Leaving/Quitting Company Wisdom

[trukatrucker]

Is it best to give a company a two week notice miles away from home that you will be leaving or do you wait until you make it home?

[Greeneyed Trucking Girl]

Is it best to give a company a two week notice miles away from home that you will be leaving or do you wait until you make it home?

Start cleaning out your truck while at home if you are planning on quitting. That way if the company pulls something sneaky like getting you to a terminal and pulling you out of the truck, you won't have to worry about how you are going to get your things home.

[repete]

While I've never done this with a trucking co, I have done it in the past and it has helped me out once.
About once a year I would ask for a job reveiw and get it in writting, if you do that and then acouple of years down the road when you leave it makes it alittle bit harder for them to slam you. Of course there are some that just don't care and will screw you no matter what.

[trukatrucker]

thanks for the feedback. i've been with the same company which trained me for three years and i think its about time for me to move on to a new company or a new direction all together.

[Texasspider]

When I thinking about leaving PGT about 8 months or so ago Iasked my dispatcher how I should go about it when the time came. He said to give him a 2 week notice if I could but not to tell the bosses up in PA any notice because every other driver he had that did was sent to the nearest terminal and given a bus ticket home.

When the time did come I guess my 2 years of not being a royal pain in the ass paid off and I was able to take a load fromKY back to TX and then deadhead to Laredo and turn in the truck.

[Jumbo]

Some guys know how to leave on good terms and some dont.

[Texasspider]

Some guys know how to leave on good terms and some dont.

Yeah. I say I was lucky, but I kinda had a feeling that they would let me get back home to unload the truck. And since they called me a few weeks back to see if I wanted to come back I figure I must have done something right.

[Greeneyed Trucking Girl]

Some guys know how to leave on good terms and some dont.

True but if a driver is really serious about leaving a company it would be easier for him if he started to clean out his truck. That way he doesn't have that much to pack up when he turns the truck in.

[golfhobo]

True but if a driver is really serious about leaving a company it would be easier for him if he started to clean out his truck. That way he doesn't have that much to pack up when he turns the truck in.

Good point(s).... but, I believe the O.P. is miles away from home and wants to know whether to give them a heads up.

[repete]

True but if a driver is really serious about leaving a company it would be easier for him if he started to clean out his truck. That way he doesn't have that much to pack up when he turns the truck in.

It's unbelievable how much crap you can accumulate in your truck!

[Greeneyed Trucking Girl]

It's unbelievable how much crap you can accumulate in your truck!

Especially if you team.

[1catfish]

thanks for the feedback. i've been with the same company which trained me for three years and i think its about time for me to move on to a new company or a new direction all together.

i could understand the new direction, but leaving one trucking company that you have three years with just to start all over again with new company, how many times do you think your gonna wish you stayed at the old company?

[DaveP]

Yeah. I say I was lucky, but I kinda had a feeling that they would let me get back home to unload the truck. And since they called me a few weeks back to see if I wanted to come back I figure I must have done something right.

What? And you didn't jump back in? LOL....

Actually....freight seems to be picking up, my checks are up, AND I've been home 4 out of the last 5 week-ends.

Although...Monday will be the third in a row to drop in Laredo. There...the faces have changed but the sitting for 2 days for a load back out remains the same....

[Kevin0915]

i've always found out, regardless of the situation, if you are leaving one company for another, the switch had BETTER be worth it. Guess it all depends on the environment you have in your current job. Are you so stressed that you KNOW you're leaving, and that stress is taking a toll so much that you've GOT to find something new? If you know you'll NEVER go back to working for that company AND/OR working in that industry again, i'd leave making a grand exit. such as...YouTube - best way to quit your job

but as far as trucking goes, IF you and your DM are cool, give him a heads up. ask him to hold off telling his FM or TM, if he wont, then screw em. If you KNOW you're leaving the company and already have your next job lined up/hired etc....i'd clean the truck out on the last pass thru your home, then take it to the terminal, under load or not, and explain you have a problem with your truck, they'll take the load off you, get the mechanics to start looking at your truck 'looking' for whats wrong with it. After an hour of your truck being in the shop.....THEN go into your DM....toss him the keys, and tell him to go F himself.

[trukatrucker]

i could understand the new direction, but leaving one trucking company that you have three years with just to start all over again with new company, how many times do you think your gonna wish you stayed at the old company?

im leaning more towards new direction a new company is just my backup.