My training at Roehl

I guess so. That why they hired my buddy from Florida with the promises of makeing 60k his first year and wouldn't have to worry about his bills. He left his wife and kids at home and couldn't make his house payment with the money he was makeing at Roehl within 5 months so he left.

 

I double check with him and he said his contract with Roehl said that if he leaves then they have the right to take his pay. I'll ask for a photo copy of the contract and post it pretty soon.

 

Check out this link, it illustrates the power employees give their employers because they don't know their basic rights. http://www.masslegalhelp.org/employment-unemployment/getting-paid/deductions This is just the tip of the iceberg, but again a person needs to speak to someone who actually knows all the law and how it relates to your specific case. Just because an employer does something doesn't necessarily mean it's legal.

 

Ok. I'll pass along the info.

 

I'm not here to defend Roehl and all I know about them is what I've read on their website and on TTR. That being said the money you make there, or just about any other Co. is based on the number of miles you drive, so he would have to drive a certain number of miles, to reach 60K. It would be fairly difficult to judge how much a person would make in a year after driving 5 months. A lot of these companies, including Roehl, have a sign on bonus. Guys,they don't cut you a check then and there for the full amount "promised", I'm pretty sure you have to meet some mileage goal or be employed a certain amount of time to receive the full bonus.

 

Yes, and conversely you make think an action is crappy and unfair, but it may be perfectly legal.

 

TB JOHN i agree with you on that. For me personal I went with a small Otr company in south Florida and I'm happy with them for a rookie driver like my self. As my buddy that left Roehl. Roehl promised him big numbers on miles per week and a big check but he wasn't getting that. As for the bonuses Roehl was giving $100 he and there until it reached $1500. So instead of loosing his house and being broke all the time with $400 to $500 bucks a week after taxes he decided to leave them and went somewhere else that payed better and aloud him to take the truck home and along with great home time. Roehl is not a bad company but if you live in a south Florida and paying 1800 for a house payments like I do I wouldn't step foot at Roehl with those numbers.

 

I spent 6 years with Roehl including the successful completion of a lease/purchase. I left about 6 months earlier than I had planned because once I owned the truck dispatch decided to freeze me out. The funny part was that within 3 months after I left they wrote me a letter begging me to come back. I still have the letter and I'm thinking of framing it. So I am speaking as an ex driver, but I am not bitter, they simply wanted to go one way and I needed to go another.

The point I have been trying to make is that just because someone does something to you, you shouldn't roll over and die. Check out what the law is, check out what your rights are and then go from there. The other point is that there is a right way and a wrong way to handle disputes. If it turns out your pay has been illegally taken then in most cases you will have to file a small claims action. If you win in court then you will have to go back a second time to get the court to authorize you to force payment. Many times a company will settle before the case is heard in court simply because it's easier and cheaper to settle out of court. Keep in mind most people will yell and scream, but do nothing. If they get served court papers that puts you in a different category. In fact if you can show that they knew, or should have known the law and committed fraud you can recover up to 4 times what they took. In the end, for these companies it comes down to a risk, reward decision.

Let me make something else clear. If you took their training and agreed to pay them back if you did not perform certain aspects of the contract, then you have a moral obligation to reimburse them. This was true for me and C-1. It took a few years of making payments, but they eventually got all of their money. My issue is with the heavy handed way in which Roehl appears to have acted in this instance. I also recognize we only have one side of the story. That is the reason I have tried to offer general advice for anyone who thinks their employer may have acted unreasonably.

 

I think folks are usually better off getting a job close to home and I hope things work out for your friend and his family. A mortgage payment and a family is a huge financial burden on anyone. In this day and age 2 family incomes is almost a necessity. With our financial obligations even though our combined incomes will top 100K this year an $1800 house payment would be a very difficult nut for us to crack.