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<p>[QUOTE="GolfPro, post: 5161707, member: 174376"]All right, here's a final update (maybe, unless someone wants me to respond to them).</p><p><br /></p><p>I signed on with G&P trucking out of Columbia, SC. I think it's gonna suck not pulling a tank. In retrospect, I was incredibly stupid not to notify my company of my spill. And this might sound stupider, but I really thought I was going to be automatically fired if I notified them, so when the unloaders said to forget about it, I thought that was my get out of jail free card. Oh, well...live and learn.</p><p><br /></p><p>However...</p><p><br /></p><p>I have a couple of other non-driver possibilities. My old manager at Joseph A. Bank wants to re-hire me for the 1st assistant manager job, but it might pay $600/wk at best. I also have a possible chance to caddy at a local golf course for about $1,000/wk, but that is yet to be determined. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have to be honest and say I'm not sure I want to remain a truck driver. I wound up writing the president of CTL, Joe M******, a heartfelt letter, but it did no good (of course he's not going to overrule his safety person). I don't understand why termination is the only option and not a lengthy suspension and a second chance, but that's the way it is. What's hard for me to take is that they will have a good, conscientious driver going forward, but they just won't budge. I threw away an $1,100/wk job - jobs that are hard to find for rookies. That's hard to take.</p><p><br /></p><p>So if I go through with G&P, I'll be posting elsewhere. Thanks all who took an interest in this.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="GolfPro, post: 5161707, member: 174376"]All right, here's a final update (maybe, unless someone wants me to respond to them). I signed on with G&P trucking out of Columbia, SC. I think it's gonna suck not pulling a tank. In retrospect, I was incredibly stupid not to notify my company of my spill. And this might sound stupider, but I really thought I was going to be automatically fired if I notified them, so when the unloaders said to forget about it, I thought that was my get out of jail free card. Oh, well...live and learn. However... I have a couple of other non-driver possibilities. My old manager at Joseph A. Bank wants to re-hire me for the 1st assistant manager job, but it might pay $600/wk at best. I also have a possible chance to caddy at a local golf course for about $1,000/wk, but that is yet to be determined. I have to be honest and say I'm not sure I want to remain a truck driver. I wound up writing the president of CTL, Joe M******, a heartfelt letter, but it did no good (of course he's not going to overrule his safety person). I don't understand why termination is the only option and not a lengthy suspension and a second chance, but that's the way it is. What's hard for me to take is that they will have a good, conscientious driver going forward, but they just won't budge. I threw away an $1,100/wk job - jobs that are hard to find for rookies. That's hard to take. So if I go through with G&P, I'll be posting elsewhere. Thanks all who took an interest in this.[/QUOTE]
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