I never wore expensive clothes on the road, I don't wear expensive clothes now. When the WM I work at changed the dress code, they had a bunch of 4XL navy blue polo shirts that they were selling for $2 apiece. The company sent them more than they needed and they couldn't be shipped back to Bentonville. I cashed in on those puppies and bought several. 8) Can't beat $2 for a brand new polo shirt. And they're pretty nice shirts considering they were so cheap.

At the risk of taking some heat, Ive got to chim in my 2cents worth. Im not trying to be disrespectful to you, Big Jeep, but from reading your post IMO you left your employer without giving ample notice (2days during your 4day hometime). Your truck with all your valuables is 1 1/2 hours from you, one way, at what Im presuming to be a Werner terminal.
A little planning ahead of time for your job search could have prevented your problem you face with Werner. If I was your FM I would be pretty PO'd also. Your left him without a truck, and a driver to drive it. With a little planning on your part you could have given him better notice and taken a up to a 30 day personnel time off, and still remain employed.
Your truck became available to a driver awaiting a truck essentially when you gave your 2day notice, since you obviously wasnt going to be using it any longer. The next driver awaiting a truck is allowed the time to get underload or take some personnel time off with the truck to prepare the truck and himself for the road. Werner has alot of brand new trucks that are on "freeze" for whatever their reason, so as soon as a driver quits they are ready to fill the seat with another driver awaiting a truck.
As a matter of fact, I was to be at a Werner terminal Oct 1, to turn my truck in, as it was sold. On Friday the 28th I call Fleet Assignments at that Terminal, and inquired about the availablity of trucks, she advised me that as of Friday she had no trucks available. But I put my request in for the Make and Model of the truck I desired. Over the weekend, apparantly alot of drivers turned their trucks in and she was able to reserve the truck I desired and I didnt have to wait for a truck to become available.

Not sure what dispatch your looking at, but Ive seen the Omaha dispatch office, they do not sit behing "bullet proof" glass. You are seperated from dispatch by a long wall that has quite a number of very large windows, that are usually open. There is a desk on either side of the window, that the dispatch and driver can sit and converse openly. Most of the time these window are always open, and you are able to sit and observe the goings on in the dispatch office. How the dispatchers get into their office is unkown to me but, I can believe that it requires a security card swipe over a keypad. This would make perfect sense to me, as the only employees that belong in a dispatch office are the dispatchers, and with a company the size of Werner, you wouldnt want drivers mingling about in the dispatch office, while they are doing their jobs.

Ive said it in the past and Ill say it again, I drive for Werner, Im neither an advocate or a Werner basher. I just understand how they do business. As company of this size, the sooner you realize that you are replaceable, the sooner you are able to achieve success. I dont expect Werner or any company I may work for (regardless of its size) to give me anything. I just do the best job that I can and learn to adapt when I need to.

I really hope that you find what you are looking for, and are successful with it.

I hate it when someone makes a point that I totally disagree with but makes it so convincingly that I have to consider it as viable. I was perfectly fine just thinking big companies suck and so do most dispatchers. Thanks for ruining my perfectly negative disposition DREW10! :sad:

No problem, :lol: :lol:

Good post. A little advice to anyone thinking of quitting. Grab some home time and empty your truck. Just take the bare minimum with you(like 1 suitcase) and then call in and give your notice. That way you don't run into the problem of the company pulling you straight in and letting you go and not allowing you to go home. Don't quit when your truck is parked far away on company property and don't quit while you're on the road with all your stuff.

Oh maybe i should have said that B4 I left for the 4 weeks I was out I said to my FM on the phone I would be taking a 30 day leave to look for local work. when i returned Which is what I did , And i called him 2 days b4 what would be my return date after 4 days off for 4 weeks out , so we would be clear that I was indeed going to be taking the leave of abscence that was discussed the four weeks prior...So as you can see my FM has no cause for complaint .

So to be perfectly clear My FM knew about my plans to take a 30 day leave and knew that it was to look local work at the begining of my last 4 weeks out ,and was informed that I was turning keys in as soon as truck was empty . There really is no excuse for what they did ,and the driver that was issued the truck I was going to turn in... is from Denver and from the 27th up until the 2nd of oct the truck sat at the terminal after MR Kenneth moved into the truck on the 28th ,so once again no reason for what they did as they could have called and set this up professionaly. And hurt feelings on the the FM's end as a reason for these actions would be like me taking shit on the front seat ,and a piss on the dashboard of the truck due to bad feelings over LOW pay . But i guess I'm more professional than 99% of the F-ups that work at Werner that include X-felons and morons .


I was told that glass bullet proof I ...However I never actually asked or tested it . :wink:

man I really liked this thread too, where did it go wrong?

Do I need to spice it up a bit ....pick up the agession a notch ? :lol:

NO, because anger is contagious and my wife says I have enough all ready!

Not THAT is too funny. :lol: :lol:

Back to the original poster, Big Jeep. You did what you felt was right. But I wouldn't have told them the reason you were taking four weeks off was to look for other work. Honestly, did you think that was going to go over well? Leason learned I suppose. So, did you end up finding something good locally? Good luck!