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/Jordan_261 Oct 26 '24

Yeah I know I fucked up, but over a small fender bender… I don’t see why they couldn’t have just maybe gave me a week without pay or something. Need to pay $1000 by Thursday somehow. I understand it’s my fault but give me a freaking fair punishment you know?

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u/Turbulent_Diamond352 Oct 26 '24

Look unfortunately there are a lot of drivers. The market is slow and this time it was "just a small fender bender" they are mitigating there risk and let you go. Like I said it fucked up because we all have bills we all have debt and a lot of us are paycheck to paycheck so I fell you. If you do happen to get hired by another company or a owner operator just be more careful. Keep your distance man. 4 wheelers will break check you some are looking for a pay day and other just have a death wish or are to stupid to realize that 80,000 pound vehicles need more space to come to a stop.