Suspended/possibly fired, need advice (P&D)

Hello everyone. I work for an ltl company here in the south and i was suspended today until further notice. I worked for another ltl company previous to this one for about a year in linehaul, I quit there and got out of trucking for about a year and then decided to return to it. I applied to a new company as a P&D driver and its been rough to say the least. Theres 4 main points here and the last 2 are the most important.

1) After only 2 days of riding with another driver they sent me out on my own because they were short handed that week (week of thanksgiving). The company policy is that you must ride with another driver for 5 days before you can go out on your own. I wanted to help out since they were short handed so I decided to do it. I made some mistakes of course, I had 3 bills for a customer but accidentally only delivered 2 of the bills. when I returned the guy there told me it was to late for me to deliver what was on the 3rd bill (which was 6 pallets). This caused me to not have enough space for a pickup that my company needed. Also i saw they closed soon and tried to call my dispatcher (who was busy) so I made the decision to just come back to the terminal (wrong decision). So I get back to the terminal and my manager is a little disapointed in me, but i get an empty trailer and head an hour back to the customer to get the pickup and i thought all was good. It was a bit of a hectic day but I did my best. I had a sit down with the terminal manager the next day and he was telling me how he was displeased with my performance from the day before. I explained to him what happened but I think he already had his mind made up about me.

2) I was riding with another driver on an out of town route. He was a nice guy but a bit of a stickler. My terminal manager asked him at the end of the day how I did. He told them that I had a slow pace and that I asked him to drive the truck at the end of the day. I asked him to drive because he seemed a bit annoyed with how I drove. I haven't drove a 10 speed in awhile so i was a bit rusty. I've rode with 3 other drivers that did not give me a review like this and even after this I really paid attention to my speed. Well I sit down with both terminal managers the next day and again they tell me how they are displeased with my performance. I told them that I would pick up my speed and wouldn't ask anyone else to drive again.

3) Now this is where things get bad. I'm driving with another driver and the day is going pretty well. We made about 12 deliveries and our last delivery is a residential. He called the customer to see if they were home and they didn't answer. I asked him if we should still do the delivery? It's only a 37 pound tool box and were pulling a 40 foot lift gate trailer. It would be better if they come meet us somewhere instead of trying to navigate through this neighborhood. He said yea lets just do it. So hes telling me which streets to go down and turn on, and I'm feeling like #### this is not a good place to be at in a truck. I'm in 5th gear, trying to pay attention the best I can and I end up hitting a low tree with my trailer on the right side of the street and there is a truck parked on the left side of the street. I damaged the trailer pretty bad. I had to call safety and have a phone meeting with them the next day. The safety guy was pretty cool about it and said he would write it down as a preventable and that was that.

4) Ok now this one was 2 days ago. I had another driver riding with me and cut too close to a dumpster and it scraped the side of the trailer and left 2 holes in it. I reported it to safety and came into the terminal yesterday and sat down with my terminal managers again. They told me my driving is not good enough to be a P&D driver there and that maybe I could work the dock part time if they could find a spot for me. So they told me I was suspended until further notice pending the investigation of my accidents. He also brought up points 1 and 2 to factor in the situation which I didn't think was fair because point 1 I didn't have to do because I haven't rode with someone for 5 days yet and point 2, I only had a bad review from 1 driver and I was improving on those said points. I know 2 accidents within a weeks time looks bad, but I feel pretty bad about potentially being fired before I even receive my uniforms. I was pretty stressed out after points 1 and 2, which may have been a factor in both my accidents, and now im really stressed that I'm about to lose my job.

Now I'm just looking for advice on what to do? Should I call someone in corporate to see if they can save my job? Or should I just let it go and try somewhere else? I really do like the company, I'd like to stay there. I'm open for any criticism, comments or questions. thank you

 

Thanks for your input. I live in Shreveport, LA