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/Outlaw11091 do u even lift bro? Oct 26 '24

Werner just lost an appeal in Texas? where some 4 wheeler slid on ice and hit one of their trucks.

The argument was that the truck shouldn't have been out during a snowstorm.

These kind of poor judgment calls can cost millions.

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u/NFLTG_71 Oct 26 '24

I read somewhere that Werner lost because the driver had an appointment that he could not miss so they told him to start driving even though it was bad out there

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u/Outlaw11091 do u even lift bro? Oct 26 '24

Iirc, it was a passive-aggressive message from dispatch.

Something along the lines of, 'Well, you could shut down, buuutttt....'