Driver shortage pushing up pay

That guy needs to talk with my boss.

Now that the borders are open game, if there was a shortage, there ain't now!

PB has it right, a shortage of good paying driving jobs.

 

Let's see here. There was a shortage of "Qualified" drivers in the late 70's and early 80's. There was a "driver" shortage in the 90's. There's a driver shortage in 2011. Pay has gone up. Yep if a few pennies a mile floats your boat. Me, I ain't impressed. Hell, not so many years ago they were braggin about .34 a mile; saw an ad today start at .38 a mile. Wow! .04 a mile in what, 5-6 years, Scuse me if I don't jump to take the job. Jeez, these people should do some research and see how much difference there is in 1985 and 2011. Not to brag but in 1981 I was paid 25% of Gross to the truck and that figured about .31 a mile. 30 years later and a whoppin what today, .41 a mile for an experienced driver. Let's all jump for joy.

 

.41 for hazmat and TWIC. or 50% of the net minus 50% fuel. Gotta luv them smoke and mirrors.

 

.0.31 cents in 1981 = $0.75 in 2011

Here's a good Cost of Living Calculator...put it in your favorites.

http://www.aier.org/research/worksheets-and-tools/cost-of-living-calculator

 

USA go the same way like europe,in the *80 yo make good money ,now 2011 you make nothing,to many cheap drivers out of the country,here were go the same way in 10 or more years only the bigcarriers have the buisness with cheap drivers P.D.the good is when happen this, iam not drive more

 

I can't complain because I'm hourly but,,,, in 1992 my dad paid me a few bucks to sweep floors in his shop and do quick delivery runs with a pickup truck.

$10/hr with no taxes or deductions.

In today's dollars that's over $26/hr. and I'm STILL not making that.

And they wonder where the middle class went.

BTW I thought "Driver Shortage" was when you crossed the red wire with the black wire.

 

I disagree with your statment. I have people calling me all day looking for trucks and they all tell me the same thing "Trucks are hard to find". One company is booking trucks 2 weeks in advance. We are increasing our rates and getting them.

 

WOOT! :smt038

 

there is a shortege of Qualified EXPREANCED DRIVERS.
AKA, companies treat thier Sr. drivers like crap, giving them the low miles, in hopes that they will quit, so the company can hire some one, 1 day of truck driving school, to fill thier seat.
In the last week, i know of 7 SR. drivers have left my company.
Company's would rather to pay some one cheaper, than to keep thier the SR. drivers. Something tells me, they have the idea of driver retention backwards.
Somethimg tells me, the more this happens, the more the Safety rating for these companies are going to go thru the roof. Then they will have to beg, scratch and claw those SR. drivers to come back.

So your the owner of a company, doesn't matter the size, would you rather have more expreanced drivers behind the wheel, or a someone i day out of tk driving school.