should I give notice

Thought for the day:

Some drivers are a dime a dozen, other drivers are priceless.

 

If they are actually wording QC messages to many drivers with phrases such as drivers are a dime a dozen then someone in management needs fired.

Demoralizing and degrading your workers is pretty pathetic way to manage a company. What positive effect could it have? None that I can see.

 

I'm just wondering, it took you TooStroked a full year to realize that OTR isn't for you? Must be a slow learner, very slow. Must people know within the first week if this is for them or not.

 

When I gave my 2 weeks, my DM was eager to honor their end of that bargain. That said, we came to a mutual (friendly) agreement for an early departure since my new company was very eager to get me started (See a friendly Farewell).

That said, ALWAYS give notice and try to be nice. No "you guys are jerks" etc. More along the lines of "this job and I don't mesh" if you get my meaning.

Also note: My last 9 months with Swift was a Daycab job 12 hrs nightly. If you live near a terminal and keep your nose clean, your DM may be able to get you into one of these gigs. Like the OP, I love driving the rigs, just not living away from my family and friends. I advise you to check into local fueling companies, propane, etc.

 

1st question, are you planning on continuing on as a driver in either regional or local?

2nd question, do you have another job, driving or not, lined up?

If you plan to keep driving for a living, then how you quit is every bit as critical to how you drive in the current situation. Just up and leaving will leave you severly dinged on your DAC report. You could conceicably be hit with abandoned equipment, abandoned load, quitting while under a load, etc, etc. All of these will cause other carriers to step away from you as a potential employee. If, however, you never want to drive again (it happens), then just clean out the truck and walk away. No employer, outside of the trucking industry, is going to care how you left a trucking job. Nor are they gonna check your DAC report. They aren't even aware of DAC in most cases. Heck, most of the non-trucking employers I had were extremely sympathetic to me for having to "deal with the horribleness of trucking because I couldn't find a real job" (actual quote from a recent supervisor).

Consider carefully all of your options. If you wanna truck, ya gotta play by the rules, even if it means staying out an extra two or three weeks with little pay to walk away cleanly. If your done driving, and be sure you're done, just walk away at your earliest convenience. I personally reccommend playing by the rules, but will admit to just cleaning out the truck, leaving a nasty message for my dispatcher, and heading back to the barn. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to go with the soul-satisfying answer.

 

I think that's only true now because hands used to jump from company to company to company and still find work. I'm betting they didn't leave 2 week notice on most of them either.

 

Ok so you lasted a full year so what's an extra two weeks? I'm saying this for your own good not for my health.

 

My mentor told me drivers that quit here are told to clean out their trucks on the spot.

I would give a written 2 week notice and keep a signed copy for my records. Give them the duplicate.

I wouldn't do the Qualcom, you have no record other than taking a photo of it.