To put in my two weeks or not to put in my two weeks, that is the question

I've given notice to all but 2 places I've been at. Both of which were small places that showed me real quick that i had made a huge mistake inn going over to them.

I say give your notice, and put the ball in their court. Travel light as others have said. Many times, my companies got my travel arrangements back home. Mostly by bus

 

I tried giving a 2 weeks notice to a company they routed me to the terminal and said we decided your services aren't needed any longer I'm going to let you go now.If you like the company and they actually care about the drivers then the right thing to do is give a notice but if they could care less then you would be smart giving your notice while on home time that way you can clean your truck out.Also a day or two notice is plenty of notice.

 

Not directly relevant but still funny: Working at a place called Circuit City awhile back, their home computer department was called Small Office/Home Office, with the common acronym we used being SOHO. The story goes that once upon a time a SOHO guy quit his job by leaving for his lunch break and never coming back. He never said anything to anyone, just vanished while out to lunch. Then the next computer guy to quit liked that method enough that he did it the exact same way.

The technique quickly became known as "taking a SOHO lunch." And now they had a streak of 2 in a row, so of course other SOHO guys felt obligated to keep the streak alive on their way out the door. Any time someone was thought to be a few minutes late coming back from lunch, people would start to wonder, "did he take a SOHO lunch?" Looking for someone and can't immediately find them? Maybe they took a SOHO lunch. It was used as a threat too - when you're in an argument with a boss or just generally aggravated, maybe it's time for a SOHO lunch. But the funny thing is once you threatened to do it, you couldn't do it, because if you say you're gonna do it and then do it, you ruin it. It has to be out of the blue.

It was so legendary that guys were doing it who didn't even start working there until after the original one happened. More time passes, and there's only a couple guys left who remember the original one. But still, the tradition lives on. Year after year, every SOHO guy, when it's his time to move on, quits by going to lunch and never coming back.

The dreaded and mysterious SOHO lunch. I'll never forget it. Not sure if it could work in trucking. Not without an epidemic of abandoned semis littering parking lots across the nation anyway.

 

I have officially added another item to my bucket list. I am going to do this at some point in my life.

 

Cover your bets, go on hometime long enough to collect your last check from them then offer two weeks notice while you're hauling your 5th load at your new company.

 

Not trying to be a smart-arse, but....assuming you filled out an application at another company, most places have a question "may we contact your current employer" when listing employment history. If you checked or said yes to that question, then they most likely already know you are past the "threatening" stage and are actually making plans to leave. So, when you tell them that you will be moving on, chances are they won't be surprised.

 

I totally forgot about that. If you check NO you may not contact my previous employer, the new employer will shic tan your application.

If you say YES your current employer will know you are shopping around for a new job, no need for a 2 week notice.

 

Only smart way to do a SOHO Lunch in trucking is to do it at a terminal; otherwise the dreaded DAC Report with "Load/Equipment abandonment."

 

Keep your mouth shut.
Deliver your load, take the truck back to
The terminal where your car is waiting.

Clean out the truck completely. Then take the keys
And permit books inside and give them your 2 weeks
Notice. They'll never send you back out anyway.
Works every time.

They get there 2 weeks notice and you didn't get
Stranded a 1000 miles away.

 

Quit while on vacation; use all your accrued vacation time which should give you time to get that last paycheck direct deposited.
I was standing at the dispatch window one time waiting on my paperwork when a driver with 20 years seniority walked up to the window and handed the dispatcher his truck keys. He calmly said, "Here are my truck keys; I quit", then walked out. He never did explain it to anyone and refused to answer his phone when the company called. Real nice guy and very clean cut person, but got fed up with the BS and left on his own terms.