Schneider

Hired for bulk tanker division in CA. First got on with no training on deliveries and routes. Just sent me to the railyard to pick up certain chasis and trailers. I hit the ground blind and went through hell to figure things out. Never quit. Finally started getting the hang of it.

Then they wanted me to park a tank in a certain spot that had barely any room to back into. It's 2am pitch black. I backed up and ding a trailer next to me. Small damage to the metal wheel guard fender. Goes on my record as an accident 3 weeks later.

Since then there's been many crazy days in which their equipment was malfunctioning and just causing whole work days of pure stress. I neve quit and just fought through it all. Never hear a word from management.

Now I'm about 2 months after the little backing incident. Somehow I hooked to a chasis and the king pin went into the handle of the 5th wheel release arm. Causing it to bend. Was gonna take it to repair shop to fix it the next day. But my driver leader tells me she scheduled extra training for me because of the little backing incident from 2 months ago.

The trainer comes in from Houston and notices my 5th wheel release arm. He says I high hooked and now I have to call accidents.

I call accidents and now it's a whole big deal.

Safety department, my driver leader and another higher up all on a conference call letting me know it's a serious offense and asking for details.

I hung up the phone. Didn't finish the discussion. Figured I'd be fired anyways. It's technically 2 accidents on my record already and I've only been driving for 4 months.

So I hung up and said "F em"

The good news is I've read that those accidents are not recordable on my DOT record.

But it still sucks big time to have no income for however long it takes to find another job.

So I'm back to looking for another job.

 

Thank you