Two week notice?

Well, here's my point. You think you're good in their eyes, you think they love you. They tell you, "if it doesn't work out, come on back, you'll always have a job with us." Fat chance, not bloody likely. They might smile politely at you when you contact them again, but man. It's just an appearance. Once you're out, you're out. They don't want you back because they know you'll cut out again in 6 months, 12 months, 5 years. It's just a matter of "protect yourself first, always." A company puts their bottom line first, always

 

Well that’s where you’re wrong. Was here for 8 years before, gone for 5, came back to a brand new truck and trailer, new tarps, all new equipment. Again, don’t assume everyone is out to screw each other. There’s a reason some companies don’t have open trucks.

 

Two companies, one major called me for three years every few months Can I go? Please? Pretty Please. You ready to go? Can you?

4th year I told them that Im no longer medically able to do it. But more than pleased with the attention. (Ya right...) Maybe it's because I stood up to them beginning to end. In three short weeks.

One outfit has a dump truck waiting for me on road until the end of my life if I show up at 7 am ready to go. Or a old 55 dodge column shift for hay farming for off road. (Not that easy when you have three unsecured rolls high on that deck by two wide tiptoeing around fencing that are electric.) Pay? Ha. He hands over a roll of cash once a week and kicks out to unemployment from October until March.

All I have to do is show up.

Too many years have passed so It's in doubt. What is not in doubt is that this owner will be 95 and still coming out of there at 7 am. Profanity and all.

I have many reasons for not taking him up on that. My work is here in Arkansas sttill. If certain people pass on here then I might pay him a visit during hay season and see where it needs to be cut in three hollars and two ridges. That will take a while and that open sky would ease my troubles for sure when that time comes.

All the rest of the companies?> HA. Get your orientations lined up. I did that to one outfit here in Little rock that promised me 90000 dollar loads of tanker cream work. Perfect, let's go. You had a driver quit in the Galloway petro. Get me into that thing let's go.

What I had instead was two weeks of the most Andy and Roscoe's television show ruin of a broker who didnt give a #### on the van side. Half of tenn was spent on that cell phone establishing the orientation the following monday. It was a friday. It was one of the fastests I quit and Im hired ever in my time out there. When I hire on to do something and don't get to do it Im gone. It's business. I don't waste time and neither do the company. The other fella quitting my first day waiting on the phone call to come in approving my coverage from insurance was a BIG clue. And they let that tanker load sit in the petro slowly losing temperature in the sun that day too. They probably didnt give a #### if that 90K of cream was dumped or not. They should have put me on it. But no they give me a worn out van and sent me to Manning SC. omg... here we go. I was already planning to leave them on day three. It only took two weeks (4 of those days to arrange with next recruiter... by cell phone while rolling...)

I didnt get to get out of Little Rock Town limits with that old worn out sleeper international before I realized this truck is just too tired for this work. I nursed it along and it did ok. But lost so much time on black, monteagle and others.

This particular employer does not get reported at that time in any of the future employers who inquire about my time. It was just not worth the trouble. It's easier at the time to gap it two weeks time off at the house fixing the roof. Anyone knows in Arkansas you are not up there fixing it on a sunny day when it's not raining out. And when it's raining you wait until a better day to get up there. It's safer.

 

That is single handedly the worst advice i’ve ever heard in my life! You should be ashamed to give it!!

Never burn a bridge. Ever!!!

You put your 2 in ending on a Friday with a firm date given to your current employer. Have your orientation scheduled for that Monday or Wednesday. You never know where life will lead you, or where/when paths will cross again.

By Flexin’s advice, you’ll always be remembered as “that guy”. You never want to be remembered as “that guy”.

 

Never burn the brige that just might be a saving grace.

I have worked for a few companies, some large and some small. Every one I did the right and professional thing. Provided a minimum of a two week notice. Every one of these companies was accommodating and thanked me for being a profesional. Two even worked out turning in the truck at places they usually would not. Even returned every piece of equipment in good order and the truck as clean as possible.

Fast forward to today. I am back at the last long haul company I was with. Took A two year break and tried out some local work. Turns out, that just was not for me. During this time, the Owner would call about every six weeks, would just ask if I was ready to come back, always ended the call with you always have a job with us, just call or stop by.

A few months ago my former dispatcher called, said the owner was going to look at some new trucks, was I interested in going with them. Well I picked out my new truck, have a brand new trailer, new tarps to my specs, plus all new gear.

When you do good work, treat people at the company with respect, do the same for your equipment. It does get noticed. When a problem does come up, I know who to talk to. It gets solved to everyones satisfaction.

And yes, two of the other companies still call.

 

Good luck