Coming out of retirement was much more exciting than I thought it would be [View all]

[ripcord]

I posted awhile back that I had returned to work for a year at my former employers request to help deal with safety issues that weren't getting resolved at a trucking company he bought. When I got there it was worse than I thought, there were many problems from safety equipment and fail safes missing from trucks to loads being thousands of pounds overweight, they even had planned routes through back roads to avoid weigh stations. I released a memo of all the changes we would be making and got a letter signed by the majority of management saying the company couldn't operate this way and would lose money, they also told me something I didn't know, without the hacked version of the electronic logging devices they couldn't make their deadlines. This means they were running drivers over their hours, tired drivers pushing overloaded trucks. To say I was shocked and mad would be a real understatement plus they admitted breaking the law!

I sent the letter to my boss and he hit the roof, the entire management team is gone, he is also doing a full audit since operating under reasonable safety rules is entirely possible. At this point I am running the company as he sends in people to help. My position has switched to trying to keep this place together and help the new management rebuild focusing on safety, I got a nice bonus and raise for the rest of my year. This isn't exactly what I was expecting, I don't have the background for it being a former truck driver, but it is challenging and only for 11 more months, then I can go back to being retired.