Hired 4 times and quit 4 times...they won't talk to me now!

I would fill out an online app, but they need a US phone number for callback. I do not have this capability from overseas. Before I fly back, I do intend to call them up or some other company. I always thought that recruiters were sharks to get a body to the terminal.

 

Here are the circumstances under which I quit.
1st time: After six months, went to terminal for tractor B service, just turned in the keys with no notice at all. I emailed by DM from overseas 3 weeks later and gave him a reason. He said understood and said I was rehireable.

2nd time: Had home time for a few days while tractor was at terminal. Went back to the truck, sent a QC message that said I was quitting. Received a reply to keep my ComData card and nothing else. Turned in the keys to the apathetic person behind the glass.

3rd time: I actually gave them a months notice. As I had taken advantage of an airline ticket sale that was too good to pass up. Parked the tractor and turned it in at a terminal on a weekend.

4th time: No notice and underload. Parked the whole works at a terminal. Send a QC message, cleaned out my stuff, walked to the dispatch window and handed them the keys and paperwork for the trip, as well as a completed leave of abscence request.

They clearly set a pattern of condoning my methods from the past. They are always needing drivers because people just hate the job. So if they want to become uber selective in who they hire, they can keep on hiring the foreigners and their way of doing things with their lack of knowledge on how things work in the USA. A driver is a commodity of sorts and someone will hire me.

 

PHX is the most logical jump off point in the USA for me, given my travel route.

 

Leasing is a waste of money. Most people just end up buying the company a truck. Oh sure there are guys who talk up the money they are making, but I've talked to enough drivers on the flatbed side to know the negatives of it. These guys were getting the same 700 mile short trips I was. Who wants to chain down 3 or 4 motor home chassis' in the hot South Carolina sun and humidity for a few hours and then drive it to Indiana, wait in line to get unloaded and then put everything away. The next trip for me was always a days wait, probably because of the slow economy.

Leasing is only for people who think they really are an owner, but in reality you are buying the company a truck.

 

Here's an interesting tidbit. Of all the times they hired me and rehired, I only had to attend orientation one time. All the other times, I did not have to do it. I guess they didn't want me to get a free pizza and soda on the first day or a $5 token for the Jake Brake the second day.

With my ability to talk and explain things, I will find another job. Not worried about Swift, as they are too big to ever be effectively managed. Sure they show a profit every quarter, but the people side of the company is missing a lot of something. People who work there are just going through the motions most of the time and marking their time. When a better opportunity shows up, people just leave them.