The dumbest thing my boss could do?

You can't fix stupid. I hope he does get caught and put out of business. It's this stuff that makes the rest of us look bad.

 

your freind shouldn,t drive at all until he fixes the suspension. your freind will be responsible if he gets stopped

 

well now im convinced trucking is better.....we are turning each other in for things.sooooo if i ask you how to get around scale house you going to turn me in,ya''ll are pitiful....

 

As far as I can see, there's only one thing you can do and that's find a new job. Obviously, you are already working on that. Other than that, I can't see what else you can do.

You're stuck between a rock and a hard place, no doubt about it. If (or when) this company closes the doors, you are out a job, a source of income, and a means to support yourself and your family. If you report the situation, you speed the process and possibly place yourself in dire straits before you have the safety net of another job to catch you. And given how difficult it can be for an experienced driver to find a decent job today, its not like you can expect to find yourself a brand new job with equivalent pay by the end of next week. There are far to many rookies being churned out by the CDL mills and taking jobs that should be going to more experienced drivers. Unfortunately, far too many companies are hiring less experienced drivers and pocketing the payroll savings, leaving experienced drivers out in the cold. Sucks to be us.

Yes, its true that your friend shouldn't have taken that load, or continued to drive knowing his license was suspended. But what if he's in the same situation? Needing that run to pay the bills, feed the kids, fix the car, etc., etc.? Or your boss, needing that load run to keep the contract, pay the drivers, pay insurance?

Many of us have never had to worry about what we are going to eat one day to the next, had to decide between paying the electric bill or fixing the car, buying fuel or paying the health insurance. Some of us cannot even concieve of being placed in such a position even now. Some will say that finding yourself in such an economic position is purely your own fault for not saving, not handling your money better, not working harder. They say this because they have not yet (and hopefully never will) been in a position of watching their job go to someone younger, less experienced, and lower paid. They have not ever been in the position of having used their savings to maintain basic needs (power, heat, food, health) while their pay remains the same and their expenses increase. It is not always the fault of the individual that their economic situation has not kept up with the cost of living in their area. Nor is it always economically feasible for people to move into a more advantageous area. Its pretty hard to afford a place to live when there's only $4.00 in your savings account, and you're only earning around $300/week after taxes.

Just something to bear in mind.

 

what makes us look bad is pee jugs thrown everywhere,drivers hitting everything around them,running into each other on road and cars to ,no courtesy to each other or cars,and have you looked around lately drivers so big they cant hardly walk or breathe.yeah turn him in you fool,i cant believe the stupid crap i read on here,yes things are better i feel so much safer on the hwy,with the likes of you people

 

Really! Instead of helping each other out the new rule is rat everyone out....Geeze!
Man things have changed!

If that driver gets pulled HE is in trouble,the boss could claim he knew nothing about it.
And it is the drivers fault that he did not follow up with that lawyer on the 25 over ticket.
Any decent lawyer should have mailed him proof of how the Court case turned out.

 

My 2 cents.... tender your op to your friend and stop there....MYOB.. it will backfire if you don't. Ratchet up ur search efforts and get out if you think the ship is sinking....which it sounds like it is.......

JMO

 

How did you know I only had 4 dollars in the Bank...lol But well said and so true.