Roehl Rejected me <3months exp

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  1. Beans

    Beans Light Load Member

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    I had been pre-approved with Swift in Mid-May, but I am still waiting on an orientation. I live in the Atlanta area, and my recruiter told me that ATL only opens up so many slots per month. This has been discouranging; I want very badly to drive again and gain more knowledge and experience.

    I know that market is tight. Last year, when I was getting my CDL, I got a pre-hire with Werner, but decided to go to another company. Now, I went back to Werner, and I was turned down. What gives? The were only two things that changed from when Werner gave me a pre-hire til now: My MVR is now clean, and I have some OTR experience. I have no felonies and no DUIs.

    McElroy sent me and email and told me I could have an orientation after things pick back up. I am wondering will I ever drive again? I am a woman, but I can understand what it feels like when a man cannot have sex, but he wants to. Painful feelings.

    I recruiter from Roehl called me and asked where I lived and how much experience I had. I told him and he told me to fill out an application. I did, and followed up with him. I was told they have better applicants in my area. Some people who got their CDL where I got mine got a job their right out of school. How would this make you feel? I tell you; it has made me feel like #### and very depressed.

    I am needing money, so I may have a part-time job driving an ice cream truck, selling ice cream to all the brats in the neighborhood.

    Any encouraging words or advice is needed:biggrin_2552:.
     
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  3. BoostedTeg

    BoostedTeg Road Train Member

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    HAng in theire something will come up for you.
     
  4. Baack

    Baack Road Train Member

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    LOL now that was funny:biggrin_2554:
     
  5. steelersfan

    steelersfan Medium Load Member

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    LOL its only painful if its not lubed!
     
  6. spinpsychle

    spinpsychle Medium Load Member

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    My opinion: Unemployment is totally worse.

    What's the story with the short amount of previous experience? Did it not go well? Everything else sounds ok.
     
  7. ETCH5858

    ETCH5858 Medium Load Member

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    That 3 months experience could be a issue, what happened and why did you leave? That is what the recruiter is looking at. recruiters do not like job jumpers. Is something on your DAC?
     
  8. Beans

    Beans Light Load Member

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    I was let go over an inspection where I pulled forward to get my trailer inside the box. My boos said I ran a stop sign and stopped abruptly. None of that is true. I had stopped behind lights and sat there and nothing happened. I looked at my mirrors and noticed the last four tres were not inside the box, which meant I was not on the scale. If I had run a stop sign, DOT would have given me a ticket

    I also was uncoupling my trailers and forgot to lower the landing gear, so the trailer dropped nose down but was still in the air.
    I was getting unemployment. My employer wrote in a letter that dropping the trailer was no big deal but my co-drver told me not to move the truck. My co-driver was in the bathroom. I got out and saw there was no damage and sinxe it was at the end of the week, I went to get my dolly out of the way then went back to see how I could fix it. At that time, my co-driver was w/me. My boss also stated in the letter that I could have damaged the pkgs inside. Both trailers were empty
    When I had my hearing, my boss lied under oath and told the hearing examiner that I left the seen of an accident.
    I was still learning. Had sucessfully hooked up the dolly and trailers. My last trip I got the 1st set of lines hooked 2 the back and 2nd set hooked 2 the front, which caused a rear brakes to catch fire. Atter we were on the sise if the road, my co-driver told me she should have checked the lines

    I have written a letter to the DOL review board. The last thing at the telephone hearing. The husband of bosslady told the examiner that I was a good driver and a safe driver and he wanted to put me in the truck dricing championship rodeo.

    Finally after I was fired, I was told by the wife, I coulf make mistakes on someone else's dime
     
  9. spinpsychle

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    I wish you well in your ice-cream sales gig. You're done trucking.
     
  10. Allow Me.

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    :biggrin_25510:Those are very dumb mistakes.Air lines crossed means you drug the trailers with the brakes locked up quite a distance without even realizing it. The landing gear up when you pulled out would have been a BIG problem if the trailer was loaded. Just where was you trainer during all these screw-ups? I've preached it so many times over the years, there is more to driving a truck than just holding on to the steering wheel and shifting gears.....:biggrin_25510::biggrin_25510:
     
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  11. otherhalftw

    otherhalftw R.I.P.

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    With that last statement, did you hear anything anybody told you in any class?

    When Swift checks the background and sees these reports... I'll take a double scoop Maple Walnut please!

    Truck driving rodeo...do they have someone wearing a barrel to get the mad crazy truck away from the bucked off driver?
     
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