Is there anyone who'll hire me with three accidents on my record that are a year old?

When companies and or drivers go thru you that is no guarantee that driver will get a job.Companies still needs to look at his record.Three misshape in a short time doesn't look good for the driver no matter how minor they are.They're all preventablesIf you think companies will excuse that you're sadly mistaken.

 

Jonathan... here is the situation you are looking at if you want to return to trucking... first, yes, there are companies that will hire you even with your incidents..

Here is the thing though... at the very least you will have to go back out with a trainer.. you may have to go through what they call a "Refresher Course" because you have your CDL but have been off the road for a couple months or more...

Here is the thing Jonathan, your biggest battle or hurdle is not your past incidents or needing to learn to back up.. your biggest problem or challenge is yourself... you lack direction... all you know is you don't like where you are, moving boxes on and off shelves at a warehouse and so you want to scramble into something better.. not to mention your a young man and your ego is a bit bruised..

Just like when backing a truck you need to G.O.A.L.. get out and see where your truck is, where it needs to go, what's the best path and what obstacles are there.. you need to do that with your career..

You work at a warehouse.. what opportunity is there at the warehouse for you... can you get your forklift certification... do they have yard dogs shagging trailers... do they have truck drivers... because then you may be able to go from where you are now, stocking shelves with boxes, to the forklift driver loading and unloading the trucks, then to becoming a yard dog and shagging trailers and getting great experience in backing and onto being back in a truck as a company driver for the warehouse you use to put boxes on the shelves for.... and won't it be nice when there is a picture of you standing by your truck with a big smile in the company news letter with a paragraph of how you worked your way there...

So seriously Jonathan, you need to take time and realistically decide what you want to do and how to get there... you also don't want to be kicking yourself for missing an opportunity that was right there in front of you for the taking... There are companies that are looking for drivers who have both a CDL and a Forklift Certification..

Also, you need to grow up a little... you are on a trucking forum complaining about 10 hour days... you realize that 10 hours a day is pretty standard in many industries and in trucking most certainly.. often longer days..

 

You are totally over looking the fact that he is off the road right now... whatever company hires him is going to put him with a trainer and probably a refresher course...

Yes if he was currently driving for Werner and want to change companies his chances would be slim, if the the incidents were recent and not a year ago and he wanted a company to just hire him and send him out for a load, his chances would be slim. Because he has been off the road for awhile he will be looked at more like a new driver and not as an experienced driver with incidents. Time does heal... in fact, Werner may consider him eligible for rehire now.. that's right, Werner as well as other companies have fired drivers and then later when they became eligible for rehire hired them back.. he could call them and ask if he is eligible for rehire, if not when will he be... however, I do not believe Werner offers schooling or a refresher course, which he would need... but that is not as hard to get.

He is essentially going to be starting over... because he has no recent experience..

And yes, as I said, recruiters do not hire drivers.. we send qualified hireable drivers to companies to get hired... while it is true not all do get hired, good recruiters get paid to know what candidates are hireable and which are more than likely not...

Pattyj.. I am not trying to argue with you.. and I am sorry if I made you defensive... I am just making clear that the incidents that Jonathan has had in the past does not mean his truck driving days are over... because I do know of companies that will hire him with those incidents...

Usually, it is the opposite.. I as a recruiter am saying that what a driver has done has made it very difficult if not impossible to get hired.. and then drivers post that that is not true.. they had three rollovers, drifted into the terminal leaving rubber marks on the pavement, went in wearing a will work for weed shirt to fill out an application and got hired right on the spot, handed the keys and sent for their first load., and are making great money.

 

Getting hired with even 1 preventable isn't as easy as 10 yrs ago.But you think it is so give him a company you know that'll hire him.

 

Lots of good advice from @FireLotus

Jon, at the end of the day -bills or no bills- you gotta ask yourself if you're doing everything you can to avoid an accident/incident. Yes, you can find some one to hire you. But that's not the real question, is it?

The real question is, if you keep driving like you are and you accidentally/incidentally kill someone, who are you gonna blame then? Your driver manager? Some store employee? Your family? Your engine light? Insomnia? Us?

See, Jon, not everyone is cut out to be a driver. And I'm not saying that someone is you. But successful drivers have a very good sense of the heavy responsibilities they have when they hold the wheel. And maybe I'm wrong, but the sense I'm getting from your posts is: You. Just. Don't.

How many fixed engine lights are worth someone's life?

I'm not trying to dog you. Just please please think about what I've said.

 

Let's just breath here Pattyj.. again, I am sorry that my posts are putting you n the defensive... that is not my intention Pattyj...

Most of the time on many other threads you and I are in the same mindset and post very similar view points..

Also, let me say, that I respect all the years of experience you have as a driver and on this forum.. I truly mean that.

Let me also clarify that when I value and see this forum as a great resource of information for drivers new and experienced. Drivers, even potential drivers can come to the forum and search for things. So, too can recruiters, I certainly value this forum as a resource.

When I post a response, I post it not only pertaining directly to the OP.. but, for any and all who may search the forum for advice or answers.

Let me be clear.. void of the actual person, the OP, those incidents alone, for a driver just off the trainers truck are not necessarily going to make someone unhireable...

I actually do not think that Werner terminated Jonathan for those incidents alone... there were many other things revealed in his posts that I could see why Werner would decide to terminate him and cut their loses, and not the loses of the costs of the damaged trailer door.. for just those incidents they have and would of put a driver through their backing class and out with a trainer again..

As pointed out by another, hi being up at 4:30 am when he needs to be up at 5:30 and pondering circadian sleep cycles,

His whole first post blaming his manager, the store clerks and even his family and not taking any responsibility for what happened, if he learned anything from it, and if he has a plan to avoid it in the future.. I am sure that ring in the safety office telling them it was his managers fault, the store clerks fault and calling his parents perhaps on the verge of a meltdown, the incidents were the least of the reason to terminate him.

Will another company hire him... well, if he continues to blame everyone else and appears to have learned nothing from the incidents.. you are 100% right, they will not hire him, in fact most recruiters would DQ him and move on to another candidate, some may try to work with him and see if he can see his accountability, if he learned, should they take the chance to send him to a company, after being coached how to answer questions about his incidents and things.

However, that being said, I do not want a more promising driver with incidents like these thinking there is no chance for them... because that is not necessarily true.

I hope you accept my apologies for upsetting you, and that I have made it more clear why I am saying and expressing what I am about these incidents and ones chance of being hired.

 

Anybody ever tell you that you talk too much?lol Just teasing but you are long winded though lol.You have your opinion and I have mine.I do think the op will have trouble finding a company and I also think hes not ready for this industry.But many ppl aren't ready and out wrecking things as I type this.There's very little common since very little thinking and very little problem solvers.

 

Tree, door, light, tree, I count 4.

1 and 4 similar, 2 and 3 similar.

You're not learning from your mistakes. What has changed since you got off the truck that makes you think it will be different now?

 

Lol.. I am at an actual keyboard, not a phone or tablet so it is easy to not realize how much I have typed. Also, I do content and blog writing where I am always typing out 700 to a 1000 words.

I do agree with you that the OP really needs to think about whether he really wants to or should be a truck driver...

When I was 23 no way would I have wanted to be out truck driving and parked at truck stops or a shipper/receiver... I wanted to go out with my friends, go to concerts.. my first couple of jobs I just worked to have money to go out.

It is different when you live with your parents.. you don't have the worries of rent or mortgage, so it is easier to get bummed about not liking your job...

When I bought my first house it was a game changer.. I like any job over not having one...

There are too many drivers out there that just really need to think about whether they should be out there...

 

You mean you actually agree with me????? I'm shocked lol.Driving truck isn't for everyone.You have to be able to figure things out at any given time.Many of the new class of drivers don't know how to do that.Drivers as well as companies don't take this industry very seriously its all about money and loads.Drivers do get too many chances.Werner gave the op 3 chances and I think that's the limit then its time to go.A guy I went to school with also got fired yrs ago from Werner for 3 accidents.Back then he couldn't find anyone that would hire him.