Truck abandonment

You tell me you're the CEO.

 

I wish people would understand what information is used. In almost every hiring situation the company only is interested in 4 pieces of info about a drivers previous employment. 1 begin date. 2 end date. 3 reason for leaving and 4 rehire status. This is part of the summary and is what is released on an fax/email employment verification request. One more thing on this abandonment issue. Threats aside, most people making these threats to put bad info out are not the ones doing it. Unless you have actually left a load someplace causing it to be delivered late or lost a company generally don't put anything but rehire after review in the comments. This is a very complicated issue with many variables with each company defining what constitutes abandonment. This is why i made my first comment about getting advice off the internet.

 

What is not to understand.Trucking employers are interested in a lot more then unemployment status.There's MVR your safety record and the dreaded DAC.Recruiters see a mark on your DAC they will ask questions.Also this wasn't about load abandonment but truck abandonment.If the hireing process was mostly about the dates of previous places he worked then there would be a lot more drivers getting hired.Any company that uses DAC services which s almost all of them well be looking up the drivers record.

 

Apparently you do not understand what information is used in the hiring process or you would not have made that post. You don't understand summarys and you don't understand what a drivers DAC report actually is. Those 4 pieces of information is what almost every company bases a hiring decision on. Then some people if they see bad information in the summary go deeper. As to drivers not getting hired. It is not that the bad information is wrong it simply is because it has heen proven to be dead on right. My load abandonment point was simply this is what it takes to get that do not rehire comment. It has been my experience that the largest amount of the time most drivers that have left tractors in improper ways are not getting these do not rehire comments. Many go on to other driving jobs with little or no issues. True abandonment is actually vary rare and almost always results in people having to leave trucking or working for one of those companies on the FMCSA watch list.

 

I understand perfectly its you that doesn't understand.You think you're so right then ask a recruiter.

 

Ugh... I think(and maybe I’m wrong; I’ve been with my current employer for going on 9 years; and the one before that for 5) that if you have a “truck abandonment” on your record, but up front you tell any prospective employer the circumstances as this poster told all of us, that they would more than likely ignore that. Not sure, but I think being upfront about any ding on your DAC would kinda cover your butt....

 

Honestly is always the better policy.Of course you'll get employers that could care less but its still best to be honest because they will find out.

 

Right on! I totally agree: I’ve heard awful stories about guys Not being upfront about dings on their record that in all actuality would probably not have been an issue if they had up front been honest about it: and they go to orientation and those issues hidden are discovered and those drivers are unceremoniously kicked to the curb! It’s awful; but more than likely, wouldn’t have happened at all if said drivers had been open about those issues ahead of time......

 

Moose, you do realize in the trucking industry hiring is dictated by insurance rates don't you?
Insurance wants to know driving history and well more specifically the risk the new employee rates. They will adjust rates accordingly.

Stuff like Hirerite, MVR, driving record, etc all are used to inform a company of the risk of a new hire.

Sure some only care about dates and rehirable, but not many....

 

Sometimes a company doesn't look up his full record till he gets to orientation and if something isn't right he will get sent home but in that case the company will pay for your transportation home.But still it doesn't have to be that way.