Celadon Trucking Service, Inc. - Indianapolis, In.

Yes Holly the "NO SMOKING" stinks! I HATE IT AND I HATE IT! Was the van driver "White Headed?" or was he "Grey Headed"? One is a police officer and one is well just a van driver that is not there anymore!

Yeah I thought they only had 2 beds, but I only looked at them about 2 years ago and was like OMG, this is CrAzY! Being to HOT stinks, there is nothing you can do to be comfortable except die of heat stroke!
Being to cold, well always bring extra clothes to get warm then you control the heat!

Plus we all have our own bad days right?

Turkey who said To much turkey? I didn't eat any turkey today, as I can't get out of this chair cause me belly is to fat

 

From Fmcsa.dot.gov website.


HOW DOES RANDOM DRUG TESTING WORK?
Employers are responsible for conducting random, unannounced drug tests. The total number conducted each year must equal at least 50% of the safety-sensitive drivers. Some drivers may be tested more than once each year; some may not be tested at all depending on the random selection. Random testing for drugs does not have to be conducted in immediate time proximity to performing safety-sensitive functions. Once notified of selection for testing, however, a driver must proceed immediately to a collection site to accomplish the urine specimen collection.

 

I liken the experience to be similar to one, had I just been discharged from prison and dumped at a halfway house. It was as if I should have been appreciative of the fact that the room was not coming out of my pocket, and due to the man suggesting to me, that my alternatives were none at the moment. That simply was not the case, and I politely demonstrated that fact.

While I can appreciate your hospitality, the outcome would have been the same. I was not penniless, nor would have paying for a proper motel room been a problem. I even had my own transportation. The issue was that it was not a customary arrangement, and the fact that this little factoid was not represented as clearly as it should have been. It therefore placed all the rest of what had been told to me, in extreme enough doubt, that I decided to abort the mission.

Unfortunately, no.

On that day, it was a situation of quadruple bunking.

Even that situation would be objectionable to me, and I simply will not submit myself to sharing a room with a stranger. And...while I know that not every company operates the same as another, it's simply an issue that I consider an indication that a company has a little problem in respecting an experienced driver.

I would be extremely shocked to learn that after this being their custom for at least a decade now, if not longer, that they are oblivious to the fact that not many drivers with options in their lives, would submit to such a shabby welcoming.

Contrast this to the company I currently work for and now almost have a year of service under my belt, where I was put up in a five star hotel, with a king size bed in the spotless room, that offered a refrigerator, a television that tuned in more than 200 channels, a coffee brewer with several selections of coffee and porcelin cups, linens that were actually white by golly, a computer in the lobby and free wireless access in the room for those that had laptops, and this was topped off with access to an indoor pool and sauna facilities. The hotel offered a complimentary breakfast as well, that consisted of just about anything a fluffy trucker could desire to keep him fit and strong.

And you know the best part? The company turned out to be a gem as well. I'm extremely content where I am, and no company in my past can even compare, even on the worst of days that I do experience from time to time.

Experience has taught me that all things are relative, and if the first impression is lousy, I shouldn't be surprised if what follows isn't going to be the same, or worse.

With one very brief exception some years ago otherwise posted about on the site, my shortest stint at a company has been eight months. I am a person who exhausts every opportunity to work out difficulties, and I try not to make any rash decisions.

However, I have walked away from three companies in my life, BEFORE they had a chance to chain that ball to my ankle, and in all three cases, I did not so much as begin orientation. Celadon was the third.

My policy is this: If I decide to sign on, my goal is to take stock of my situation every six months. I do not cater to dishonesty or a willful offering of misrepresentation, nor will I tolerate either, and at the moment I discover that I have been intentionally lied to or advised of a potential negative issue, I am outta there faster than a NASCAR driver makes a run for the restroom after he finishes a 500 mile race.

 

This was about eleven years ago. I'll bet I can describe him, and if he is still there, you will know who he is.....

If you have ever seen the movie, "Straight Talk", starring Dolly Parton, there was a man who ran the halfway house that she checked into when she first arrived in Chicago. That man looks so close in facial features to the man that I encountered that night that it is uncanny, and he was just as friendly too.

 

You sound like you have your head on your shoulders and I respect that! I agree no one should make something sound better than it really is, I guess that is why I definetly am not a recruiter or sales person. Let me say this thought some recruiters will not lie to you so don't have that outlook! And you are right get out before "basically" you get trapped, that I wish I knew many times in my life, but NO ONE TAUGHT ME! sad (where is sad smiley?)

 

The thing is, that most recruiters will paint you a Rembrant image of a company that really looks more like a Picasso.

There are indeed some that will tell it like it is, and you know where you will find them? Working for the companies that don't want to hire someone that is not compatible, or would not find the job enjoyable. They will be working for the companies that are not so desperate for drivers too.

After all, when was the last time ANYONE posted in the forums of a Wal-Mart recruiter lying to a driver? By the way, do y'all know what Wal-Mart's confirmed turnover rate is? FIVE percent.

 

<<<C'mon, don't you think that this is hitting a little below the belt?>>>
Yes it was. Take a close look at his post to me. I only strike out after being struck. Childish? Yes, but sometimes ya just gotta do it.
TJ

 

Hours are what you make them and when you take them. Pee poor excuse. I NEVER run out of hours - unless I need to

 

Driver, first of all YOU CAN NOT EVER REFUSE A COMPANY RANDOM DRUG SCREEN!!! second, it would not have taken you all that long to pee in cup, sign a piece of paper and be on your way..I recently had the same situation with Celadon and honest to goodness it only took me 20 min to do a random drug screen in Waxahachie,Tx.

As far as your hometime goes..You are an owner operator and Celadon does allow you to go home whenever you want from where ever you are in the USA...The decision remains to be your own on if you want to get there with a load or empty.

Now, as an owner operator,obviously you have been in the industry for awhile and understand the consequences of your actions by refusing a drug screen and you also know that you must take the drug screen at the clinic chosen by the company and not a clinic of your own choice.

Also, just because they did terminate you for your actions doesn't mean that they are in the wrong or are a bad company..You brought this on yourself and I fail to see where Celadon did anything wrong.. I hope you since found another company to drive with and you stay safe on the road.