What do you consider Job Hopping?

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  1. Steel Maverick

    Steel Maverick Light Load Member

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    I know that truck drivers have many different reasons for moving from one company to another. So what would you consider too many moves? 3 companies in 12 months? 3 companies in 3 years?
     
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  3. Tonythetruckerdude

    Tonythetruckerdude Crusty Deer Slayer

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    Either one of those examples would work.....Maverick. But the 3 in 12 months is probably the most accurate.
     
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  4. joseph1135

    joseph1135 Papa Murphy

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    3 in 12 months. That's a lot of jobs, shows being unstable, can't be depended on.
     
  5. FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

    Had 1 recently with 5 companies in 12 months and showing up for a job interview with another companies truck & trailer telling me he can start right away just got to ditch it someplace
     
  6. blairandgretchen

    blairandgretchen Road Train Member

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    One a year is about the minimum - the whole picture can tell a better story - relocation, divorce, children etc. Man has to pay the bills, maybe doesn't research his next move well.
     
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  7. unknown_substance

    unknown_substance Light Load Member

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    Wow....showing up for a interview in another companies truck.....I guess that's more common than I thought. We have a few guys here that show up to orientation in someone else's truck but we make them pay the tow bill if they want to work here.....so most of them just leave and eventually get arrested after the company report's the truck stolen.
     
  8. Shaggy

    Shaggy Road Train Member

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    Explain yourself, I've had 3 employers fold during my short career. Job hopped with others, Articulate. Explaining Gaps in your history is harder then giving a kosher reason why a company sucks.

    Have a fair paying job, Took some researching and time. But. No regrets.
     
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  9. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Agreed. If you own a truck, you are looking for a driver that will run that truck as you would. But some drivers go through 3 or 4 trainers during their training, 2-3 dispatchers during their rookie season, multiple trucks, and multiple jobs.

    Cant get along with a trainer, can't get along with dispatch, rough on equipment AND a job hopper. All different facets of the same sign.
     
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  10. Steel Maverick

    Steel Maverick Light Load Member

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    Sounds like a winner! Lol
     
  11. bubbagumpshrimp

    bubbagumpshrimp Medium Load Member

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    If you're 25+ years old and your average employment duration can be measured in months...not years...you might be a job hopper.
     
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