Quitting one company for another.

Oh, that ain't all. I am currently sitting at the Ruther Glen VA Flying J like I was last weekend. When I got here today, I saw no less than 20 Western Express trucks with trailers, about fifteen more have come in since then. Last weekend, I was talking to another Western Express driver here and he had counted at least thirty trucks and trailers, with ten more bobtails. What does that tell ya?

 

Four months ain't #### dude, you gotta put time in. When I started driving I was begging for three days a week when I was a year in and it all worked out great in the end. It sounds like you have your mind made up but look at it from the point of your new employer, this dude just jumped ship after four months (at what I am guessing is your first trucking job because you mentioned going solo?) so they aren't likely to give you the gravy right away. I'm not trying to be negative here, I just don't want you to be disappointed if it's not that much better at the new place. OTR companies are always hiring because of this jump ship, don't work, jump ship, didn't work, jump ship, didn't work. From what I read on here 99% of otr companies are pretty much the same and freight is really slow right now so you might be chasing a load where ever you go. Just think this thru, you got talked into this company by a guy that is most likely getting scammed into "being his own boss" by this new company. That's not to say that it's not a great place to work because if @Chinatown has heard good things then it's gospel but I can pretty much guarantee that you are going to be the whipping boy here just like you are at WE until freight picks up and you can prove yourself. A few bad loads in a row happen to everyone, @D.Tibbitt pointed that out to me when he said he's had a bad day that lasted a few weeks. I really hope things work out for you but just like everything else in life you will get out of it what you put in. Good luck buddy, I hope you make the right decision.

 

I agree with that. I always believe If you work for a crappy company, then why don't you go find another one. Or is there more to it than what you are saying. And I am not speaking about you specifically. I mean in general.

 

I understand and appreciate what you said. My only problem is that I have talked to other Western Express drivers and I get told the same thing by 95% of them. One had even been with them for around five years and they gave him the pink slip. He showed me his qualcomm on where he messaged them every thirty minutes for a new load assignment when he had been waiting for about two days.

 

Tell them you are done. Ask them where do they want their truck dropped off. When they give you the location, that’s when you set up orientation at the next gig.

And when you end this chapter in your life, end it. Don’t be one of those pricking ex drivers roaming around looking to pick on trainee and rookies from previous companies.

Luck in battle.

 

Good luck at your new company!

 

These were mostly guys I worked with at the company I started with that quit Henderson. At the time I was there I was making $.35 a mile as a solo, drove junk equipment, and had to run dirty to make $ there so I found someone and ran team. But we had several ex-Henderson drivers that left there to start out at $.33 cpm and driving old junk, that should tell you something lol

 

Just to let all of you know, I had spoken to a driver trainer about fifteen minutes prior to me putting this post up. He is looking for another company. About noon time, At the truck rest area in VA, about sixty miles away from where I am now, I talked to another driver who had been waiting for a load about a day and a half who said he is fed up with it.

 

Did they say what they were making before they quit Henderson

 

Anything is better than WE, just get your ### back to a terminal and call it quits. Move on with your life and good luck