Asking for a friend

Really??

Here is reality: you will always be a Type B driver, or maybe a Type C driver so you will never be the best or find yourself in the best companies to work at to make the big bucks.

You had to have read many times here, we have too many drivers, and the market is not softening up for job hoppers as it was 10 years ago.

So either stick to ONE company, and if you have to kiss ****** for at least 4 years, or go apply at the Golden Arches because you are considered a toxic driver at this point.

 

If you're the man hiring, with two drivers available with similiar abilities, but one has had 5 jobs over three years, while the other had 1, who would you pick?

Right now, there's more than two hands for every position too.

 

Job hopping is commom in the trucking industry. I rarely hear or read of bad outcomes or drivers being blacklisted because they job hopped too many times. Some companies have hiring restrictions about it, but from what I’ve read about those companies, they’re usually not worth driving for anyway.

It doesn’t make you a “type B” driver, whatever the #### that is. I’ve job-hopped and managed to find work every time. I think the difference is why you leave. If it’s reasonable, I don’t think it’s a problem. I’ve quit because companies treat me like #### - they put me in bad equipment, don’t get me the miles or loads they promised, or they short my pay, etc. What moron would stay there? Who would blame you for leaving?

I think most companies/hiring managers know how bad the industry is for lying to get anyone in a truck. Trying to find a decent company nowadays is like trying to find a drop of freshwater in a desert. So many shady and deceptive companies. A lot of people will sing praises for their company, but you sign up and get treated like crap. That’s how my experience at Crete went. I tried to make them work. I really wanted to stay there long term. But my experience there was garbage from the start, it never got better as much as I tried to make things work out, so I left after three months. Nobody cared.

Now don’t be quitting jobs because freight slow or they send you to places you don’t like or you’re bored of the work or you’re not jivving with your dispatcher or because you think the grass is greener elsewhere (believe me, it rarely is) — that short of crap does make you a bad hire. Try to make the best of the job, stay at least six months, at least enough to see if it gets better there. If it doesn’t, then that’s when I bail.

As for hiring. It’s just tough right now; companies aren’t rushing to hire. Tariffs , political and economic concerns, etc. Keep applying, cast a wide net, and it’ll happen. Do your due diligence on finding a good place to work, a place you’ll want to work long-term.

hope this helps

 

I job hopped like crazy early on in my career, times were different in the early 2000’s though, I’d quit over the dumbest stuff, had jobs for 2 days at a time, I was as reliable as a loose tooth and it never seemed to matter, trucking was great back then for folks like me, you had a pulse and could keep it between the lines, you’re hired. It’s obviously changed as of late, I’ve been with my current employer 13 years this coming October, not the greatest job in the world but it works, easy breezy type schedule. With that said, quit looking for the next best thing on your next adventure, find what works and make it work for you, before you know it you’ll have some time in and those dream jobs will be more achievable, consistency is key, not only for future employment, but yourself as well, it means something when you can fill out an app and only have to list one employer, there’s a pride in that.

 

Sometimes you have to take 2 steps backwards to go 1 step forwards. 1 year goes by quickly. Think forward, big Orange might just be your best bet. They have plenty of different options. Once you show your stable, they will probably work with you. You’ll have to earn it. Meanwhile they’ll give you freight they can take or leave, till they see you can be relied upon.

 

I think what @Ridgeline is saying is that the industry considers you toxic, potentially, he’s not saying you are personally. Like I stated in my response, this isn’t the hey day of the early 2000’s when I started, things have changed unfortunately, I could essentially say F you to an employer if that’s the way I felt and being driving for another the following morning, not the case anymore unfortunately.

 

If you want a good job it's bad. If you just want a job you can get by as long as your records clean. However in current economy its not good as there isnt a drivers shortage.

 

I’d go back to Schneider, or somewhere else quick. Being out of work for too long looks worse than job hopping to employers