I've only been with the company a few months but thinking about quitting. The last week I drove 1800 miles in 5 days. With 2-3 stops a day, live loads/unloads, looking for empty trailers, company mistakes with paperwork - a lot of time is wasted leaving me 6-8hrs/day driving. I was told by the recruiter average is 2100-2400/week with 2 days off. I guess they didn't specify they meant 2 nights at home i.e. getting home late Saturday and going back Monday.
Anybody had similar issues?
Low Miles At Schneider Regional
Discussion in 'Schneider' started by Night_driver, Mar 13, 2015.
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Yeah. Another thing to consider is the multistops will eat into your day. Plus freight dies a little after the holidays. Picking up now. So hang in there. And have an honest but professional convo with dbl. Have you transitioned to your regular dbl?
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Some weeks are bad some are good. Sometimes you have to take the lead. Like picking up an empty at a customer when you are in the yard alrdy and there's an empty in front of u. Or looking for empties by yourself if u know the area. I'm shy of 2100 miles... had a bad start with a load needing rework...
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Yes I did explain my issues but he tried to convince me it's because I work on weekends and weekend loads are light, and because they don't wanna send me very far and not get me home on time. But when I worked 7 days straight (Sunday-Saturday) my cross pay was maybe $200 more. So to me making $100/day gross isn't worth it even while getting experience.
I'm pretty sure any company makes more per mile with these 100-200 mile runs, while paying drivers same flat rate, increasing their profits.
No I haven't transitioned to the regular DBL. This is Gary OC running mostly WI, IL, IN, OH and MI -
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Find a company that pays salary like $175.00 a day and home every day.
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