Chalk up TMC as a bad company.

...and the same testimonies come truckin' in... 2 x 2 every day.

We BELIEVE YOU!

 

Was there ever a time in this industry where the garbage that happens now was non-existant or at least not as bad as it is now??

 

TMC seemed to be a GREAT company until about a month ago.

I don't get it at all. All the companies are experiencing hardship, and the ones with a really good reputation just stopped hiring and took care of their own best they could.

Whatever move or philosophy TMC is adapting, it's not driver friendly and it's going to cost them thier reputation. It might have been smarter to just give up the whole Peterbilt and chrome thing rather than whatever they're doing to human beings.

 

That really sucks. The number of posts about layoffs, hiring freezes, and people getting fired for stupid reasons is really amazing. What they gave you was an excuse to fire you. There was a post in another thread where a driver was fired, after being HIRED and even DRIVNG for a number of weeks. The company said their policy about tickets had changed. Apparently the driver had a ticket sometime in the past a few years and now was being fired over it.

 

The most likely explanation is that they had more drivers than they needed at the end of the class and were looking for any reason to pare down the numbers. Most companies bring in 20% to 30% more drivers than they need knowing that some will quit and some will be disqualified. Even then many times they have more than they want and therefore have to find other more creative ways to dump drivers. They might claim that they just found something in your MVR that they missed earlier or maybe they heard back from a previous employer that had something negative to say. In you case it was a (probably bogus) claim that they just changed their hiring area. Years ago when I was at Swift 50% of the orientation participants never made it far enough to even see the inside of a Swift truck.

 

In my opnion they just took your money be happy uncle sam paid for training. What part of Michigan do you live. I live in Warren and I called them back in early November '08 to get in and I was told that they Weren't hiring in my area. I have 1yr of OTR Exp too, just no flatbed training.

 

No doubt that is the explanation. It's just that we knew who the driver mills were before and they are easy to name: Werner, Swift, CRE, USX, Covenant. No one wanted to add TMC to the list. People applied there out of research and pride to have a GOOD job that paid well and respected them, provided good equipment, etc.

They can do whatever they want, but they'll be reclassified on this site and likely others.

 

Hey, it's a shock to hear this about TMC. I've been out here for a while now and until recently I've heard very little negative feedback from their drivers. It's just sad that they wasted the OP's time not to mention getting his hopes up just to dash them.

 

I'm very surprised to hear this about TMC. My friend works for them & other than things being slow right now (like everybody else) he loves them. Gotta say this is very disappointing.