Roehls 75000 mile contract.

Wait? ... What? 75000 miles? Solo? That's going to be around 8 years, plus or minus.

Well, good luck.

 

I don't see that employment has anything to do with what the contract was concerning. The contract was between an individual and Roehl, not a Roehl employee and Roehl. But I'm not a lawyer so my words are less then useless.

My guess is what you are calling OTJ training was actually an independent organization offering trade training, no different then a vocational school offering educational services to a student with cash to pay for the classes. That training DID cost real money and somebody had to incur that cost and/or be billed (Roehl) and Roehl offered to take a chance on you and provide a path to a job with a bright outlook.

 

I do not now, nor have I ever worked for Roehl. But I'm gonna venture a guess that a large company like Roehl has many lawyers in their employee. I'm sure said lawyers gave this contract more than a passing glance before the company made all of their potential new-hires sign it. If you think that playing a game of semantics will get you out of a financial commitment that you made of your own free will, you will probably need to hire a lawyer of your own. That lawyer will probably cost you more than just buying out the contract. 75k miles is about 9 months. Just stick it out and fulfill the obligation that you agreed to.

Or have you already been fired, and now they're trying to collect?

 

If you signed it and dated it, it is binding.

Now my question is, you say that you have been solo for a month. Did you ride with a seasoned driver for a period of time? (Yes or No?)

There is a reason why their contracts are "ONE SIDED". They made an investment in you. Motels and food, HR staff, DOT physicals, transportation to and from the terminal. How much money are we talking about? And now you want to cut and run. If you ride with a senior driver, if you stayed in their motel, if they covered your transportation from the house, f they paid you for orientation, they lived up to their end. And so the contract that you signed was to insure that you lived up to yours. 75000 miles should be 8-10 months.

 

You had your CDL. Ok, I get that. And I understand that new hires are expected to run with current Roehl employees or contractors to "learn the ropes", as well as to verify they are qualified and can do the job.

But where did you go to learn how to drive a truck, in order to obtain your CDL and who financed this for you since you say $3,000 value was assigned to some type of training you participated in.

Are they trying to tell you you owe $3000 for the new-hire OTJ portion of the process, or the initial schooling to obtain the CDL? I too would have a problem if they're trying to get me to pay ($3k) for the time they required me to ride with a trainer and prove my skills and knowledge. But $3k for the schooling portion, I can see that being on you if you did not meet your end of the agreement after they "loaned you the money" (payed for the schooling)

I.e. the "CDL school" period and the "trainer" period are two different things and I suspect the $3k is for the CDL school, when you were not an yet employee. And employee or not, really does not have any bearing on the matter of paying the lender back for the loan to get you through CDL school.

 

Another coffee is required sir - 1,442 miles a week for the year will cover it.

 

I'm just going to say that all of your questions are moot, if you're intending to stay there for at least the 75,000 mile deal you signed for.

If you're thinking of quitting, or think you'll get fired, then there's a valid reason for asking.

 

Why would you even sign that? How many miles have you ran so far?