I'm so sick of this in my job. I work for a small contractor who owns maybe 15 trucks (semi trucks) and I finally put my foot down and quit for a better company. I've gotten a few texts this week about how he's trying so hard now to keep the company afloat. Like… cool. I've been here for over a year and given out my all and have not seen any changes that make me want to stay. I'll make a list. This is mostly for me so I can look back and read these the next time he tries this in like 2 days.
1.”Fantastic maternity leave.” I worked until I was in early labor. Didn't ask for restrictions until 7.5 mo. Until then I was still doing all the heavy lifting I probably shouldn't have been. They gave me 30% of base pay which I never ever make. Which amounted to 400 bucks a week before taxes. I normally make 1500-1700 a week. I stayed away for a whopping 3 weeks and came back because I couldn't afford not to.
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Broken equipment that kept costing me money. I'm not moving, I don't get paid. My truck has had the same oil leak for over a year and it's still not fixed. Not even over maternity leave. The new company is offering me a truck that still under warranty.
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Salty about being offered a promotion because the manager left for a week and didn't come back. No call no show for a week. Phone was off too. She came back and was immediately given the position back.
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Linehaul sucks. Read some previous stories. They are on a mission to micromanage me and make my job as hard as possible. The new job says I never talk to them unless I can't find a trailer or something.
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Night hours suck with kids. I've got two under 2. New job is offering me second shift work which is fine.
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I haven't had a weekend ever. I took Saturdays originally to give the manager a better chance at finding babysitting. The flat out told me I'll never get Saturdays because they need it as an incentive for the new guys
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They gave out my information to my stalker and deleted the email that I could've used in court.
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New job is offering 6 figures with the way I work.
Please tell me why I feel bad about leaving?