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Originally Posted by PA Examiner
Yeah, when they closed Groveton I should've gotten the heck out. They've been looking for any reason to cut experienced drivers and get a Honors program driver to pull the freight. Evrett was a definate plus for drivers; Rick only cares about numbers.
Left them myself finally in April.
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So true. My husband was going to have surgery on May 21st of this year. Asked well enough in advance for Family Sick Leave for 7 days. Was told 1 week before I was due to start it that in order for me to go on FSL
I would be required to turn the truck in to either Gary or Marshfield and find my own way home and back to get the truck. Then I was told that if I stayed out until the 20th I would be entitled to 7 days off home time and I could bring the truck home. (what was the difference). The kicker was I was assigned a load to be picked up on the 19th in Oshkosh, Wi to be delivered to El Dorado Springs, Mo on the 20th. The time frame was tight so instead of relying with another driver they pushed back the time to 1400 hrs. Still very tight.
I get pulled into a scale and was given a Level 1 inspection which I passed but it put me behind. When I informed my dispatcher of this I asked her if I would have trouble delivering the load late. She said no they will still take me as long as they know what's going on. Got there at 1500 hrs and was told they couldn't take me until the morning. (Day of hubby's surgery.) Waiting for another driver to sit on load I was out of hours and had to take a 10 hour break. Home was 4 hours away. I never made it for the surgery. That's how little Roehl now cares about their drivers. And here's the kicker I was fired on 6/2/09 for reasons I posted in another thread.