how do companies treat you when you give notice?

[Cluggy619]

Sorry.

Just did a search for the term "abandonments"....not much have come up.

However, you might want to check around before you drop your truck anywheres else than where you got it from.

Again, good luck.

[RR9501]

i'm also under the understnading that if the truck is returned to a terminal of that company, no matter which terminal it is, and you get a signed released form from a GM or FM, they cant touch u or say *****....its on there property and u have proof that it was retuned to there property, Not abandoned....DAC will have no choice but to remove an "abandoned truck" on your reoprt....explain how i am wrong of this...

[zipy46]

i'm also under the understnading that if the truck is returned to a terminal of that company, no matter which terminal it is, and you get a signed released form from a GM or FM, they cant touch u or say *****....its on there property and u have proof that it was retuned to there property, Not abandoned....DAC will have no choice but to remove an "abandoned truck" on your reoprt....explain how i am wrong of this...

Yes indeed....where i used to work when i brought the truck back to the yard for

the final time...me and the shop foreman verified that i was returning the

truck and all the load locks...my comdata card...etc...etc..

Then we both signed a company document stating that everything was in

order for me to leave and all items were returned....

I still have a copy of the document.

Everything was handled in a professional manner

[RR9501]

i'm also under the understnading that if the truck is returned to a terminal of that company, no matter which terminal it is, and you get a signed released form from a GM or FM, they cant touch u or say *****....its on there property and u have proof that it was retuned to there property, Not abandoned....DAC will have no choice but to remove an "abandoned truck" on your reoprt....explain how i am wrong of this...

Yes indeed....where i used to work when i brought the truck back to the yard for

the final time...me and the shop foreman verified that i was returning the

truck and all the load locks...my comdata card...etc...etc..

Then we both signed a company document stating that everything was in

order for me to leave and all items were returned....

I still have a copy of the document.

Everything was handled in a professional manner

yep, i did the same thing, i wanted to make sure i dotted my I's and crossed my T's...lol
i have one on file here from both SuperService and KLLM

[headborg]

I think this tread got bogged down in the details of "how to return the equipment"-- and off the central question of how do Companies generally react when you are professional enough( or foolish ) to give a "2 week" notice of your resignation.

Let's face it-- most companies don't trust us anyway-- if they did! the industry wouldn't have invested billions on Sat Tracking, Monitoring software, hired companies to spy on us and report our driving habits, they'd pay HUB miles... the list goes on and on.

Simply put, most companies when you give "2 weeks"-- they will route you right in and get you off THEIR truck immediately. Even worse, I've heard of them showing up with a "recovery" crew-- during your VERY NEXT break and kicking you out--in the rain etc.

You're certainly aren't going to get any miles or "easy" loads during that last 2 weeks-- remember, Dispatchers get rated/ earn bonus/ keep their job by maintaining stats like-- driver turn-over, driver performance.

[zipy46]

You paint a bleak picture Headborg

but overall i think its just the way life is.

[Cluggy619]

You paint a bleak picture Headborg

but overall i think its just the way life is.

Headborg may paint a bleak picture, but he is right. 100% right.

[TruckerChris]

Give notice? When I quit CFI I just requested time off in west memphis and the day I got there I cleaned my truck out and turned the keys in and left. No biggie. I think if I was tell them I was going to quit they would send me anywhere but where I wanted to go...

[BIG JEEP on 44's]

Give notice? When I quit CFI I just requested time off in west memphis and the day I got there I cleaned my truck out and turned the keys in and left. No biggie. I think if I was tell them I was going to quit they would send me anywhere but where I wanted to go...

well quiting a reputable carrier is different than say Gainey... :wink:

[BanditsCousin]

Did your husband consider driving solo for them at all? I don't see a detail about that, or being unhappy with the company.

[zipy46]

You paint a bleak picture Headborg

but overall i think its just the way life is.

Headborg may paint a bleak picture, but he is right. 100% right.

Yes...Headborg is correct .....most negativity is only a true reflection of

this industry

I am on the receiving end of alot of b/s today from my job...

Peoples 'true colors' come out at the wierdest times....

There is not a word in the English language to describe the feeling

one is overcome by as to how bad the people that work for these

companies can actually sux when u get right down to it.

:twisted:

Driving is not bad...people behind it all are sad

[headborg]

I do wish-- that management and labor could work together in a professional manner-- and meet in the middle in mutual respect for a win-win solution without the need for Unions or other collective labor organization. But, it never seems to work--- corporates "Sun Tzu" business strategies dictate the little peasants must scarifice themselves for the good of larger financial interest of company.

[Phreddo]

no matter what, i always give as much notice as i can or as the company wants.
I want to give them as much time as possible to fill my vacancy, and even offer to train in my replacement. As much as I would like sometimes to just tell them what I really feel, in the end it'll only come back to hurt me. So if the company wants to play their little games, that only gets filed under reasons I won't miss them when I'm gone.

[Colin]

When I gave notice a few years ago for May Trucking, I was in SC coming back to Medford, OR. When I arrived in Payette, ID, I was asked to clean out the Volvo 770 and drive a Freightliner Century that was about to be retired back to the headquarters in Brooks, OR.

This truck was horrid.

No cd player.
Grease on the carpet. I had to find sheets of cardboard to keep my stuff from contacting the grease.
No cruise control. 400+ miles.

I should have said no can do.

[boneebone]

Since it is not your truck, you should follow their instructions on where to return the truck, turn in all your required equipment and paperwork and chalk it all up to experience. Simple as that.