less pay that what company said. what do I look for when changing companies?

Ozark Motor Lines
Can take 2 passengers and a pet.
Call about driver facing cameras.
Discover the Ozark Difference | Ozark Motor Lines, Inc.

 

If they are lying about rates that's bad... Most give a high figure then months in you're making .70/Mile or $25.00/Hr but getting layed over because they got to hook new hires...

I do remember when recruiters would lie to get you in to orientation, but that was years ago before they started doing what I described above...

FYI #1 there is no way to find out about layover(*what actually matters but you won't find discussed*) of a non-shift company... The only people who lie more than recruiters are other drivers, and not even just the ones with a referral bonus...

FYI #2 None of the mega carriers you're going to be told about are going to be different...

 

I don't understand the drivers that discourage new drivers by saying, find another occupation.
If they really mean that, then why don't they follow their own advice? They usually have some mealy-mouth excuse as to why their advice doesn't apply to themselves, but only to others.

 

I deliver fuel... I took my own advice...

I'll just leave this here...
"Home weekly for your 34"
"$.57-$.61 per mile"

When they are not sitting 12 hours waiting on a load or not doing their reset 400 miles from home maybe they can get on and let us know how Ozark worked out... See... I'm nice

Me delaying my ban here(for not lying to the public just for the sake of convenience and scatter-shot posturing): Ozark isn't just any ol' mega carrier... They got the big bucks just uh waiting for ya...

 

Who said that in this thread?

 

Pay101, always review their pay. It likely said "up to X amount" on their website. When this is the case you always just want to go based off the base pay they are going to pay you. Anytime when I was a company driver I never counted on any of their bonus junk, because it is likely difficult to hit. Especially fuel bonuses, when they have you sit for extended periods between loads and no apu and you idle the truck to stay cozy. Most every company however is going to list top driver pay as what they pay, when its a rounded number as you pointed out $1400-$1800. In that scenario, if that spread was the only pay related thing I would always just plan that its going to be on the lower end, and make my decision to work for them or not based on that if that was the sole motivation for me at the time.

 

Biggest thing to look for is if they're trying. Don't have to be perfect. Just try. That's all I ask.
When you see adds saying they have this bonus and that bonus and you can make all this money. In other words.... They're holding a carrot out in front of you. Then they argue about actually paying.

 

If you want to make sure you’ll get paid what they say, look for companies that have a weekly guarantee. This way you know that’s your base pay. Usually to get the guarantee you can’t reject any loads, have to be available everyday, etc. but at least you know you’ll get paid what they said.

 

Switching companies isn’t that bad. I had three companies in the first six months.
1) (17 days) wanted me to falsify HOS logs during training.
2) (5 months) DM was a lunatic and company wouldn’t let me have a new one. The DM actually told me to stop calling… so I did. Then I get called in for not communicating. If you need me to read what’s submitted on the Qualcomm you aren’t worth my time.
3) current company and I’ve been here for 3 years. But alas they don’t respect my privacy and I need to take the truck in for a driver facing camera. I told them I want $35 an hour for them to watch me or I’m out. I’m a cheep lot lizard.

To summarize there are good jobs out there you just have to find them.

 

No one. It's mentioned in many other threads though. I was trying to cut anyone off before that was inserted in this thread.