O/O’s what are you paying your driver

Exactly. It’s why I pay a $1300 minimum. Happy wife, happy driver.

It was just an example of a contractor has legal say over when he works. I was more proving a point. An employee can say that of course, at risk of being cut loose. Someone on a 1099 might feel they have more power in the situation because if the owner argues then they can just let the IRS know.

 

Thanx for reply, was just wondering if you fired someone for not taking a run.
$1300 minimum happy wife indeed. When I worked for grabel as a company driver. They used to send her and the kids a birthday card and small $50 gift certificate. I must have quit that company 5 times. Each time she would call Bob the operations manager. Tell him if he didnt have to have me sooner. I'd be back in 3 days. 2 nights later there was no cooked dinner or "privileges" She would say when you get home from work tomorrow!

 

1st I wanna wish you luck. Long time ago I owned 2 tractors I'm down to one now. I was very descriptive when I was trying to recruit a driver, my insurance company wanted 2 years of experience. I couldn't even get people to follow directions to apply for the job so I sold the other truck. There are great drivers out there they are just hard to find

 

The odds are stacked to start with. 1099, out 2-3 weeks at a time. That leaves the bottom rung mega ABC Mr 11"8 bridge guy (that prob just got fired). I like being able to sleep at night knowing a driver isn't gonna screw up my bread and butter freight.

Why 1099? A good driver is gonna think, man what else is he short changing. If nothing else get em on the books at least. It will be a revolving door if you don't. And probably some unhappy customers too.

 

Rate cutters!!

 

so your a w h @ r e that doesn’t need to be in business to begin with, got it

 

If you can't make it work illegally, how do you expect to ever make it work legally?

I'll second that.

 

Wow not only does 1099 leave you exposed legally , it sets up your drivers for thier own problems in the future.

I have 8 trucks now and zero turnover , I only hire as I add truck s , w2 means work comp. I understand for me work comp costs are double occ acc, but for my guys it means if something happens they are covered , in Kansas even for covid 19. When I cought it was almost 500k in medical alone.with w2 you paying and sending off with holding taxs , with 1099 you are leaving a huge probability that your guys will get behind , do you see the trend here ? I look out to make sure what I am doing is bettering thier lives not setting them up for failure. They are home weekly or more. We as a company make it a point to care from birthday to anniversary gifts to bonus,s to fair pay etc , if all you care about is a quick buck that is all your drivers will care about and it will cost you.