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Typical response from a recruiter of a bottom-barrel carrier. The more drivers that put up with this nonsense of waiting for a company truck to get fixed without pay the lesser the chance of this practice going away
Forgive me if your "bottom of the barrel" comment doesnt offend me when we are doing so well over here.
As far as the "typical response" from a recruiter. If he wants he can take your advice and just leave and get an abandoment on his DAC, spend the next year unemployed trying to get that removed and having no one hire him. Perhaps when unemployed, he can then spend more time on message boards complaining about how he was screwed. At least until he cant pay his internet bill because he has no paycheck.
Like i said....what that company is doing is wrong. However the lesser of too evils would be doing what they say, then moving on. Doing the right thing, standing up to this horrible practice and going against the trucking company isnt always the best thing to do. Being unemployed, not being able to find a job, getting behind on his bills could lead to the guy ending up homeless. Griping about what a horrible company did to you DOESNT feed your family.
I guess sitting around a homeless shelter explaining to the other homeless people how the trucking company screwed you, but you sure showed them by not returning their truck, has its merits, but I would rather be able to feed my family.
AGAIN...this is what he should do. Tell him to document or record what they are telling you that you have to do. Include the threats of putting it on his DAC and then do exactly what they say to do. Then after all is said and done and he has another job...take action. Otherwise in a few weeks you will be out here with a post headlined "help...my dad cant find a job because of false information on his DAC"