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Old 09-09-2006, 06:10 PM
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I went through training to get my CD with Stevens Transport. Passed test on first attempt and then when out with trainer for 3 weks. I disliked trainer to say the least, so I got off of the truck at truck stop and caught Greyhound back home. I don't mind paying them the money for training, I just wanna work for a company that treats their employees with a little more respect and dignity. Any suggestions as what I should do now?
 
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Old 09-09-2006, 06:52 PM
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You should have worked on the problem with Stevens and worked with them to fix the problems with the trainer. This didn't help you at all! ops: This in fact could have caused you to be DAC'd already (and rightfully IMHO). You basically abandoned a load and a truck.
 
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Old 09-09-2006, 07:08 PM
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No different than a trainer abandoning a trainee, which happens all the time.

Shouldn't get any bad marks on the DAC, he just quit.
 
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It all depends on how Stevens want to play it. The could go with an abandonment issue, could go with quit under dispatch or could simply go with quit.

IMHO the truck abandonment is a stretch since in fact the truck was not assigned to him but his trainer. however the quit under dispatch is a distinct possibility.

With that out of the way, it would have been better if attempts had been made to work things out with Stevens. While I personally do not care much for that company, this applies to any company. You can not honestly judge a company by one or two of it employees.
 
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Larry,

Did you call anyone at Stevens to tell them what was going on with your trainer? Or did you just decide you finally had enough and left that way?
 
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....not everybody gets along.
Its a reflection of the trainer and the dispatcher as well. At three weeks you should have been in communication with the dispatcher every morning. If there was a problem he could have done something, including take you off the truck.

Don't dwell on it and don't lie about it, if you are asked.

Don't make a habit of it {leaving a truck}.
 
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Originally Posted by ben45750
No different than a trainer abandoning a trainee, which happens all the time.

Shouldn't get any bad marks on the DAC, he just quit.
Lots different in the eyes of the industry and future employers. I have no great respect for the average trainer or training schemes anymore, and I have doubts about trainers leaving or abandoning students (even the worst training companies frown on that as they are then legally on the hook for whatever may happens to that person). He didn't "just quit", Had he been at home or left a terminal after his training stint, he would have "quit".
 
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I had been unhappy for several days, but I tried to suck it up because I was half way through my 5 weeks with a trainer. But, it did work, I got mad and reacted. In retrospect, I could have gotten another trainer, but at that point my whole image of the company was tainted. I will order a copy of my DAC on Monday to see what it says. In the meantime I have also applied to a couple of local construction companies for class B jobs.
 
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Old 09-10-2006, 03:10 AM
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Originally Posted by Fozzy
He didn't "just quit", Had he been at home or left a terminal after his training stint, he would have "quit".
Yes, your right about that. Thats the way he should have handled that situation or worked it out and tried another trainer before leaving.
 
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i'm not bashing the driver, I just sure wish that there more sources of info about seemingly innocent things that a new driver can do to injure or destroy their fledging careers before even getting a good start...
 




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