TMC: Letting people go?

Same as any other job and company, don't follow the rules and you get fired. You covered some of the reasons but in trucking anything safety related is taken very seriously. It is not just TMC, the turnover rate at most companies is very high.

 

Walking on the grass.
Gum wrapper under the mattress.
Crushed bug on the windshield.

You know....just the big stuff.

 

Crushed bugs on the truck is a big one. Thats why at the end of each day I scrape them off the windshield and bumper, throw them in a pan with some eggs, a little Tobasco, just frickin yummy!

 

Being late picking up loads or delivering loads, some of this may be due to loads not being scheduled right, but if the driver is wasting time and not running then it is their fault. These are called service failures and if it is your fault then some companies charge late fees.

 

In a nut shell, not doing your job, will get you fired. You roll a truck, your gone. You pull out in front of someone, your gone. Excessive speed, your gone, dropping a load due to inadequate securement, your gone. Constantly late to pickups and drop offs, your gone. TMC has very little leeway on the rules. And the rules are nothing more then the same that others have. In the end, do your job, dont lie to them and youll have a job.

 

I have heard TMC will fire the drivers for walking on the grass.Bet they've fired a lot.Guess they don't need the drivers that much.

 

They are your typical if you have a warm body and walk upright they will hire you. Companies like that are just as quick to fire you.

No different then any of the other bottom rung starter companies.

 

Have you looked at System Transport or Melton Truck Lines or Halvor Lines?

 

They won't hire just anyone, I've seen several people get to orientation and told they don't meet the requirements, or how about those that get told that they are going with other candidates, I've seen more than a few of those. Instead of guessing, why don't you actually experience out for yourself. Yes TMC hires newbies right out of school, yes they have strict rules, but if they were such a #### company as you claim they are, they wouldn't be paying drivers much when put along side the media's such as Werner, swift, us express, and others. I've been solo now for three weeks, I've been trying to find a reason to tell TMC to stuff it. I can't. I've yet to find a way to say that they lied to me. Honeymoon phase, possibly. But I'm trying and haven't yet