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My husband is finally working

At the end of February my husband lost his job of 7-years. It has been very rough on us financially and emotionally.

He started one job about 2 months ago for allot less then he was used to making and doing something he also was not used to doing and was very unhappy. When the company he now works for called him for a job and told him they needed him to start immediately he did not hesitate to quit the other job. He went to work the next night.

They told him it was a test run, back and forth from West Palm Beach to St Augustine, Florida a 13 hour day. The next day the job was put on hold.

He was put back on layoff after one day due to the manufacturer not being ready to ship the load of materials. That was a month ago. Everyday they would call him and say the job is going to start this week but it never did, until yesterday.

Finally they called and said "were ready" tonight you drive" be here in an hour.  He was so excited about work; I think the adrenalin kept him going another 13 hours. He worked until 2am. They told him they would let him know if he was working tonight and they called him tonight, 1 hour before he was due at work. So again I'm worried about him being up all night driving a tractor-trailer on about 5 hours of sleep. He will drive from 8pm until 9 or 10 am.

I can't understand how these companies can call a truck driver to drive all night on one or two hours notice?  Do they not understand that accidents happen due to lack of sleep. Something about this company leaves me uneasy. My husband thinks I worry too much. What would you think? Am I wrong?  I guess we will just have to wait and see this is only day 2.