Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

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  1. JustCallMeDriver

    JustCallMeDriver Light Load Member

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    I went through a lengthy medical odyssey. Will write you a PM when I get home today but the short story is you absolutely legally are entitled to keep your job and your health insurance (not COBRA or marketplace. I'm talking Knight/Abilene still making their contributions to your premiums) for at least 120 days even if you drive zero of those days if it's for medical reasons.

    Before we were publicly traded and had to answer to shareholders, Abilene would have kept taking care of you much longer than that. Even in the current situation, you will be welcomed back any time that a doc says you're ready. AKJ and Kimberly will make sure of that, but even if they were gone, everyone needs drivers and that's not changing for a long time.
     
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  3. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Oh my… my worst fear is an emergency while OTR. Get better soon and get home safely!!!

    and yes, look into Family Medical Leave.
     
  4. JohnBoy

    JohnBoy Road Train Member

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    Your health and wellbeing is number one. Work will always be here. One thing I’ve learned about this company since the sale, anything up and over what a DM has as a job assignment goes right over their collective heads to the uppermost management people, starting with Kimberley. Knowing her as well as I do, she will get the ball rolling in the right direction. Please, take care of yourself. Prayers and good vibes headed your way.
     
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  5. RebelChick

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    Thanks all. Am feeling a little better. Then again, I haven’t gotten up the nerve to try to eat anything yet.
     
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  6. MidWest_MacDaddy

    MidWest_MacDaddy Road Train Member

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    Thoughts, Prayers, and Positive Energy!!!
     
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  7. jarhead0311

    jarhead0311 Road Train Member

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    Dropped a Volvo load from Jacksonville at the fenced in area we have in SC. Good thing there were trailers there because otherwise Id not have known where to go. Gotta drive through another trucking company's yard to get to our area. Thankfully there were two empty dry vans and a reefer there so I didn't have to chase a trailer. Had me grab the reefer and load in Highpoint NC going to Manassas, VA. Load was rescheduled for Monday so dropping it on the yard tomorrow morning.
     
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  8. Finfn1372

    Finfn1372 Road Train Member

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    Deadhead up to Atlanta for a load going to Little Rock.

    Get to shipper,to pickup a preload,and notice one of our trailers has an alarm on it,it's out of reefer fuel,and it's a frozen load,that was loaded 5 days ago.

    Call up Abilene,they act like they don't have a clue,lucky for them it hadn't run out to long ago,because the temp wasn't to far out of range,grabbed it and fueled up.
     
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  9. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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    I think I'm in a much better place. Longer hours, but decent people, and an easier job. Day linehaul.
     
  10. jarhead0311

    jarhead0311 Road Train Member

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    Dropped my reefer load on the yard this morning and waited two hrs then got a DH move to Groveport BH, pick up an empty reefer at Gordonsville Walmart DC along the way. Get to the DC and no empty reefers in sight, where the empties are supposed to be. Call DM and she calls the planner and he gives a list of reefers that are supposed to be there and DM says drive around and check to see if they are there and loaded or empty. Found them all, in the section where loaded trailers go.....let my DM know and get hooked to one and rolling. Got two hrs local pay chasing empty reefers. Had some on the yard but guessing need to get trailers out of places. BH load to Columbia, SC next, not due til Monday though so getting a day layover pay on it. Had a choice of SC or GA BH load, picked the SC one cuz it is an easy back, lol!
     
  11. JohnBoy

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    Nice to know the ones to skip on.
     
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