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Do all Truckers whine about their companies?

Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by schlepper004, Nov 14, 2008.

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  1. Dec 30, 2008 #141
    Big Don

    Big Don "Old Fart"

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    I do hope you realize I was just kidding you.:yes2557:
     
    Big Don, Dec 30, 2008
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  3. Jan 1, 2009 #142
    Dewfrogg

    Dewfrogg Bobtail Member

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    The truth is, I am not whining. My mate & I were driving as a team for one of these big trucking companies when I got sick in a state far from our home. I had been in the hospital for about 2 days when the company we worked for medically terminated me and took my insurance away the very same day... I didn't even have a diagnosis!! So, no I'm not whining. Just telling it like it it.. It turns out that I had CANCER!!!!! Just got my last pet scan results yesterday and I am cancer free. Had to go through hell and the company could have cared less. Funny thing too, they sent me a card I received yesterday wanting me to come back!!!! I think not!!
    I would rather drive for any company than TRANSAM trucking.. That is the company that did this to me.. After I went back home for those awful Chemo treatments, they cut down my mates miles to where he couldn't make any $$. So he quit and came back home and is driving locally. I will be entering back into trucking if I can find a company that will hire me.. But I'm sure my DAC is ruined thanks to Transam.. So I will probably have to find some other type of driving. Good luck in your trucking career. Because you are going to need it.. You just have to live it to see why people are unhappy with the trucking industry. You will see.
     
    Dewfrogg, Jan 1, 2009
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  4. Jan 1, 2009 #143
    Dewfrogg

    Dewfrogg Bobtail Member

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    I wrote a reply but it is on the last page. I'm new and don't know how to get my message on the first page... Please read it. The trucking company I worked for is baaaddd.....
     
    Dewfrogg, Jan 1, 2009
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  5. Jan 1, 2009 #144
    dancnoone

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    All responses to any thread go to the last page.

    If you want to be first. You have to start the thread :D
     
    dancnoone, Jan 1, 2009
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  7. Jan 1, 2009 #145
    Big Don

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    Dewfrogg, I wish you the best here. I hope that you will contact your state insurance commission, and an attorney. I do not believe terminating you like this is legal, and hope that you will pursue this.

    Good luck.
     
    Big Don, Jan 1, 2009
    Big Don, Jan 1, 2009
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  8. Jan 1, 2009 #146
    schlepper004

    schlepper004 Light Load Member

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    Dewfrogg-
    I wish you the best as well...

    Perhaps I need to clarify terms for the benefit of this thread-

    There are legitimate grievances out there. I would not be so stupid as to think otherwise. Companies can be unthinking, unfeeling faceless soulless monoliths with nothing driving them but a thirst for revenue, and without a single scruple to bar their way.

    There are accounts of instances like the above, and then there is the chatter, the chaff... the petty whining and complaining from boys who never grew up and who wish their momma could be on the road to tuck them in at night.

    I personally object the latter, but not the former. My whole issue is that the petty mindless complaints mask the real problems that newbies like me spend hours attempting to figure out, trying to find which companies might actually screw us so we can avoid them.

    To all you with real problems, I feel for you, and if I see you out on the road in need, I am the kind of driver who definately will stop and lend a hand.
     
    schlepper004, Jan 1, 2009
    schlepper004, Jan 1, 2009
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  9. Jan 1, 2009 #147
    schlepper004

    schlepper004 Light Load Member

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    Have finally gotten my permanent cdl license in mail from sec Of state.
    Heard back from Roehl, (one of my first picks) and looks like I'll be in Orientation by first week of Feb.

    definately looking forward to this next step!
     
    schlepper004, Jan 1, 2009
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  10. Jan 1, 2009 #148
    kdryan

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    Back to the initial topic... :) If a trucker isn't complaining, then he isn't talking!
     
    kdryan, Jan 1, 2009
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  11. Jan 5, 2009 #149
    Panhandle flash

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    Hi there Big Don, yes I do realize that you were kidding. Would have responded sooner but was doing a truck recovery to Fl.
     
    Panhandle flash, Jan 5, 2009
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  12. Jan 5, 2009 #150
    Panhandle flash

    Panhandle flash Road Train Member

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    Dewfrogg,
    I also wish you well. As a current T/A driver, know where your coming from. I sometimes wonder if Johnny really knows what goes on in his company anymore or if he just relies on his bean counters and yes men to tell him the truth
     
    Panhandle flash, Jan 5, 2009
    Panhandle flash, Jan 5, 2009
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