Saying goodbye to TMC

Well it looks like my time at TMC may have run it's course for the time being. I got a call from my old concrete company yesterday asking me to come back and drive a bulker. I'm going to take it, it's a union job and a good company. Kind of sucks though, I hate to have put this time in at TMC before reaching my goal but ultimately I think this will be a springboard to get to where I want to be. I'll be calling my substitute FM tomorrow (my regular FM is on vacation this week) and putting in my notice.

 

I appreciate it everyone, and Firna I'll definitely be keeping in touch, I like this forum and I get compulsive like that...
CoonAss overall I'd say it's difficult to grade TMC because they are the only OTR company I've driven for. I liked how busy they kept me, I liked people commenting on how nice the truck was and I think the base pay scale is competitive. I disliked the complete lack of respect they had for me as a person, I disliked the constant changing of the rules and operations, I disliked the attitude that wafted from HQ in Des Moines. A lot of these likes AND dislikes I think you are going to find at most if not all large trucking companies. I guess overall I'd say that you could do worse as a new driver, and you could do better as an experienced one. I drove for the company I'm going to for 8 years before coming here, I'm already vested in the pension I have a lot of friends there up and down the company ladder, it's a Teamster job and 3 days a week will net me more than I gross at TMC. I'd like to say it was a no brainer but in all honesty it was a tough decision because it feels like I wasted my time at TMC not riding it out until I had the experience to buy my own truck. I told my team leader that I was giving my notice that I'd be leaving and starting a new job on August 10th, in typical Des Moines fashion I was told and I quote "we're going to burn your DAC for not giving notice if you do this". I said giving notice is what I was doing at the moment and my team leader let me know that anything less than 2 weeks and they will burn me. I did get that worked out, at least they are saying don't worry we'll take care of it I guess we'll see what happens. Once I made it clear that I did not want to burn any bridges things seemed to calm down a little bit but holy crap I was threatened with just about everything this afternoon.

 

Contact USIS and request a copy of your DAC. You could probably google it and find a number to call. I'm not opposed to coming back down the road but I'd want to do it in my own truck. I still need a little more experience though before I think I could get reasonable insurance.