Maverick Sucks

Losing that glass account did not cause a "surplus" of drivers...those specialized guys (and gals) can also haul steel and lumber.

There is more to this story...

No company is a perfect fit for everybody, but there IS a reason he was told to "go ahead".

 

And how do you know it is truth? Because your buddy said so? That's like believing everything you hear on the CB radio!

 

FYI,

I quit Maverick a few years back (stayed gone 2 years)...I was in the Specialized division (not glass though).

I gave my notice, and was treated the same as I had always been...right up until my wife showed up in Laurinburg to pick me up. My FM (who I didn't really like) was calm and cool through the whole thing.

2 years later, Maverick calls me (I wasn't even looking for a job) and asks if I want to come back...I said "Where is the bus ticket?" (all of this documented right here on this forum if you wanna look it up)

I know more about that glass account than most drivers, even though i haven't hauled a load of glass in about 5 years...I live right in the heart of it, the guy that owns the company that now has the account is an old friend of my Dad and uncle (both old drivers...from the Metler days).

Sure...it caused some tension, lots of drivers concerned about their jobs calling in...most of them probably not in a good mood about it either. The point is...there were certainly sour attitudes on both sides. Scrambling for freight...yes...but given a little time they would have worked it out (they do have the freight...if they didn't...they wouldn't be hiring drivers)

I rehired in with 15 guys (all experienced drivers) when I came back 2 years ago...I'm the only one still here, and that is not Mavericks fault...its just the nature of the business. Stuff happens...its best to ride it out.

I'm sorry your friend got caught up in the mess...but "the mess" isn't Mavericks fault, it happens to all companies at one time or another. (often several times)

That glass account...a bit of history on it...
1980 (about as far back as I can remember)...Metler had the account.
Early 90's...Schneider bought Metler out of that account.
2007-8 (can't remember which)...Maverick bought Schneider Specialized
2010...Dan Moore gets the account.

Who's next? Its anybody's guess. Its just the nature of glass hauling and I said it when I first heard maverick was buying Schneider Specialized..."Maverick won't last long hauling glass"...and thats not a slam against Maverick, its just a fact (IMO)...glass hauling requires a certain "flexibility" that just doesn't fit the type of company Maverick is. Schneider didn't have it either...a lot of the good freight went to the likes of F.A.S.T (Flanary and Sons Trucking...also friends of my Dad and uncle)...

You see...the glass hauling industry developed right there where I live, and Metler developed it. I've lived there for 38 years, my Dad and uncle hauled glass for years (my uncle is still in the industry, but not a driver)...I've seen a lot in those years, and learned a thing or 2. (you'll notice I don't haul glass anymore...if I owned my own truck, I would consider buying a double drop glass trailer to go with it....a little known fact, those jumbo loads pay for the deadhead miles too)

Put simply...its not the trucking company's fault (none of them)...its the glass companies. AGC (formerly AFG), Pilkington, Guardian, etc...they are very hard to deal with, its that simple!

 

Well I know sometimes this could happen, but where's your buddy & why can't he tell the story 1st hand? Are u with him 24/7? Usually when a company tells u to go ahead & clean out trk when u give notice it's probably somethings occurred that you weren't there to witness and they just didn't want him there no more is my guess. Like I said anything could of happened & unless there's 1st hand knowledge it could be anybodies guess.

 

I think it is funny that a person that is not affiliated with a company is saying that they suck cause their buddy got fired from them.....