Flat rate and mileage pay

I started my trucking career in 2009. After the crash of the housing market (I was a builder) the only 2 vocational industries that were hiring, with virtually no experience, were trucking and CNA work. Since I had no interest in changing adult diapers, I chose trucking.

May Trucking hired me and I hit the road on the reefer division. I worked there for over two years. When I started, the entry pay was 0.30 a mile with a few extra performance opportunities. The pay obviously increased in time.

I averaged right around 12,000 miles a month. Not because the miles just magically showed up on the idiot box either. I fought, scraped, harangued, demanded new dispatchers, developed alliances, WHATEVER it took.

My plan was to never stay there long term. It was a training company, built on a revolving door business model, that was obvious. I got my experience and moved on, big deal.

 

Very well said and regards the right on

You are spot on..I over stayed my welcome there..3 years!. I too had to constantly speak up to keep rolling . They had the potential to be a good company to stay with long term but their business plan doesn't permit that. They keep the hiring standards low and have joined the list of an entry level second chance company.

 

A lot of people don't realize the tax incentive/bonus these companies receive as "training" companies. Believe me, what they receive more than offsets the revolving door business model.

It works especially well when the economy is down, not as much when there is near full-employment, such as it was before the "pandemic" struck.

 

I "trained" there also. I can tell you from firsthand experience, most of the guys that got on my truck were so financially strapped, they couldn't even afford to buy a cup of coffee, let alone keep their family provided for.

So, a guaranteed $115 (which was not available at that time) a day would of been like hitting the jackpot for them. It's all about personal experience which drives one's perspective in life.

What was it that Roosevelt said? "A recession is when your neighbor loses his job...a depression is when you lose yours."

 

Are these rates for CDL or Non-CDL drivers?

 

I’m pretty sure the $115 is a guaranteed minimum not in addition to the $0.38/mile. So if (IF) you ran 500 miles in a day, you’d gross $190 not $305. So if you worked your ### off all week, on the road, living in your truck, showering at truck stops, you’d gross maybe $950-$1,150? Fuqq all that noise. Their recruiter came to the school I attended. When she broke it all down I just laughed. Why not do LTL or fuel or something and make more money, have way better benefits, AND be home every night?

 

Horrible math. I don't care if the post is over a year old.