Seniority Manipulation

oldngray

oldngray

nowhere special
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LeadBelly

Banned
VvJohnDoevV said:
Hi all,
I've been a preloader for about 7 months, a driving bid came up a month ago and I got the bid. I went out for the road test with my sup and failed it. I wasn't given 24 hours notice for the test. I wasn't given any practice time with the truck. I'm a experienced manual driver but the shift pattern threw me and there was no diagram on the shifter. I stalled it going from 1st into what I thought was 2nd but I was 4th. The sup 3 minutes in to the route is asking me road signs and I missed what a few were. I don't test well and I was anxious I had never driven a truck that size. on the route there is a stop sign that makes absolutely no sense and I almost went through it. I have a co worker that I am friends with that just tested and passed. He said that the same sup I went out with drove him around the route pointing out the signs to pay attention to. He was given a weeks notice of the test and had practice time with the truck. Last week my sup said he's gonna see if he can get me back out there. I talked to a driver I'm friends with and he said it's seniority manipulation. The sup wants him over me so he set me up to fail and pushed this guy through the door. He said he is going to look into it. My co worker asked me not to mention his name to the sup. Should I grieve the matter or wait for a second shot?
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The next time you try, you'll have more experience.
 
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BrownMonk

Old fart Package Car Driver
VvJohnDoevV said:
So the other guy getting time with the truck in the parking lot, seeing the route from the passenger seat having a heads up of when he was going out, not 15 minutes after the shift didn't give him a higher chance of success? If you can drive a power boat I guess you're ready to take a cruise liner out to sea right off the bat and I didn't blow through a stop sign
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When you signed the list, didn't it say "must be able to pass a roadtest"? All the lists say that. The bid list stayed up a week so you had a week to prepare. Stalling is an immediate fail as well as blowing a stop sign.
 
Coldworld

Coldworld

60 months and counting
BrownMonk said:
When you signed the list, didn't it say "must be able to pass a roadtest"? All the lists say that. The bid list stayed up a week so you had a week to prepare. Stalling is an immediate fail as well as blowing a stop sign.
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Come on... I stalled in a fricken semi truck with a set and passed....
 
FrigidFTSup

FrigidFTSup

Resident Suit
BrownMonk said:
When you signed the list, didn't it say "must be able to pass a roadtest"? All the lists say that. The bid list stayed up a week so you had a week to prepare. Stalling is an immediate fail as well as blowing a stop sign.
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Stalling isn't an immediate fail. I believe it's 20 points off. You fail at 120
 
barnyard

barnyard

KTM rider
You should have asked for practice time when you signed the bid, not after you won it.

Poor planning on your part does not make for a crisis on anyone else's part.

Better luck next time.
 
barnyard

barnyard

KTM rider
When I tested, it was in a P800, high step, no power steering. Supe had me take a lap around the parking lot and then we hit the road.

That was the 1st time I drove a package car.
 

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