He had gotten his fuel mileage up, but like I said in a earlier post there is only so much a co can do when a driver is costing them money. The companies are here to make a profit and as the other poster twisted my words around and made it sound like I said that mav wanted newer drivers over exp hands was not right. Daytona had made the comment that he thought the real reason he was let go was so they could get a driver in his place to run illegal. That is when I said they or any other company make more money when they pay a driver less to haul the same load.
Bottom line was he pointed out on safety points from log violations, hitting stuff and other issues. They did work with him they put him thru classes to drop points, but you can only drop so many points a year. I just went in to take a class to drop 2 points off me as I was close to having my neck in the noose. I like daytona and think he is a heck of a guy, but to come on here and say that he THINKS they let him go over they wanted a driver to run illegal was just wrong. He knows that and I know that. I would say that it is just missed placed anger and makes it easier to swallow the fact that he was let go.
As I said in another post there is a guy in my hometown that was let go as well. He pointed out. You go over their point system and don't take a class or rack up so many points that you can't drop anymore than you are gone. All of us are under the same rules. They have never forced me to run illegal and just moved my appt time back a day just last week because I could not make it on time. I got no beef from them because I told them I could not make it. The other poster talked about mav was a bad co, because they did not reimburse his money. Here is the deal if he is owed he should get his money. I would fight for it. They already let him go what does he have to lose anyway?
The guy that scratched mav off his list on account of daytona's ordeal. That is fine. Go somewhere else, you might want to try CRE. They will make any driver appreciate a good co.Compare on this board or anywhere else the complaints on mav. So there is a couple disgruntled drivers out of 1500 trucks. Check out other co's and see how many complaints they have against them. My sole point of this was don't shift the reason you think you was let go so other newbies come along and say I want no part of that co. You may have just sealed their doom in trucking if they choose some ate up outfit. If you got a legit complaint fine post it, but stand up to the plate and say I made a lot of mistakes, me getting let go might have had something to do with that.....
Have to start somewhere
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by daytona45, Jul 5, 2007.
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i think daytona was genuine in his post/as he stated it was in his eyes as he seen it.i hope he considers driving agian because it sounded like he was a extremely good driver with good qualities.i believe if he worked for any other company that didnt require him to tarp ,he would truely love what he did.keep your head up daytona,there are other companies out there that would fit you like a glove.loved your post.if driving is in your blood go for it.p.s i cant think of anything that you can do 100 % legal with out violating some policy and procedure.with that said being ethical is the right thing to do.to h#ll with maverick,your post made me scratch them off my list of potential employers.take care man
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