$100,000+.....Company Driver
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by scott180, Feb 4, 2022.
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My last 3 companies all had fuel stops and guess what I rarely used them. Fuel stops are like walking over dollars to pick up pennies. And guess what not a word was ever said to me about not using them- because I was a top driver both productive and safe.
Back to the original threads title about $100k + yearly drivers. I mentioned that everything is changing in trucking. A bunch of companies that are stubborn with paying wages are going to be weeded out very quickly.
Truck drivers and trucking as a whole is going to be seen in a much different light in the coming years. Smart companies like Walmart already know this. Salaries are going to go into the mid 100s- UPS linehaul is already there. The big question is how will this affect the country and costs of goods. That's anyone's guess right now but we will see.dwells40, Gearjammin' Penguin and Geekonthestreet Thank this. -
In my uneducated opinion. Those "raises" are just clever marketing. All they are doing is just keeping up with inflation, which is a good thing, a lot companies are not doing that. If you take a closer look, they still are where they've always been within the payscale.
UPS/all LTL top dogs in payscale
Walmart/other private fleet carriers
The rest of companies
What the drivers that want a competitive wage need to do is be at a company with regular raises to keep up, or go where that happens. -
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One thing that I did notice when I went back to the yard last week on a Tuesday is there was a lot of trucks parked. We have 160 OTR trucks in our fleet. During the week there’s maybe 15 to 20 trucks in the yard, this week there was like 60. It was very obvious.…..I think a lot of people are jumping ship and leaving. The company I work for the average full-time driver still isn’t quite getting to the $60,000 year range and their benefit plan really is lacking. $7000 a year freaking medical deductible. And we pay $300 a month for it. I’ll make about $64,000 this year, but I’m OTR 24-27 days a month. I know I’m way underpaid. And they know, that I know it too.
They’ll either step up and pay or they’ll sell out or be ran out of business over the next 12 months. Something will give.CorsairFanboy Thanks this.
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