Well, to each their own.
I've quit 2 companies when I was a company driver. Once I just called the OCM and explained that something personal had come up in my life (which it had) and that I'd be leaving when I got back to the yard in a couple of days. No bridge was burned.
The other company was a joke, the DM was a joke. After he tried to screw me over with my approved days off, I told him I'd clean out my truck when I got back to the yard that afternoon and leave the keys on his desk. Which I did. I burned that bridge completely down as a company driver.
Advice for leaving / quitting
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Lennythedriver, Oct 10, 2020.
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Clean your truck out. Take video and pictures from every angle, including the dash, and odometer reading. Then get the shop boss or another higher up to inspect the truck and sign off on it being right. I guess at times I'm just not a very trusting person, but I've heard of too many people that turned trucks in with nothing wrong that all of a sudden had damage or other problems.
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I waited until I got to a Terminal and cleaned out my truck got a rental card and turned my paperwork and Keys into the terminal manager . They asked me why I just told them I had personal issues and they left it at that . They were able to put another driver in that truck the next day and never had a issue with it .
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This industry is pretty flexible. If you find a better pasture that is greener, they won't complain unless you leave the vehicle fubared. Most companies will see you as meat in the seat and replace you stupid quick.
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- When I quit marten I brought the truck that I had always kept clean in and out to Mondovi and cleaned it out ...took the keys to the shop and said goodbye...never heard another word from them and my pay was in the bank the following week.
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If I wanted to go back to hauling dirt.
Spent 7 years with them.
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I work for a small company. 5 drivers. A new guy quit after 2 weeks - He waited til the weekend - when no one was there, dropped off his fuel and credit cards and left a note that said “Sorry, got to go!”
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