I run FL OTR. 3-4 weeks out at a time hauling reefer. We average 2500-3000 mpw currently.
Need advice- Stay CPM or move to salary?
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by Feather.579, Oct 14, 2020.
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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.tommymonza Thanks this. -
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. -
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.
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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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