Need advice- Stay CPM or move to salary?

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  1. Feather.579

    Feather.579 Bobtail Member

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    I run FL OTR. 3-4 weeks out at a time hauling reefer. We average 2500-3000 mpw currently.
     
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  3. Midwest Trucker

    Midwest Trucker Road Train Member

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    I’m not too familiar with Florida. My company did 54 cents and $1300 minimum for the last few years. This year has been extremely difficult to hire anyone so we had to go to 60 cents with a $1500 min.

    So, you might look around a little bit. Driver pay is increasing big time and they may just be trying to get you locked into an old package that needs updating.
     
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  4. Ridgeline

    Ridgeline Road Train Member

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    Still wouldn't do it. They can work you to the limit and stick you with long wait times and crappy loads where they make the coin.

    As for the bank, they don't care where the money is coming from, they care about consistency with minimals. you get a loan with hardly any debt load and have three times the income from the payment, you are a good risk and will get the loan.
     
  5. Western flyer

    Western flyer Road Train Member

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    The company didn't come up with this
    Salary plan to give the drivers more money.
    They could have just give everybody a
    Penny or two more.

    Doesn't make a difference how many times
    You crunch the numbers.
    The company is gonna win.
    They always do.
     
  6. David Hunter

    David Hunter Bobtail Member

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    Are you on Payroll on that pay? That is pretty low! Are you doing OTR or Regional what is your home time? I would advice you to find a flat pay company of $1,400 weekly minimum.
     
  7. bahighwayrunner

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    Personally I wouldn't. My sister's in a salary job and they work her 60hrs+ weekly & her pay is based on 40hrs a week. Every 10hrs over she paid an extra $100. Salary workers benefit the job more than the worker. The only benefit is the guaranteed sum each check.

    As for other factors - depending on the company and the load, the detention alone can be worth it. Something as a salary worker wouldn't get unless it was written into their contract.....Last week our truck took "to the bank" 10k for a week's worth of detention. The next "job" might or might not net any detention....Now the company driver that did the same "job" and waited the same length of time, he banked $3k. But the company "guarantees" him a minimum of $$3k a month working.

    So Company driver will bank a min. of $6k this month - while we have banked (after truck expenses, "house" bills & groceries) $30,000 for the month so far.

    Next month, we may only bank $6,000 or less - but the Company guy will bank $3,000 as long as he's in that truck.
     
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