Quitting during orientation?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by Mototom, Mar 25, 2020.

  1. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    I get here and they lied about home time.
    The equipment WONT pass an inspection.
    They tried to make me drive under another drivers logs.

    How bad is it to quit during orientation? I know I’ll be billed for drug test, but I don’t want a hit on my DAC. I also don’t want to run illegal either.

    I need to figure this out before 7:30 tomorrow
     
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  3. Valuable Asset

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    What's the company? You probably could of been warned beforehand.
     
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  4. Moose1958

    Moose1958 Road Train Member

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    The worse that can happen is a did not finish orientation on the DAC. That entry is really almost worthless. The major thing is why. If you are asked tell a new company that carrier was not a good fit and you moved on.
     
  5. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    I have questions:

    1. Who is “they”?
    2. If you are in orientation, how are you logging hours?
    3. Ditto on the equipment?

    BTW, people walk during orientation all the time. It won’t harm you a bit.
     
  6. stacks

    stacks Road Train Member

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    You should of Posted here or searched this company it’s on you
     
  7. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    I’m leaving out they till new employment is secured.

    my orientation is being a local driver for 12 days at 150$ a day.
    Truck had two bad tires it took a fight to have replaced. The trailers have air leaks, bad brakes the shop didn’t have time to fix.
     
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  8. Mototom

    Mototom Road Train Member

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    F it. Genesis transportations a sister of sharkey.
    Yeah didn’t know that till they told me they’d been bought out.
    Now I know I’m an idiot. My recruiter quit the day before I started.
     
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  9. Valuable Asset

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    Quit. Move on. You could of known this before you ever filled out the app. Best of luck.
     
  10. x1Heavy

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    Covenant kicked me out of orientation first day back in May of 1996.

    Of all the records I have carefully searched for, they are the only one left standing. One stupid failed orientation that is meaningless when all the drama is settled. However Covenant maintains a private DAC-Like Database with 14 other big carriers so sharing between them my information for as long all of them exist for one another.

    I have walked out of orientations before on day one. Particularly if I detected BS or problems that are not worth it.

    One company in Little Rock failed to place me on Cream tanker loads that I hired on to do. I ended up quitting them to join JBH the next morning having arranged with a hiring agent the previous afternoon on the cell phone over 400 miles heading home. I don't like having a company say one thing and try to have me do something else when I get onto their yard ready to work.
     
  11. Allow Me.

    Allow Me. Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Is it orientation or training ? At any rate, people quit jobs all the time after just a day or two.
     
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