Terminated, I need to work! Help, please.
#11
08-06-2007, 01:45 PM
I think its a joke too. Ask for help and no response yet from the original poster? Do the math.
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#13
08-06-2007, 03:14 PM
you should ride your bike to you new McDonalds job :lol:
seriously, that sucks man. good luck to you
#15
08-06-2007, 04:18 PM
Re: Terminated, I need to work! Help, please.
Originally Posted by eamarmolejos
I was terminated last week for 3 preventables. I only have about 9 months experience. These are my accidents:
1. February 2007- Completely my fault. I underestimated my space to go under a train trck overpass in NYC. 2. July 15 2007- In getting off an exit, I found it was very narrow.Driving slowly, it seemed I was too close to the edge and tried backing up slowly. My flashers were on. A bus tried to go around me and I bumped it. No damage to eithr vehicle. Bus driver admitted fault. No ticket or citation from officer. 3. July 29 2007 Was on I-90, followed a road which ended up being a dead end. There was no sign reading dead end. I took pictures of that. I sent out a qualcomm for assistance. Sent out another after 10 minutes. Received no answer for over 45 minutes. No cellphone reception. Felt I had no choice but to try to turn the truck around. In turning around truck got stuck. Company said I should've waited as long as I had to for dispatcher to respond and fired me even though I got the load on time, got the next 2 loads on time and wasn't even supposed to be out since I had requested home time and they kept me out for 2 weeks beyond the date I requested. I tried to explain that being stuck in a dead end, with no cellphone reception, in the middle of the night, receiving no response for assitance, I had to make the call to try to get out o there but they fired me anyway, even after reviewing the qualcomm records and seeing the many messages I sent and that their reply only came after over an hour, asking if I was okay. So now i'm unemployed and in desperate need of a job. I've called a few companies but they don't want me because of the 3 accidents. Does any one know of any company that might consider me? Anything otr, regional, dedicated, local (I live in Bronx, NY). I'll take anything. Did this company have,EH,fast truck? :? If you want make good money try this place,EH, Prime. They have fast truck and you can smash all bridges you wish. 
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#16
08-07-2007, 03:39 AM
Thanks to those with positive words. I am going to continue trying to find work and look into small companies. To those that think I'm just plain old stupid, that's fine. I know that I'm not. I made mistakes and was in situations that cost me my job. When I hit the overpass, I didn't slam into it. I grazed it. The damage was some scratches. When I bumped the bus, what was I supposed to do if I was backing up and the bus tried to go around me? Move forward and hit the cars in front of me? Move to the side, jack-knife, flip the truck? When I got stuck in the dead end, which again, was unmarked, for over an hour, with no cellphone reception, having sent out distress messages over 10 times with no answer, at 3am, thinking I also had no qualcomm signal, I didn't know I was supposed to just sit there for whenever a dispatcher felt like getting back to me. And the only damage was to the catwalk. No, I don't see myself as a victim, but I do think there wre things going on around me that led to my accidents. I couldn't prevent the bus from trying to go around me as I was backing up. I actually spoke to someone in safety yesterday and was told that something is considered an accident if the damage is over $1,000, if not it's considered an incident. There was no damage with the bus incident. None at all. Not even a dollar. Yet they marked it as accident anyway. He told me I can fight it off my DAC report if I choose to do so.
#17
08-07-2007, 04:56 AM
1. February 2007- Completely my fault. I underestimated my space to go under a train trck overpass in NYC.
2. July 15 2007- In getting off an exit, I found it was very narrow.Driving slowly, it seemed I was too close to the edge and tried backing up slowly.
3. July 29 2007 Was on I-90, followed a road which ended up being a dead end. There was no sign reading dead end. I took pictures of that. I sent out a qualcomm for assistance. Sent out another after 10 minutes. Received no answer for over 45 minutes. No cellphone reception.
I am not trying to bash you, everyone has made mistakes. I am just trying to get you to see the mistakes here. BOL
#18
08-07-2007, 08:55 AM
Re: Terminated, I need to work! Help, please.
Originally Posted by Triple Digit Bob
Originally Posted by eamarmolejos
I was terminated last week for 3 preventables. I only have about 9 months experience. These are my accidents:
1. February 2007- Completely my fault. I underestimated my space to go under a train trck overpass in NYC. 2. July 15 2007- In getting off an exit, I found it was very narrow.Driving slowly, it seemed I was too close to the edge and tried backing up slowly. My flashers were on. A bus tried to go around me and I bumped it. No damage to eithr vehicle. Bus driver admitted fault. No ticket or citation from officer. 3. July 29 2007 Was on I-90, followed a road which ended up being a dead end. There was no sign reading dead end. I took pictures of that. I sent out a qualcomm for assistance. Sent out another after 10 minutes. Received no answer for over 45 minutes. No cellphone reception. Felt I had no choice but to try to turn the truck around. In turning around truck got stuck. Company said I should've waited as long as I had to for dispatcher to respond and fired me even though I got the load on time, got the next 2 loads on time and wasn't even supposed to be out since I had requested home time and they kept me out for 2 weeks beyond the date I requested. I tried to explain that being stuck in a dead end, with no cellphone reception, in the middle of the night, receiving no response for assitance, I had to make the call to try to get out o there but they fired me anyway, even after reviewing the qualcomm records and seeing the many messages I sent and that their reply only came after over an hour, asking if I was okay. So now i'm unemployed and in desperate need of a job. I've called a few companies but they don't want me because of the 3 accidents. Does any one know of any company that might consider me? Anything otr, regional, dedicated, local (I live in Bronx, NY). I'll take anything. Did this company have,EH,fast truck? :? If you want make good money try this place,EH, Prime. They have fast truck and you can smash all bridges you wish. You don't need a fast truck to smash into a bridge, you could wait and have the bridge smash into you. |
