Get it in writing. Tell him to stand behind what he says.
That's the wrong thing to tell him. He reworks it or let's it sit. All tickets have the driver name on it and go on the driver's driving record. Some FOS don't care and would say OK and when you got an over weight ticket it still will be ALL you fault no matter when the FOS said.
Always remember you are the captain of your ship. The company may own the truck and trailer but in the eyes of the law you are the one they will ticket, fine and put out of service,not your FOS. You rework the trailer and if the give you :
: about it you walk in the office and call the safety dept. In all my years of driving I have never gotten a ticket with my boss name on it it was always my name and the offense went on my record.You are right on Fly. I still hear guys at our place say, I didn't load it, so it is not my problem. Well, you just made it your problem when you leave the terminal or shippers property and are on public roads.. You just said your vehicle is street legal...Always remember you are the captain of your ship. The company may own the truck and trailer but in the eyes of the law you are the one they will ticket, fine and put out of service,not your FOS. You rework the trailer and if the give you ::
Good to know that last bit
Flash your putting this driver in a tight spot. This driver is an employee at will . They can tell him to go home and not come back . One of the reasons the companies like being nonunion it gives the the flexibility to manipulate its workers . Talking back to management is an exultant way of being showed the door .The longer a driver is with the company and starts to accumulate more benefits vacation etc puts a target on is back .They look for ways to get rid of seniority employees .
You don't know what your talking about. I am a veteran employee with lots of vacation, top scale, higher company 401k contributions etc with a big mouth. If it isn't right then its not right and I have never been afraid to tell anyone and everyone my thoughts and have never been threatend or felt as though I had a target on my back. In fact, I have always felt encouragement to speak up and many junior drivers who have don't feel comfortable speaking up will tell me the issue so that I can tell management whats up. I am not alone in my terminal, there are drivers with even more seniority than me that constantly complain to management and we are still working. How do you explain that?
I been here 22 years, I've refused or reworked many a trailer due to weight or . mechanical issues. I've never had an issue or felt like my job was on the line. As a matter of fact a SCM used fowl language with me one time. I told him not to use that language on me, I would talk to him when he was ready to act professional. He apologized and we never had an issue again. Take your propaganda somewhere else
Putting anyone in a tight spot was certainly not my intent. For myself, no job has ever been so important to me that I will tolerate abuse or forcing me to break the law. I would move on first.....as I throw the abuser under the bus.
Have you ever had a trailer ready to go and it had a flat tire? It sucks but you know what you have to do..... Or , trailer is loaded ready to go and you have an appointment or a company about to go to lunch that you are trying to get to and you go to pull the door down and it's a bad door? You know what you have to do...Overweight in the nose , you know what you have to do.
Good and I hope you will square off with management when necessary . Point is you have no protection of being let go if your manager so desires ,you are employee at will .Hope it don't happens but it does everyday .
From my own experience at my terminal, you have got to work really, really hard at getting fired to actually get fired. Speaking up about legitimate issues such as an overweight trailer will NOT get you in any trouble. As long as you are respectful when speaking to management, you can tell them just about anything including commenting about how far there heads are up their kiesters. It is a NON issue as far as I am concerned.
