Hey Ya'll;-)

Glad to see you back, Redgator! I was just wondering where you had been. (Still wondering about Jopa, too.) I'm glad it worked out for you.

Pretty amazing they didn't even tell you the reason in person. I've had to fire a couple of people for social media blunders, but I always showed it to them and asked why they did such a thing. That gave them an opportunity to say something like "my ex has my password and did that to get me in trouble" or something. Of course, none of them ever did.... Still, pretty bad they didn't at least talk to you about it.

. I have a clean CSA , Clean MVR , no accidents or incidents and a 2 time Allstar top 50 driver of your co but im no longer a good fit????? Didn't make sense but nobody would even talk to me. Ive heard some things through the grapevine since. Evidently someone told the owner i posted derogatory things on facebook about the company which i did not and that was the cause. Since I had already been talking to several companies back in April/May I called up my top choice America's Service Line out of Green Bay, WI and explained the whole ordeal. Within an hour the recruiter had me booked at a hotel and someone in route to pick me up and help me clean out my truck. They did an unscheduled oreintation on Thur and Fri to get me otr and home for the 6 days I accrued with WEL and in time for my procedure! I now make . 51cpm and am pretty happy here.

WOW! We're glad to have you back.

I'm amazed- In the six months I've been with TT, I haven't heard of anyone being provided with a 5 star welcome- sending a vehicle to pick you up. From what you've shared before, you work hard at relationships, and I would believe that is part of you impressing your new employer. Also your good driving record is another reason.

Just wondering if you have any other advice, on getting that 5 star welcome.

I have worked in Aerospace for 26 years- most communication if not all, was done by computer. Sitting at your desk, knocking out plans was the job- But, many times I would get up, go to another person's desk and talk things out. Face-to-face relationships rather than just a computer relationship.

Welcome back, RG! Your sage advice head been missing, and the regulars, at least, knew it.

I know there's no way you could take all you're stuff out of a truck and ride Greyhound, at least without a G'hound trailer! ASL saw a jewel and snapped you up!

Always great hearing from you RedGator!

I've been fired from plenty of jobs. Most of the time it was for too many logbook violations but that's how we did things back in the day.

One time I had a dump truck job and there was a guy at the job site guiding us to where he wanted us to dump. Well he was guiding me back while speaking with his buddy the site foreman, wasn't paying attention, and backed me right onto a hidden drain you couldn't see in the mirror because it was slightly below grade level. In fact, that's exactly why we had someone guiding us - there were a ton of obstacles. Well realizing that snafu was going to cost the company a TON of money because they were going to have to dig that up and repair it they figured the easiest thing to do was to blame me, so they fired me on the spot. The site foreman and his buddy, both of which had been at the company for countless years, certainly weren't going to take the blame for it and I had only been at the company for a few weeks so I was the scapegoat. On to the next job.

Once I was fired for being too early to an appointment! I had been at US Xpress for a number of years at that point and was always one of the top drivers on any board I was on. I worked in numerous divisions, had a perfect safety record, and a perfect service record. Well this one company didn't want drivers coming in early and the higher-ups said the next time we go in early the driver and dispatcher were both to be fired. Well my dispatcher failed to inform me of this and I went in 30 minutes early as usual. After picking up the load they instructed me to go to the yard where they fired me on the spot. In this case I was able to prove through the Qualcomm records that I wasn't given the information I was supposed to have by dispatch and was therefore given my job back. My dispatcher, however, was not.

So don't sweat it. For one, there's no way to know what's going on in the offices. Whatever they say in their meetings, whatever plans they're making - we're not privy to any of it. So God only knows what management is up to most of the time.

For two, the turnover in this industry is so high that nobody thinks anything of firing drivers, just like most drivers don't think anything about changing companies. So they're pretty quick to fire people and as you've seen other companies are just as quick to pick you up.

Just keep doing your thing and forget about WEL completely. You know who you are, you know what you're capable of, and you know this industry. Just keep moving forward and doing your thing. It will all work out great one way or another.

Seems really strange to me that as desperate as companies are for drivers, they'd be willing to just fire a longtime proven driver for the company at the drop of a hat like that. You'd think the high cost of training new drivers coupled with the shortage of drivers in general would make companies want to retain and guard their existing good drivers from going somewhere else with a fierceness. I guess I still have a lot to learn about this industry.

Congrats Red. Glad your doing well, no pun intended. I have been MIA also, but life happens.

Looky there Red, you even rousted P.J. from the shadows!

Hey Old School, I'm still kickin just been a life roller coaster ride, but things have come out the other side just fine👍

Thanks for the warm welcome fellas:-) Kieran I couldn't explain it even if I tried. Bud I have a screenshot of what I said and it was in no way shape or form derogatory but hey what can I say. Maybe they got tired of me b******* about not making any money. Idk and quite frankly I stopped carind after seeing my paychecks. $923, $936, $1147 $1326 $1497 plus 2 full weeks off in between. Definitely cant complain about my money now! Scott I honestly cant tell ya how to get the 5 star treatment but I can say this. My trainer at WEL went to ASL about 6 months after i left her truck and she had been there bragging on me ever since. My reputation as a good driver is strong. I worked hard at it and building a relationship with everyone I meet. Im a pretty spunky girl so Im easily remembered. Lol Brett Im in a much better place now. No hard feelings. It was definitely time to move on. I was hurt at first but when I realized why it happened I had to laugh. If my job performance is outweighed by my supposed facebook post then hey so be it. I was not liking how i was treated in the end but hey what can you do. Life goes on. PJ glad I could drag you back out. Life sure does get in the way of things sometimes for sure

Yeah I would have needed a whole bus to myself! Glad someone was there to help unload my WEL truck and reload my ASL truck too!

Welcome back, RG! Your sage advice head been missing, and the regulars, at least, knew it.

I know there's no way you could take all you're stuff out of a truck and ride Greyhound, at least without a G'hound trailer! ASL saw a jewel and snapped you up!