Not qualified and told to go home..

I hear ya RW and good advice BTW. One question I have learned to ask is "Has the Safety Director cleared me yet?" I will not make a move until I get the green light in writing from safety or safety calling me personally. You have to remember that the Safety Dept has all the say whether your hired or not and recruiting is what it is, ex used car salesman getting commission pay.

 

well the recruiters dont actually get paid unless you are hired

 

we have never accepted a job until they have everything back on us....that way there are no surprises...i always ask, ok, "we are hired pending drug test, road test and physical right?".......i wont come to orientation until they have everything on us back and signed off on by safety!!!!

 

I'm glad you brought this up TRW. You never heard of this stuff ten years ago. It seems these mega carriers are sending drivers walking. I never worked for a company like that. But we are hearing about it more and more.

This goes back to basic humanity. But corporate greed has stumbled to new lows in order to maximize them 7-9 digits. Even my last company that turned to crap would buy a rejected driver a ticket home.

The way I see it, the company brought you out there. They have the opportunity to do their homework before you leave home. They are ultimately responsible for getting you back home. It should be part of their risk in hiring a person.

All I can say to counter this selfish act is new drivers, don't go on the road broke. Have you at least $200 back up for an emergency like this. I understand some of you are coming from unemployment. At least coordinate with some family or friends to help out just in case prior to leaving. A bus ticket can be purchased online or over the phone from anywhere. Times like this a credit card can be a lifesaver.

This is one more reason to get your CDL at a community college, vo-tech or trade school near home.

 

When my wife decided to join me on the road we went to CRST because they had a train ur spouse program and the schooling wouldn't cost us anything. The group of students she started with was about 15. By the time it was all said and done only about 8 were left. 5 of them failed the DRUG test and 2 failed the physical. These students were taken to a bus stop but they had to buy their own ticket home.

Recruiters are not doing their job if they are not stressing the importance and consequesnces of the drug test and physical. For 1/3 of those students to fail the drug test, well to me, seems someone wasn't warning these potential drivers about how it all works.

 

####,i could see it if somthing criminal,or a violation was hidden.but if you flunk a physical they should pay.

 

in that case,

most of them do pay......

 

A little something from the other side of it. You ask them have you ever had a dui? Have you ever had your license suspended? Have you ever been convicted of a felony?
The answer you get is no to all of them. After you run mvr/criminal you find out different.
Their response is always:
That was more than 3/5/7 years ago(whichever theory they use)and you can't use that. Then you usually hear how they are going to sue you,the state,and everyone else.
You want to hide/omit something,it usually comes out.