Switching companies help

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Cowboy13, Mar 16, 2013.

  1. Cowboy13

    Cowboy13 Light Load Member

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    Im glad it worked out for ya but my question is the whole point. Of my dac I'm 6mo accident free 25K safe miles I need this new gig but if they try to screw me I can't try can't do anything to you just for quitting on the spot right?
     
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  3. TripleSix

    TripleSix God of Roads

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    Are you already in with the new gig? If so, turn in your notice. Offer a two week notice. Question for you...why is it that you only ran 25 k in half a year. Only the 13 axles or bigger run such few miles. That's like barely over a thousand miles a week!
     
  4. Cowboy13

    Cowboy13 Light Load Member

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    Yeh I am but my comp is known for sending us far away from home when u give a notice and that's exactly why I'm leavin lol I run like 1400 a week
     
  5. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Personally cowboy,the company you're at don't deserve a 2 weeks notice.You may be chancing it if you do.Not many if any give your company any kind of a notice and they're still rehireable.Just make sure trk gets back to the terminal in good shape.
     
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  6. Cowboy13

    Cowboy13 Light Load Member

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    Thanks patty and you know what I'm talking about exactly they dnt they've done nothin but screw me so why shld I help them I always do the dispatches job and mine
     
  7. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    I think they'll pay for your busticket back home.They did mine anyway.
     
  8. cc tanker

    cc tanker Medium Load Member

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    I havent been job hunting for many years been at current job 14 years..back when I started late80's about all employers that hired green horns treated em all the same..my advise is stick it out until you get a couple years exp. then you will have better luck getting something better...the grass is not always greener on the other side...this is just my opinion..I switched quite a few times when I was starting and very seldom bettered myself..maybe got a longer hood or a penny a mile but took 11 years to land a great job..job jumping usually hurts you in the long run..we just turned down a guy with 8 years exp cause he had 4 jobs in the last 2 years
     
  9. Vito

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    Unbelievable. I'm reading through this thread and the bottom line is the guy is asking how to gracefully quit his company without getting screwed by the company. Seems like the Feds are all about passing laws yet they apparently don't give a rats behind about how unprofessional Professional Drivers are treated. :biggrin_25510:
     
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  10. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Nope now now not ever will the feds care about how the drivers are being treated.Anyone with half a brain has to know something is deffinately wrong when they look at turnover rates.
     
  11. ThatFlatbedGuy2013

    ThatFlatbedGuy2013 Medium Load Member

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    Be careful about what u decide to do. If your company helps I get home, great. Most will end up stranding you more than likely. I ran into an old friend that drove with my old company. He said he got stranded just because he refused to lease but he never quit nor was he termed. They just wouldn't give him a company truck. He wanted to go home but they wouldnt provide a bus ticket. so he notified the company he was calling his lawyer since he still was employed by them and apparently they also cut off his comdata card. The company didn't want that to happen so they gave him a bus ticket home. That's what I call strong arming!

    Also, if you do go home first and quit, leaving the truck at your house or a truck stop will likely be called truck abandonment which will look bad on your DAC. Be sure that would be alright with them first. If you do go home and quit, be sure to leave the truck in a nearby yard if they got one. That way if they call it abandonment you could fight it off your record.

    Sent from my htc DNA
     
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