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seawind · **^ Top** #71 06.12.2009

Knight will probably do it again soon. They want their money, so they will cut drivers' pay to pay management, etc.

The pay used to be 38 cents. Knight cut it to 36 cents when I got there last year. In January of this year, they cut it again to 33 cents. They will keep cutting wages to pay upper management and claim it's for the good of the company.

seawind · **^ Top** #72 06.12.2009

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Originally Posted by brianc20

Sent a application to Knights waiting to hear I talk to driver not long ago and says he likes it, he is dealing with New York Terminal getting good miles I live in Vermont and looking for a good company I figure this might be it any one help me!!!! would this be a good company for me and HOME TIME?????

Let me be blunt.

If you are willing to swallow your pride, dignity and kiss ### all the time, yes, you may get some miles.

Most of the terminals are NOT worth working with because the terminals don't want to help each other at all. WHY? Because Knight terminals are actually run like independently owned franchises. Knight runs likes a corporation, NOT a company. If you run from a terminal, you are considered a driver from that terminal, NOT a Knight 'Company' Driver.

Nothing but problems occur all the time. There are a handful of drivers who will actually say 'nice' things about Knight. Anyone who says 'nice' things about a bad company probably still works there or has friends who are still employed there.

seawind · **^ Top** #73 06.12.2009

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Originally Posted by Kabar

Ok I have to give credit where credit is due. i was looking at leaving KR. I run for Idaho Falls but live in Al. They where having a real problem getting me home. The Term mng from IdF called me today and said that he thinks I should move to the Memphis term. That they would be better able to get me home on-time and that I would be happier there. I was suprised that a mng at Knight not only thought about what was best for the company but what was best for me. nice to know that there are some good people out there.

They needed to get rid of you because you live too far from their terminal in Idaho! They used you to move reefer freight and don't need you anymore because there is enough west coast drivers to cover the little freight they have left. Since there is a terminal near Memphis, they said you should go there.

The only reason you weren't fired or let go is because the west coast terminal employ more 'human beings' than most of the Knight terminals.

Sad_Panda · **^ Top** #74 06.13.2009

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Originally Posted by bigblue19

Does anyone know anything about Knight lowering their pay 3 penny's a mile for new hires? talked to a Knight driver yesterday from the KC terminal who said he signed on 2 months ago and was making .29 per mile on loads over 500miles on the per diem pay plan.

That's right, it's 31 cents a mile, and if you are taking deep, I mean, on the per diem plan, the company burns 2 pennies off the top. Gotta make that payment to the temple in SLC you know!

But yeah, get off the per diem plan, you are losing money left and right being on it! It's the one thing I tell everybody to do ASAP.

Sad_Panda · **^ Top** #75 06.13.2009

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Originally Posted by bigblue19

She also says that she can only get preplned on loads when she is coming from time off or in the influence of her home terminal. If she goes say to California then she gets the leftovers that drivers from that area did not want. She does get her miles but most of the freight is heavy like water out of corazon or kitty litter out of maricopa or salt out of newark.

And now that Tulare and Phoenix drivers don't have to worry about snow they are willing to drive the loads farther instead of dumping them in the yards like they do between Sept and April.

Yeap, I can't even take 10 hours when I'm at "home" but I'll be damned if there isn't 10 other out of the area drivers sitting for days in my home area waiting for loads.

You also forgot Las Vegas, you don't want to know how many loads I drag down from Vegas to LA cesspool because Vegas won't send their drivers down there. Heck for almost a month that's what I did, 300 mile loads from Vegas to LA, LA to Phoenix, Phoenix to Vegas.

I am going to start ignoring the fuel routing that sends me to the Phoenix yard, I'm not going to waste my time getting in and out of that ###### farm.

brianc20 · **^ Top** #76 06.13.2009

The recruiter called me and I told to i will call her back.....So yes or no to go to Knights. I will not work less then 40 cent a mile she told me 31-40 depending on mileage. were I am now 47 cents but no miles!!! I am confused help!!! plus I will run outo fhte Syracuse NY terminal , dry frieght but I dont know now any company good to look for my area ( Vermont).

Sad_Panda · **^ Top** #77 06.13.2009

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Originally Posted by brianc20

The recruiter called me and I told to i will call her back.....So yes or no to go to Knights. I will not work less then 40 cent a mile she told me 31-40 depending on mileage. were I am now 47 cents but no miles!!! I am confused help!!! plus I will run outo fhte Syracuse NY terminal , dry frieght but I dont know now any company good to look for my area ( Vermont).

How many miles is no miles, Knight isn't overflowing with miles you know. And don't believe the recruiters, they don't know a thing about the company! Mine told me I had 300 gallon tanks on my Volvo, we have 225.

If you believe that you'll make money at Knight going from a 47 cent per mile down to 40 cents (isn't that like only from 50-100 mile loads?) Well.

Kabar · **^ Top** #78 06.13.2009

The pay is as follow: 200< .39/ 200-299 .37/ 300-399 .35/ 400-499 .33/ 500> .31

I got to start .04 higher but they don't do that any more.

brianc20 · **^ Top** #79 06.14.2009

Well I gues I will not be going to Knights!! going from .47 a mile to .31 a,m
would be stupid!!!!!! does anyone know the turn over rate here at this company? how can any one make money at .31 a mile?

brianc20 · **^ Top** #80 06.14.2009

how are the loads out of Florida?

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