Laid off.. booo. ..

Put your vacation pay in a retirement account and keep working somewhere.

 

I agree with Chinatown...hands down probably the smartest route to take. As a driver there's plenty of jobs out there. Find a better job and/or a job you like better. Good luck to ya!

 

Plenty of jobs out there, try tanker

 

Hauling new cars, I assume? It's that time of year. We have a few railcars in the pipeline, but most of the plants will be down 3 weeks this year, so the next 4-6 weeks are going to be mostly dead. Although there are several ongoing spot buys I know of personally. (Hello?!? Mr Manufacturer... how's that low-budget carrier contract working out now?)

 

Can you apply for unemployment while searching for new job ?

 

Exactly. And with an 18 wheeler (or more) car hauling background, as long as you have the endorsement(s), You'll have NO problem getting in to "our gig(s)". . . .

Save that money, man... as @Chinatown said~!!!!!!! Can't stress that enough.

 

I never heard of truck drivers being laid off.
Either the company goes belly up or the drivers
Are starved out till they finally quit and find
Another job. Then the company doesn't have
To pay unemployment.

I wish I could get laid off, I'd be at the unemployment
Office an hour before they opened.
And milk every week I could out of it.

 

Unless your company is one of those contacted to haul all those illegal Volkswagens to the ports to be sent back to Germany

 

Layed off collect unemployment
And see how fast he brings you back