Quitting without a notice is a poor move

Yeah, life is way too short for drama. I gave two weeks, or more when quitting. I've only quit two jobs, and I believe there's a reason I'm on my third job in a little over 20 years. But I'm pretty sure I could go back to either of my previous jobs very easily.

But on the other hand, if the boss is a jerk, the company is crooked, or whatever, maybe the best thing is to jump ship without a notice. At those points, prolonging the misery for two weeks would be stupid.

One guy quit here with no notice. He simply cleaned out the truck on Friday afternoon and never responded to calls or texts from the boss. Poof, just gone. The boss drive to his house to see what the issue was and the former employee just said it wasn't working out for him anymore. He then applied to UPS and used my boss for a reference. He got a nice review from the boss and they're still friends.

 

If you dont mind me asking what happened, did they lose business cause of Corona or something?

 

I kind of expected it when I took the job. This particular dealership chain is known for mass hirings and mass layoffs. I took a gamble coming to work for them knowing a layoff was quite possible.

It was more a combination of the 'rona and low oil prices. The last 2 weeks before they booted a couple hundred of us it was mostly make-work projects.

 

Always like the remark that the company will not give you notice if they fire you. A company has a set of rules for the driver to follow. So the driver knows if they break the rules they can/will be fired. So the company really does give you notice.

 

I had a boss at a former employer (small 3 trucks) that was constantly trying to get me to run illegal. I refused from the beginning and never would. I went to the owner of the company and told him what was going on, and he said he would have a talk with him. A few weeks later my boss ordered me to buy a second log book and head out on a cross country trip as I was returning from being out for 10 days. I refused, and my boss told me that this is the job, and if I don't like it I should quit. I told him that was a great idea, and I quit. Pulled the truck into the yard, left my keys in the cup holder, cleared out my stuff and I was gone. Over the next 4 days I got several calls begging me to return, and it was my fault for leaving them in a tough spot. I asked the owner how his talk with my boss went, and he said the boss called me a whiner. I told the owner that my boss was going to cost him his company, and wished him luck. That was the day I decided to not work for anybody else and become an O/O.

 

The same is true with any company and not just trucking. If a company you are leaving is poorly managed, it doesn't matter if you give 2 weeks notice or not. My son left a job this week after being there for 6 years because the management sucked and the place was falling apart. He gave them 2 weeks notice, and they didn't hire a replacement for him in that 2 weeks. On his last day of work, the managers were asking how he did various tasks, and were in full panic mode on how to cover his duties. You just can't fix stupid.

 

I don't believe in giving notices. As others have stated, you're not going to get a notice if they want to fire you. It's no different. I have the right to fire them without notice; goes both ways. That said, I think it's a chicken crap move to quit by text. At least act like you've got a pair whether really you do or not. If you can't do it in person because you're never around the terminal, then call and tell them.

But, I'll do you one better than the texter. I work for a small 25 truck outfit too. We had a guy park his truck on the yard after hours one day, get his stuff out of it, got in his car and took off without saying boo to anyone. The next day when it was way past time for him to show up the boss starts trying to call him to see what was up. He never answered. lol

What's the moral to be derived from the two *no balls* characters here? Try to be the best at whatever you do in this life. In this case, I would say our *park and run* guy was better at having no balls than your *text to quit* pilgrim.

 

This is very true. I got fired from a management position for breaking COBC policy, at the direction and understanding of my bosses because “that’s how we always did it”. I figured some day it could possibly bite me and it did. The firing however was all one sided. I did it all on my own and even the boss sat there and lied to save himself. They wanted information out of me to go after others but they already had the box there to collect my things. I told them whatever I say won’t change the outcome so they can figure it out on their own.

It took them 6 months and 4-5 guys working together to get things running smooth again. They replaced me with my co manager across the hallway. One boss had my company phone and couldn’t believe all the calls and emails I got. Just shows how little they looked and listened while I was there.

As far as a notice, I rarely give them. I do trucking and oilfield for mostly medium to large companies. The only void I leave is another good employee walked out the door. They only feel that way for a short period than it’s back to normal. Good employees aren’t valued much anymore.

I have 4 companies I walked out on without notice over the years and went back to work for and walked out again without notice. And all of them would take me back a third time. A few have asked LOL. I gave them all a second try after being told things got better. It was always a lie. That’s why I have no loyalty. Would be different if it was a small company and maybe i wouldn’t walk out on them at all, just depends on situation.