J.B. Hunt Reviews

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Large corporation which still has a small company environment

Cons – HR rules such as hourly having to give 72 hours notice for being sick should be reviewed.

Most managers encourage employees seeking transfers to advance their careers.

Advice to Senior Management – Review the general HR environment. HR management does not support employees or management; but, seem to make up their own rules and policies. Believe most of the senior HR management got there just because they were there at the time.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than a year

Pros – Team environment, individual growth & access to senior management. opportunities to develop and grow.

Cons – demanding job on time and being on call especially with lower end compensation, tendency to nickle and dime on compensation. Business units still quite silo'd, and within the same division lots of internal strife due to budget restraints.

Advice to Senior Management – Trust your people, seek to develop current employees while bringing in the right people from outside to add what we lack.
Ensure that operations within brokerage are respected and treated equally to salesmen. When you get good operations teams ensure you are willing to compensate for similar levels to market for industry and similar job responsibilities in other industries

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt

Pros – Willing to give people of many different backgrounds a shot.

Cons – Does not pay the middle employ that well in comparison for the work they demand.

Advice to Senior Management – Be willing to spend more for insurance

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 8 years

Pros – Stability and diversity in the transportation industry.

Cons – Getting lost in the shuffle.

Advice to Senior Management – Make people feel like people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Former Employee – worked at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than a year

Pros – The terminal in Chicago has a cafeteria. Usually, could find an empty trailer after home time fairly quickly. The staff at the terminals are usually friendly.

Cons – The other terminals don't have cafeterias. Most of the terminals aren't comfortable. That's par for the course in the industry, though. It's a bizarre lifestyle. I think some drivers get truck madness, like space madness.

Advice to Senior Management – I was an owner/operator later and could turn down some the loads going to places like DC or Staten Island, thank god. The loads to those places don't even pay well. If they want 52' trailers in those areas, they shouldn't use sleeper cabs in my opinion.

Give drivers a head's up about not getting off I-95 in NYC even if it is a "truck route". The height of bridges are mislabeled and the truck routes are confusing (other than to Hunt's Point). I was fired for hitting a low bridge there. I didn't know an interstate could have bridges marked 12'6" and went off course to avoid them, which got me further in a bind. I was black balled via the DAC report, but I bought my own authority and delivered food there many times after that. I learned the hard way how to navigate through that area. It's not for rookies.

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – works well with your schedule

Cons – pay is low for the work performed

Advice to Senior Management – faster advancement for top performers

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for less than a year

Pros – No day is ever the same... You will face constant challenges and learn a lot fast!! Lots of opportunity for growth in a organizaiton with a great product and service in all areas. National company with opportunities to move...

Cons – You will work 50-65 hours and possibly have a on-call phone on the weekends...It's borderline unacceptable to move outside the region and you will get no support to move outside of it...Poor benefits... No Vacations for a year and after a year, 5 days... 401k is basically a 3% (6% of half) match...Extremely stressful work environment (Definitely losing hair). Very poor training from the get-go... Sink or Swim mentality. Depending on the customer you work for, you are subject to their hours of operation... Retail (2/3 days off a year) some other industries (every holiday).

Advice to Senior Management – My only advice is 5 vacation days after 6 months, 7 after a year... after 6 months you have learned so much and your constant interaction with aggressive under-educated individuals wears on your mentality significantly.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Challenging
The people I work with are excellent
Innovative with technology
Aggressive goals
Support great ideas

Cons – Deadlines can be aggressive which means extra hours
Pay could be better especially for top performers
More vacation time or holidays would be great

Advice to Senior Management – Take extra care of your top performers in any field, you want to keep them.
Continue to support the great ideas of your employees.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – I've been with J B on and off for 21 years. I've never had a complaint about the company itself. My I've run into a knuckle head Fleet Manager or two, but I've a;ways made good money with J B.

Cons – They go a little overboard with all the safety stuff. It can be a pain sometimes. but then I guess there can never be too much safety.

Advice to Senior Management – Start cracking down on the smart mouth Fleet managers, who think it's productive to talk to grown men like babies. I'll name no names, but they know who they are.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at J.B. Hunt full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Improvement in work life balance and work flow

Cons – Compensation still low and still needs improvement in leadership roles

Advice to Senior Management – Continue to hire executive leadership from other division to help in improving worklife/compensation, and understanding business.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company