Schneider National

Although I agree with what you did, I do not agree with the above statement. Look at thier CSA score: http://ai.fmcsa.dot.gov/SMS/Data/carrier.aspx?enc=Rr6C6qlicWl0HZPDPzv685/F4qF1PLzrVkg6Y/bSu84=

For a company with 11,000 plus drivers, that is very good.

 

I'm calling shenanigans.

1) My dad died early Saturday morning. I called in, arranged to relay my load at the Atlanta yard and flew home. My load would have taken me home but wouldn't have gotten me there until midday Sunday (short on hours). At no point did anyone even suggest that I stay under the load. SNI will give you leave but they are under no obligation to pay for your travel. If you wanted to take the truck home you should expect to haul a load.

2) It is SNI policy (which you agreed to) that u-turns are not allowed. You are responsible for everything that happens with the truck/trailer/load when YOU are driving. It matters not if you were 'under duress'. You decided to make a u-turn, take the lumps that come with the decision.

3) Regardless of if they had cause to fire you - they did. You are required by law and common ethics to return all company property when you leave a company. SNI was within their rights to hit your DAC. You could have avoided it by spending 2.5 hours of your time. You probably even would have been paid for the 50 odd miles.

4) Why in hades are you complaining on a message board 3 YEARS after the fact. 6 months sure, a year okay, but 3 years? Come on.

5) "Hundreds of thousands of dollars and 25 years of driving time?" (I'm assuming you meant 2.5 years). You're claiming that SNI owes you for money you might have made. For a couple of hundred bucks you could have disputed the DAC entry and been driving again. Or you could have found another line of work.

6) You're only 46. How does this make impossible for you "have any chance of a good retirement"? What were you doing for the 20 years before you went driving? If you'd been planning for retirement then you should have had enough to pay for CDL school yourself by the time you hit 40. And why did you pay $10,000 for training anyway? Independent truck schools typically cost $5,000, CDL mills can charge less. You also have 20 years left before retirement. Plenty of time to make up for lost time provided you tighten your belt a little.

 

Several bad choices were made, that's pretty much the bottom line. Having relatives in distress while you're hundreds of miles from home, is a horrible, stressful thing, but being reactionary and making impulse decisions is not only dangerous for you, but those around you. You very well could have compounded your problems with decisions that you made.

 

When i got the phone call that my mom was not expected to make it i was 45 miles from charlotte under a load due to deliver in 2 hrs 80 miles from charlotte. i stopped and called sni and was told to take load to charlotte. i pulled in gate and was told to park and go rt to fuel desk, got to fuel desk and my driver leader was there and told me to get what i needed from truck for sni had arranged air travel home 4 me. This is the Sni i knew for 14 years.

 

Can't you drive local?

 

Very interesting replies. Thanx for sharing

 

Okay I have to ask. Why are SNI drivers not allowed to make a U-turn? I would really like to know.

 

Same as with other companies, you block the lanes of traffic and reduce the visibility increasing the likelihood for a fatal run under

 

how did they know he did a u-turn?