Peddle driver fired. This guy did everything that was asked of him and more. Came in early to do short line-hauls before his peddle run. Worked after his run doing dropped trailers. Spent weeks at Baltimore terminal when they were short handed doing peddle runs two states away.Spent weeks driving to Norristown terminal when they were short handed.He never said no to any work that was asked of him.He loved the extra money he was making. Some accidents forced the higher ups to fire him yesterday nearly 5 months after his last accident.
Now here is the good part,Does his peddle route,that took about a year and a half before he finally got a dedicated run,comes back and is asked to run and get a dropped trailer by his dispatcher. This trailer is an hour away from the terminal.After he makes the switch and calls into to dispatch,the dispatcher tells him he is fired and no longer has a job.
1. why did dispatcher send him back out??? He had to have known all day long the guy was getting fired!!!
2. Dispatcher is not a supervisor position???
3. How can you fire someone over the phone when an hour earlier you could have told him to his face????
4.Are dispatchers allowed to fire people????
Our Terminal SUX!!!!! That is the most spineless act I have ever seen in my whole life. I wish my fellow driver the best and hope he appeals this and wins just for the cowardly way this was all handled. And for our TM who didn't handle this himself and passed off to a dispatcher to do,you receive the one finger salute,on both hands...
Now here is the good part,Does his peddle route,that took about a year and a half before he finally got a dedicated run,comes back and is asked to run and get a dropped trailer by his dispatcher. This trailer is an hour away from the terminal.After he makes the switch and calls into to dispatch,the dispatcher tells him he is fired and no longer has a job.
1. why did dispatcher send him back out??? He had to have known all day long the guy was getting fired!!!
2. Dispatcher is not a supervisor position???
3. How can you fire someone over the phone when an hour earlier you could have told him to his face????
4.Are dispatchers allowed to fire people????
Our Terminal SUX!!!!! That is the most spineless act I have ever seen in my whole life. I wish my fellow driver the best and hope he appeals this and wins just for the cowardly way this was all handled. And for our TM who didn't handle this himself and passed off to a dispatcher to do,you receive the one finger salute,on both hands...