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larryh31
Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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Location: Ft. Washington, MD
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:10 pm Post subject: Got Off truck |
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| I went through training to get my CD with Stevens Transport. Passed test on first attempt and then when out with trainer for 3 weks. I disliked trainer to say the least, so I got off of the truck at truck stop and caught Greyhound back home. I don't mind paying them the money for training, I just wanna work for a company that treats their employees with a little more respect and dignity. Any suggestions as what I should do now? |
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Fozzy
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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| You should have worked on the problem with Stevens and worked with them to fix the problems with the trainer. This didn't help you at all! :oops: This in fact could have caused you to be DAC'd already (and rightfully IMHO). You basically abandoned a load and a truck. |
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ben45750
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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No different than a trainer abandoning a trainee, which happens all the time.
Shouldn't get any bad marks on the DAC, he just quit. |
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Uturn2001
Joined: 10 Jan 2005
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Location: East Central IL between the corn and the beans
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:25 pm Post subject: |
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It all depends on how Stevens want to play it. The could go with an abandonment issue, could go with quit under dispatch or could simply go with quit.
IMHO the truck abandonment is a stretch since in fact the truck was not assigned to him but his trainer. however the quit under dispatch is a distinct possibility.
With that out of the way, it would have been better if attempts had been made to work things out with Stevens. While I personally do not care much for that company, this applies to any company. You can not honestly judge a company by one or two of it employees. |
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Spranglin'_Spider
Joined: 08 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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Larry,
Did you call anyone at Stevens to tell them what was going on with your trainer? Or did you just decide you finally had enough and left that way? |
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Fourcats
Joined: 08 Jul 2006
Posts: 115
Location: Longview, Washington
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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....not everybody gets along.
Its a reflection of the trainer and the dispatcher as well. At three weeks you should have been in communication with the dispatcher every morning. If there was a problem he could have done something, including take you off the truck.
Don't dwell on it and don't lie about it, if you are asked.
Don't make a habit of it {leaving a truck}. |
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Fozzy
Joined: 02 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:15 pm Post subject: |
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ben45750 wrote: No different than a trainer abandoning a trainee, which happens all the time.
Shouldn't get any bad marks on the DAC, he just quit.
Lots different in the eyes of the industry and future employers. I have no great respect for the average trainer or training schemes anymore, and I have doubts about trainers leaving or abandoning students (even the worst training companies frown on that as they are then legally on the hook for whatever may happens to that person). He didn't "just quit", Had he been at home or left a terminal after his training stint, he would have "quit". |
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larryh31
Joined: 09 Sep 2006
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Location: Ft. Washington, MD
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 3:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I had been unhappy for several days, but I tried to suck it up because I was half way through my 5 weeks with a trainer. But, it did work, I got mad and reacted. In retrospect, I could have gotten another trainer, but at that point my whole image of the company was tainted. I will order a copy of my DAC on Monday to see what it says. In the meantime I have also applied to a couple of local construction companies for class B jobs. |
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ben45750
Joined: 23 Apr 2005
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 9:10 pm Post subject: |
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Fozzy wrote: He didn't "just quit", Had he been at home or left a terminal after his training stint, he would have "quit".
Yes, your right about that. Thats the way he should have handled that situation or worked it out and tried another trainer before leaving. |
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Fozzy
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| Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2006 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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| i'm not bashing the driver, I just sure wish that there more sources of info about seemingly innocent things that a new driver can do to injure or destroy their fledging careers before even getting a good start... |
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