Do Truckers Ever Give Notice? Need a resume?

i went in office and told him, he had me escorted off property.
I had to go back with a police officer, whom told me if he asked us to leave we had too, he was just there to keep peace, that’s how i got my gear back.

 

That cop was wrong.

If you have personal belongings in your work truck and you tell the boss you will be quitting, he HAS to let you unload the truck. If he doesn't you can have him arrested for theft. Grand theft, which is a felony, if it's got enough value. Just like if you leave an apartment, they can't tell you get off the property, you must be allowed to pack your stuff and go.

When I got shot the head dude of safety is the one who gave all my stuff away. I told him if you don't replace it immediately, I have video evidence from my dashcam that you DID give back to me, that this truck was unloaded and my stuff given to other drivers BY YOU. I will have you arrested and the value of everything you stole exceeds 500 and I have receipts. It will be a felony. Do you want to play? He gave me the company credit card and I went on a 4 hour shopping spree replacing everything they stole.

 

Depends on the carrier and their vibe, IMO. Also depends on someone's financial situation.

If a carrier is flexible and works with me when things go wrong, I'll do them the service of giving ample notice that I'm leaving.

If a carrier is regularly missing my home times, always standoffish when things go south (even when not my fault), and has a track record of wronging drivers, they'll get their keys and fuel card in the cupholder of their (cleaned) truck and I'll be on my way after taking pictures of everything.

Never leave a job with notice and assume that you'll get to work those last weeks. And never assume the next job is a guarantee either. Make sure you have ample money saved in case either, or both, go poorly.

 

And don't burn any bridges unnecessarily. Maybe you're leaving one mediocre company for a better opportunity, but maybe you end up working for a company that shuts down or you scrape a truck on something and get terminated. Better to have those guaranteed mediocre doors still open than to take the gamble on another company that may be terrible, IMO. No perfect companies in trucking and a whole lot of terrible ones. Decent companies are worth keeping in good standing.

 

I don't agree with that, not with truck driving. I know by the time I quit a company, I could not give a #### less about them or their equipment. I will never go back, and have never gone back, to any company I quit. So I'm not worried about that. I'll find something else. I put out 3 job apps and get 3 job offers.

 

I guess I've gotten lucky then. Never been outright 'wronged' by a company, so haven't really felt any bitterness to companies I've driven for. Some didn't live up to expectations or I found a better fit, but haven't really left any companies fuming.

Doesn't have to be a 2 week notice, but leaving cordially and leaving the equipment as it was given seems pretty fair.

If I wasn't paid or got truly disrespected, I'm sure I'd think different though. Luckily, I haven't ran into that yet.

 

What about if you got shot 6 times in an armed robbery on their yard by someone who had been told to leave and didn't and instead went and grabbed a gun to rob someone for drug money? And while you were in rehab the head dude gave all your stuff away that he told you that he would hold onto until you got back?

I should have set the ####ing truck on fire.

 

. You act like a bad man but I know you’re not.There only 10 bad men left in America and I get 9 Christmas cards every year and none of them are from you.I can tell very easy how you’re full of it .When you are looking for a job and are offered one every potential employer is going to ask you what kind of notice do you need to give to your current employer. I guarantee you don’t say none when I quit I just quit you lie right of the bat then will be the first one to complain about a company that lies to you.

 

Ah yeah, that's a different story lol. Their truck would be on fire and I'd be looking for a lawyer. That's crazy