The best way to quit a company?

Every company is different. Every situation is different. I try to not burn bridges on my way out, but I want to protect myself as well.

If you work for a large company, a two week notice may not help them at all. In that case I would just drop the truck off when I'm on hometime and let them know I'm done, politely. Working for a smaller carrier that might create hardships for them, so I'd try to give them notice. Working for a small company where you are on a dedicated route with no one else available to cover you, you definitely want to give them notice.

My last job I got laid off for the season, boss says he'll bring me back. I can't afford to be taking time off seasonally like that, so I told him that I'm going to be looking for a new job. He says he really wants to bring me back, but he understands. So I was in the position of looking for a job, but would have had one back in a few months if I didn't find one. I did find one, so I took everything I had that was company owned in a gave it to him. We talked, we are on good terms still, he still says come back if things don't work out at the new company, so I don't anticipate him ever causing me trouble in the future. At the same time, he now has plenty of time to find a replacement for me, so he's not trying to find someone right now and doesn't have to hire the first idiot through the door with a resume in his hands.

A couple jobs back, I was the assistant manager of a small towing company, and when the owner sold the place to someone else I was looking for new work. After I found a new job, I spent two weeks coming in to help them get the hang of stuff that they had refused to learn how to do while I was still there (I made it clear that I was on my way out, didn't get along well with the new owners). Two weeks of coming in for a couple hours per day to help them catch up on stuff and show them how to do everything, and at the end, they stiffed me on my final paycheck and from the way my old boss was talking about what they were saying about me, I'm definitely not getting good recommendations from them. Oh well.

 

I worked at 4 different companies before where im at now.... Was advised by lots of drivers/some staff to just quit on hometime. Tell them you can't do this anymore for whatever reason. I heard rumours some companies will trash your DAC if you give them a notice. 3 companies put on DAC "Upon Review" for rehire. I quit save a lot Hogan on Thanksgiving day and they put "Yes" for the rehire part. Best of luck.

 

My DAC is Completly Clean btw

 

Tell them to take their ####ed up truck, their ####ed up freight, their ####ed up trailers, their ####ED UP dispatcher, and their ####ed up operations manager and shove them all the way the owners wife's ###.

 

90% of companies put "Hire Upon Review". It's not considered a bad thing. The megas will only put that, period, unless you were let go for Drugs or accidents. "Yes" under rehire is a VERY good sign though.

Also - as someone who reads 20-50 DAC reports per day... giving notice does not get your DAC trashed. Most people that have bad DACs (SHOCKINGLY) have bad DACs across the board. When its just one company saying you are a 'piece of sheet who quit under dispatch, abondoned a load, and left the truck at a ###### house', you can take it with a grain of salt. When EVERY company says you're a POS, it creates a pattern that leads to credibility. Its takes time to do those, and you have to have documentation for Hireright to prove negative claims.

And its not the Martins, Swifts, CR Englands, etc... who are trashing DACS - they really don't care. They always check "rehire upon review". They list what kind of trailers you hauled, and list any accidents you had. Period. Nothing else.
Its the small and medium sized companies that have time to be vindictive if you left them hanging.

 

I know this is a stolen truck, not a guy quitting, but still, this is not the way to quit...

 

Add DEF to the diesel tank.

Break raw eggs in the defrost vents.

Hide a dead opossum in the engine compartment.

Wire a headlight up to the city horn (so horn goes off when lights come on).

Rearrange all the fuses.

Wire the windshield washer to squirt when wipers are on.

Replace all interior lights with lowest watt bulbs you can find.

Etc... etc... etc...

If you do this, your DAC probably won't be clean, but at least it should be an interesting read.

 

The best way to quit is simple. Try to give them as much notice as you can. If they let you finish out the notice do the best job you can and when the time comes to park the truck get your stuff out of it and clean it up. Get it inspected and try to get a copy of the paperwork. Then leave the company property and give it 3 to 6 months and order a copy of your DAC and make sure nothings on it. Or see if your new company will show you what the company reported.

 

Doesn't get anymore profesional then that,lol

 

One thing I would suggest, if you suspect trouble but want to give notice, clean your truck out in advance. Get rid of everything in the truck that you can live without when you are at home before you give the notice. If you have large stuff like a fridge, it may be difficult, but if possible you may want to pare everything down to what can fit in a box, in case you give notice and the tell you to drop the truck off at a terminal far from home, you can put your stuff in the box and go.Maybe even live out of that box for a while in case things go really bad and they try to not give you time to get your stuff you just get your box and get out.