Differences in pay among companies

Carrier CSA scores play a part in rate negotiation, also bigger fleets can spread their profit margins out more thus offering higher cpm. Starter outfits pay less cpm and have the cheaper freight market cornered ie Stevens, Trans Am, CR England,,,,,bottom line is honor/pay off your contract or get 1 yr in and move along UP THE LADDER.

 

Companies get away with 'advertising paying' as little as they can. Remember what you actual get paid will differ.

Crete starting out at $0.45cpm? If they are starting out the high it is because they need to attract more drivers or they can't keep meat in the seat long enough to function as a trucking company. Their is some point when the turnover is above 100% that the company cannot function no more.

The fact some companies start a driver out at $.30cpm may just be in their ability to convince drivers they can make money driving for 'them' at $.30cpm

 

The way I see it the smaller companies pay better versus the bigger "Mega" fleets.

With a smaller company your known as a Human by name not a number in a computer system.

 

For me the two small companies I have worked for out of Illinois payed better per mile and offered more miles than the big companies I have worked for.

 

Sssshhhhhh.....Don't tell my drivers that.I keep telling them they're fired cause they make more money than I do and I am out here with them driving also.

 

Well that's simple, one they drive autoamtics, the high dollar company, MANUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL.
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One companies probably has more grief per load, thus the higher compensation. Short hauls, re-powers, time at docks, etc. Some companies are just F cheap. The one guy I lease on with has company drivers, and I think they are maxxed at $0.40/ mile, but they spend almost no time at docks, and also D&H a lot. He looks at it like your time spent is time spent weather it's sitting around being loaded, unloaded or driving. Many people want the higher cents per mile and spend the day in the bushes or a dock. At the end of the week company guys are making 1200 to 1400 week. Take it or leave it.
JB Hunt will go to $0.50 / mile for a company driver.