My Maverick Experience

They only require 2 weeks at a time for glass.

The truck is in Gary right now. I let them have it while I had 8 days off. It should be all fixed by the time I head back on Saturday.

 

Well guys I'm done. Maverick fired me on Monday. I knew it was coming. I had too many safety points from the tickets I got last month.

I don't blame the company for what happened. It was solely my fault.

I am upset with how they did it though. I talked to my FM Monday morning as I got back to my truck. He told me at that time that they had nothing for me. So I took my time with loading all of my stuff into the truck. About 30 minutes later he called me with a deadhead to the Gary yard. I asked if there was a repower there but he said he wasn't sure. I didn't think much of it until I was almost there and still hadn't received a W/A. Once I got to the yard I gave him a call back to let him know I was there but still hadn't received any messages. It was at this point that he informed me that I was being terminated.

As I said, I am not mad at the company for letting me go. I am mad that they knowingly let me load all of my stuff into the truck, drive 3 hours from home, and then told me I was SOL and had to get my stuff back home. They gave the usual option of a bus ticket and boxes to FedEx it back.

There's no reason they couldn't tell me earlier that morning. I would've cleaned out my truck at home, then taken it to the yard and caught a bus back home. Instead I either had to pack my stuff into boxes, wait 4-7 days for FedEx to get it there and then take a bus or find my own way home. I wound up having my sister drive from Milwaukee to Gary to pick me and my stuff up.

I had talked with my FM plenty of times. He was well aware or who I am and my personality. I am not the kind of person to just abandon the truck. I would've brought it back no questions asked after emptying out my stuff at home.

I had a pretty good time while I was at Maverick. Most of the employees are great. The fact that they fired me in this manner has made it so I will never recommend them to anybody as a place to work. Had they been reasonable and let me unload at home and not have a family member drive 7 hours round trip to come get me I would've been happy to keep recommending drivers to them.

So, farewell to my former Co-Workers. It was fun and those of you that I met I enjoyed talking with. Good luck and be Safe everybody.

-Ryan