I think this is a bad sign, what do you think?

Ok, so I just hired on with a company after a LONG period of unemployment. The company is called ATR out of Michigan The job is supposed to be daily runs from Fort Wayne into Chicago in a daycab, and I just completed the drug screen the day before yesterday. They hire drivers, then farm them out to companies who will then rent trucks or whatever for you to drive. They called me back this morning supposedly to tell me where to go to orientation, but instead asked me to go on a 3 day run to Paducah and Southern Indiana.

Keep in mind, I haven't even been to orientation for this company yet. I haven't filled out any paper work. No W-4, no insurance, nothing but the application. I took the job BECAUSE I don't want to do over the road driving. If I do this now, I could be setting a precedent. On the other hand, I also want to help out if they're in a pinch. But what kind of company wants to send a guy out before his orientation?

They're waiting on my answer now, so if someone could advise me quick, it would be a great help...

What do you guys think?

 

Seriously? Keep in mind here I don't want to do OTR. Shouldn't I stand up for myself? If I do this right off the bat then they could try to do this to me all the time and it's not what I hired on for. No one even mentioned doing regional or OTR. They said it was strictly daycabs.

 

It's not just that. What does this say about a company that would do this? Even the worst trucking company I have been with didn't do this and that was a ragbag unit. Is this kind of thing actually common in the industry?

I mean, it was that easy. "You're drug test came back ok, can you go out for a few days?"