HELP!!!! Opinions wanted
1st let me start by saying I am a 30 year trucking vetern with over 3.5 million safe driving miles.I worked for company "A" from '01 to '04. There was about a 6 month period when I was unemployed due to an illness. Once I was well I started working for company "B". The company had a horrible reputation but I went to work for them anyway because they had a dedicated job I wanted. That job lasted for just over a year. Company "B" lost it because they were asking for more money then that customer was willing to pay. Instead of leaving I went to an other account and then another before being given the option of going 48 states or nothing. I hate switching jobs and given my health issues and the fact that I had pled guilty to a felony theft charge back in 1981, I decided to stay. For the final year I was there This company was starving me. My paychecks were averaging $400 when I got a paycheck. There were weeks I didn't make a paycheck. This caused troubles at home, bills were not getting paid and family and friends were disowning me. Leaving home ready to go back to work after a troubled 4 days at home. I got to my truck thinking I was going on a 1200 mile run I was then told I was going 80 miles to shag a trailer 5 miles and wait for it to get unloaded. I started shaking and getting dizzy. After I getting chest pains I decided a hospital visit was best. I was sent to a behavorial hospital (nut house) for a 10 day evaluation. I did what company "B" told me to do, I had them fax a "Return to work" form to the hospital, they filled it out and faxed it back to them. The doctor made a note saying that he thought I should have my blood sugar checked but other then that I could return to work. This is the beginning of the nightmare.Company "B" made me jump through many hoops trying to get back to work. After many attemps and weeks without any paychecks I decided if they were not willing to put me back to work I had to try somewhere else. I applied to many companies but with where I live (southern Delaware) and with my prior felony there weren't many options. I took a job with my former company, company "A". I told them everything. They put me though orientation including a DOT physical. I passed and off on the road I went. During that time company "A" kept trying to get info from company "B" and company "B" kept telling them I was still employed with them which was false because once I was hired with company "A" I told company "B" I quit. After 3 weeks company "B" finally told company "A" the truth but also told them about the stay at the behavioral hospital which I had already told them. Company "A" decided I needed to go through another DOT physical. I reminded them that when I went through orientation I only had 8 days of my blood sugar medication and I thought I would fail the physical which I did. This all happened in the middle of Ill., 1000 miles from home. They sent me home paying a bus ticket to Dover, DE. 40 miles from home. I had to pay another $30 to get the rest of the way home, not to mention they're telling me I have to pay $300 to have the rest of my things shipped back home to me. Now at home company "A" is making me jump through more hoops, hoops that are impossible to get through. One of these hoops are that they want me to get a work release from the behavorial hospital and they are telling me that they are no longer my doctors and that they already released me. They are not willing to fill out another form. All the other things they want me to do cost money that I do not have being out of work for soo long. Now I am filling out applications again and both company "A" & "B" are saying bad things about me.
Now, What should I do? What options are there out there for me? How do I get my things back from Ill without paying $300? Please give me something to look forward to.
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