Monarch Messenger

Ran Southern & Northern Alberta hauled turnpikes. Have 25 years experience. Management had no consideration for drivers mainly in the winter. Turnpikes have restrictions mainly hauling them in winter if you chose not to take two trailers it was frowned upon the result was low paying runs for months. Co-workers were pretty good. Hardest part of the job was that you worked for Monarch and dispatched by contract company with Monarch who were only worried about having their product delivered and not the driver in severe weather conditions on the highway. Most enjoyable was in summer when weather is nice there were no problems with deliveries.
While working at Monarch never had no safety issues no accidents no DOT issues which was never taken into consideration for good runs.

I like workong for Monarch way better than my previous position as a driver for a different company. They charge top dollar and are aible to pay drivers quite well but with top dollar comes top service as well unlike my previous employment where top service was expected anyway without top pay. One small comlaint is that quite often they'll make changes on designated runs that can be a pain to deal with but a well...a good paying job is a good paying job.

I really enjoyed working for this company. They kept me really busy which I wanted, except for just after Christmas of course. The dispatchers were always really friendly and good to me. My only complaint about the company is after I had gotten done polishing the aluminum on the truck, when they had to change the front tires, they took my polished front wheels away and gave me non polished wheels. But life goes on.

I had an awesome job at Monarch Messenger. Had a great run with plenty of hours and well paid as well. The only reason I'm no longer there is cause they lost the account and shut down shortly after and the company that took over (the account) caused a huge gong-show and therefore I moved on to other things wishing Monarch Messenger is still around with designated runs of some kind

I liked Monarch Messenger until it sold out to Caravan . Good dispatch and fun workmates . Good Christmas parties . Mechanics fixed everything wrong right away . Too bad they no longer operate semi trucks . They are now a body job operator only .

While starting with my driver that i never new what he had in store for me as of being a swamper until my first week. This position requires you to be on point about everything that is taking place otherwise it could cost you your life or your paycheck. so following strict procedures was a must.

-would arrive at NWF at 7 am, pull orders as necessary to insure happy customers. 
-load/arrange parts in vehicle, secure loads
- get signature for parts and bring back cores/returns with paperwork
-relay any and all info to sales

The Management and owners treat staff like dogs. They rip off the very workers that work hard every day to make a living  I have not met more than a handful of drivers that enjoy working for them

I was pleased with the environment in general. Good Team work as well as friendly management team. Also, I always got the hours am looking for and good pay.

I really enjoyed working at Monarch. Management was very easy to deal with and there was lots of work to go around for all of the drivers. The company ended up losing a contract that I was working for so I moved on.

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