so ive kinda done something that might've been kinda illegal or maybe just enough to get me fired and i wanted to ask what other people think i should do or maybe if theres someone else at Schneider that could ask.
about three years ago i thought i was maybe having trouble sleeping and my job had health insurance for a while. so i ended up seeing a sleep doctor and he said that i had moderate sleep apnea. not real heavy problems but he had me get a cpap machine and ive been using it the past few years.
a while ago i lost that job and decided that i'd try to get my cdl. i finished with that and decided to get on with Schneider. when the recruiter called me for the phone interview she asked me a bunch of medical questions, stuff like do you have asthma or do you have high blood pressure, all that stuff that can keep you from getting a job. but then she asked me if i have sleep apnea. i kinda panicked because i needed the job and i wanted to work at schneider and i figured that if i said yes that i do have sleep apnea that they wouldnt hire me. so i just said no like i did to everything else.
then they had me go take the dot physical, and i was afraid that if i said yes to sleep apnea on the physical but no to schneider that theyd figure out that i lied to them. and then schneider had me take ANOTHER test thing where they asked a bunch of questions about how well i sleep and things, and so i lied about it again.
so i went through the training and just didnt use my cpap during that time and i did okay for a while, but now im going solo and ive got a battery pack for it so i can use it on the truck. it sounds like they wouldnt actually fire me for having sleep apnea as long as im on a cpap machine and im not too tired during the day, but now im afraid that theyll find out that i lied to them and fire me for lying. or worse they find out that i lied on the DOT physical and then the DOT gets on my case. id kinda like to just tell schneider the truth so that they dont find out by accident and kick me out for it but im just as worried now that theyll fire me anyway if i tell them.
does anyone know how schnieder will react if i tell them? is there maybe somebody i should email like a recruiter or someone who would let me change things? is anything going to happen if they find out i lied about my physical? id kinda like to get this done right so that i dont end up losing my job now that ive got it started.
lying to Schneider/DOT about sleep apnea
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by slowdriver00, Jul 23, 2011.
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Wow, never ever lie to a trucking company, I guess you've figured that out. How close are you with your DBL? Do you have a good record with SNI? Coming clean would still be better than SNI finding out on their own, but really, that's the only things I can think of.
Wait a minute, try calling the EAP, things there are kept in confidence as far as I know, but I can't guarantee what the outcome may be.
One thing I've learned about trucking companies, they believe in double standards, it's fine for them to lie, but not you. That said, SNI is the only big company I was with that I never felt lied too.
Good luck there driver.
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