Some urgent advice needed please....

If you will pass the drug test, go get it done. You do NOT want a refusal of a drug test ANYWHERE in your record.

If you have been with JB longer than three months, you SHOULD give two weeks' notice to quit. It sucks and they'd probably not give you the same courtesy but if you want an immaculate record, you should give two weeks' notice.

Now, you could go to Roehl and tell them what's up and if they would be okay if you did NOT give JB any notice but I know Mike was told by his present employer that, if he had not stated, "I cannot start for two weeks because I have to give my present employer proper notice", they would have rescinded his employment offer.

They want to know you will accord them the same courtesy if you should ever quit working for them.

If there's any way you can give that two weeks' notice, you should. Better to CYA than get a bad DAC report of ANY kind - true or not.

 

My advice, pee in a cup for them than tell them to stick where the sun dont shine. Sounds to me they are trying to put fear in you to make you stay. Not going to drug test they could write up as refusal if they wanted. So make sure you do that. The quiting side, I quit TMC without a notice. I call them and told them I was droppin truck and load off at a terminal and I was done. I have yet to hear of it being on my dac, so honestly, make it easy on yourself. Quit without notice. Heck, they gonna give you a notice if they are goin to fire you???

 

GO TO THE DRUG SCREEN!!!!!!!! You never want a refrusal or anything, at least then you have the paperwork!!!!!

As far as everything else, there really is not much they can do to you if you return the truck to the proper yard, give the keys to a responsible person, and clean it out. Two weeks notice is not mandetory. If it was there would be only half as many drivers as there is now. It is your right to quite unless tou signed contract.

I would inform Roehl maybe though, just to give them a heads up whats going on. I am not sure about that. I only have 7 years as a driver and I am on my 4th company. JB is notorious for messing with drivers. I have no proof of that except to say that it what is posted all over this site. I would want you to talk to an experienced driver on that.

I would do as much as possible to portect my DAC. CRE tried to mess with mine and I caught them doing it and fought and won. Be very careful.

I know that may not help much but keep everyone informed!!!

 

True, and they maybe messing with you a little. I hope you like your new job. I had a rough start in my career as well. I think I am better for it anyways.

 

When I and 20 other drivers quit JB, I did not give them anything but a couple days notice. They totally shafted me, I had no reason to give anything back to them - I certainly didn't want to train a new driver - which for that particular job took weeks before most people could go out on there own and do it properly, safely and actually be able to get it DONE. All of HOPED that particular contract would fail, and eventually it did - mostly because all of us quit and left them stranded.
If I had quit alone and everyone else had stayed -well, it wouldn't have amounted to much, but when almost every driver that serviced that particular contract quit - all I can say is there is power in numbers and I was laughing quite heartily about it, especially when I found out the huge loss they took.
BUT, if they would have asked me to pee in a cup, I would have done it just for the fact that I wouldn't have wanted it held against me in the future. At the point I told them I was quitting, they wanted rid of me anyway because I was one of the "big mouths" going around encouraging everyone to find a new job - EVERYONE had lost HUNDREDS of dollars per WEEK in pay, simply because some middle-management yodel came in and said we were making too much money.
My only regret in all of that was EVER signing on with JB Hunt. I should have listened to that inner voice telling me that that recruiter was full of s*** and was lying through his teeth. One thing I will say, I WAS making good money - AT FIRST. Like, $1,300 per week. At the same time, all of use were busting our butts- this particular job was quite physical and took a lot out of me and everyone else that was working it.
In the end, and after they lowered the wages and all of us quit - they definitely got what they were paying for.

 

To do a random you must be available for dispatch. They can not send you while you are at home or just not available for dispatch.

You are free to drink on your time off .