Trimac Transportation Employee Reviews

The day to day tasks were good, management was enjoyable to work with the most part. Asks were clear and detailed in what they wanted. Super fast paced and busy

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Good place to slowly go broke.

Owner/Operator (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 29 September 2023

You'll be pushed to run over hours. They won't ever say it but "I can't find anybody else to get there and we need this load out ASAP". You won't have a load if you don't.Corporate culture is a joke. You've always got a friend when it suits Trimac but when the tables are turned they couldn't care less. You're nothing to them. Moral is garbage. Mostly because everyone is broke. Training is laughable. Equipment is in poor shape. A lot of the time I would fix their equipment myself just because it was cheaper than running their unit back to the city for repairs. Low rates. Unless you've got a truck that never breaks and runs on fairy dust...you will always be one major repair from a negative balance, and when that repair inevitably comes, there will always be some poor shmuck to take your place. I watched this place break a lot of good people and ruin a lot of good promises. This company runs on empty promises. Stay away...please stay away. Don't do this to yourself. One more thing, you really really need to go through your paystub every single pay day. It was very rare to have a paystub without missing loads or hours. Sometimes we'd have the same conversation every two weeks for months on end because there were issues that still weren't fixed.

Pros

I got a free coat once

Cons

Trimac

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Not the best company to work for.

Truck Driver - Class 1 (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 24 August 2023

Too much false promises but Dispatches kept telling you deferent stories and change of plan for several times. Hire too many and give great orientation then not enough trips. I don’t recommend it. Also not much respect from dispatch to drivers.

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Great opportunites - Great people

Recruiter (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 2 August 2023

Great place to work with so many opportunities. Management is great and very supportive. There are always plenty of activities to engage everyone and they care about the team.

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Best to work night shift and skip the drama.

Class 1 Driver/Equipment Operator (Former Employee) - Trail, BC - 19 July 2023

No cooperation from the shop in Trail so trucks received little to no maintenance. We had to drives truck that we’re not road worthy most of the time increasing the risk to public and operator safety.

Pros

Decent pay and home time

Cons

Not a team atmosphere.

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One of the better places I’ve worked

Owner/Operator (Current Employee) - Fort McMurray, AB - 25 June 2023

These guys do well for a big company. Have the usual issues. Safety above all. Good work schedule, very family oriented. Has a good benefit package. Good equipment.

Pros

Good people

Cons

Long hours, long shift

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Don't recommend

Driver (Former Employee) - Sherwood Park, AB - 15 June 2023

Typicall day at work..... work with dangerous chemicals very hazardous job...... drivers vs management...... low pay...... everyone has bad attitude.... don't recommend

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Good place to work

Washrack Technician and Hose Manager (Former Employee) - Pointe-Claire, QC - 17 May 2023

Good place to work. On sight training, the work at times can be hard but also stimulating. Pretty simple job but was pleasant enough and worth the pay.

Pros

Employee benefits

Cons

Can be dangerous

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Remberable

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 16 May 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Managment is very nyc also dispatcher was very cool What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Nothing everything Smoothly they are very helpfull What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Awesome every body very sweet and helpfull

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Low morale, toxic management

Mechanic (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 14 May 2023

Trimac provides little to no training to their maintenance employees. If you are an apprentice looking for work they will hire anyone that walks through the door. Do not expect to be well trained and once you have enough hours move on or you will be stuck as a Journeyman with no skills. This is not a place to progress in your career. They pay well and that is how they trap people into staying. Their shop is 70 years old and too small for the application they are using it for. Management is so concerned with their bonus they do not want to spend money on proper tooling. If you worship the manager he will let you do whatever you want. Don't go here if you are well trained, you will not fit in. They made everyone take their personal tool box home and supplied Costco boxes to work out of. This was part of their shop of the future program that they were so proud off. They threw out what little tooling we had and said it would be replaced with new. Unfortunately that never happened and we were left with the bare minimum. The incompetence goes through all levels of management. The place is also over ran with nepotism. Multiple family members working in high possessions. Overall a poor choice for any mechanic!

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Mangement

Lease Operator (Former Employee) - Calgary, AB - 1 May 2023

Worst management in Calgary dnt like it ..... nothing else ...I dnt like their management that's it .....nothing else partiality that's it nothing else

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Toxic not good

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Ontario - 29 April 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Going home not going in no good parts very unorganized rude dispatch only care about themselves. Unprofessional dispatch.What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Dealing with disrespectful dispatch very unorganized.What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Very toxic good luck to new applicants.What is a typical day like for you at the company?Dispatch changes every minute no organization.

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Driver (Former Employee) - Regina, SK - 28 April 2023

didn't like it much at because I love trucking and it was fun and so boring and was amazing cause I am a good driver I learned that is paid good a lot of long hours

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Unfair work

Owner and Operator (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 16 April 2023

Company does not provide fair work to new employees. Dispatch and best equipment was provided to only 5-6 people all other owner operators does not make enough

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Safe, reputable trucking company

Owner/Operator (Former Employee) - Port Colborne, ON - 18 March 2023

Trimac is a company that puts safety of its drivers and staff at the highest priority. Equipment is safe, you'll never be asked to take something on the road that has safety defects. Drivers are provided PPE and all the training you'll ever need (and more than you'll want but its for the best). Depending on the board you run there is a decent work life balance that was good enough that I stayed there several years as an owner operator and a couple as a company driver. If there wasn't a mandatory weekend per month and pay was better I'd still be there.

Pros

Strong culture of promoting and enforcing safe work practices, some decent home daily work on some boards

Cons

Normal Trucking issues, pay not the greatest, central dispatching it was better when my branch had in house dispatch, sometimes weird delivery times as its all on 24/7/365 customer demand, weekends

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CEO vision change detrimental

former employee (Former Employee) - Winnipeg - 17 March 2023

Used to be a great place to work but a change of CEO in 2016 created so many stringent changes that it killed moral and took all the joy in working at Trimac. You are now a number, not part of the Trimac caring family. People who had been there 10-20+ years who had great contributions being made to their pensions who made many contributions to Trimac in return, couldn't take it anymore and are leaving in droves from all positions. Very sad to see the branch in Winnipeg go from thriving to nothing and so many long time personnel from drivers to administration to shop leave. It's a shell of a branch now

Pros

nothing

Cons

no caring, you are just a number

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Not a good place to work...

Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Regina, SK - 8 March 2023

The company has a history of poor organization and customer service which makes it difficult for customers to get their shipments on time.First, Trimac's lack of communication with its customers can be problematic when it comes to shipping deadlines or other important information about orders. For example, if there are changes in the delivery schedule or any delays due to weather conditions, they often fail to notify their customers until after the shipment has already been delayed by several days. This creates unnecessary stress for both parties involved as well as lost revenue from missed deliveries and unhappy clients who may not want to work with them again in future transactions.. Secondly , Trimac also suffers from inefficient scheduling practices which can lead to late arrivals at destinations or missed pickups altogether . They tend not provide accurate estimates regarding arrival times so customers have no way of knowing exactly when their order will arrive . Additionally , drivers often make multiple stops along routes instead of completing one job before starting another thus creating long wait times between destinations which further undermines customer satisfaction levels . Last but certainly not least , Trimacs equipment maintenance procedures are subpar resulting frequent breakdowns during trips leading costly repairs and even more delays . Furthermore these mechanical issues could potentially put employees lives at risk while out on roadways making safety concerns yet another issue that needs addressed immediately by management team members within organization -

Pros

None

Cons

Bad organization of work.

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Lots of work when busy.

Owner/Operator (Current Employee) - Regina, SK - 2 March 2023

Your income depends on branch. Location. And how busy season is. Weather affects loads, especially in winter time.It takes time to get into fast load/unload procedures and learn specifics at each customer facility and that affects how loads you can make in week.

Pros

Professional dispatchers

Cons

No benefits for O/O

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Heavy loads heavy maintenance required

Owner Operator/ Driver Trainer (Former Employee) - Mississauga, ON - 1 March 2023

Over all good company to work with. They lost some valuable customers and because of that O/O are not making much as compared to past years. Management is respectful, worked with them almost 16 Years.

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Just a number!

Truck Driver - Class 1 (Former Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 12 February 2023

Thought I would retire there, but I was wrong. Does not matter if your a dedicated employee, be very careful with everything. No communication, no team work, no appreciation,

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Don’t get deceived by hourly rate

Truck Driver (Current Employee) - Edmonton, AB - 3 February 2023

Only one reason. You get paid by mile past 100 miles. All of the company drivers quit because of this Mileage loads. All of them literally that I have known. This horrible 52cents a mile runs include pretrip,post trip,fueling up, winter road conditions etc. So you work at least 1hr free every day (in the summer). Now imagine in the winter. 2-4 hrs free. Very stressful to fight for what you have worked. Trimac saves 1hr successfully from good efficient experienced drivers. Good drivers quit. Trimac hires new inexperienced even green drivers forever. Then all the major incidents start from there.