Western Express, Just the Best

That's kinda bad. But not the end of the world. You can survive this. Here's how: what happened is called an 'incident' and not an 'accident'.

Accidents are serious. Incidents are not. If what happened is not DOT reportable or recordable, then it is an incident; an incident which only exists between you and Western Express.

Never mention this Incident to a prospective employer.

Make your rookie mistakes at the expense of Western Express. It's ok. They have more than earned that privilege. You are out there doing your best. Just be more careful and pay more attention.

 

In a perfect world we make no mistakes but in our imperfect world we have all made them. Be it a sighn you missed in the shadow of something or a misjudgement in a turn we all have made mistakes!
The key now is to learn from it and not let yourself be caught in the same thing again.
How bad was the damage?
Have you had any issues with this type situation before? If so give details and I'm sure someone can give some pointers to help.

 

Sorry to hear this. Good luck with whatever life throws at you.

 

I hope you don't give up on trucking. CRST fired me over two backing incidents and I had to pay those creeps in order to get a job with Western Express. It was hard to accept, but it ended up being worthwhile. Fortunately, Western Express wasn't near as bad then as they are today.

You mentioned that you had a conversation with your manager that was disrespectful. Unfortunately, disrespect is rampant in trucking. I cannot sugar coat that fact. It happens to most every driver out there. Even owner operators are disrespected vis a vis their rate contracts by unscrupulous brokers and other bullcrap.

When I finally got a job pulling food grade tanks, life became a lot easier. Management wasn't in such a rush about everything everywhere all the time.

Anyway, the loose moral of this spiel is that you can find a decent trucking company to work for. It is my hope that you don't let W.E. be an impediment to your boyhood dreams.

 

As a former WSXI goon I'm really sorry to hear that. Western Express is a horrible company. It's a doable gig if you already have trucking experience but need a second chance due to an accident or ticket, but it is a very, very, bad company for new drivers. There is almost zero support for drivers still finding their footing.

Whatever you decide to do next is up to you and I wish you the best, but if trucking was an old dream of yours don't let a bad experience at Western Express kill it. There are much better companies out there.

Edit: Missed your new post.

Most Western Express dm's are pretty bad & sounds like you got one of the worst bitter button pressers. Just remember at the end of it all, you'll be working somewhere else, either in trucking or elsewhere and that sad bitter little piece of poop will still be working at Western Express.

 

There's a few of us Western Express goons on here if you ever want to hang out at the trucking accidents forum.
@bryan21384 , @mjd4277 , and myself are there as regular as a bowel movement.