Will This Affect Future Job Prospects?

Best to get it checked out, yeah but I’m betting on hemorrhoids. I had them for years. I’ve had three separate surgical procedures and I am hemorrhoid free now, lol.

 

Your health is more important. Go to doctor.

 

It may be a red flag that requires follow up, just be sure to explain in as few words as possible. "I had a doctors appointment that dispatch knew about, well in advance, and they forgot.. Then they attempted to route me away from home."

 

Goodness this can and may be a very serious situation. Bleeding out the butt is never good. I’d say if it was a hemorrhoid you would know, people say hemorrhoids are very painful. Regardless, you did the right then, you told them a week in advance and they chose the load over your health so it’s a win win situation. My guess is that they will be calling you in the near future to see if you want to come back to work. Remember drivers are hard to come by and if you were a driver who ran loads and was on time you already have advantages on your side. Whatever you do realize you are worth more than .32 and many companies will hire you. Don’t sweat the small stuff and get to the doctor. Trust me the jobs will be there.

 

1. Get your health sorted out.
2. Stay at your next job AT LEAST a year NO MATTER WHAT.
3. Don't change jobs until you know enough about the next job that you can stay there for several years.
4. If you keep changing jobs you will only get hired at the companies that treat drivers like trash. Only work for a company after you have talked to current drivers doing the type of work you are being considered for. For example, talking to a driver with a dedicated, home-daily job at ABC Trucking doesn't give you enough info to work as an OTR driver at the same company. Talk to an OTR driver, if that's what you are getting hired to do.

Get better soon.

 

It's a minus, to be sure, but it's not the worst minus, and you can overcome the setback by staying employed for a long time. Stay employed at the same place for a long time,problem solved. As a newbie you weren't going to be hired at the A++ companies anyway until you got lots of experience. Now you just have to stay where you are at and learn the job and demonstrate reliability. It is hardest at the very start to make the best long-term decision on employers. Every day will have certain problems no matter where you work. With a home-daily job at least you don't have to find truck parking or stand in line for a shower. Just use your desire to improve your record every time you face a problem at work. You can't quit your way to better jobs. Don't confuse initial difficulty at a new job with permanent difficulty if you stay put. The longer you stay someplace the more predictable your day should become.

 

To the OP.. Please watch Dr. Berg and Dr. Ekberg on tube to fix a bit of digestive health, it is just my guessing you have not too healthy eating habits and constipation problems, Swiss Kriss may help with that if so.

PS: there are options with rental places to work for, delivering equipment. Try to find that, if there is such option where you live. At least there is not so much sitting involved.

 

When the hurricane destroyed my house plus my husband's health took a turn for the worst, I stayed home for 4 months. That's exactly what I wrote on my resume : "sabbatical to care for sick husband and remodel damaged house".
Be upfront and unapologetic about it. It's life.