CalArk was founded on the principle that growth and success would happen through honesty, integrity and a never-ending commitment to customer satisfaction. Today, after 40 years of steady growth, our customer pledge remains the same: to provide each of our clients superior service that's guided by the highest ethical standards. Most companies start small, often as family businesses. Far fewer (but some) grow and achieve great success. Fewer still develop innovative technology like CalArk's Auger system. Those able to pass leadership from one generation to the next while maintaining the same integrity and capability make up an even more rare minority of companies.
W2-1099
We are servicing the lower 48 including door-to-door service in and out of Mexico.
24 Hour Dispatch Support
Passenger program & pet policy
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
Home daily
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
Home weekly
Solo
Team
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
2 weeks otr and few (2-3) days home
CPM and Hour rates can change depending on the market and fuel prices! For more information, you can Apply, and the company will contact you to discuss details! Thank you for understanding!
No Trailer Rental Charge
We have 541 Power units
Dry van
In 1975 was established CalArk with a fundamental emphasis on honesty, integrity, and customer satisfaction. Over the years, we’ve changed over time, but our promise to our customers remains the same. We started as a Dry-Van Truckload carrier serving the lower 48 states and providing door-to-door service to and from Mexico.
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A total of 39 reviews
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Poor Professional Management- District, Regional Area Management and Dock Supervisor. Lie to get you in door ,so you will miss your opportunity with another company. Trucks are always breaking Down ( engine light always on ) , Will not give you raise your Worth. Please Double Think about working for them.
I was recently in Little Rock near one of their terminals. I was looking for a turnaround place and saw their large driveway. I thought they would understand I needed to make a U turn as I'm sure many of their own drivers have experienced. Absolutely not turnaround sign. Wouldn't even consider driving for a company like this.
Lord have mercy, the girl in the shipping/receiving office!!! Going to look for more loads here in the future lol! But about the business, super fast for live load. Was in and out good job.
I’ve fever reviewed for a company before but on my way home today one of your drivers was tailing me my whole way home, flashing lights and honking and road raging. When I pulled into a newly open late they spend passed me and didn’t have a license plate. never used this company so can’t speak on that but felt someone should know
I have been trying to get them to raise for $.60 a mile for the last three years I won’t do it. every other company is $.70 and above/ I don’t know why every other company is giving raises. There are no safety bonuses or holiday pay…, Breakdown page should be higher… I am hoping that management will do something about this, but it’s hard to go over the dispatchers head/and and complain without being a price to pay for it..
I am a current driver for CalArc. My review is about Steven and Sue on the maintenance team at the warehouse location. Both are polite, professional and helpful. I appreciate, more than you know the extended kindness to myself as a newer employee/driver. I also want to acknowledge Tammy who is replacing DeRhonda. Tammy is a wonderful, warm and kind hearted individual and will be a great asset to this company.
They wrongfully fired my husband for no reason at all & he worked for a whole 3 weeks with no issues. The HR department didn’t even know he was fired when he tried to find out why. His reporting manager didn’t know he was up for termination until the start of my husband’s shift at 8PM at night via text! So unprofessional and unorganized, the left hand don’t know what the right hand doing. They sent a bogus termination letter at 4pm the next day via email. No HR rep called him to explain why! Protect your time and do not work for this company especially in NC!! They will hire you saying you have passed the work verification and background check, let you work, & then fire you out of nowhere! We will be suing!!
My time here at CalArk is wonderful only problem is the old truck and trailer. Really good people I’m happy here 😃 …
Terrible warehouse to do business the office staff treats you unpolite Racist on a way the office people on top floor I belive they are the owners of the company or it sure feels that way 👎 really bad service provider 🤦🏻♂️ …
Worked here for 16 years left for 2 1/2 came back in October. I have over 2 million miles here.
Worked for them doing a local job it was pretty sweet I just prefer OTR
Alot better now that I got a new dispatcher. Been with them for six years, plan on staying as long as the good Lord will let me turn 18... Some of these reviews are hilarious though... Other drivers wonder why I keep to myself... 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️ …
Its a great company to work for. I never missed a home call and they are flexible with me,Karen is a great DM always on top of me. A con for me is gotta be some old trailers are a pain to work with but at least the mechanic do a good job keeping them in top shape. Trucks come with apu and a inverter been govern at 70 is a huge plus for me compare to other major companies that only let you go 65.
Worked for them back in 92 had someone hit me head on all the safety guy cared about the trk not the driver got fired because of being hit.i hear they are the same don't care anything about the drivers
Fast unloading. They unloaded me before the appointment time. Much appreciated.
I'm wondering if they would take me back had to leave due to my mom's illness, but you can't find a better company to work for guys and gals
Applied to drive here, says no experience needed will train if less than 6 months. I however i have over 2 years experience thats was 7 years ago so recruiter said i would still need training since it couldnt be confirmed. Also claimed the trainer is in des moines IA and probably wouldnt have time to train but would check any way and get back to me either way. Well here i am 2 weeks later calling and trying to figure out whats going on cause i have not heard anything back. Be nice to know, wanted to drive for this company, but now im not sure with how poor cummunication is.
Easy work, decent equipment, only complaint is you don't know what time to arrive for your shift until 2 hours before hand. No way to have a life outside of work. Some nights its 845p, sometimes 1045p.
I actually liked this company, I don’t know why I left. I have some pretty good memories with CalArk. Overall, this is a great company to work for!!!!
If you want a work life, home life balance. Don’t work for them. Upper management don’t care about employees, you are just a number to them. Drivers are just butts in a seat, no support system for them as well.
Let me start this review off by saying that I'm not really the type of person to complain about much. I'm a strong believer in just getting the job done, regardless of how difficult the task may be. So, I was employed by this company as a SRT driver (floater) from 1/23 to 8/23. I traveled around the eastern part of the U.S. filling in where they needed me. The job consisted of delivering auto parts for a national company using a manual pallet jack and box trucks with liftgates. They paid the for travel and lodging. They also paid $60 a day for meals. The compensation was ok for the position. Now for the bad. I was relieved of my duties for a 1000lbs+ pallet falling off of the truck while I was in the process of unloading it. During my time working here, myself and other drivers made it clear to management several times that the customer needed to reduce the size of some of the pallets because the weight made it impossible at times for one person to safely unload the truck without incident. Unfortunately, these complaints fell on deaf ears and led to me losing my income for simply trying to complete the task I was assigned to do. I lost my job for trying to do my job. I would not recommend anybody wasting their time working for this company. The turnover rate is really high here because they will fire you for any small thing at any time. They seem to be barely staying in business because of the pressure they put on the lower level management about making sure nobody gets overtime. I wouldn't be shocked if they're filing for bankruptcy in the near future. Proceed with caution!
They will lo ball u on pay, they have it set up where they can make an excuse on how they pay u. And it's gone be maybe 30 cent. The tifton warehouse Area supervisor is a joke don't believe nothing he tells u. Lack of communication. U can tell them u have a prob and they never fix it, and u will be blamed for everything. But it's a starter job definitely not a retirement job.
Horrible management just a terrible ran company. Always pressure on drivers everyday for the smallest bs. I good if your reading this stay far away and go union
Don’t do it it’s over night you only get 18$ and have to worn 10-12 hours with LONG drives so if you want bad pay with long horrendous hours and bad training this is the place
What is the best part of working at the company? I find nothing best to working with Calark. I'm currently working for them. What is the most stressful part about working at the company? I applied for a daytime position and the company put me on nights. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Unorganized and with having a commercial license I should be getting paid more. Just got my 1st raise and it was only 47 cents. What is a typical day like for you at the company? Everyday is stressful but 2 of the supervisor are cool
I was able to travel all over the place with all expenses paid by the company and from that point I had a blast but management was very corrupt and wanted me to constantly up and go somewhere else immediately with very little to no notice at all and if you had plans made then you were screwed. No life in essence. The money and overtime were great!! Was told my position was being eliminated and dissolved and if I wanted to stay employed then I was going to have to relocate to another area on my dime and then take a pay cut when I got there! None of that was attractive and appealing.
They have two branches and one hauls auto parts and it's all pallets and does not supply you with an electric pallet jack and if someone calls in from either branch they force someone to go to work at that branch without notice because they can't keep help due to not having the proper equipment!!
What is the best part of working at the company? Working at CalArk was a great experience. The company was very family oriented. I really enjoyed my time being a professional over the road truck driver for CalArk. CalArk was one of the best 🚛 trucking companies I had ever work for. What is the most stressful part about working at the company? The stress wasn't with CalArk, Some of the Conseares I would deliver to could be a little difficult, but I always kept a smile 😊 on my face, and would move on to my next delivery. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? A great work environment, the company was very diverse. What is a typical day like for you at the company? My day was different everyday because I was over the road all of the time. I would be at the home office in Little Rock Arkansas on some occasions.
If you're working under the KC DC, you better run away fast, management are always looking over your shoulder, trucks break down constantly, then you're stranded for 8hrs before a tow gets you, then they expect you to run your route, they don't follow dot laws. Pallet jacks barely work, they will force you to run in blizzards, they eventually will fire you, if you haven't found another job before lol, only thing good is pay and ot, but you have no life and you never know when you're getting the freight if you're working at a satellite dock waiting on linehaul, dispatch not good with English
People on Laredo Texas yard should be running this company. The company overall and the folks in Little Rock are absolutely horrible. Don't waste your time here.
What is the best part of working at the company? I worked for Cal Ark for 5 years. Alot of the Employees that worked there had worked there a lot longer than me. The company always made me feel like I was a part of a family. They were always fair with me took care of me and my family and their equipment.I give them 5 stars 🌟 What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Sometimes things just didn't go as planned. The company made mistakes the shipper made mistakes and even I made mistakes. Little things that would frustrate you that is all a part of the business. You think grass is greener on the other side but it's not no matter where you go there will be stress. What is the work environment and culture like at the company? Kind, caring and family friendly What is a typical day like for you at the company? Do your job, Get her done and relax and get ready for the next day.
Easy work, decent equipment, only complaint is you don't know what time to arrive for your shift until 2 hours before hand. No way to have a life outside of work. Some nights its 845p, sometimes 1045p.
Pay could be better. Have to work overtime to bring home a decent check. Equipment could be better Pay raises are hardly nothing Management is OK The work is overnight and delivers autoparts to Napa. Monday thru Friday
Needs better Management. Training thru Management they'd tell you one thing then 6 months later they tell you your doing this wrong. Well I told Management there the one who trained me!!!
What is the best part of working at the company? Hours short day What is the most stressful part about working at the company? Unorganized not great equipment. Cheap company What is a typical day like for you at the company? Unload freight at stores
I was happy to work for that Company.the pay is good and the attention for the needs of the employee is a priority for the Company as the safety, good communication with supervisors
Overnight drive for long hrs 12-14 hrs. If you break down you still get paid jus have to wait to get fixed. Jus no real time to yourself because you sleep all day
If you have sleeping medical conditions and you have a hard time sleeping during the day, don’t do it. Also if you have an injury and you just started the job. They do not care for a doctors note telling you to take a week off for that injury to heal. If you can not come in even with a bad injury they will fire you..
3 bad things; 1) your start time is different every day, 2) you move heavy heavy stuff in hard to get places, 3) you load you own truck (on a specific contract). The pay was good, lots of OT, no weekends.
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