Jack_Berry
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so i gave 2 weeks notice at work. talked to the owner the week before about needing steers. He said he would handle it.
Oct 1 I call e-1 to ask about this owner. I get his driver recruiter. I get a very good picture that is favorable. He even drove a replacement tranny to a stranded driver. When that proved to be the wrong tranny he brought in the correct one. Okay that is good but then the recruiter says he has trouble retainin drivers. He cites late delivery, mechanical problems, running out of fuel and delivering consistently late as reasons. Hmmmm, okay driver quality varies.
oct 5 was my last day. oct 8 was supposed to be orientation.
oct 6 he calls me at 1600 hrs and says the truck is not ready and we can't go until oct 15. he said he found out thursday and that he will call me back after getting it back from the shop doing the front end work.
here is where it gets bad.
oct 8 aro noon i have not heard from him so I call e-1 and ask if there are other owners looking for a solo. As it turns out I get his recruiter who listens to the story and mentions an opening I saw in the job classifieds. he will call that guy and ask if he will take a solo in a truck the guy wants a h/w team in he says. couple hours later the first owner calls and says deal is off. he said he was called by his driver recruiter at e-1 and that i am a fleet jumper and he has had that experience and the problems of it are not worth it. he said he got in late sunday night and that he called the shop monday morning. Well it is 1500 hrs I say. Why didn’t you call me earlier? i explain that i am without work. he had said that he knew thurs oct 4th that the truck would not be ready. i told him it would have been nice to call me so i could ask for one more week. i tell him i am just trying to cover my responsibilities. he grudgingly agrees. He seems to be changing his mind on not hiring me, his cell goes dead.
well here it is today and the truck has not moved yet for repair and he has not called back. i called him yesterday around 6 pm but no response.
i’m angry that he seems to have decided on breach of promise for employment and e-1 is as responsible as is the recruiter representing them.
i am getting a check for this week from my former employer but i have bupkiss for next week.
i still want to do this. my wife has her cdl b/hazmat info and is reading it. She has decided that she wants to do this N-O-W rather than be apart for weeks. i have applied to other carriers on the home page so now it is wait and see.
I called my previous employer and got rehired for monday.
Jack Berry
Oct 1 I call e-1 to ask about this owner. I get his driver recruiter. I get a very good picture that is favorable. He even drove a replacement tranny to a stranded driver. When that proved to be the wrong tranny he brought in the correct one. Okay that is good but then the recruiter says he has trouble retainin drivers. He cites late delivery, mechanical problems, running out of fuel and delivering consistently late as reasons. Hmmmm, okay driver quality varies.
oct 5 was my last day. oct 8 was supposed to be orientation.
oct 6 he calls me at 1600 hrs and says the truck is not ready and we can't go until oct 15. he said he found out thursday and that he will call me back after getting it back from the shop doing the front end work.
here is where it gets bad.
oct 8 aro noon i have not heard from him so I call e-1 and ask if there are other owners looking for a solo. As it turns out I get his recruiter who listens to the story and mentions an opening I saw in the job classifieds. he will call that guy and ask if he will take a solo in a truck the guy wants a h/w team in he says. couple hours later the first owner calls and says deal is off. he said he was called by his driver recruiter at e-1 and that i am a fleet jumper and he has had that experience and the problems of it are not worth it. he said he got in late sunday night and that he called the shop monday morning. Well it is 1500 hrs I say. Why didn’t you call me earlier? i explain that i am without work. he had said that he knew thurs oct 4th that the truck would not be ready. i told him it would have been nice to call me so i could ask for one more week. i tell him i am just trying to cover my responsibilities. he grudgingly agrees. He seems to be changing his mind on not hiring me, his cell goes dead.
well here it is today and the truck has not moved yet for repair and he has not called back. i called him yesterday around 6 pm but no response.
i’m angry that he seems to have decided on breach of promise for employment and e-1 is as responsible as is the recruiter representing them.
i am getting a check for this week from my former employer but i have bupkiss for next week.
i still want to do this. my wife has her cdl b/hazmat info and is reading it. She has decided that she wants to do this N-O-W rather than be apart for weeks. i have applied to other carriers on the home page so now it is wait and see.
I called my previous employer and got rehired for monday.
Jack Berry
