Mavericks fireing spree....

I'am setting in a motel room in North Little Rock. No whining, here's the straight truth about my Mav. Trans. experience- you call it like you want.

-Next month is my 2 yrs- where I'd have received a raise and 2 wks. vaca.
-My driving record is clean- no moving/no accidents- ever for accid (driving cars etc. since 14- now 30)
-never had a load shift, or lost anything- even at shipprs ect.
-always over secure over mav's regs
-always pick up and del. on time- maybe had 2 late del. if that in 2 yrs.
-always "yes sir" "yes ma'm"

I rookied at mav, they are a good compay and have taken care of my family, until now.
- When i didn't know any better as a rook, I ran my ### off and they never said a word.
-they often put loads that you can't make legally or #### close
-if you say your out of hours, they want to call and go over logs ( so i;ve heard- I've always had hours- one way or another)
- I have safety points over a 2 yr. period as follows

-2 pts.- scratched a bumper
- 2pts.- for a dented alum. headach rack- times 2
-2pts. for a log viol.
-1 pt. preventable over weight- not so preventable
-2 pts. dented door on trailer box
- 3 pts. for coil secured prop. but touching trailer floor- (my one securement issue I feel terrible for)- I take sec. VERY seriously
-I now stand after classes at 6 pts.- because i was honest about knowledge of over weight.

2 driver charge backs 1 for prev. sec. issue, 1 for a fuel charge- no fuel on whole route on load that loaded late and received early- I made the mistake of trying to make it del. on time

-Over the last week I've heard that they are calling in drivers and firing them for points and no fuel bonus.
-Saw multiple drivers while I was there cleaning out there trucks while a guy walked around checking them in- never seen that type of activity in two yrs.

-My guess is that a good business man would decide that if the economy is getting ready to faulter, and you had to cut fat and save the company, a wise move would be to start calling in drivers b4 the slow season and can them for any points and no fuel bonuses. No warnings, no heads up.

-I was pulled into the little rock terminal, I had heard tail of this going on and specifically asked my fleet manager if my wife needed to find a baby sitter so she could come get me. She said "No." Then when I got there I was terminated like the rest of the drivers and my wife had to bring our baby girl from tulsa to pick me up- there is a terminal 2 hours from where i live in ft. smith. They could have sent me there, instead they offered a bus ticket. Think 2 yrs. of crap will fit on a bus?

-summary;
I ran my ### off for this company, never complained about hours, always picked up and dropped on time, never damaged anyone else's property then the companies headache racks and a fender, picked up their saftety points for all the silly things they give them for, and was terminated do to a bad economy on a cut like my work for them didn't mean anything.
-I had a new fleet manager at the time, my fleet manager for the majority of the time I worked there new my work ethic and wanted me to come back on his board after a yr.- told him i wouldn't be back, h gave me cards and said "I know ur work ethic, use me for a refence and ill do evrything i can."

-you look at it how you want, I made mistakes- mostly trying to hard and not whining enuff, in my opionion.

 

I have no arguments and agree with your statements. As per fuel milage, in two years my truck was never over 64 mph. I had requested to leave it set back after rookie probationary period. Then they did the new prgram fuel where it adj. for your mpg to speed- and requested i get it. It still never went ovr 64 mph. the truck still never got fuel miles, they never calld me in for training othr then watching a video. I progressve shifted, and turned it off at reasonable times. As far as points we are all on the same sys. understood and is understandable. I just wnted to post the story for the education of othrs. I would have done things different had i had the acess to this info from the beginning. And i doubt their cutting this many drivers at once without there being a bigger cause.- in which its business and i don't blame them. My long term fleet manager actually wanted me to come back and was not to happy about this, but so it goes and ill move on- hopefully with some sound advice for future mav. employees, as i said, they did take care of my family. Don't take me wrong, this is why i say "take i as you wish" in my original post. I do have to add that i think they are more then willing to take advantage of a rookie's running hard and ect. for money, but will give their violations for anything. When a guy can get points for a fender, logging, and other minor offenses and have more points then a guy who totalled a trailer, and therefore be more elligable for termnination. Thats bad. But at the same time I must say that this system does offer you more freedom....and that means allot for a company driver. They have taught me allot, and that i appreciate.

 

I can only speak from my exp. so here are awnsers to your questions;
-home every weekend is taken very seriously, they no longer advertise 90% proably do to a lack of freight
-weather or not be close to a raise and vaca. played a part in the overall decision to terminate is something I'll never know
-It should have been long enuff that a class could be available to drop some points
-I could have easily lied (but I'm not that way- I always shot them straight) and not even gotten the final point tht put me at 6 for preventable overweight. All i had to do is say i didn't know, and its mav's job to worry about overweigh and truck maint. per the safety ladies info. As a matter of fact when i told her that i'd drove all night, spent hours unloading, waited all day for a load, spent hours reloading and by then it was the middle of the night, the shipper had u secure and tarp before weighing, and wasnt gonna wait in a line of trucks to unsecure/tarp and have 1 plate lifted, only to resecure and tarp again.... she said i have allot of respect for what u guys do, and u all me for anything u need.
-I had friends and respect at his company, a fleet manager that told me im one of a few guys he always kept up on after leaving my board (he's done this type work for over 10 yrs. and knows his stuff) and also told me when i left- he knows im not at the bottom of the list- meaning there are allot of cuts coming if their cutting me.
-The end result is that this is a business move imo; and a warining from me to current drivers to watch your points for small things, rookies don't run to hard and watch your points, and everyone keep straight cause it's only gonna get worse, id never seen cuts like this at the company. Or it refered to by drivers and office people i know as "I'd heard they were doing that."

I always put public safety first, after that my entire goal was to take care f them as they tak care of my family- get the load there when its supposed to be there- this is a business. I should have got more sleep, called and pushed things back, and whined more- therefore avoiding some of the points for small things that are given the same mark quality as big things.
- This is a good company, as a matter of fact i waited to get on here and alway told peple i wasnt leving unless ti was to go o/o.
- i never talked back to my fleet manager, matter of fact he said he knew my work ethic, and i was very professional and wanted me on his board in a yr. (pnts fall off) and would love to have me, that with my work ethic id make allot of money. Im not saying what board he moved to cover to avoid causing him any prob. shouldnt be hard to figure out.
-as far as cooking books- ive heard of them telling drivers, fix your papers and go get the load, i dont know personally because i always made time to get what they needed me to get.

I dont want to trun this into a trash talk on a good compay. I want to warn others it may concern of what appears to be going on currently at a good company, proably in the nameof a bad economy. Ive had more then six points over this 2 yrs. (see the list and do the math)- they can get points off you if your one of their good drivers- trust me. But if you ran a big comp. and had to make cuts but wanted to maint. being able to say in orientation "We've never had a layoff in 28 yrs." What would you do?
- i agree with the "childs play" comment and many others made- hope all this helps someone else to avoid pooints that they normally would get off a good driver but in this environment and slow season coming- may use against you at their convience.
- i never say i didnt earn my points or work in the same environment as others- just a heads up to all about how it works and when. I'd already been considering moving to landstar and o/o - ill be fine and so will my family. i've workd my ### off all my life, have a degre in law enf, and small elec repair. plus much much construction and other equipment exp, all gotten while keeping an excellent work history.- we'll be fine, others use this thread to your advantage if you can.
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