What would you do? Stuck at Con-Way and right about now, very stressed!!

My husband started orientation with Con-Way Truckload in Tollesson, AZ on July 6th - issued a truck and a load the following Saturday, July 11. His truck broke down, billowing white smoke, before he even made it Tucson. Later turned out there were massive oil leaks...he doesn't know what else. He was put in a motel in Tucson - stayed there the rest of the weekend and this whole past week. The truck was at the Kenworth dealer/repair and not projected to be finished until yesterday, July 17. The company was "trying" to send him a replacement truck in Phoenix. Where unfortunately, Con-Way has only a Con-Way Freight yard.

Company puts him in a rental car to pick up said replacement in Phoenix. He gets there yesterday and gets to the truck - another 2011, but it's a KW, which is his favorite. Now, no Qualcom, despite many attempts to reboot and whatever else they do! Of course, all of this happens close to end of business yesterday, so no way to repair.

He is VERY frustrated and rightfully so! He left a company he had worked for for a year. Decent company, but it was refrigerated and he never liked running reefer...too many snags. He went with Con-Way based on hearing lots of input it was a good company. He is now sitting there, no check for last 2-3 weeks (going from company A to B, orientation and all of this breakdown stuff). He wanted to find a company he could stay with and could have moved to Con-Way Freight in San Diego in a year. He worked as dock loader/hostler for them for 2 years before he started driving.

He now doesn't know what to do. Does he take this as a sign that things will be shaky here and move on? He doesn't want to be seen as bouncing around, but he's out there to make a living.

 

Yes, they will be paying him $75 per day. Though that's better than nothing, every driver knows that's nothing compared to what you can earn driving for a day. Sure, he's not driving, but that's not by choice.