Is it bad to keep switching job as opportunities arrive?

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by richrr223, Mar 18, 2022.

  1. richrr223

    richrr223 Bobtail Member

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    Will it reflect badly ? I need to take this job right now that pays $20 a hour which extremely low but I need to keep float as I keep searching for something that pays atleast 30 a hour.

    anyway to hide the constant job switching ?
     
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  3. Hawkeye72

    Hawkeye72 Light Load Member

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    If you need the job, you need the job. How many jobs have you had? In how much time?
     
  4. richrr223

    richrr223 Bobtail Member

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    was at a large company for 4-5 years , made decent money there like 1600 a week but was extremely physical and hard on back
    Quit tanker job 2 weeks ago because checks was $700 after they promised atleast 1500 a week
    Now Starting this job
     
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    richrr223 Bobtail Member

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    I have all enforcements and a twic, no. Accidents , no tickets so I feel like they should up there pay but this one stuck at 20-21 until 3 years and the. Raise it to $31 a hour
     
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  6. Hawkeye72

    Hawkeye72 Light Load Member

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    Honestly that doesn't sound bad. The way your first post sounded. I was thinking 6 months experience and several jobs.
     
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  7. richrr223

    richrr223 Bobtail Member

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    No a little over 7 years experience. Trucking really getting to me , no real way to top over 85k easily unless you work a half of lifetime. And employers lying about pay
     
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  8. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Yes, it is bad. Do it as few times as possible and don't believe ads for trucking companies. Stay put until you have enough information about a company you know exactly what job you will be doing, how much you will be making, and the conditions you will be working with.

    You can make a career job hopping, but you will be confined to the companies that hire job-hoppers. Hopping from job to job never makes you a better candidate at the companies where many of their drivers stay until they retire. Every job is harder when you first start than after you have seniority and familiarity. By switching you increase the time in your career dealing with chaos and changes.
     
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  9. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    You quit a job because one paycheck was too small? Trucking companies rarely promise anything. Is it possible they said something like "you CAN make $1500" or "most drivers are making $1500"? If the company has a weekly guarantee they also have conditions that must be met to get the guarantee. Sometimes they may require you are available for work X days, or you accept every assignment, or you use as least X number of On-Duty hours, or X number of miles.
     
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  10. tscottme

    tscottme Road Train Member

    Stay where you are until you can talk to drivers at another company, doing the kind of work you want to do, and find out the pay, conditions, and benefits for doing that job. You are better off staying at a place a little longer until you find the right company for you than you are switching every time you don't get what you are expected.
     
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    richrr223 Bobtail Member

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    2 checks
    1 was 709
    2nd week is 800

    6 day weeks

    that’s work at Costco money . That 2 days of selling on the street money and have the rest of the day yourself . But when hired the manager said anywhere from 1100 to 200 a week
     
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