I tend to disagree about wages. Most jobs that come up out here for semi drivers, is usually in the $30-$35/hr range. I certainly don't see any 6 figure jobs, not advertised, anyway. That's about $65 g's/year, and TWICE what I made as a truck driver in my best day and still better than most "regular" jobs paying in the low $20 range for unskilled workers. Your last sentence is misleading, a grad with 5 years experience. A new grad, I figure, should be happy with $50g's to start, and someone with 5 years, could easily expect maybe $75 g's/ year. Trouble is, we Americans today want instant gratification, and can't wait for the yearly increases we had to wait for. It's the main reason why, after the 1st year, many new drivers aren't making any more than they did at Walmart and quit, and why the industry has such a high turnover.
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If it is OTR employers, invest a lot into getting one trained knowing there is a good chance the person won't last long. However someone with 5 years experience is probably extremely skilled at dealing with the unknowns of the job and deserves a lot more money.
If it is a driver stocking drinks on a route then they should get quite more than the OTR driver starting out due to the physical nature of the job but after 5 years I think the 5 year OTR driver should make more.
But it really doesn't matter what I think drivers should get paid. And my question had nothing to do with pay in general.
When I read your comment I thought the two statements were interesting. I'm not that knowledgeable about the industry but I would think a history of quiting jobs would lead to the possibility of getting bad job offers. It tends to work that way in other industries.MrCompton734 Thanks this. -
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Companies want you to think you need them, wrong. It has never worked that way. YOU are the company product, the driver is the only thing a transportation company is selling. And I have had the exact opposite happen. I also have history of being with the same company for 5 years as an engineering document librarian. Employees who stay in companies longer than 2 years, on average, earn 50% less income in their lifetime. I think this is exacerbated in the trucking industry, where companies can take advantage of people who grew up in poverty like myself.Turtlelegs Thanks this. -
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The inflated cost of training is created by the government with instructions from the trucking
cabal, its like get on this line to get slaughtered by paying out of pocket or come to our slave
house for a year for non stop exploitation.
Even if the cost of training someone is $1500 or $8000 the corporate crook, small time or mega
can make it all back with a few good paying loads, at most in a month but no lets exploit the poor
shlub for another 330 days just because we are Satan and write the laws. Land of the free [ to
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My driving record goes back over 20 years. Say I forgot about some ticket from 2002? Or some job I jumped when I was a teenager and forgot to put on the work history section of my application.
Everybody tells me “they make money from truckers driving, not from finding an excuse to fire them”. And then I hear one story from a guy who’s experience was just that: they went over everything with a fine tooth comb sometime after the screening process, canned him, and left him with a multi-thousand-dollar bill.
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Have you heard anyone from Swift that this has happened to?
I'm not sure why you want to work for a company that you don't trust that much. What if this is all some elaborate ruse to harvest your organs or to sell you into slavery or to have you turn tricks? There are lots of things they could do but they are a trucking company and I would guess that they want you to drive a truck.
If you are set on becoming a driver and you think Swift is out to get you find another way to get your training. There are companies that charge less than 8 grand. There are schools that would love to lend you the money. I can guarantee you that I wouldn't sign up for a program if I thought they might be trying to scam me for 8k.tscottme Thanks this. -
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I thought maybe the title of this thread the OP had gone to California and been reclassified as a Condor since you can now legally switch species there.
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