An old man's career goes flat, Snackbar moves to open deck

The ones that aren't here anymore were the ones that really gave a #### about the drivers. I get the feeling those that remain are just saying they care, but do what they're told just to keep their jobs.

As far as Boeing freight, or contract freight in general, contracts aren't worth the paper they're written on. When I was at Moore, they lost a lot of glass lanes mid-contract to Maverick because they wouldn't drop their rates. The last time I spoke to some of the local drivers in Arlington, we're about to lose Boeing, or at least a big chunk of their business, for the same reason. Since that door plug blowout issue, along with all the other bad publicity issues, it seems as though their business has stagnated. I would have to look at my load notebook, but I don't think I have hauled a Boeing or TMX load in months. I do more broker loads than Boeing.

 

Sam-crappa update....all these software updates have NOT fixed the location issue. I had to reboot this morning because 5 of the last 7 entries showed the same location. After the reboot, everything corrected itself.

 

You're comparing apples to oranges. As an independent your pay is based on freight rates, and that's the risk you take being your own boss. When business is booming, you're making better money to offset times like these. I am a company driver who's pay isn't based on freight rates. That's one advantage of being a company driver. As a company driver, as long as I am turning consistent miles, I should be making approximately the same pay...I am turning pretty much the same miles as last year, but my gross pay will be 7-8% less this year compared to last year all because they changed the pay package (and proclaimed I would be making more on this new pay deal). To be honest, I am making right around the same pay here as I was 6 years ago working for Moore. But part of my rant also pertains to the timing of their changes which only exaggerates how much their changes affect my pay.

 

In 31 years I have never worked for a company that made me work as hard or harder for less money. Right now I am doing just that. 2024's average flatbed freight rates are nearly the same, or maybe a few cents per mile higher than 2023's rates...fuel prices are lower than this time last year, so their revenue should be as good or a little higher. Cutting driver's pay by this much means they are either squandering their money, or are trying to convince everyone they're losing money to justify cutting driver's pay.