About Us
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QUICK FACTS
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Industry: Flatbed trucking and logistics
Employees: About 3,000 drivers, plus office and shop staff
Founded: 1972
Headquarters: Des Moines, Iowa
Workplace: On the road
Fact: 🚛 | The largest employee-owned flatbed carrier in the country
Fact: 🎓 | Runs its own paid CDL school, with training centers in Iowa and South Carolina
Fact: 🏠 | Regional routes built to get most drivers home on weekends
Fact: 📋 | A Department of Labor registered driver apprenticeship
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PAY & PERKS
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Range: Performance-based pay, with hard-running first-year drivers earning up to $100,000
Note: Pay is percentage-based, so it rewards the miles you run and swings week to week. Many drivers earn less than that headline number, and some reviews say recruiting can oversell it, so ask for realistic figures for your area.
Perk: Paid CDL training, with your travel and lodging to the training center covered
Perk: Employee-owned through an ESOP, so you build a retirement stake at no cost to you
Perk: Health, dental, and vision insurance, plus a 401(k) with employer match
Perk: Home most weekends, which is unusual for over-the-road trucking
Perk: No experience required to start
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ABOUT
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Title: About TMC Transportation
Text: TMC Transportation is the largest *employee-owned* flatbed trucking company in the country, hauling open-deck freight like steel, building materials, and machinery across the lower 48 states. Founded in 1972 and based in Des Moines, Iowa, it became employee-owned in 2013 through an ESOP, which means eligible drivers earn a stake in the company at no cost to them.
Text: The big draw for someone new is that you do not need experience: TMC runs its own paid CDL school and a Department of Labor registered apprenticeship, so you can go from no license to a flatbed career in a few weeks. Routes are built to get most drivers home on weekends, which is unusual for over-the-road trucking. Fair warning that flatbed means hands-on work like strapping and tarping loads in all weather. See openings at the [TMC careers page](https://careers.tmctrans.com/).
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WHAT PEOPLE SAY
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Rating: 3.6/5 | Glassdoor overall
Rating: 3.9/5 | Glassdoor truck drivers
Like: Widely called one of the best places to learn flatbed and load securement
Like: Employee ownership through the ESOP builds a real nest egg over time
Like: Top-of-the-line, well-maintained trucks and equipment
Like: Home most weekends, plus a yearly raise
Know: Pay is percentage-based, so it depends on your miles, area, and fleet manager, and some say recruiting oversells it
Know: Work-life balance is the low point, since you are out on the road during the week
Know: Flatbed is physical, so expect to strap and tarp loads in all weather, with strict truck and appearance rules
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GOOD FIT
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Title: You might like it here if
Point: You want to start a *paid CDL career* with no experience and no school debt
Point: You like the idea of owning a stake in the company through the ESOP
Point: You would rather be moving and hands-on than sitting at a desk
Point: You are okay being out on the road during the week to get home most weekends