ABOUT ASCEND

WHY ASCEND

Ascend is committed to being the employer of choice for drivers

To that end, we offer routes designed to enable you to go home and sleep in your bed more often; guaranteed, top pay; preferred routes that meet your needs because we ask you for your preferences; and a company obsessed to provide driver support. Ascend provides equipment with the latest safety features installed in every truck. Ascend routinely surveys our drivers to hear their thoughts and ideas, and ensure we are doing everything we can to improve driver satisfaction—and retention. Ascend will pay you well, treat you as a professional, and get you home to your loved ones.

What we do

With operations focused on the US South, Mid Atlantic, and Midwest, and 80 drop yards throughout, Ascend has density and capacity in important regional areas where demand for high-performance short-haul shipping is high. Ascend operations has built driver friendly shuttles and relays to connect shorter-haul routes the get driver home more often. Our dense regional operation keeps drivers moving and running.

Ascend drivers are the face of our business

It is critically important to us that they represent Ascend at our best: professional, helpful, reliable, and friendly. To ensure this, we have created a people obsessed operation designed to treat drivers with respect, to be responsive, and have our drivers backs when plans change. Our accessorial pay is among the top pay in the industry.

Our driver-friendly policies ensure we can attract and retain the very best personnel in the business. We offer the possibility to sleep at home with greater frequency; guaranteed, top pay; flexible routes; and the newest equipment. Combined with our commitment to driver safety, these policies not only allow us to keep drivers, but they also motivate all our valuable employees to provide the highest-quality service.

HOW WE OPERATE

Ascend is committed to high-performance service every time

An ongoing challenge for shippers is delivering products on time to satisfy the growing numbers of customers who are prioritizing online shopping. Specializing in the middle mile segment, Ascend has built a robust and reliable network grounded in a strong commitment to performance and predictability in moving products safely and efficiently from one location to another. We have the density to support variability, and our network enables us to draw on additional capacity as needed.

Furthermore, we have invested in advanced technologies that provide the operational coordination and network optimization needed to ensure that delivery windows are met. Also, in the face of a nationwide trend of unfilled driver positions, we structure highly competitive employee programs that help us retain high-quality drivers who provide the high standard of service shippers should expect of their carrier.

WHY WE ARE DIFFERENT