Praxair/Linde (northern ca) 17.25% Pay raise!

@superpet39 --

To what area of Ga did you transfer? Augusta? Somewhere else?

Do keep us posted on what things are like at your new location....

--Lual

 

Congratulations!!! I hope that you realize what you've done for your fellow driver's. You have lifted the bar to other companies who employ driver's doing the same work as you. They will have to come up to the pay of your company or risk losing drivers. Unfortunately, I still feel sorry for the OTR segment of our industry. The lack of parody speaks volumes, Either the driver's can't see it or they deny it. Either way, they lose. Shame.

 

I think the word you're looking for is parity. We normally don't change or even criticize the words used in posts except when the word used could change the whole meaning of the post.
Unless of course, your whole post was a parody.

 

I think $37-$38 is about what Bay Area fuel haulers are getting. It's actually kind of a bummer for me to read this- it means I won't be getting much of a raise when I negotiate in April.
I do have a huge menu of advantages (At least they are advantages to me) over Linde company drivers, we'll see see if I can beat their base pay too.

A while ago there was a fuel hauling job on Craigslist in Portland for $40 per hour. Gives me something to shoot for

 

No, I exactly meant parody.

 

Of course.

 

You are correct. Auto correct is my worst enemy. Thank you.

 

I shortly worked for Linde in UT and it was a horrible experience. I believe it had more to do with the locations culture than the overall company though.
I did Gas/Jet A ect.. for KAG West years ago.
Cryo is definitely the easier of the two. Cryo is extremely forgiving. 1 product to a trailer, fittings are not interchangeable so it's impossible to wrong tank/load a product. Skinny, light hoses. Mostly wide open space to deliver. If I hadn't had a problem with the atmosphere I'd of loved to retire from Cryo.