Can Megas still recruit in the Covid Era

Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Shackdaddy, Sep 30, 2021.

  1. Shackdaddy

    Shackdaddy Medium Load Member

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    Just wondering if this labor shortage is making it harder for the megas to get bus fulls of suckers every week willing to sign a contract into modern day indentured servitude and willing to agree to a year or more of life in a moving sweatshop?
     
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  3. Warrior Pump

    Warrior Pump Light Load Member

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    Probably. As P.T. Barnum said, “There's a sucker born every minute.”
     
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  4. nredfor88

    nredfor88 Road Train Member

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    Good times or bad times, a mega can never recruit enough. It’s how they grow share. Can they recruit enough now to maintain share during times that people don’t want to work? Most likely the better, stronger ones are finding ways to do that.
     
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  5. VA CDL Holder

    VA CDL Holder Medium Load Member

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    I did a one day orientation with Knight last August, there were 4 drivers there, including me. All of them were rehires. Apparently, I'm not good enough for Knight anymore....lol, as they passed on my application just a few months ago.
     
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  6. Shackdaddy

    Shackdaddy Medium Load Member

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    Just seems you can make the same delivering pizza as working a mega right now.
     
  7. bryan21384

    bryan21384 Road Train Member

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    I don't know how....even at 600 or 700 bucks a week, I would think that is still better than what you would make delivering pizza, or working anything in the restaurant business.
     
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  8. Shackdaddy

    Shackdaddy Medium Load Member

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    Im in Houston, food delivery drivers, Uber’s, waitresses. They’re all making really good money around here because of the shortage of workers and tips are very good too. The lady that cut my hair said the pandemic has been the best thing that ever happened to her tips.
     
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  9. BeHereNow97

    BeHereNow97 Heavy Load Member

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    But what are megas paying nowadays?

    I just went to Swifts website they are guaranteeing 1k gross per week. So that's the bare minimum.

    I went to Prime's website. They are paying $0.48 CPM starting out for solo drivers.

    I don't think many megas are paying $600-$700 gross per week anymore. Megas have had to raise the pay and working conditions too, just like everybody else. And just like everybody else they are having a hard time attracting employees too, which will mean pay and working conditions will continue to increase (which is a GOOD thing for drivers when the pay and working conditions increase across the industry).
     
  10. Shackdaddy

    Shackdaddy Medium Load Member

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    1k a week really isn’t that great for 70 hrs of work. Don’t think that’ll attract as many as it once did especially with the hyper inflation and high home cost.
     
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  11. Kyle G.

    Kyle G. Road Train Member

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    I guess I can’t speak for everyone else, but I did the mega thing for my first year, and yeah I got paid crap, but I did it for the experience not the money.
     
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