Well, I'm unemployed bas of today once again. The job I took after being "downsized" just wasn't making any money. $500-$600 week gross is silly for a full-time truck driver. I gave it 5 months and pulled the plug. When you can make more from unemployment then the job might not be worth it. So, wife and I have all the parts for a complete bathroom rebuild and that is what I'm going to do. Next 2 weeks rip it down leaving nothing but the roof. New footing, heated floor etc then 2 weeks up north for her vacation then look for a job coming August.
It would cost me upwards of $10,000 to hire some to do the work, less than $5,000 for me to take time off and do it myself so financially it's a better move if I quit, rebuild it then find a job.
If you read my thread about being downsized this spring then you will get part of the satisfaction I got this week. New boss took over who has no experience in trucking. Fired the terminal manager, downsized me, then tried to hire people at at a lesser payrate. Of the four, one is out on workers comp and the other 3 quit. Re-negotiated a rate increase with the customer, pulled trailers out they wanted for storage, fired another terminal manager and lost the account to someone else. 1 Aug and a new carrier steps in. Seems like Fate to me as I will find out who they are and apply. Looks kinda like what I was pointing out on that account over the last 5 years was right but no one wanted to listen to a lowly, stupid truck driver with 30 yrs experience. 5 terminal managers in 5 years, 10 new drivers that hired and quit then losing the account over a new boss that is an idiot. But hey, maybe he has a degree in logistics! No, actually a degree in child psychology. Me? Just PLDC in Military, running a platoon of Airborne Troopers, Degree in Wildlife Management, Staff Biologist in an Environmental Consulting Company in charge of a crew of 10 then 30 yrs in a truck over all of the US and Canada. Not much to offer so why listen to me? What do I know about running men or trucking?