3 weeks unpaid +bomb

Help your boss get the truck leased on to a new CO. that you pick or are Qual. to drive for after they ck. your last job ref. that no one will be able to say you worked driving a truck OTR if the co. he was leased on to is gone and if you leave your boss with a truck he cant get out of your prop. he may give you a bad reference and make it even harder to land a better job, ck. @Gunner75 thread he went thru some of the same problems with his last job before he landed on his feet running

 

Ah, some things never change. It's called "gaining experience", my friend. We've all been there. Equipment aside, if ONE paycheck ever bounced, the fun stopped there. That's not your fault he hasn't been paid, you did your job. And good companies can't find decent drivers, there's no reason to drive for someone like that. Sadly, that's how these clowns stay in business, while new drivers "gain experience", enough to know they are getting screwed, and the process repeats itself. Tons of driving jobs, especially in Wis. Don't stay another minute, seriously.

 

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Ive resigned myself to staying away from very small outfits. I've been with 2 now, both screed me over. Both owe me money. I'm currently with a medium sized outfit of 40 trucks out of ensley Al but I run out of Nashville. I don't know of the legal aspects of not being paid under a 1099, but I know under a W-4, you can get the state labor board involved and that will usually settle things quick. Not in my situation where one guy simply disappeared, and the other has went bankrupt.

 

I have to agree with "semi."

The first week that you didn't get paid, you should have stopped.

"But Six, the old man said that it would come through and he was promised that he would get his money on this date and whatnot."

What does that have to do with you? The old man should have had enough funds stacked to pay you. Period. If I am supposed to get a check on Friday and on Friday, there is no check, Friday is the last day I drive. By next Friday, I would have another job.

See, now, you're a month in the hole and all of your bills are past due and whatnot and everything's starting to snowball downhill. Your fault. Not the old man's.

 

I remember talking to drivers that were in a couple THOUSAND dollars. I said, "how the heck can you get that far behind?" Their response was, "well, he throws me a couple hundred here and there, and he is a nice guy". I thought, a fancy way of getting paid less than minimum wage and you know where nice guys finish,,,

 

Maybe he could put a lean on the truck. For unpaid wages.

Course, if the guy doesn't want his truck back. He could always do the lost title thing too. For abandoned property. And take ownership of the truck.

 

Based on this, the truck is likely financed and he is likely behind. Try to find the lien holder and negotiate a finders fee.

 

That Labor Dept suggestion is awesome! I had an employer who kept my last 2 paychecks and a dog deposit from 6 months ago. For charging me back the deductible on a load that was short. Sealed coming out / sealed coming in, did everything the same way as previous shortages. This time they want to be ########, and I'm not the first they've done it to. Maybe I can collect, I was just taking the loss. Man I wish I would of found this forum 3 years ago!!

 

I think a forum like this would have helped many. Years ago, it was trial and error. Didn't take long to see a pattern. Once, I had 2 TT jobs in a week. Was no big deal. Try that today.