GSTC - will trash your DAC !!

I guess you have not read everything I have entered here ! The damage to the trailer is not the reason , the reason for NOT getting hired by a top company is because :
"QUITTING WITHOUT NOTICE" I had talked to my dispatcher more than once , explaining my dissatisfaction with working for this company (GSTC). I called once about 6 weeks before quitting & told him I was giving him a floating verbal notice of quitting & then called him again about 2 weeks before quitting & told him I was going to quit ! The 2 weeks went to around 3 weeks , but when I returned thier truck & trailer , I had cleaned out all my things , washed the entire inside of the truck & even reshined the floor mat ! Placed all thier paperwork in the sleeper draw where it is supose to be ! Then turned in everything to dispatch , spare keys , fuel cards , ID card , and imformed them that it was my last day ! Thier lame excuse is "I did not give them a written notice" I think most companies would have been happy that I cleaned the truck (well enough so a new driver could get right in & start driving it) & returned it to thier main shop !
So , you see I could get another job with a company like Prime right now , but that would be a MAJOR step backwards for me ! I am 58 years old & not looking to start all over at the bottom of the barrel !!

 

GSTC - Gordon Sevig Trucking Company , will always remain in my mind as a VERY bad driving experience ! How many drivers have gave a written 2 week notice , just to be treated like crap for those 2 weeks by the company ? How many drivers completely clean & scrub out thier trucks before returning it , even re-shining the floor mats ?? How about we make it so a company has to give us (as drivers) a 2 week notice of getting fired or discharged !! I have heard of a couple that gave notice & were told to leave the truck where it is & give the keys to the fuel desk that they will send someone to get it ! Afraid that you (the driver) would do damage to the truck , or sell fuel on thier cards ! Come-on we do not live in a PERFECT world , trucking has gone so low over the last 10 or so years that drivers (not good ones) have become a "dime a dozen" ! The flooding of the "2 week wonders" has made it almost dangerous to be on the road anymore ! Even parking in truckstops is dangerous , I have seen more then my share of bad drivers parking , or sitting at the fuel islands & going inside & litteraly taking a shower & having dinner ! The new dress code for drivers has become sweat-pants or shorts , T-shirts & sandals or clip-clops !! I have seen way to many new drivers that should NOT have even been considered for trucking because of thier weight . When it takes a driver about 5 minutes to dismount his truck , he should reconsider his line of work !
I think that around 50% of new drivers have to have a GPS , because most can NOT read an atlas ! Or do alot get trained properly , like using the middle lane on a 3 lane road for the travel lane , not moving over for faster traffic ! I have evn seen a few drive past an open scale , because they did not understand they were suppose to enter it !

OK my rant is over for now !! Thank you all for reading my comments !!

 

Well , maybe you have not been in trucking long , or maybe you are not a driver ? Anyone that has been a driver for more than 6 monthes knows that "Prime" is a bottom of the line company !! Most drivers there are newbies or 2 week wonders !
Quitting under a dispatch is the same as abandoning your vehicle if the company states it on the drivers DAC ! This is a MAJOR thing in todays trucking , and the drivers DAC is what can make or break a driver ! DAC is a driver rating system & one of the first things a company looks at before hiring a new driver !
Your "location " says "at home" -- and you only say "Trucking Industry" so I am not even sure if I am replying to a driver or a company member ??? Maybe some education into the Industry would help !!

 

Yeap , it is amazing how fast a company will trash a drivers DAC , but at the same time they tell the drivers never to lie about anything or we can not hire you if caught ! You see , no matter how upset I could be at a company , I always tell it like it is . Fabricating a story will not help me , but telling others what really happened may save another driver the same thing that happened to me ! Good luck in your future in trucking , for me if I can find a good local job , then screw these OTR companies !!