How to quit from a company?

Sometimes it's just easier to tell the truth instead of the Jedi mind games. Tell them you are going to leave and give them notice. If they decide to be dirtbags at least you did your part. It's all you can do unless you want to be the first dirtbag. Just like all other transactions in life it's usually better to be the one walking away with his head held high.

 

I'm more worried about you going back to an old company.

One thing I live by, if I quit a company I will never EVER go back. EVERRRRR. Because if things got THAT bad that I had to leave, they will never be good enough that I would ever want to return.

 

^^^^^This^^^^^

 

Situations change. I quit one place, because another driver, and a supervisor, were unbearable. I could handle one, or the other, not both at once.

Went back about 5 years later, when both had quit. Still had friends working there, who got me back in.

 

The old job paid more and had better home time?! Uhh

 

Depends on the size of the company and how much your leaving will put them in a bind. If it's a small company and they're short of drivers, talk to your boss and explain the situation. My guess is that they won't care if you give 2 weeks or not.

I quit 3 companies in my first 3 years of driving before becoming an O/O. The only one I left with no notice treated me the worse, and I previously gave them 10 days notice, and they talked me out of it guaranteeing that things would get better. It got worse, and I just called in one morning and quit. Left them hanging on a weeks worth of loads, and I was happy that I pissed them off. They were bad people.

 

Best advice, right here. I did that,, once, quit my 1st trucking job, had several others, then ran into the guy somewhere, asked me to come back.Reluctantly, I did, and didn't take long to realize why I quit in the 1st place. Regardless how much you don't like a company, I'd give some notice, a week was usually good enough for me, and never "burned a bridge', not because I'd go back, but quitting a job today , apparently, is worse than all. If you want to keep trucking today, best to do it by the book.

 

I would still call and give your notice. Whether or not the company wants to run you for those 2 weeks is up to them, but more than likely they will just route you back to the yard asap so they can quick service your truck and toss the next body into it.

I have heard all the horror stories about guys giving 2 week notice and then the company refuses to route them back to the yard. I’m sure that has happened, but if you work for that shady of a company than that’s partially your fault lol.