I Quit within 2 weeks of starting must I say I worked there

Discussion in 'Trucking Industry Regulations' started by Sapphire_Glitter, Jan 25, 2023.

  1. Sapphire_Glitter

    Sapphire_Glitter Bobtail Member

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    I'm with a new company and currently in orientation but was told a few things that I'm not ok with and I may leave, would I be required to report that I worked for them if I have to Quit? I'd prefer it not even be on my work history or would I have to walk out before I finish orientation

    (I'm asking because I know trucking requires you to report work history but how ultimately to the letter is it?)
     
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  3. Judge

    Judge Road Train Member

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    Yes.


    If you’d left in orientation your technically not hired unless you pass.
    @Chinatown he maybe able to help find a new good job.
     
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  4. The Railsplitter

    The Railsplitter Medium Load Member

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    I've been lied to before, or heard promises that then changed... if you know you're gonna be miserable there, cry off with some medical excuse, or maybe family hardship. Only if the company lists your name on a DAC report (or whatever they use nowadays) will there be any "proof" that you actually went there. In times past, I didn't bother listing dud companies that didn't pan out... and some of those fly-by-night companies won't waste time or money listing your brief stay. Some outfits will tell ya anything to get ya to show in their yard, then their tune changes... like Sgt. Trucker said in another thread, I never had much use for such outfits. I'm a man of my word, so I expect others to be that way too, but that's not always the case in the trucking industry, more's the pity. :confused:
     
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  5. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    It depends if the company giving orientation reports to DAC / Hire Right and if they report you as an employee. I did 2 weeks of orientation/work for one company and the job they had me do was not what they advertised. Thankfully, they paid me and we split on good terms.
     
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  6. Sapphire_Glitter

    Sapphire_Glitter Bobtail Member

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    I'd say yes that they'd report it, they're a pretty large and reputable company with many major accounts, if it goes in a food grade tank, they mostly haul it

    I just want to know if I'd need to quit prior to finishing orientation. I already spoke with the owner today and told him ultimately if I have to give up what they're wanting me to I'd rather walk out.

    I'm just annoyed because I've been asking about this for over 6 months waiting to come on with them just to walkout of orientation because improper information was related to me but at least it would get me out of any obligation to payback any orientation fees

    I'd just end up being stuck putting them down as "temporary employment" or "internship" (I honestly dont know how to label it I'd just need to make it look like it wasn't a real job somehow

    I wouldn't be past refusing my first deposit from them if it meant I could say I never worked there if I needed to

    My biggest worry is that it's about as good of pay as you can get company side and I've been waiting for too long to pass it up and want to see if it could work despite what was said. I want to try but I don't want to waste time moving into the truck if I'm just walking out at the drop of a hat
     
  7. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    It's always best to get answers from current working drivers at a company before you decide to work for that company. IMO, getting the real pay/conditions/schedule/benefits info from the current employees doing the job I am considering doing is more important than any other item of research. If a company wants you to work for them they will have current drivers contact you. Then you ask for details of their work and their pay and their schedule, etc. Also, ask each driver you contact about how long they have worked there, what to they like and dislike. It's easier to spend the time or work up the courage to demand you speak to other drivers than it is to wind up wasting time and money going to orientation at a company you cannot work for.
     
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  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    "Shoes that don't fit you are not good shoes." It doesn't matter if they are the finest leather and made by the best craftsman or if they cost thousands of dollars. High pay will not make up for being unhappy.
     
  9. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    So what's the issue you cannot accept from this company? If they have cameras, or a certain phone policy, or certain equipment on the truck you don't want the company is not going to change those types of things. If it's a big company they could not care less if they hire 75 drivers from orientation or 74 drivers from the same class. Some of the big companies hire many thousands of drivers every year and have many thousands of drivers quit every year. Only you can decide what you can accept. The company is not going to change for you. There are ten thousand trucking companies, pick one that fits you.
     
  10. Sapphire_Glitter

    Sapphire_Glitter Bobtail Member

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    It's solely on my ability to record YouTube videos for a monetized trucking channel, I was told in recruiting prior to orientation if would be fine

    Today I was told by safety I wouldn't be allowed to post these videos by safety "because they don't want to be held accountable for anything" , yet the Owner said it was fine and he liked them with the safety guy standing right next to him

    I outright told them if I wasn't able to I needed to know because I'd be leaving and not paying the travel/hotel fees if that was the case, and I'd been waiting 6 months to come here being told it would be fine if I recorded videos by recruiting and safety prior a very obscure reason to quit during orientation for one of the top paying companies in all of trucking, but I'd rather be able to fulfill my passion which is part of my career rather than give it all up for a job with a specific company that isn't important to me, I came here for the money. And if I can't do what I love on the side of seems pointless to sign my name to being an employee


    (Edit: also they're very limited on hiring and very selective, they are not a Mega)
     
    Last edited: Jan 25, 2023
  11. ducnut

    ducnut Road Train Member

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    I left, end of day #3. I have never listed them, have never been asked about them, and have never seen them on any report. I never collected any monies from them, so I never worked for them.

    Just like a DOT physical, don’t talk your way out of your next job, by saying too much.

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