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Likely getting fired, today. Some concrete spilled out of my truck. I've been reporting for the last year that my truck has a high spill risk. On top of that, I've been reporting massive buildup of concrete in my drum, to which they haven't cleaned out. It's been three weeks and they still have their dick in their hands. So of course, I spilled yesterday, company sticking the blame on me. Now they're forwarding the info to a safety committee to determine whether or not my driving career is going to be derailed. My career is in the hands of people who have probably never seen a cement truck in person, for all I know.

Unreal.

Jason wrote:Likely getting fired, today. Some concrete spilled out of my truck. I've been reporting for the last year that my truck has a high spill risk. On top of that, I've been reporting massive buildup of concrete in my drum, to which they haven't cleaned out. It's been three weeks and they still have their dick in their hands. So of course, I spilled yesterday, company sticking the blame on me. Now they're forwarding the info to a safety committee to determine whether or not my driving career is going to be derailed. My career is in the hands of people who have probably never seen a cement truck in person, for all I know.

Unreal.

Hope it works out for you man sounds like a shitty situation

If by some miracle they decide to keep me (which they won't, I'm due for a raise next week), I'm putting in my two weeks anyway and working somewhere else. This is far and away the worst company I've ever worked for.

Have you got a record of your concerns being raised in writing?

showa58taro wrote:Have you got a record of your concerns being raised in writing?

Most states even one as liberal as mine Maryland give companies basically free will to terminate employees

Anybody have plans for the weekend

showa58taro wrote:Have you got a record of your concerns being raised in writing?

YES!

And they still fucking fired me...

Tiggnutz wrote:Anybody have plans for the weekend

Well, I'm free.

Jason wrote:

Tiggnutz wrote:Anybody have plans for the weekend

Well, I'm free.

Seems like it's something you wanted so good luck to you brother

Tiggnutz wrote:

showa58taro wrote:Have you got a record of your concerns being raised in writing?

Most states even one as liberal as mine Maryland give companies basically free will to terminate employees

Correct. Wrongful Termination (at least in California, but this might apply across the country) can only be pursued if I was fired for an illegal reason (racial, gender, etc...). These people are just cunts. The cuntiest of cunts.

They were supposed to call me at 11:00 AM after the meeting I had with them. They were two hours late (imagine if I showed up two hours late to work), notified me of my termination over the phone. I had a meeting with them this morning at 9:00AM, 60 miles away. Which was useless, because the people I had the meeting with had no say in whether or not I'd be terminated. They forwarded my explanation to the safety committee apparently, who were going to have a meeting about whether or not they should fire me. But when I asked why I couldn't be part of a decision that drastically and immediately affects my life, their response is simply because "We chose to". Very nice response from a company that I slaved for, as I was about to enter my 4th year, working 6 days a week and nearly died for on at least one occasion.

Here's the rundown of the situation that got me fired. I am not fabricating this in any way, or leaving out little tiny details that benefit my side of the story, this is exactly the situation...
My concrete truck has short fins. There are fins inside the drum, almost like threading for bottle caps or nuts/bolts, that keeps the concrete inside the drum. Keep the drum spinning clockwise, turn counter-clockwise to release the concrete. I have driven dozens of different cement mixers throughout my employment, none of which have fins anywhere near as short as my assigned truck, which I've had for two years... I've been reporting for well over a year now in my driver's log book "Drum fins are short, high spill risk". On top of that, for the last three weeks, there has been dried up concrete building up in the drum, which puts me at an even higher likelihood to spill. I have constantly been reporting this and they tell me it's fine, even get short with me because I am persistent in the reports. I took a load out yesterday morning (my final work load) and I exit the freeway and it sends me up a steep hill. If I keep the drum charging fast enough, I can make it up the hill. 2 miles into the hill, I arrive at the housing track where I need to be, but a security guard jumps in front of my truck, stopping me from entering the gate. This is where I spilled. He told me to back up out of the entryway because he can't let me inside until 7:00AM... It was 6:58AM. The moment he abruptly stopped me, I knew I had spilled concrete. I immediately reported the spill. It wasn't very much concrete at all, to my surprise, only about 3 or 4 wheel barrows full. I went to the job site and completed the job, then helped the guys shovel it up when I exited. Got it all cleaned up pretty quickly with no issues or complaints.

The dude I had the meeting with was the one who called me over the phone and informed me of their decision. He was so quick to get off the phone with me. I asked him what the safety committee would recommend I do in that situation where concrete spilled out of my truck. He paused... ... ... "Uhh... operator error", he says, like a fucking robot. I guess that's their term for a driver screw-up. Operator error. That's all he could blurt out. He was in such a rush to get off the phone with me, like we were lovers and his wife was in the room or some shit. It was bizarre.

I was due for $1400 on Feb. 7th, which would've been my vacation pay, plus a dollar raise. Call it intuition, but I really feel like that played into the termination in some way.
It's bittersweet, in that I missed out on that money by one week, and that I didn't get to leave the company on my terms, but I am finally rid of this shithole company.
I am going to write a letter detailing every frustration I've ever had with them.

The US is a cesspit for employment. You guys get so fucked over.