felon looking for flatbed work

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  1. lonelyswmtrucker

    lonelyswmtrucker Medium Load Member

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    i've got 20 yrs otr pulling reefer, van, hopper bottom & livestock. i am from louisiana & looking for a flatbed/stepdeck job. i'm a felon, convicted back in 08, have a positive drug test but it wasn't administered by my employer. i'm currently running otr with a reefer & would like to get over to a flatbed company. does anyone know who would hire me?
     
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    Truck609 Light Load Member

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    No offense, but with those stats....AND a job, I'd say you're already ahead and would be thankful to have a job at all. There are plenty of folks with perfect records struggling to find a decent flatbed job, let alone having a positive drug test and a felony "way back in '08."
     
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    lonelyswmtrucker Medium Load Member

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    kind of what i figured for now
     
  5. Autocar

    Autocar Road Train Member

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    Just the way it is!
     
  6. SheepDog

    SheepDog Road Train Member

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    I know this is an old thread but how did you get the OTR job?
     
  7. pusherman

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    he got the otr job due to his experience & his employer doesn't hold his past against him. I know lonelyswmtrucker personally & that's why.
     
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  8. SheepDog

    SheepDog Road Train Member

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    Fantastic! I am glad that there are companies out there that still know what it means to take a man at his word, and hold him/her accountable if they turn out to be less than honorable.
     
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    Guntoter Road Train Member

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    So those of us who hold our honor as sacred 100% of the time should fare no better than those who are honorable 99% of the time? Good job 'merica!
     
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    SheepDog Road Train Member

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    A mans word used to mean something in this country. I have worked hard to have integrity but, not my whole life,,,I would be lieing if I said otherwise. I have high respect for a person of integrity but in this country we are all thrown in the same basket.
     
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    macavoy Road Train Member

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    What makes 100% better than 99%?

    Honestly 100% sounds like BS to me, at least the person who says 99% can admit they made a mistake, the person who claims to be 100% perfect sounds like BS to me. I don't know, I live in the real world. 100% might work in the internet fantasy land.
     
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