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Hello! So I got terminated from my last job on 7/12/2024. They are trying to say that I damaged one of there trailers but they don't even have any evidence stating that I was the one who did it. There is no video of me doing it. It is just hear say. They also fired me for a health condition. I got injured on the job a little while ago and had a concussion. I did everything by the book, I reported it to my supervisor and even gave them a doctor note. Recently i just found out that they are also not giving me my last paycheck. They said they had to hire a third party to clean the truck because I accidently left food in the fridge. Which I never signed any documentation stating that if there ever was damage to the truck that I would have to pay for it. I also have 1 at fault accident on my record with a personal vehicle that happened in February of 2022. There was no ticket or citation. Also one speeding ticket on my record that was 15 over the speed limit that happened March of 2022. The speeding ticket will fall of next year.

So with all that being said does anyone know of any companies that would hire me?

Hi Kasey.

Probably will be hard for you right now. The standard advice here for drivers in a similar situation as you find yourself in is to apply everywhere you possibly can. It might be best for you to start thinking about doing a CDL- B type driving job until your record clears up.

Hi, this probably isn't going to go over real well. There's a lot to unpack. For starters, you've got to assume responsibility and accountability for your incidents and accidents. You sound in your description of things that you feel you did nothing wrong. It's readily apparent that you did though. Almost any company is going to pass on it.

Next, tickets can and will stay on your record for more than three years, but again, it's academic until you're in a mental and emotional place of "I made mistakes early on, this is my plan to rectify these mistakes and prevent them from happening in the future, I humbly appreciate any opportunity to grow with your company ".

It's still pretty unlikely that you will find an employer willing to take a chance, but until you fix your attitude and outlook there's essentially no chance.

I never said I wasn't taking responsibility for my actions. I do take the accountability for the speeding tickets that I got way before I got my CDL because I had a lead foot, I thought I was a nascar driver! LOL!! But now for the accident that happened with my last company. I had nothing to do with. I gave them my two week notice. Many of there drivers warned me that they would try and find a way to just get rid of me and that is exactly what they did. I am one of those drivers that drives safe, does the speed, covers my own butt, if I can't see where my trailer is I still get out and look. It is better to get out and look that it is to just keep backing up and to hit something and to look like a complete fool. I had security cameras on my truck and the trailer. Every trailer I would hook up to I would just remove the devices from one trailer and put it on the next one. When i reviewed the footage of that day that suppose I hit something with there trailer. There was nothing there stating that I was the one at fault. where I got the trailer was at a MillerCoors shipper in Elkton VA and there are a lot of not the brightest drivers that got there and will not report when they hit something, they will just leave and not care who gets put at fault. The only thing the company has against me is not doing the pre trip on the trailer. Yes I take accountability for my actions with that because I was in a hurry to get a decent parking spot at the nearest Love's. The company doesn't even have any footage of me doing anything with there trailer. I should of made all of this known in the first post I made. I am sorry for that!

Hi, this probably isn't going to go over real well. There's a lot to unpack. For starters, you've got to assume responsibility and accountability for your incidents and accidents. You sound in your description of things that you feel you did nothing wrong. It's readily apparent that you did though. Almost any company is going to pass on it.

Next, tickets can and will stay on your record for more than three years, but again, it's academic until you're in a mental and emotional place of "I made mistakes early on, this is my plan to rectify these mistakes and prevent them from happening in the future, I humbly appreciate any opportunity to grow with your company ".

It's still pretty unlikely that you will find an employer willing to take a chance, but until you fix your attitude and outlook there's essentially no chance.

Kasey, no one here can say much about the alleged accident because we weren’t there and don’t know what the company has for evidence. Has a driver ever been fired for something he didn’t do? I’m sure that does happen and if it happened to you, that’s a bummer.

But you claim to be a good, safe, careful driver. Then why would the company want to get rid of such a driver? Sometimes drivers come in here with their story and are claiming to have been fired for no good reason. Usually there is more to the story than what is told by the driver.

Just trying to get a clearer picture.

There is alot to look at here.

First it sounds like a smaller carrier from the descriptions.

The cleaning bill is not all that uncommon. Your injury has no bearing if you gave them a Dr note stating your were clear to return to work.

The damage to the trailer you can ask for a reevaluation and prsent them with your video footage.

Your biggest issue going forward is the speeding ticket. 15 over is a breaking point for most companies. Doesn’t matter what class vehicle you got it in. Most companies will want a 7 year MVR so that will follow you for quite some time for alot of jobs.

I was looking at hiring a driver and he brought a 3 yr MVR with him. It was clean except for 1 ticket he thought was minor in nature. It was for a handsfree violation, which is not minor. My insurance agent ran his 7 yr MVR and found 2 accidents and 1 other moving violation. They accessed points with them based on the 7 yr and gave me a quote. That quote was more than double what I currently pay. Was a deal breaker for me.

Apply everywhere and see if a second chance company will give you another chance.