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Quitting While on the Road

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by kyle.norman, Mar 24, 2014.

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  1. Mar 24, 2014 #1
    kyle.norman

    kyle.norman Bobtail Member

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    OK So I just got out of trucking school and my first trucking job, was not great. Not gonna lie, I was not having fun out there on the road like everyone said it would be, but you take the bad with the good. My trucking company paid a decent wage. Here is the problem I feel like they ripped me off. Ok so I get my first truck with these guys doing heavy equipment hauling and some permitted loads. OK. I wasn't the best driver in the world either. I missed two check in calls and then I fell a day behind on my deliveries. In fairness I called dispatch and asked them if there was a specific day the equipment needed to be off of my truck. They said no. So I did not know I could fall a day behind. Still I did miss two check in calls. So I get a call from my safety manager and he says I need to tighten up. I did not have any patience for this company as they showed no patience for me so I told them on that day Wednesday March 17th that I quit. OK. So here is where things get tricky. They send me up to Baltimore for a non permitted load. I pick up on Thursday and deliver in West Columbia, SC on Friday and then I dead head home. I check my bank account and my pay did not hit the bank on Friday. I drop the equipment off at the yard and leave. Today I go pick up my check for the week of 3/8-3/15 and they had stopped paying me by CPM and dropped it to minimum wage on my logs. I am certain this is what will be on my last pay check. So I am curious I quit 3 days before I dropped my equipment off. Is it common practice for a company to knock back 2 weeks of pay like that to minimum wage. I feel like I was robbed blind and I just want to know if I deserved it or if I should pursue legal action. Complicated situation I know but I tried explaining the best I could.
     
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  3. Mar 24, 2014 #2
    CondoCruiser

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    You are not allowed to be paid below minimum wage is why they think they can get away with that. They and you both had an agreement to be paid by the mile. The bottom line is they are trying to get around the law forbidding unauthorized deductions from your paycheck. I would call the Dept of Labor and ask them. I'm pretty sure they can't do that. Now if you signed a pre-employment agreement then they can do what they done.

    http://www.dol.gov/whd/contacts/state_of.htm#FL

    For additional information, visit our Wage and Hour Division Website: http://www.wagehour.dol.gov and/or call our toll-free information and helpline, available 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in your time zone, 1-866-4USWAGE (1-866-487-9243).
     
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  4. Mar 24, 2014 #3
    browndawg

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    really what company hires for heavy haul right out of kindergarten, if its true I would like the name so I can stay away when I see em rollin
     
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  5. Mar 24, 2014 #4
    kyle.norman

    kyle.norman Bobtail Member

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    Sorry boss, I am not one to name drop on a public forum.
     
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  7. Mar 24, 2014 #5
    buzzarddriver

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    Well, you quit three days out. They paid you what they thought you were worth. They could have told you tp park it and find your own way home. As to missing two check call, how do you forget to call in? Sorry to sa it, but youmay not be cut out for this type work. Your not out here to sight see, your supposed to do your job.
     
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  8. Mar 24, 2014 #6
    Stile

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    Agreed with Buzzard, instead of whining about minimum wage pay, you should be grateful they didn't have you park the truck, find your own way home, then charge you for the tow bill or recovery costs.

    There's big money to be had in trucking, but there's also big bills to pay when things go sideways. You got off easy, sir.
     
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  9. Mar 25, 2014 #7
    h11way

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    Probably not the whole story,I would have paid you what you had coming, just because you brought the equipment back.
     
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  10. Mar 25, 2014 #8
    orangepicker

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    labor dept isn't gonna help you. all they can do is enforce the min wage law. you gonna have to take it to small clams court. the company knows what they are doing. they are betting you wont take them to small clams court...
     
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  11. Mar 25, 2014 #9
    Cranky Yankee

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    sounds to me like just another disillusioned rookie
    not knowing what the real world of trucking is like
     
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  12. Mar 25, 2014 #10
    123456

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    Cash the check,

    and move on !

    Good Luck

    :yes2557:
     
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