Question about quitting TMC

If they are going to lay you off or terminate you they do not give you a warning, this is to keep you from causing ill will or damaging there equipment.

If your not under a load and you are near the yard and it is convenient for you then, no you do not owe them a notice. Just clean out and tell them see ya. Do it how it works for you. Cover your butt, because that is what they would do. Good Luck.

 

While I can't speak for TMC. I can most certianly speak about a lot of companies.

You give 2 weeks notice and one or more things will happen.

A. Your miles will drop dramatically.

B. You'll find yourself 400 or more miles from home the day you're set to leave. Usually under a load going the wrong way.

C. They'll ask you to turn the truck in at the "home" terminal. Not where you picked it up at.

And looking at the calender, you'll be #### lucky if you're home during Christmas.

 

It depends on how professional you want to be. I've always given two weeks notice. If you just up and quit, they can and probly will, put something on your DAC. I know the last company that I quit, they routed me to the terminal in my last week and had me take a truck that needed to go a terminal closer to my house.

But, that being said. It all depends on if, someday, you want to work for TMC again. The professional thing to do in any industry is to give notice.

 

I put my two weeks notice in and they ran me almost through the two weeks, had me turn the truck in a couple days early. I picked my truck up at Indy and that's where they had me turn it in. When I got to the terminal I parked my truck called a cab went to the airport that's only about 10-15 minutes away and picked up a one way rental car and drove back to the yard to empty my truck out before I started the official turn in procedure. This really helped streamline things and I was in and out in about two hours. I would recommend doing it this way, it is much better to have somewhere to put all your gear while unloading the truck rather than having to lug around everything you have while waiting for them to finish on their end. There was a little bit of hard feelings from my team leader who was an absolute prick from the time I got there until the time I left. Have not checked my DAC but I'm still driving commercially and have not noticed any problems from the way I left things with TMC.

 

DH gave a two week notice and worked out the entire two weeks. No drop in miles and he returned the truck where he got it from, Joplin. His dispatcher routed him through home before sending him to Joplin so he could clean out his truck and then made sure he had a ride to the bus terminal. We tried getting a rental car, but for whatever reason, Joplin rental car agencies didn't have anything coming back to DFW.

 

My experience in quitting was about the same as cplmac2. Didn't have much of a problem. Although I put 2 weeks in they got me back in about a week or so. My philosophy is even if they did screw me after putting in 2 weeks, its on them and not me. I'll still feel I did the right thing by giving them professional courtesy of advanced notice., I won't lower myself to their dirty standards and if they are doing that then someday it will come back to bite them. I've always wondered why some people/companies find it so hard to show someone respect and courtesy.

 

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I think you should always take the high road!

Merry Christmas!

 

On reading the other messages I agree with the majority - do the right thing and give notice. They are a good company, one of the better flatbed companies. Protect your DAC record for one and "do the right thing" for another. Don't be like some of the idiots out there who abandon trucks under loads etc. If you do that they will keep any money you ave coming and put it on your DAC. Do that a couple of times and you'll end up slipping further and further down the ladder.
Just my 2 cents worth. Good luck in the new job!

 

burning bridges is a bad idea IMO......