If Gordon pays detention after 1 hour... will your company follow?

Seems like a good opportunity for other haulers to sneak into customers and increase their base. Making a statement about strategy with customers allows other the opportunities to use that as part of their negotiation tactic.

 

Im starting to think we are on the cusp of a wage war in the industry. Wages have been stagnant for a long time, long enough for someone to start making the same if they flipped burgers for the same amount of time we actually put in in a week 80-90 hours. With that happening people are deciding to say screw it and go home. Not to mention that baby boomers are starting to retire en masse, and CSA2010 taking a large bite out of the driver pool. Chances are good that driver shortage that hasn't been one for the last 6 years might actually materialize. Good thing for us if you are good at OTR.

 

Firstoff, in dollars and cents, how much is the increase. the true measure of a pay package is the sum of the whole. Simular to the SIGN-ON BONUS,
inticements come directly from profit. Beware the front end of a gift, as someone is picking your back pocket. Companies are only going to pay a set amount, the shell game of add here and take there never changes. The proof is looking at present rates, when you add in the current rate of inflation we as professionals are still making the same dollars we did in 1984. A duck is a duck, just because it tastes good bar-b-qued, don't make it steak.

 

Agreed.
What are the actual figures?

These "6-13% across the board" speeches sound great from the press conference.

To the driver with ears still ringing with 2008-2009 pay CUTS - what is the bottom line ?

 

I wonder how they define wait time.

A good step nonetheless.

 

There is annother piece missing to answer the question. Rate of pay for detention.

That affects total compensation.

The 1 hour detention is a great talking point but with previous 2 hour detention we are talking a net change of $20 to $50 per week. Not enough to entice me to them or retain me to them with the low net miles.

 

I wish all carriers did that then maybe the customers will get the lead out.

 

Like Heartland's 50cpm, this is just another misdirection. What matters is the total amount earned at the end of the year. Gordon pays 2cpm less than the going rate. Heartland's high nominal rate is offset by shorting miles 10%, not reimbursing tolls, & focusing on shorter hauls that require more babysitting than driving.

But "detention after 1 hour" & "up to 50cpm" sound good on Craigslist, so they'll probably convince some to jump ship after a bad week at their current carriers only to ultimately wind up making the same money, but now have fewer good options thanks to a hyperactive work history...

 

Travis Gordon....rather work with Jeff Gordon.

Rainbow trucks.