Easiest way to quit a mega carrier?

Personally, I think staying in control is good advice. Many years ago when I left PAM that's what I did. Had heard from others when you gave notice they would route you to a terminal where they wanted the truck and cut you loose. I put it at the Indy yard and quit while on vacation. Even then, they called and wanted me to take the truck to Ohio. Nope.

 

I always cleaned out the truck a week or two prior at home, and once I got to the terminal, I quit.

 

Schedule home time, clean out your truck, then keep making up excuses for why you can't go back on the road until you get your last paycheck, or at least until a day or two before you're supposed to. I've heard of companies that will find any reason not to pay your last check.

As for notifying them that you're leaving, this would ideally not be done until the truck is already on their property, but I think you said your home is 400 miles from the nearest terminal. If you quit while at home, they're probably gonna want you to pull one or more loads to avoid fuel costs for deadheading that far. It's up to you if you wanna do it. But if you refuse, they could try to stick you with a bill for the fuel. (See my above point about waiting for your last check before quitting.)

I suppose you could tell them something's wrong with the truck and maybe they'll route you to a terminal where you could quit, but that would run the risk of getting you sent to a dealership instead.

 

Just to clarify, I reread your previous posts and you said the home terminal is 400 miles away. Are there any regular terminals closer to where you live?

 

Gotcha. Then you have the right idea

 

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