Salary over $1000 per week guaranteed?

JRayL in Ohio has a guaranteed minimum, but don't know what it is.
One of their drivers posted about it recently, but don't remember the details. Some of those drivers are local though.

 

Respectfully disagree.$1000 I assume before taxes is kinda low.
Working only 55h makes no difference if he sits at truck stops and not at home.

 

The weekend home is great, as are only 2,200 miles - but not all of us live near enough to a company with a yard close enough to do that. As for $1,000/week gross, that's $52K/annual before taxes and expenses. I see that as mid-stream for a driver with at least 1 year of full time work.

The discussion about gross or net rages on. I don't like the gross number because everyone has different costs, taxes, and expenses on the road. I used to have a motto on my page: "It's not how much you make, it's how much you keep." I mean it, that's why I prefer to use a net income number for comparisons.

It sounds like you have a comfortable employment, Outdoorsman. That's a good thing, and hard to do with trucking companies. Unfortunately. Like a girlfriend, (or significant other of any kind) if you like it, keep it.

 

That's what I am saying.If you sit on the road you should be either being paid for sitting or drive.
For comparison 28 months of driving experience, 1099 company,just spent 6 days on the road 3700 miles,AZ run,made about $2000.Should have been done faster but my dispatcher is an idiot.

 

Look at the positive; you made more than the idiot dispatcher.

 

Maybe but I also worked more.Spent half a day driving around Phoenix and Tucson because was given wrong info.

 

It's hard to guarantee anything. Driver pay needs to be performance driven to ensure you get the most out of your employees. I've heard of a few companies guaranteeing 1000 per week when stuff slowed down, but they require you to stay out minimum of 2 weeks.

 

There are a number of companies out here that guarantees over $1,000 a week like Chinatown mentioned above. K&B Transportation pays a minimum of $1,125 gross a week but most drivers gross way more than the minimum. I personally NET over $1,000 every week. But the difference is we don't get weekends off. You have to stay at least 12-14 out and then you get 2 days off. And I'm sure there are other companies that pays even better than K&B