Resignation: What are your rights? Red flag(s)?

If it was Me I would empty out and go to the nearest terminal and return the equipment.

 

I had a good trainer back in the day, and he told me that when I was ready to quit, don't give notice, just drop the equipment off at the main company yard and tell them I found another job. No hard feelings. And he was right. If you give notice, they will run you extra and you will just have to wait.

 

Agree; go to nearest terminal and turn the truck in.
Doesn't the website have a list of terminals?

 

Well, you already screwed up. Never give a trucking company notice. You quit when you go home for home time.

- Time your home time with pay day. As soon as you get your final check, clean out your truck.

- Take pictures inside and out of the truck to prove there were no damages and that it’s not dirty, etc…

- Inform them you quit and be on your merry way

That’s how you quit.

 

I've know drivers that took vacation and did all that while on vacation. Clean out the truck before leaving on vacation. Once your last check is deposited, then quit.

 

I don’t understand why so many people have trouble with this.

I worked for Roehl my first year (the only mega I’ve ever worked for). When I was ready to quit, I simply called up my fleet manager and told her I was leaving and what date I needed to be home (it was basically a two week notice). By end of that week, I was routed to the terminal in Gary, and I rented a car to drive home to Wisconsin. No BS, no lawyers, no threats, no big money owed on either end, etc. Fleet manager even called me up and thanked me for my service, pleasure working with you, good luck, yada yada yada. My understanding was/is that they want the truck back asap to stick another driver into it.

So either I got extremely lucky or the rest of you are doing something wrong, idk. But definitely being a professional and having a good working relationship with your employer is always important! If you don’t then you shouldn’t have been working for them in the first place.

 

When you quit a company, you need some anticipation. When you go home, clean out the truck. Just leave enough to get you by on the road. At some point, you'll be routed to a terminal. That's when you walk away. With the bigger companies, their only concern is moving freight. You'll be on their timeline.

 

We are not liable for towing charges or any other costs if we quit in Canada but I still would only quit once Im at my home terminal. Quitting on the road they apt to just keep jerking you around and not getting you home.

 

There’s no reason to risk it. It worked out for you. Great. Did you not read the OP’s post? He gave notice and what did he get for his trouble? The runaround. Again, why risk it when it’s a 50/50 proposition when you can just do as I and others recommended and have a guaranteed no hassle exit.