How to quit from a company?

Farmers aren't stingy. Farmers are just very economically prudent. Sometimes they're extremely economically prudent.
You ought to hear the way they talk about truck drivers.

 

After living in this dairy producing area for the past nine years, I've just come to see them as being cheap when it comes to paying their employees and anyone hauling their product. But they're sure quick to get their kids some new pickup trucks or other toys to flaunt around town. Or add that new addition to their prairie mansion. And they wonder why it's getting harder to find people to work for them around here.

Been here long enough and it's time to find an easy out. I'm just wanting to go about quitting and getting on with my life without having to get fired and summarily charged with anything for some sort of outburst. Happened to me in the past already. And if I feel "the heat" coming on, I may just transfer all that anger into an all-out ghosting. Better to deal with having to explain/make excuses for why I left one place with no explanation than another rap sheet.

"Yes, the place blew and I needed to get out before I lost my mind. NEXT QUESTION."

 

They ain’t mean mouthing truck drivers are they? It ain’t nothing for me to bite a farmer’s neck and drain the tomato juice right of ‘em. Just saying...

 

No, I gotta admit most of what the farmers are saying is true. You can go ahead and bite them if you want, see if any blood actually runs out or if it's all turned to porridge by now.

 

Porridge? Yuk. No thanks.

 

The large scale, water wasting farmers? Have at it!! Now the smaller scale, community or home vegetable garden and goat raising folks? They're actually making some sort of difference.

 

...and of course everyone follows the letter of the law.....

 

If they don’t and get caught, they’re criminals!

What do I win with my vast knowledge of the law?

 

Ummm. That one the do. The Federal Regs are pretty clear. I'm sure @Moose1958 is up to date on that particular regulation.

 

Well, there are two things a carrier has to be concerned about when it comes to part 391.23. The first one is 391.51 I have heard that some carrier safety critters have actually wet themselves when an FMCSA auditor shows ID and asks to see a specific driver's DQF. I have hid the actual text in a spoiler to save space.

Spoiler

§391.51 General requirements for driver qualification files.
(a) Each motor carrier shall maintain a driver qualification file for each driver it employs. A driver's qualification file may be combined with his/her personnel file.

(b) The qualification file for a driver must include:

(1) The driver's application for employment completed in accordance with §391.21;

(2) A copy of the motor vehicle record received from each State record pursuant to §391.23(a)(1);

(3) The certificate of driver's road test issued to the driver pursuant to §391.31(e), or a copy of the license or certificate which the motor carrier accepted as equivalent to the driver's road test pursuant to §391.33;

(4) The motor vehicle record received from each State driver licensing agency to the annual driver record inquiry required by §391.25(a);

(5) A note relating to the annual review of the driver's driving record as required by §391.25(c)(2);

(6) A list or certificate relating to violations of motor vehicle laws and ordinances required by §391.27;

(7)(i) The medical examiner's certificate as required by §391.43(g) or a legible copy of the certificate.

(ii) Exception. For CDL holders, if the CDLIS motor vehicle record contains medical certification status information, the motor carrier employer must meet this requirement by obtaining the CDLIS motor vehicle record defined at §384.105 of this chapter. That record must be obtained from the current licensing State and placed in the driver qualification file. After January 30, 2015, a non-excepted, interstate CDL holder without medical certification status information on the CDLIS motor vehicle record is designated “not-certified” to operate a CMV in interstate commerce. After January 30, 2015, and through June 21, 2021, a motor carrier may use a copy of the driver's current medical examiner's certificate that was submitted to the State for up to 15 days from the date it was issued as proof of medical certification.

(iii) If that driver obtained the medical certification based on having obtained a medical variance from FMCSA, the motor carrier must also include a copy of the medical variance documentation in the driver qualification file in accordance with §391.51(b)(8);

(8) A Skill Performance Evaluation Certificate obtained from a Field Administrator, Division Administrator, or State Director issued in accordance with §391.49; or the Medical Exemption document, issued by a Federal medical program in accordance with part 381 of this chapter; and

(9)(i) For drivers not required to have a CDL, a note relating to verification of medical examiner listing on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners required by §391.23(m)(1).

(ii) Through June 21, 2021, for drivers required to have a CDL, a note relating to verification of medical examiner listing on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners required by §391.23(m)(2).

(c) Except as provided in paragraph (d) of this section, each driver's qualification file shall be retained for as long as a driver is employed by that motor carrier and for three years thereafter.

(d) The following records may be removed from a driver's qualification file three years after the date of execution:

(1) The motor vehicle record received from each State driver licensing agency to the annual driver record inquiry required by §391.25(a);

(2) The note relating to the annual review of the driver's driving record as required by §391.25(c)(2);

(3) The list or certificate relating to violations of motor vehicle laws and ordinances required by §391.27;

(4) The medical examiner's certificate required by §391.43(g), a legible copy of the certificate, or for CDL drivers any CDLIS MVR obtained as required by §391.51(b)(7)(ii);

(5) Any medical variance issued by FMCSA, including a Skill Performance Evaluation Certificate issued in accordance with §391.49; or the Medical Exemption letter issued by a Federal medical program in accordance with part 381 of this chapter; and

(6) The note relating to verification of medical examiner listing on the National Registry of Certified Medical Examiners required by §391.23(m).

The next thing is in case of a lawsuit this information is going to be asked for through discovery.

Just as there are no DOT cops hiding behind a tree ready to jump a driver as soon as they commit a violation. The FMCSA is not going to come knocking either. Just woe be unto that carrier with bad and/or incomplete DQFs when asked for that information. @brian991219 might have information on the fines the FMCSA can levy! I just know what is in this section!

(1) Recordkeeping. A person or entity that fails to prepare or maintain a record required by part 40 of this title and parts 382, subpart A, B, C, D, E, or F, 385, and 390 through 399 of this subchapter, or prepares or maintains a required record that is incomplete, inaccurate, or false, is subject to a maximum civil penalty of $1,307 for each day the violation continues, up to $13,072.