ABF Freight

ABF was a good company to work for. They make their drivers carry 400 lbs tread mills into basements with NO equement at all. If you get hurt they fight you with attorneys. They will not take care of their employees when they bust them up. Dave Durham in Columbus Ohio lies to his men all the time. He dose not care about their safety. He made you drive trucks with no defroster and you could not see if it rained. If you care about people and there safely think call into ABF and complain to ABF in Columbus Ohio. Most all other terminal around are good. I am still trying to get help on my back that was busted in Feb 2013. I had to quit work because Dave Durham was going to fire me if I missed any work. I have 3 disk pushing on my spine. And they will not pay even on my medical. I have to pay my doctor myself. It is Apr. 2018 and i am still fighting ABF to pay my medical bills. Please call corporate ABF in Ft. Smith Arkansas and give me a voice. Thank you.

Terrific company. Blessed to work with such an amazing team.

Great place to work. They take care of their employees.

Great company

Great place

Great place to work

Great place to work!!!

Great company to work for, great people to work with.

You'll be hired under the presumption of being permanent and once your not needed you will be discarded. The plus side is if you can afford to be on unemployment you can stay on it forever.

ABF is a decent place to work. I’ve worked better places and I’ve worked worse places. The company’s management spends more time worrying about how to write people up than they do managing the freight rolling in and out. The benefits are pretty decent, could be better though.

I can only speak for my terminal, but this place is ran terribly. The management couldn’t care less, and are clueless. They expect you to work 12-13 hours everyday m-f all year. Some may want that, but few do. There is NO work life balance here. To top it off this place has the most toxic environment I’ve ever worked in. We’re union, and I’ll just say there isn’t any unity amongst the drivers here, it’s pathetic! They will work you to the bone all week then lay you off on Friday after your 13 hr day as a thank you for your hard work. I’ve heard really good things about ABF, those days must be long gone or maybe it’s just my terminal and the way it’s ran.

Good place to work overall. Typical city driving p&d. Once the driving portion was done I had to work the dock. Everything is seniority based. Being at the bottom meant you were guaranteed to have a lousy shift. Pay and benefits are good.

The work life balance is nice once you get some experience and some seniority but other then that and the pay not a whole lot to brag about with this company

Great company, pay could be better but having a pension and free healthcare is pretty sweet. This is a Teamster job, and seniority is everything. I’d recommend it 100%.

When hired on at ABF as a line haul driver I was told it would only be 5-10 years before I get a set schedule, like I should be grateful it would be so soon. And even then it will be the time slot no one else wants. Until then I am on call 24/7 and may be called as soon as 8 hours after I clocked out to come in, in 2 hours. You may also be gone a day or a week, you never know until they call you. Most recently, after being here for 2 years I was laid off in mid July 2023 for a month but was given zero indication of how long it might last. In fact as I’m writing this there are still ABF drivers laid off all over the country. But the pay and benefits are great. Bottom line it’s great for single people or people who don’t care about being around for their family, not good for people who care about their family.

Everything is the way it should be. No short cuts. Respectful Team Dedicated and Passionate Co workers . The only thing was a challenge was performing a pre-trip. On site supervisor wants you to hook and go. Thats totaly unsafe and I disagree. Other than that was just normal.

Management don’t care about you. You are just a number. Pay is decent. Shop steward at certain locations do not fight for you. It’s like the managers and shop stewards are on the same team.

Forced overtime all the time. Do not expect a regular 8 hours or even 10. Get ready for 12+ hours. 12 to 15 stops a day plus drop and hooks plus u packs. Just to come back and work the docks until the work is done.

What is the best part of working at the company? There is no best part of working for ABF. Their management team are lackluster. Their equipment maintenance and replacement is non existent. The fleet is too old and insufficient. Their care for veterans is a myth. Just marketing and nothing more. They don’t care about the working man, and injuries. They only care about the money! What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Management has no ability to lead. There is No communication between management and labor when it comes to customer services. The trailers are regularly filthy as are the tractors. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Management is aloof about leadership and accountability. Not enough time to do it right the first time, but plenty of time to do it three times What is a typical day like for you at the company? A typical day involves waiting for the dispatcher to arrive at his leisure after seven drivers Have already arrived and are waiting. The dispatcher then takes about another twenty five minutes to get a handy on what the workload looks like to then start dispatching angrily because everyone is now forty eight minutes late for any guaranteed on time deliveries

ABF is a decent place to work. I’ve worked better places and I’ve worked worse places. The company’s management spends more time worrying about how to write people up than they do managing the freight rolling in and out. The benefits are pretty decent, could be better though.