New Pay Program

exactly, I agree.
People should indeed stop working for low pay and everybody raises will go up

 

more to it then just that... if the government was not as stupid as it is, it would of raised min wage years ago. The sad and stupid thing is people are FAR too stupid to understand that when minimum wage increases it causes a ripple effect that causes everyone else to get a wage increase. If you working for 8 bucks an hour now (as an example) and then magically the government bumps min wage to 9 bucks an hour you would still get bumped up above that 9 bucks because you were getting payed more then minimum wage. The sad truth is overall people are stupid as hell and cannot grasp even simple ideas.

The mega carriers did not get to be mega carriers by being stupid and crappy to its drivers. If pay at one of them is far superior to another drivers will go to the better pay all other things being close to equal. That makes the other carriers bump up their wages.

 

almost 20 years ago,

.28 a mile to start, 1 year experience was .37 a mile,

at some outfits.............

http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/hubbard/htm/research/ec174/jbhcdp.htm

 

funny how the op asked a simple question and thread turns into a bashing session. and everyone wonders why drivers will never stick together. you can never put money as the only option cause, for me, you'll always want more than you get. as long as you're happy and can get ahead, then thats what matters the most. btw...thanx for your service,good luck on whatever course you choose

 

Reimburse you? They paid you while you were learning a trade that you'll be able to fall back on your entire life, and something that won't be able to be outsourced. If they raise their pay structure after the fact they don't owe you jack.

That being said, 26CPM is common for brand new drivers regardless of starter company but you get out of that bracket very soon. You get a few raises your first year. I started at the 26 CPM and was 34 CPM in my second year.

I then took the experience to move elsewhere to a different company that offered me 41 CPM, but the work hasn't been as constant as I would have liked.

 

T_TRUCKER, I'm curious how much money per year a driver would have to make to qualify for not being retarded in your book?