tasuinam
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Wanted your thoughts on what to do:
We had a driver apply as a team driver and his resume indicated he had been driving since 1/2018 - his driver's lic shows 9/2020 (which could be he lost it and they issued a new one, he moved) - it took him a week to get all the documents to us - so we waited.
My safety guy met him at our yard - did a test drive - all was good, he sent in documents and we agreed on a pay scale taking into account the experience (over the weekend). Drug test was scheduled and completed and he went on the road as part of a team (on Monday). The other driver complained - can't follow GPS, woke him up in the middle of the night to ask how do do stuff, etc..)
When we confronted him he said he had three weeks of driving experience and when I called his former employer (the day he left on the trip) they said he only drove for two weeks. I am okay with new drivers - but need to tell the other person to train him / maybe the other person doesn't want to drive with a newbie. I know I should've checked references BEFORE - hindsight is 20/20
I feel I need to report him so whoever hires him knows he is inexperienced - and can provide training. Who do I report him to / what should be my next step? How do you guys deal with drivers who lie about experience - it's a huge safety issue for us. Being new is not the issue its the lying.
He obviously doesn't work for us anymore - was thankfully a short trip - got him back as soon as we found out.
We had a driver apply as a team driver and his resume indicated he had been driving since 1/2018 - his driver's lic shows 9/2020 (which could be he lost it and they issued a new one, he moved) - it took him a week to get all the documents to us - so we waited.
My safety guy met him at our yard - did a test drive - all was good, he sent in documents and we agreed on a pay scale taking into account the experience (over the weekend). Drug test was scheduled and completed and he went on the road as part of a team (on Monday). The other driver complained - can't follow GPS, woke him up in the middle of the night to ask how do do stuff, etc..)
When we confronted him he said he had three weeks of driving experience and when I called his former employer (the day he left on the trip) they said he only drove for two weeks. I am okay with new drivers - but need to tell the other person to train him / maybe the other person doesn't want to drive with a newbie. I know I should've checked references BEFORE - hindsight is 20/20
I feel I need to report him so whoever hires him knows he is inexperienced - and can provide training. Who do I report him to / what should be my next step? How do you guys deal with drivers who lie about experience - it's a huge safety issue for us. Being new is not the issue its the lying.
He obviously doesn't work for us anymore - was thankfully a short trip - got him back as soon as we found out.