Truckers Report Jobs

Find Trucking Jobs

Company Driver Company Driver Dry Van Dry Van Flatbed Flatbed Refrigerated Refrigerated Specialized Specialized Owner Operator Owner Operator
More Trucking Job Searches ⌄ Fewer Trucking Job Searches
⌃

Going Back

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by IROCUBabe, Aug 27, 2009.

Page 1 of 2
  1. Aug 27, 2009 #1
    IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

    2,563
    1,024
    Apr 9, 2008
    Dallas, TX
    0
    Has anyone ever been fired by a company and later got rehired?

    Please share your stories as I am know how alot of you feel about Werner, however I am really wanting to return to them. They had everything I liked in a company.

    Me and my husband were let go during a terrible time in our marriage. We wanted to kill each other, neither of us were getting good sleep, and we were perhaps just burned out. We were fired for legitimate reasons. Late loads. I do not dispute this or the way they handled it. Hell they were a great company even AFTER firing us.

    So, now its been about 8 months, I still want to go back. Any ideas on the best way to approach this?

    Please do not bash the company, there are about 300 threads on this forum for you to go that. Just advise me if you have been fired and rehired with the same company and how you managed it, and any tips for getting this job back.

    I am wondering if maybe redoing driver school might be the easiest route. :biggrin_255:
     
    IROCUBabe, Aug 27, 2009
    IROCUBabe, Aug 27, 2009
    #1
  2. Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

  3. Aug 27, 2009 #2
    Ridgerunner665

    Ridgerunner665 Road Train Member

    2,131
    1,047
    Apr 27, 2009
    0
    This is not a bash on Werner...just good advice. (at least I believe it is)

    Take that experience and move up (better pay, better equipment, etc.)


    Besides...you probably stand a better chance of winning the lottery than getting rehired...but I don't know.
     
    Ridgerunner665, Aug 27, 2009
    Ridgerunner665, Aug 27, 2009
    #2
  4. Aug 27, 2009 #3
    IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

    2,563
    1,024
    Apr 9, 2008
    Dallas, TX
    0
    I've got barely enough exp in to 'move up really' most good cos require 2-3 years. I've got 18 months, at most. If you take away home time, 15 months.
     
    IROCUBabe, Aug 27, 2009
    IROCUBabe, Aug 27, 2009
    #3
  5. Aug 27, 2009 #4
    Working Class Patriot

    Working Class Patriot Road Train Member

    12,683
    23,165
    Jan 17, 2008
    Wherever and Whenever...
    0
    I once was let go for doing what I was told to do which resulted in a $10K damage to a telephone cable....... 6 years later I called them up and they told me to get back in....

    Not a trucking company story.......


    but at least with a company you worked for in the past...you know "Who's who in the zoo".....
     
    Working Class Patriot, Aug 27, 2009
    Working Class Patriot, Aug 27, 2009
    #4
  7. Aug 27, 2009 #5
    tracyq144

    tracyq144 Heavy Load Member

    884
    546
    Feb 15, 2009
    MN
    0
    Call your old dispatcher, be totally honest with him (or her), and see what they say.

    I was only fired after I quit, but have been rehired by one company 3 times. 'Course, they thought I was a pretty good driver, just a little on the "short fuse" side.

    Good luck.
     
    tracyq144, Aug 27, 2009
    tracyq144, Aug 27, 2009
    #5
  8. Aug 27, 2009 #6
    Mrgreen09

    Mrgreen09 Light Load Member

    170
    22
    Jan 24, 2009
    Irvine,Ky
    0
    If you are in Dallas why not try Stevens?
    I called the comp back the ather day where i was an O\O at for 4.5 yr's they would take me back but they have a BMI rules i can not untill I dropp about 100lb's..:biggrin_2556:
     
    Mrgreen09, Aug 27, 2009
    Mrgreen09, Aug 27, 2009
    #6
  9. Aug 27, 2009 #7
    TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

    18,945
    132,579
    Apr 10, 2009
    Copied in Hell
    0
    Good suggestion.

    Bad thing is that you go through orientation again, and do all that crap...

    and then they review your file as a rehire...

    ...AND SEND YOU HOME!

    I would just go elsewhere. You have 18 months experience. You can get another job.
     
    TripleSix, Aug 27, 2009
    TripleSix, Aug 27, 2009
    #7
  10. Aug 27, 2009 #8
    PharmPhail

    PharmPhail Road Train Member

    3,084
    1,125
    Nov 7, 2008
    NC
    0
    They still have to take a dog, right?
     
    PharmPhail, Aug 27, 2009
    PharmPhail, Aug 27, 2009
    #8
  11. Aug 28, 2009 #9
    IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

    2,563
    1,024
    Apr 9, 2008
    Dallas, TX
    0
    Legally everyone has to take ze dog. I do believe Werner has a pet policy and thusly I am not worried at all about that. Its co's like SNI with no pet policy that like to come up with convenient OTHER excuses with which to not hire despite the fact things were a-ok till the Service Dog issue was brought up.

    But lets not get into that again, thread is about people who've been legitmatedly fired and got their job back :p
     
    IROCUBabe, Aug 28, 2009
    IROCUBabe, Aug 28, 2009
    #9
  12. Aug 28, 2009 #10
    Kabar

    Kabar Road Train Member

    1,041
    395
    Nov 5, 2008
    Pell City Al
    0
    I would call them up. Tell them that you really liked working there and that if they look at you record it was good till xx date when you started having problems with your ex. That you would like to come back as a solo. Try and get you old DM in on it. His word can make an impact. Good luck.
     
    Kabar, Aug 28, 2009
    Kabar, Aug 28, 2009
    #10
  • Truckers Report Jobs

    Trucking Jobs in 30 seconds

    Every month 400 people find a job with the help of TruckersReport.

    • Page 1 of 2