Our VIP called me in on Thursday and told me I was no longer with the company, "effective today". The reason I was given was," You do a lot of online posting" and "you post your revenue numbers in the blog - that's totally unacceptable." A guy I know who used to work as recruiter in a trucking company said, "is that even legal?" I've been wanting to move on for a long time because the company trucks were getting all the best loads. So now I have a chance to do that. Sent my app to a US carrier who only has owner-operators in the fleet... Since it's going to take them 2 to 3 weeks to get me approved, I'm getting a temp job driving someone else's truck for a month.
The only problem I have is this: plates have been stripped off my truck, as they were the property of the carrier I was leased to. Technically, I can't even drive it off the lot. Anyone has been in this situation? I mean, what do you do with a truck if you are no longer employed with one carrier, but the next one is still looking at your app, and you have no plates? I know I can get my own plates, but MTO (Canadian DOT) would ask for proof of insurance and that's a lot of dough. Any advice would be appreciated ... The carrier said I can keep the truck in the yard for now, but I just don't trust them too much at this point. What if they do some damage to the truck, just out of revenge?