If everyone lies, then why can job hopping ruin a CDL?

If they have a problem with “job hopping”. Then they know they have a problem. They know you’ll leave.

 

Is being laid off looked at the same way as quitting?

 

Nope

 

Same thing happened to me when I realized I was wasting my time with mega carriers. By the time I started applying to “better companies” I was told that it would be a waste of money to hire me and then I quit soon after.

 

I don't think job hopping is as big of an issue as some might believe, provided you're actually hopping from one job to the next with no break inbetween that would be noticeable on a resume. Continuous employment in the same field matters more than the total number of companies.

I'm not saying that changing employers frequently is a good thing, but a lot of companies will overlook it if they see that you're always working somewhere. The problem is when they look at your job history and they don't know what you were doing for money during all that time. That raises a bunch of other questions:

Were you sitting aound doing nothing?

Did you omit things because you got fired?

Were you locked up in jail or a mental ward?

 

As someone once said, the best jobs often go to the worst men and the best men have the worst jobs or are locked up in mental institutions.

 

I was some level of management from 1977 to 2022.

Two successful company owners had two important personal guiding rules.

One always said 'The Profit is in the buying'.

The other always said 'In this business you hire your problems'.

Both gentlemen started driiving after returning from WWII when inter-driver issues were settled with bare knuckles every morning and built their way up to respectable local trucking companies.

Both ruled with an iron fist but were always fair and treated all their employees well and I can say ther were two of the best companies I ever worked for.

Both would leave a seat empty until they found the 'right' driver rather than take a chance on someone that didn't 'feel' right.

At any given time the general driver force has individuals looking for greener grass but when trucking is in a static or downturn the individual needs to have a sterling history to get hired at good places.

 

Our previous owner had a good saying..."A company gets the kind of drivers it deserves."

 

Thats where the saying, “You’re only as important as the last load you just hauled.”

After that they’ve no use for you until the next load.