorts while driving and changed to pants at the shipper/receiver who would know? LOL
Oh they do have inward and outward facing cameras just so you know.
Thats it, good luck out there drivers. If you want local and can live off of $25 an hour, then great and good luck.