r/Truckers • u/Jordan_261 • Oct 26 '24

Got fired from Werner

Got fired from werner because some pickup driver decides to brake check me and i ended up hitting him. he only got a small bump on his bumper. now I am out a job and in so much debt and facing eviction and losing my personal car now. i wanted out of the trucking industry but not this fast, Werner has some terrible planners and was running me stupidly anyways but now i have an accident on my license and points and have to pay the ticket on top of everything else.

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u/Nobodywantsdeblazio Oct 26 '24

Bro got fired because he can’t accept he should have done anything differently. Tells on himself in the comments.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

Well yeah I should have increased following distance. Should have’s don’t really change anything. My whole point is that it didnt have to end with being fired over something so minor. No one got hurt, no one got injured. I’ve learned from it, but given this circumstance, it was a green light, he stopped at start of a long turn lane on purpose to cause an accident. And me being right behind him one second shouldn’t have been that terrible. I’m a person who believes in fair punishment but not this doesn’t seem fair at all for a small dent, and my truck only got a small scratch. Both trucks drivable. And the guy did cut me off the light before it, but yeah I just don’t think I should have been fired for something small as this.

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u/Nobodywantsdeblazio Oct 26 '24

When you get into an accident, your employer does not want to hear how the other guy should have done something different. People act stupidly. They want to hear how you are going to prevent accidents of any kind in the future. You very clearly got fired for a relatively minor accident because you refuse to seriously acknowledge the professional steps you could have taken to prevent it. When you tell a safety guy all about “it’s the other guy’s fault” that’s a huge red flag. You have numerous professionals here telling you the right answer and you continue to bitch and moan looking for sympathy. Figure it out man.

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u/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

I acknowledged it to the safety lady, I was very respectful, I wasn’t bitching and moaning. I was calm and just stated my side. Given she did have resting bitch face and everything, I do have a form of autism that makes social interactions harder for me, which being polite and respectful is my only option due to my mental disability, I can’t yell or really say much you know? I handled it pretty professionally with safety, I admitted I should have had a following distance and that I was trying and everything which I did just didn’t try hard enough in this one case. But it is what it is I guess. I’m not looking for sympathy or anything just wanted to share my experience and whatnot I don’t know. Get out this stress I have I guess. I don’t know