SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION Employee Reviews

What is the best part of working at the company?Trucks Well Maintained , Safety First , ! What is the most stressful part about working at the company?Camera In Trucks, Dealing With Customers That Would Call In For Pickup Of Oil, Not Have Water Or Bottoms Pulled In Tanks!What is the work environment and culture like at the company?Management A Bit To Be Desired, No Truck Driving Experience , Trying To Tell You How To Drive, Great At Driving His Desk , No Experience Driving Trucks Did Not Even Have A CDL!What is a typical day like for you at the company?Worked Nights , Lone Worker Out In Field , Dealing With Oil Pu , Tanks Bad Bottoms !

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It was pretty good until I got fired

Driver (Former Employee) - Santa Maria, CA - September 5, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Tankers was pretty easy but the money was good tooWhat is the most stressful part about working at the company?Terminal manager I work in Santa Maria terminal so we couldn’t get a hold of anybody from Bakersfield terminal manager that was the only stressful partWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?The Santa Maria terminal was perfect they’re all men there the culture I rather not say anythingWhat is a typical day like for you at the company?Get my rest get to the yard at 3 PM I go about my day

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SENTINEL TRANSPORTATION insights

Based on 68 survey responses

What people like

Supportive environment
Fair pay for job
Clear sense of purpose

Areas for improvement

Sense of belonging
Trust in colleagues

Great company to work for

Hazmat Tanker Driver (Former Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - April 18, 2023

What is the best part of working at the company?Great place to work, great pay good benefits What is the most stressful part about working at the company?None, it's all what you make of it if your a complainer than you'll find something wrongWhat is the work environment and culture like at the company?Cool no stress easy going follow the rules and you'll be good What is a typical day like for you at the company?Get your dispatch do your job and go home

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Great place for career and opportunity to make a difference

Mechanic (Current Employee) - Oklahoma City, OK - February 8, 2023

Great place to work. Must be a self starter and be flexible with your hours of work. Pay is great, never short on work. This job isn’t for everyone, must be self sufficient and able to make decisions on your own. This job requires a higher level of dedication and involvement, if you can’t provide that or want to punch out at 4:59PM everyday, Ryder or Petro is hiring.

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Sucks

Truck Driver Class A (Former Employee) - Sundown, TX - February 6, 2023

Great place to work if you like to be micro managed and watched constantly. They have enough cameras mounted on their trucks to shoot a motion picture. THERES A REASON THEY ARE ALWAYS HIRING!!!!

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Dispatcher (Former Employee) - Oklahoma City, OK - February 1, 2023

Rotating 8-hour shifts The employees following a rotating 8-hour work calendar schedule work for 8 hours a day, 40 hours each week. Three shifts complete 24 hours, covering both night and day from Monday to Friday. Companies using this shift are typically closed on the weekends

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Supportive staff

Local Driver (Former Employee) - Wilmington, DE - January 1, 2023

Worked at Sentinel for several years and never had an issue. Benefits and retirement package is nice. Office workers in Wilmington were great when I was there.

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Management

Crude Oil Driver (Former Employee) - Kingfisher, OK - January 1, 2023

Managers are really lazy very picky when it comes to safety!!! Got to kiss a lot of a$& to get anywhere. Cameras watch everything you do trucks in run 62

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Poor management

Employee (Former Employee) - California - May 16, 2022

Typical mom and pop poorly run company. The lady that runs the place doesn't seem to understand without "drivers" there is no transportation company. Management has no understanding of the actual job yet "coach" drivers over petty things.This company does not learn from its mistakes.The training is terrible, the trainers use the trainees to get done faster and actually teach them things that they themselves should be reprimanded for doing.No job security. Drivers are not treated with respect. Pay is based on the biggest scam in the driving industry, straight rate, no OT. That is a DOT loophole that is used by dishonest companies.You will be accused of insubordination just for asking questions.This job used to be considered prestigious amongst the driver industry but companies like this have ruined it over the years.

Pros

limited loading terminals and brands

Cons

whoever orders new trucks has no concept of how to do the job or proper set up, 2 work areas but different pay.

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Alot of work for you do for nothing in return

Dispatcher (Former Employee) - Odessa, TX - March 4, 2022

I feel that i am pretty underpaid for all the work i have to put up with. Also short staffed and cant seem to keep employees. Alot of gossip and way too many expectations and workload.

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Insurance not great.Theres 5 in cab cameras, 4 on the outside. about covid19, discriminate unvaxed workers They charge $100 mth for not being vaxed

Driver (Current Employee) - Lindsay, OK - January 17, 2022

work is pretty easy, management can be questionable sometimes on what then say then do. upper management is in Delaware, a bunch of freaking minions!

Pros

If I need to leave work early, I can

Cons

healthcare is expensive. Upper management are control freaks

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everyone is on the same team

Retired (Former Employee) - Wilmington, DE - November 12, 2021

outstanding place to workequipment is well maintained and technology is second to none.I liked coming to work and getting free coffee too.The leadership teams is positive.

Pros

amazing management

Cons

none

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Great career

Fuel Truck Driver (Former Employee) - Commerce City, CO - October 2, 2021

Pre covid the job offered a very consistent paycheck and awesome benefits. During covid a production bonus rolled out ...but work load decreased. Post covid....well due to take over of branded gas stations plenty of work...bonus program still intact and benefits not changing I would recommend if you are looking for a CAREER....outstanding 401k program. Plenty of rules and guidelines but you do your job....you will do just fine.

Pros

401k is outstanding

Cons

Big brother to correct the errors you may have

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Steady and secure work

Oil transportation (Current Employee) - Goldsmith, TX - October 2, 2021

Steady work, great pay , I can’t complain about this company it’s been really good to me financially. I would recommend this company to anyone. Follow the rules and you will have a great career here .

Pros

Money, 401k

Cons

Can’t haul oil when there’s snow

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Management didn't care if you wanted to advance

Crude Oil Transport Driver (Former Employee) - Hobbs, NM - September 16, 2021

Management doesn't care for you as a person only the job to get done without any issues. If any issues arose it was the driver's fault no matter what. The other driver's would always take tools off of other trucks and not say anything about it.

Pros

Decent equipment

Cons

Anything happens its the driver's fault.

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Great management , grwat environment, stress free, I have fun at work, good coworkers

Truck Driver (Current Employee) - Los Angeles, CA - August 31, 2021

Highly recommend this company, Great equipment Management works with you, No pressure at allJob is easy Great dispatchers I come to work with a positive attitude

Pros

No pressure at all

Cons

The incentives program should competitive with Broadway side

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Unorganized

Dispatcher (Former Employee) - Oklahoma City, OK - June 8, 2021

Decent pay but not for all your duties. Messy environment. People there gossip constantly. No real structure. Your merit is not based on you work ethic but by your popularity.

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Poor management

Crude Oil Driver (Former Employee) - Oklahoma City, OK - May 26, 2021

Sentinel promise 85000 a year I have been working here 4 years and haven’t made that management is terrible they try hard to find reasons to take what little bounces you get night drivers have to haul what day drivers won’t night drivers make less money

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Good place to work overall

Driver (Current Employee) - Reeding, OK - May 12, 2021

Decent place to work if you do what is asked of you then you will not have any issues very safety focused have cameras all over trucks including in the cab

Pros

Great coworkers, benefits, flexibility

Cons

Super singles, Cameras, 60 mph max, tons of things you can be fired for

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Do yourself a favor RUN!!!

Driver (Current Employee) - Oklahoma City, OK - April 9, 2021

Just installed 360 degree cameras so they can watch everything the drivers do at all times. They started a new dispatch system that crashes and has problems every load. Make agreements with unload stations to bring in more barrels so they will send you 50 miles away from your nearest station so you aren’t able to haul as many loads. And you get paid per load not per hour. Most drivers are making 20k less money than they did 3 years ago. Do yourself a favor and stay away from this company.

Pros

Steady work

Cons

Cameras watching your every move. Don’t make as much money as 2 years ago

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Good place to get screwed over

Inmate (Driver) (Current Employee) - Oklahoma - April 9, 2021

If you are in management you are the most important person on earth. If you’re a driver you’re the white crusty stuff that forms in the corner of your mouth when you drool. They have more cameras on the truck than a maximum security prison has. I come in to do a job and feel like a criminal instead. You never know if it’s gonna be your last day at work. It’s not a matter of if but when you will be terminated. Drivers are not appreciated at all this is the first job I’ve worked at that when I got a raise my pay went down.