Do Not Work for TMC

Accept responsibility!! I am ready and willing to accept responsibility at all and any time as a driver! I think I already told my story but I will again if you need me to. I ran hard for TMC! I was in the top 30% of all line haul drivers! What happened is that i was very tired after running nights for 3 days straight. On my short 34hr weekend, I made the decision to attend their "TQM" class, to learn and gain points as part of their pay scale. As a new driver, there is plenty that I need to learn about the industry. I looked forward to attending this class, thinking that I was running for a top rated company. Like how to eat on the road, time studies of loading and unloading, and/or how to do things quicker and easier. Actual useful knowledge! I have a college degree and know Demming's "Total Quality Management". What I ran into was a whole bunch of useless corporate B.S. It made a mockery out of what Demming developed and is completely out of line with his thinking. With degrees in Economics and Statistics, I spent 15yrs as a "corporate boy". I drive a truck now because I can't stand corporate B.S.! During the class, I told the instructor that his class was useless and destroying my quality of life and that my time would be better served going home and getting some sleep. But I needed to stay in the class to get my points for their pay scale. So i simply asked the instructor if I could go get some sleep and he could give me my points for showing up. He refused but told me that If i opened my mouth again he would ask me to leave. So i kept quit and completed the class. That following monday, after getting my park up points and delivering my load, I was instructed to reload and routed through Des Moines. I did as I was told, got to the yard, completed a trailer swap at 11pm, and the next day was promptly asked to clean out my truck and leave the property. True story!!!! ---- The class did involve being asked what a man was, being told not to take a shower during the week, and setting personal goals that were out of my control

 

Post story - I am now running for another company and laugh at the kinds of things I was doing as a stupid newbie in the trucking industry