Changing Jobs while employed or with a break?

Thousands upon thousands of drivers change companies daily. The smart ones don't quit one job before getting another. I think you are misunderstanding something.

 

I have done it both ways. If I found a new job before I quit my old one I
ended up not being able to take a break between.

Last time I had some money laid back and I had some projects at home so I just
quit my old job and when I was ready to go back to work I found a new job. I was
off for several months and that didn't seem to be a problem. Now if I had been off
for a year or more it might have been an issue.

Just be careful to watch your money. I still had bills to pay and with no income my
savings disappeared pretty fast. I also found out the hard way that this worker shortage
deal and companies supposedly desperate to hire is not nearly as much of a "thing" as
folks are letting on. I applied at a number of places that never even called back or out right
lied and said the spot was filled when it wasn't. I think employers put out ads and refuse
to hire Americans so they can go out and hire illegals instead. One place did call back but
several weeks later I got an email claiming a pay increase.............problem was the pay was
the same...............no increase at all...........playing tricks trying to get workers for peanuts.

 

Never heard of this, no. As an employer I actually like to see the driver give some notice if they have a job they’re leaving.

 

I’ve only changed jobs once in 12 years with my A cdl. Almost 30 days between. Completely gave a 2 week notice then 30 off before I decided again. No big deal. 1st job wanted me back and said if under 30 days, it’s as if I never left

 

The few times I've changed jobs a I always took a month or 2 off between jobs.

 

HR representatives (or village idiots as I call them) are trained to believe that unemployed people are unemployed because they are worthless, although most unemployed people are very capable and either had strong family ties that necessitated quitting or a rough relationship with a bad employer or family. You will ALWAYS get a higher salary quote when you are employed. Hell THE STRAT is to barely perform adequately while laddering up jobs. The prospective employer will be paranoid and believe your boss is lying. You progress much faster this way than working overtime or waiting for promotion. You can even GET a promotion by leaving. I’m convinced HR reps are all 3x divorced.

 

Well, technically you can't be hired at one company while you are still employed at another since you can't be in orientation for the new company while still driving a truck for the old company.

You basically do get hired, just not officially. You have your start date for right after you expect to quit your current company plus time to travel to the new place. Than you get officially hired when doing all the orientation stuff.

I did this when I quit TransAm to work for JCT. Got all set up with JCT and had my start date for a few days after I planned to quit TransAm. Had to push it back twice, but eventually got close enough to the TransAm terminal to drive there, empty the truck into a rental car for a one way trip, walk in and tell them I was quitting, than drove to the hotel for JCT, unloaded my stuff, and turned in the rental car.

 

Are you in a mid-sized or major city? Maybe it varies city by city by in my area you can get a truck driving job the same day if the background checks would come back that quick. You might not land your dream job right away but you definitely won't be starving or without a roof over your head lol