what does it mean when a job posting says something like $23.25/hr. guaranteed?

Read the fine print. The guarantee is usually based on so many miles in a given period of time, availability to take a dispatch, no service failures, and no customer complaints.
It's another way for the trucking company to make sure that it doesn't pay you too much.
There are probably some good salary jobs out there but we've been hearing some real horror stories too.

 

Hourly pay is usually for local jobs. Doesn't matter what you do or how many stops, pay is strictly by the hour from the time you clock in until you clock out.
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I don't know what a guarantee means concerning an hourly job.

 

Maybe they mean they won't cut your pay once you start working there?.

I agree it's an odd listing. Maybe they are just trying to make it sound more appealing or are not used to paying by the hour and use "guarantee" for their other salaried positions.

 

Fish bait.

 

I've had jobs that guaranteed x amount of hrs, for oilfield work my guarantee was 80 hrs a week so basically 12 hrs every day with overtime after 8. That means they have to pay me that no matter what, can go over those hours.

 

They use that phrase in commission sales jobs sometimes too. It means they pay you some other way unless that other way falls below $23.25 per hour. For example, paid by delivery or paid by mile might total more than $23.25 per hour, but if it works out to be less, then you get the hourly.

 

It means they're collecting as many resumes as they can and they're only going to pay about $17 to start because "that" job is already filled but don't worry, they have another job for you it just doesn't pay as much.

Beware of the word "guaranteed", it never means what you think it means.

 

This is how I have seen it used mostly in trucking. Each pay period, the amount you make from Miles and accessory pays (stop, drop and hook,detention....) gets compared to logged on duty and driving hours (sometimes also sit time when available for a load but no loads available = morning check call is "are you good for a load? O.k sit tight. Will start looking for one for you") combined multiplied by rate. You get the higher of the 2.

Helps a bunch when you get stuck with all the heavy traffic (both ways across Atlanta) 200 mile route, deliver in the morning with no reload till the afternoon kinda runs for a week. Makes sure you are compensated when Dispatch is not looking out for you.

Of course does not work if they run you good half the period and bend you over for the other part........ can kinda give dispatch a low load management target of "just don't dispatch anybody so they get hourly pay"