per diem wtf

If you didnt opt out by 4/9/10 thats what theyre doing.Call payroll,I was confused too,it made sense.Look at your total gross by load,then look at taxes taken.Taxes taken should have been higher.......it does add up.

 

Don't take a per diem unless they make you.At tax time you will come out ahead with out the per diem.

 

A lot of people don't claim enough dependants in my opinion.Personally I claim on average at least 5 dependants and I'm single and I still usally get a return of around 2000.00 every year.

 

Most companies are paying per diem back every week. If this was the first week your per diem was deducted then you should get it back next week if your company pays weekly. I have done per diem with 3 dependents and some weeks i netted more than i grossed. I paid 800 dollars in Federal taxes last year and got a return of 3200.

 

eh wrong person quoted on first reponse, sorry

 

Get ahold of your FM and contact payroll to opt out. At least they aren't forcing us to do it.

 

I lucked up & got home early last week, went to d/l my check stub, and just happened to notice the posting about this. I called payroll, and indentified myself to the lady who answered the phone, explained that I'd just read the posting on their website, and told her I wanted to opt out of this. She told me to send in macro such & such, and hung up on me!

There are several things about this company that really irk me. One of them is when they institute a new policy such as this, and I have to take time out my life to opt-out. IMHO this should be an opt-in thing. It's probably a lucky thing that I happened to notice the posting about this, and got it stopped in time, because I would be "some-kind of upset" had they started messing w/my pay, like CarterB stated.

[Even after reading the company posting, it certainly did not indicate a reduction in pay, in fact I think it stated the driver would see an increase in net pay. ]

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Another thing, that upsets me to a greater degree is the way I am treated (on the phone) by pretty much anyone other than my dispatcher. At least he pretends to treat me with some degree of respect, but these other bozo's w/their condescending, couldn't care less, donkey-cavity attitudes... makes me wanna reach out & "touch" them... and I really am a very non-violent, non-physical person.

[I think they should take some of the savings they got out of turning our truck speed down and spend it on a phone etiquette course for the people who have to deal w/drivers. Maybe the turn-over rate would decrease just a little if they treated their drivers with some common courtesy.]

On the rare occaisions when I have been face-to-face with office/mngt. types I have no complaints. Never had any problems. Have always been treated very fairly & respectfully. They're never very friendly, but I think that is just an Iowa thing? Maybe it's me? I've been told before that I have an intimidating appearance, but I always try to be polite & friendly.
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Carter, I'm looking forward to your next posting, to see what you found out about all this, and I'm sorry if I jacked this thread w/my post. Just venting, I guess.