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Horrible Management in the Northeast
I was excited when I decided to leave my job of 7 years for Saia. I thought it was the perfect job and perfect timing. I was WRONG! My Terminal Manager Martin Underwood call me 20mins before I was suppose to wake up for work and said they had a video of my sleeping behind the wheel for 12 seconds. I was given the option to quit or take a sleep apnea test. It took 3 days for me to get a hold of the video on my own. I was not sleeping behind the wheel for 12 seconds on the very curvy I-76 a long the Schuylkill River. The poor quality video shows a driver in control without lane deviation while taking a significant cruve. I have proof that I wasn't sleeping but no one wanted to have a meeting so I could prove myself. I spoke with my Terminal Manager Martin Underwood again and told him that I wasn't sleeping, I have proof, and once it's proven, I would like to be compensated for the time I've been off and an apology. He laughed and said I was in no position to ask for anything and I should be very careful how I wanted to approach this situation. Very unprofessional! After being out of work for 3 weeks behind the Regional safety manager Jack Plappert bad call, I started back at work. I put in my 2 week notice at 11:32a.m. July 11, 2017 and they decided to let me go. The level of unprofessionalism that has been shown from management (Terminal Manager Martin Underwood, Regional Safety manager Jack Plappert, and Carla in safty out of GA) out of the Philadelphia terminal has been unbelievable. It's a lot more to this story but I would not recommend this Company to anyone. Another constant issue was competition for extra work. I constantly had to ask my TM and Dispatcher to put pay into the system for extra work I did weeks ago. In less than 90 days they have had 1 sales rep, 1 dispatcher, 1 city driver, and 2 line drivers quit so far. That's just at the Philadelphia terminal. There's more at the Newark terminal. That says a lot.