Your opinion on leaving a company...

I'd run the last load. And its not nuts to give two weeks notice, I've given notice anywhere I've worked in the last ten years, you part on good terms, big difference.

Something doesn't feel right to you, then it's not, about the worst thing you can do is betray yourself.

Good luck.

 

I've seen many drivers that have been with a company, some with 20 years, just walk in to dispatch and hand the keys to them with no notice. Didn't change anything, the load still was delivered, just by a different driver. I did it maybe 3 times and had no problems.
I know how you feel though; it's a moral or integrity issue in your mind, but sometimes we have to do what's right for the family before the company.
Call in with a family issue then call in the next day and quit. Seems like you're already hired by the new company anyway.
I worked for one company, First Fleet, which is a horrible place to work. Schwerman called and want me to start ASAP. I asked, what about a 2 week notice? Schwerman said, that's not a federal law and nothing in writing, so come on lets get moving. That's what I did. Huge jump in pay and benefits.

 

I figure you've made up your mind and are looking for people to agree with your decision. It's a sad commentary on todays society that almost everyone says leave your current employer in a bad spot.

An extra $800 a week sounds really good, too good would be my guess.

Best of luck...

 

It's no sh##tier than the way they were compensating you. And with what they were paying you they deserve to be put in dutch, even if only for a minute or so.

 

Like China says...NAH!

 

In this case the current company put the driver in a bad spot by paying poverty wages and expecting no repercussions. The company put itself in a bad spot and it came back to bite them. Could have been prevented with proper compensation; they gambled and lost.

 

I have a question. Would an employer think twice about terminating a driver without notice if it was in the employer's best financial interest to do so? Would an employer give a solitary rat's ### if it left the driver in a "bad spot?"

Of course not.

So how is it somehow a sad commentary for a driver to act similarly to protect his own financial interests?

 

Yeah, I'm sure he had a gun to his head when agreeing to work for whatever they were paying him.