Trucker Rich
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Let me tell you guys that now is not a good time to be looking for a new driving job... I went to every LTL company in Fresno last week looking for a job.
With resumes and perfect DMV printouts in hand, I went door to door to all of them, and I told them I was looking for a driving position... All I got were sad faces looking back at me...
I could not drop off one resume, or even get one application... They were all laying off drivers, and planned more...
It is like Saia management was using one of the orbiting spy satellites to see where I was going next, call them and telling them not to talk to me.
Regardless of why I was let go, there just are not any good paying jobs out there...
I did happen to land a good job though. My wife's boss is friends with the owner of a trucking company here in town. She had mentioned to her boss, that I was out of work and HE called his friend and asked if there were any openings. He said that a truck just became open. But, he had 15 applications on his desk for that one position. On your recommendation, I will put his application on top of the stack... (He does not know anything about my background or experience...)
My wife's boss told her, to let me know, and gave me his personal cell number. I called him and made an appointment for an interview. I went to the interview and he told me about the job. I said that I had been with Saia for 6+ years and I ran OTR for 11 years before that. I would be willing to do this job but wanted to check into other options first... He understood perfectly...
He handed me an application and told me to bring it back next Monday (Jan 5). Let him know either way, if you want the job, it is yours...
I went in Monday and he hired me. I did my physical and drug screen yesterday and start the paperwork and drive test today...
This is a small company that hauls its own products... They run refers to all points as far as Texas, and all back hauls are raw materials to make more products in the factories here in town.... The run I am getting will be to Texas and straight back... But will go where ever they send me... Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Portland...
Every driver spends the 34+ hour reset in Fresno at home. I have been in day cabs for 6+ years, I am looking forward to cruising the boulevard in a large car again... I hope it goes faster than 59 mph like the Saia truck did...
Looking forward to the change of scenery and change of attitude, where I will be a name and not a number, and taking personal initiative to get the job done will be appreciated, not a firing offense...
Getting fired from Saia was hard for me to take... But, what do I do??? Get another job and get on with my life... I can't undo what has been done, so I just go on from here... I was driving a truck before Saia, and I am going to drive a truck after Saia...
Saia is a great company to work for, but I am not the only driver that has left the company, and worked somewhere else... Life does not stop because you lose a good job... It just slows it down for a little while...
Richard
With resumes and perfect DMV printouts in hand, I went door to door to all of them, and I told them I was looking for a driving position... All I got were sad faces looking back at me...
I could not drop off one resume, or even get one application... They were all laying off drivers, and planned more...
It is like Saia management was using one of the orbiting spy satellites to see where I was going next, call them and telling them not to talk to me.
Regardless of why I was let go, there just are not any good paying jobs out there...
I did happen to land a good job though. My wife's boss is friends with the owner of a trucking company here in town. She had mentioned to her boss, that I was out of work and HE called his friend and asked if there were any openings. He said that a truck just became open. But, he had 15 applications on his desk for that one position. On your recommendation, I will put his application on top of the stack... (He does not know anything about my background or experience...)
My wife's boss told her, to let me know, and gave me his personal cell number. I called him and made an appointment for an interview. I went to the interview and he told me about the job. I said that I had been with Saia for 6+ years and I ran OTR for 11 years before that. I would be willing to do this job but wanted to check into other options first... He understood perfectly...
He handed me an application and told me to bring it back next Monday (Jan 5). Let him know either way, if you want the job, it is yours...
I went in Monday and he hired me. I did my physical and drug screen yesterday and start the paperwork and drive test today...
This is a small company that hauls its own products... They run refers to all points as far as Texas, and all back hauls are raw materials to make more products in the factories here in town.... The run I am getting will be to Texas and straight back... But will go where ever they send me... Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Spokane, Portland...
Every driver spends the 34+ hour reset in Fresno at home. I have been in day cabs for 6+ years, I am looking forward to cruising the boulevard in a large car again... I hope it goes faster than 59 mph like the Saia truck did...
Looking forward to the change of scenery and change of attitude, where I will be a name and not a number, and taking personal initiative to get the job done will be appreciated, not a firing offense...
Getting fired from Saia was hard for me to take... But, what do I do??? Get another job and get on with my life... I can't undo what has been done, so I just go on from here... I was driving a truck before Saia, and I am going to drive a truck after Saia...
Saia is a great company to work for, but I am not the only driver that has left the company, and worked somewhere else... Life does not stop because you lose a good job... It just slows it down for a little while...
Richard
I hope that was a type "o" and you meant you "wouldn't" have fired him.
) you....