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Armyvet1 said: ↑

I'm sorry I should also note that I live I California, that makes finding a job alot more complicated since so many companies don't hire drivers put of Commiefornia
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California law says you are to be paid in full on the spot when fired for all wages due. They are liable for 3 times what they owe you fir every DAY that goes by. Call the California Labor Board and file a claim, and call Dhaliwal dimwits and tell them the same. You can find the code online. BTW, payroll checks are treated the same.

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If you go in for an interview be sure not to use that term. It makes management very nervous.
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I guess tanker yanker would be more appropriate for a job interview

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I guess tanker yanker would be more appropriate for a job interview
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It's a little better but remember, they're not hiring you to do a standup comic routine.

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CA seems to be your biggest hinderance. Ever consider moving to the Midwest for a couple years in order to get good experience with a good company that pays enough for you to fly home every couple months?

I would look into K&B's "Road Warrior" program... you can live anywhere, they base you out of their home terminal in Sioux City, IA, 60 days out, then they fly you home for 10 days. 2500 mile minimum guarantee @ 65 cpm ($1625), W4, full benefits available.

Might not be the glamourous way in the door, but its a way to get solid experience under your belt while paying off all the creditors (and your GF).

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I apologize in advance further long paragraph. I just terminated from my job today for refusing to take a load. I had just made a thread about this company called Dhaliwal Brothers Trucking and the illegal crap that the owners Jassi, Sonny, and Jasprit pull off and somehow get away with. I haven't been paid in going on a month now because I'm never able able get to the yard when the guy who does payroll is there to do paychecks. The way payroll works is that when you are at the yard you turn in all of you're BOL's from you're trip and give it to dispatch then they calculate you're miles and it takes 24 hours for payroll to process it and then you get you're check and cash it in. Unfortunately the owner Jassi who handles payroll hasn't been at the office much and every time I get to the yard he is gone and no one else can do the payroll so I haven't been paid for the last 3 trips. I told them I was going home after this delivery and not going back out until they paid me the 2 checks they owe me they started a new policy that the most current check must be held to keep as a deposit to prevent truck abandonment since it's been a huge issue recently last month I had to fly out twice to recover a truck. I was told I needed to pick up a load going to Houston and I refused since my account is overdrawn and my girlfriend just had to pay my phone bill and our rent. I was told to either pick up the load or bring the truck back and that i was fired so I brought the truck back and one of the owners told me they are going to scar my DAC so that I won't be able to get another job. I took pictures and a video of the truck at the yard so hopefully they can't try and say I abandoned the truck. Is it worth trying to find another job after this? I already have had 3 jobs. My first was at Western Express and had to leave because even though I was getting really good miles with them and I just couldn't survive off the paychecks I was getting since CPM was only. 34 I think on a sliding pay scale and also getting any hometime was almost impossible with them and it was too hard on my girlfriend and kid to not be able to see me for almost 4 months. My second job was with a Russian LLC out of Chicago who one day out of the middle of nowhere re routed me and every other truck back to the yard because he had been shut down, my third was with Dhaliwal and I also attended an orientation with a company in Oklahoma but didn't get hired because I didn't know how to drive a 13 speed and they only had a few 10's avaliable. Is it worth trying to find another carrier to take me on after this or should I go back to the oilfields? I've been looking for a job for the past couple of weeks but most companies have said no, a few have said yes like John Christner, Heartland Express, Gilson, K&B but I don't want to risk getting on a plane for orientation and getting sent back home. I also don't want to be in a situation where in a few months down the road I am looking for a new job again, I am sick of job hopping
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Pick one that told you yes and roll with it!! Those aren't bad choices....if one sends you home, go to the next one, but try to male sure you're fully vetted before you go to an orientation.

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CA seems to be your biggest hinderance. Ever consider moving to the Midwest for a couple years in order to get good experience with a good company that pays enough for you to fly home every couple months?

I would look into K&B's "Road Warrior" program... you can live anywhere, they base you out of their home terminal in Sioux City, IA, 60 days out, then they fly you home for 10 days. 2500 mile minimum guarantee @ 65 cpm ($1625), W4, full benefits available.

Might not be the glamourous way in the door, but its a way to get solid experience under your belt while paying off all the creditors (and your GF).
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If I could have moved out of this god awful state I would have a long time ago, unfortunately I can't afford it and I just got the surprise a couple of days ago that I have another kid on the way so we won't be able to move anytime soon, lucky me. I'm from Arkansas, moved out here as a kid and if it was up to me I'd move back out that way, probably not Arkansas but somewhere in the Southeast, maybe Louisiana or Mississippi.

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If I could have moved out of this god awful state I would have a long time ago, unfortunately I can't afford it and I just got the surprise a couple of days ago that I have another kid on the way so we won't be able to move anytime soon, lucky me. I'm from Arkansas, moved out here as a kid and if it was up to me I'd move back out that way, probably not Arkansas but somewhere in the Southeast, maybe Louisiana or Mississippi.
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Congratulations on the new baby!

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If I could have moved out of this god awful state I would have a long time ago, unfortunately I can't afford it and I just got the surprise a couple of days ago that I have another kid on the way so we won't be able to move anytime soon, lucky me. I'm from Arkansas, moved out here as a kid and if it was up to me I'd move back out that way, probably not Arkansas but somewhere in the Southeast, maybe Louisiana or Mississippi.
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So as I suggested, check and see if K&B transportation can help you with their road warrior program. It won't matter where you live, you'll make good money, and hopefully be out of debt in a better position to do something by the time your kid arrives.

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