Mavericks fireing spree....

I'm not suprised....but I'm sorry to hear that. I'm sure there is some fear going thru the drivers. Nobody likes it when a company pulls out "the bloody knife."

 

I hear that, tarred basements and took gasoline baths everyday, dug 10 foot holes by hand to patch rich people's leaky basement walls, pushed 3-400 pound wheelbarrows with wet concrete, bucketted 5 gal. buckets of wet concrete up flights of stairs, cut with gas saws inside small rooms with concrete dust and no resporators, crawled around in 3ft. crawlspaces with people waste/tp/corn/etc. to prep for plumbers, jackhammered and dug up broken sewer lines, you name it-I did it for 4 years- summer, winter, rain, sun- all while commuting to school and setting for hours in a class room to get law enf. degree....and I'll do it again if I have to. I'm not above any work.

 

I came straight out of truck school, a rookie, and they hired me. I'd say it's becoming more like they don't want over qualified because that = more money. -They used to not take rookie's (years ago)- now they have a motel on campus for them. jmo.

 

I couldn't tell ya....obviously you would seem more then qualified. Like I said in my opionion- your proably over qualifed and don't fall into the "low pay- do what you tell me to cause I don't know any better" rookie status. I think that this company had to start taking on rookie's against their wishes under a shortage of drivers and is in the process of migrating toward becoming one of the companies that prefers to keep decent, low paid, rookies behind the wheel. If at 2 yrs. with them I was halfway up their seniority list- that shows that at least half their drives arent at max pay yet. I would stop taking it as an insult and start figuring your proably worth more then they want to pay. BUT.... if you want an opionion that is from an opposite but intelligent perspective....I'd as "Notarpsforme" a current driver there of his opionion on your situation. Just send him a message. In my case, I had plenty of construction exp., no cdl, went to a school for 4 wks., got my cdl, spent 2 weeks in "the barn" securement training, and 2 weeks in a trainer truck (because i had gone to my own driving school- i could go tr. trk. for only 2 wks.) - and was given a truck and the green light. Now I know that can't count for more exp. then driving and getting shot at. Best bet is don't try to figure out their logic and move on. p.s.....my father was a ranger and a tunnel rat in Nam.- I'd just like to give you my thanks and respect for you service to this countries people. No matter how much our govern. pisses me off doing whatever....i always have respect for my country, it's people, and always- always have respect for our military. God Bless you.