thinking about quiting company that sponsored school!

Quick question for ya devil. I joined the Marines when I was 17(mom signed paper) dep because I was still in highschool. Told as soon as I grad I would ship. It took a lil longer... Did I have a chance to break my contract? First thing you hear in boot USMC... U Signed Motherf$&@!?' Contract... And up till what e4 you make as much as a starting driver? 5weeks would piss me off for sure. Check out your local craigslist labor section and make some money while you wait. My grandpa and uncle were 40+ year otr. Seems like all of trucking is being lied to. So this is sort of an orentation to your life as a trucker. Soon I will start mine! Good luck and stay safe.

In case someone is curious 0311 1-5 San Mateo /train 0331. Was an ad rekd e3 after 4years lol.

 

Lots of bad information in this thread.

I feel like the OP isn't disclosing something and perhaps just missed the "F Off" voicemail from a company that fired him.

Do NOT leave your company if you will potentially breach any contract signed for schooling. If you honest to god have met all expectations during schooling and have been waiting 5 weeks for an assigned trainer (unheard of), review all documents sent by your recruiter and the company's websites and see if anything states you will be waiting 5 weeks for a trainer.

At this point, I would call the company and ask for the supervisor's supervisor and then their supervisor's supervisor, make my stance known and let them know that I will be contacting an attorney to represent myself in a litigation of misrepresentation of employment and seeking for damages. This holds clout unless one of three things happens: a) you were told beforehand that assignment to a trainer would be a multiple week ordeal, b) you were never given an approximation of when you would receive your trainer, c) you are unknowingly fired.

 

What you don't understand Rex is the company already covered themselves with the contract in the fine print. You know about the 20th page where most students are tired of reading the legal jargon they don't understand. They might be immoral, but they are not stupid.

I would think something is up, but this is not the first post on the 5 week wait. I think jarhead is right and they simply have more students than trainers. Hence, you go into the pool. Your post sounds good for normal people though.

 

Oh really? So what company did the OP drive for? Did you drive for that company? Did you read the OP's fine print on his driver agreement. If you did, please post it.

The fear mongering on this website is out of control.

Please, I really, really need to see the part that says an employee who has acquired their CDL and has signed an employment contract can wait more than 30 days to begin work, while their tuition is due. Please show this to me.

 

You have alot to learn about the trucking industry. I have a feeling you are going to get upset alot. For starters, truckers are exempt from many DOL laws. Trucking companies practice CYA.

 

Fear monger some more. That should do the trick. Avoid all of my questions while you're at it.

 

5 week wait is NOT unheard of,

and is becoming more common everyday........

 

That Detroit attitude is going to earn you a lot of stress. Unfortunately, it IS very common for newbie recent grads to sit and wait for a trainer - if you think not, please post here after you've spent your waiting time. A week or two is fairly normal, but 5 weeks is insane.

I'm just glad I never had to deal with that, my head would have exploded.

 

Absolutely you could have broken the contract if you wanted to...as long as you did so in writing and stated your reasons why you wanted out.

For example, I almost joined the Army. I had been driving trucks for about a year and a half and was at the point where I was looking for some kind of change...wasn't sure if I wanted to make a career out of it or not. I had been talking to a recruiter I had met up at the gun range....he was drooling over the M1 Garand I was shooting, and yeah, I let him send a few rounds downrange.

Fast forward a couple months...I broke my collarbone getting off my motorcycle the wrong way and the company had me on involuntary medical leave. I wasn't taking the pain medication and WANTED to work.....hell, I put a new starter and an exhaust on my pickup truck the day after I broke the collarbone....but they said no. So, I'm sitting around the house bored out of my mind and about 3 weeks into it, I finally let the recruiter talk me into taking the ASVAB. Scored in the 99th percentile and they really started pressuring me to sign. About a week later, I went to the MEPS in St. Louis to see what they had to offer....but it wasn't enough. I wasn't going to settle...I wanted the job I desired, but needed my student loans paid off. They wouldn't do it, so I left without signing. During the 2-hour drive back home, my recruiter fielded calls from at least 10 higher-ups wanting to know WHY this Eagle Scout with a BS degree who scored in the 99th percentile on the ASVAB and was going to enlist....didn't.

Funny thing was, despite my ability to pass the Army physical in A1 shape (I could have shipped out & started basic training immediately), the company I was working for STILL wouldn't let me back in the truck until my regular doctor lifted the "no heavy lifting with the left arm" restriction.

Anyway, I was then told that I needed to sign up for something, because once I'm in the system they are better able to make changes to get what I felt I needed....so I did. Then that recruiter and the station commander were transferred to other locations, and the new guys who showed up basically told me that I signed and they weren't going to do a #### thing about the deal.

So I opted out. Wasn't very difficult at all to do...just a written letter to the recruiting commander stating that you want out, and your reason(s) why. It's an "entry level separation"....not honorable, not dishonorable, not really anything. The only way it will ever affect me is if I for some reason down the road wish to enlist in the same branch of the military, I'll need a waiver...which isn't all that difficult to get. Different branch? No waiver necessary.

Now once you ship out to Basic and swear the oath and start getting paid for your service, it becomes more difficult to separate. DEP is nothing....time spent in that program does not count as military service.

 

"DEP is nothing....time spent in that program does not count as military service"

Counts on time in service and date of rank.... 10 months on DEP did me some strange favors later in my career... weird.