Non Injury Incident With No Experience No One Will Hire Me Help!

So I worked for Schneider for 3 months. I did a u turn (yes I learned my lesson) and got stuck in the dirt. I was winched out, drove away. No damage no, injury, non fatality, non dot reportable. I paid the winch out so it cost the company nothing. Load got there on time. This was May 2024. Now I'm needed to get back to trucking. I'm paying 2500 for refresher course, but the DAC report is ruining me. How can this ruin my career? How can I get tractor trailer exp. If no one will how me? I would pay to get hired or volunteer for exp. I was making 1500 a week, now I make 500 a week as a 40yo man. Getting desperate what should I do? How can this ruin my career? How to get experience of no one will hire? Can I pay to get exp? Pay to work?? Haha thanks

rawruss@proton.me

How come you are no longer with Schneider? Did they fire over this? Did you report it properly?

Have you tried applying at 2nd chance companies like Cr. England and Western Express?

The winch is indeed a reportable DOT accident. Fatality injury or tow. The winch was a tow... you were immobile.

I would ask schneider to go back into training. Refresher courses are free at training companies... you will waste your $$ on a course if you cannot get hired.

How come you are no longer with Schneider? Did they fire over this? Did you report it properly?

Have you tried applying at 2nd chance companies like Cr. England and Western Express?

I was fired over this, however in my dac it doesn't say I was fired (I guess it's assumed though). I finally got a yes from Western Express today! I will try CR England to thank you!

I’m at Schneider and tend to be pretty involved in our safety department. At 3 months, you were still fresh out of training. One of the things they teach all of us is our strict no u-turn policy (with the exception of yards and customers of course - so you are not blind side backing.) And I’m pretty sure this is an industry standard company rule, not unique to just Schneider. I do know this rule is posted up in a lot of our facilities though.

You violated a company rule by making a u-turn and got the truck stuck in the dirt and had to call to be winched out. All while still within your 90 days or just off of it. Your first 90 days are a probationary period and any accident or rules violation, no matter how major or minor, are ground for termination. The termination was justified and it is indeed reportable to the DOT. Paying for the winch yourself doesn’t change the fact that you violated a strict company rule within your first few months of employment.

We have an appeal board to appeal a termination and state your case if you feel you should have been given a second chance. Did you do this? Did you attempt to contact Schneider at all about coming back for additional training and being given that second chance? In my honest opinion, at this point, I think it would be an uphill battle to come back. I always wish the best for everyone though, especially a fellow Schneider brother/sister driver.