Beth
Newark,#2UPDATE Employee ..inside information
Tue, July 15, 2014
I apologize for the delay in rebutting your allegation(s). I located your employment file and found that you worked for us twice. The first time was from 4/28/05 – 5/9/05. The second time was from 1/12/06 – 1/18/06. I found it amusing that on both occasions; you quit under dispatch.
Let’s discuss the first time you were employed here because that is the premise behind your report. When you finished school – you didn’t find a job with us. We hired you with experience on 4/28/05 that you claimed to have had from a company out of Leroy, NY. During orientation, we discuss (among MANY other topics) the importance of timely deliveries to our customers and to call us (we even have an afterhours telephone list) if there is a problem (or if you are running behind). The “mechanics desk” is not the proper department to call if you are having a problem with your dispatch. Instead of assuming that you were being lied to by the dispatch; you should have contacted one of them via the afterhour’s telephone list and the whole situation would have been avoided.
We found your note dated 5/9/05 along with the equipment at the terminal. You bobtailed back to the terminal. A load was missed (the one that was coming with the other driver to you) along with unauthorized miles (fuel usage, etc.) created when you decided to bobtail back to the yard without dispatch approval. Yes, I did submit a DAC against you.
We were so horrible of an employer, that YOU sought US out, for re-employment! You were re-hired on 1/12/06. The application you submitted on 1/11/06, when asked if you had worked here before and if so, the reason for leaving – per you – “Not prepared.” You quit under dispatch yet again on 1/18/06. Although you left us the first time under unpleasant terms, we still gave you a second chance to redeem yourself.
It is getting very tiring when drivers create a less than pleasant work history and then when they decide to leave on negative terms (actions that could be avoided by giving notice); we suddenly become the “bad guys” when we factually report their work history to prospective employers.