Barr-nunn big mistake

Driver, do not know you're situation, but right now for a grand a week I'd put up with a lot worse, hope things go better in your next job.

 

I'm sorry to hear about your misfortune,i have learned long ago to always take pictures no matter what.also you may want to check your dac report and see if they wrote any bad stuff about you before you apply for another job.i always talk to the drivers before i make any move to any company.sometimes the smaller companies are better run and dont have all the overhead of these bigger companies.good luck

 

I feel for you my husband has had the same problems at other places at least you have a 30% idle time my husbands truck shuts off if you try to idle I wish you luck with your next job hope you can find a better company. There is nothing worse then a bad safety department. My husband had a job where anything was listed as a preventable accident he was sleeping one night at the truck stop and a guy backed into his semi and the safety department put it down as a preventable accident guess he was suppose to sleep on the hood of the truck. I am beginning to think the days of good companies is gone.

 

there are some good companies out here you just have to do your homework.ask fellow drivers if they are happy with thier company,how they are treated.do some research ask them their turnover rate.not all are bad,there are some good companies till out here usually the smaller companies treat their drivers better.not as many trucks means less competition.ive heard of some descent companies.schilli specialized,conway truckload,millis just to name a few.its up to the fellow drivers to catch you before you make a big mistake after all we are all in this together right.anothe company to check into was knight transportation i drove for them until i got activated by the military to go to iraq.i left for personal reasons and even to this day the ask me if i may come back.they have good equipment and treated me with respect.they have a good report among most of the drivers i spoke too.freight is slow right now but it may be a good thing,bigger companies will fall to the waste side giving other companies a chance.companies can only get so big before they are bursting at the seams and then there is only one place to go is down.when i was driving i always carried a camera and a cell phone in case of truck stop accidents.call the police and get a report,i have never heard of a company charging a driver with an accident if he is in the sleeper birth.anytime anyone backs into something its always their fault.good luck and keep your chin up.

 

The good companys are still there but instead of being run by older drivers who have gotten off the road or started their own company, they are being managed by college business grads who would not know a semi if it ran over them. Instead of running on the theory that a happy driver is a productive driver, they run it on the theory that the drivers are as interchangeable as drive tires and can be replaced just as easily. I do think that it will swing back, its been going against drivers since at least the late '90s, some might even say earlier. But as long as drivers continue to allow themselves to be treated like dirt, then they will be treated like dirt. I know not everybody can afford to or are willing to take a stand and the companys take advantage of that

 

now the only sure cue for a bad company is buy your own truck, in 45 yrs i have never known a good company course i have my own trucks , i drove for a company not once but twice , that why i have my own trucks will not ever work for another one ill quit driving first and that aint gonna happen. thats the only way to get rid of a bad company is buy your own then you are the company.
good luck to all.----------------------SOUTHERNPRIDE