Trucking companies have more trouble keeping long-haul drivers

They don't pay diddley squat. Thats why nobody stays. Otr should be getting alot bigger checks then we get now.

 

Those are some outstanding turnover rates,

compared to 10 years ago !!!!!

 

The broad from the "TCA" on Nemo last week said that "36 % of NEW drivers wash out in their first 90 days"...that translates into an 144% turnover rate in newbies!

 

Turnover rates for common carrier tankers in the Houston area stays in excess of 100%. This includes o/o's.

I have often heard mgmt. whine about this problem and rarely I said anything.....but just for grins I once cornered the US Safety director for a medium sized fleet and asked if he would like a waiting list of quality drivers like Walmart has ....but of course he would he said....so I told him what I would need. ( The check book, mod the bennies etc) and he said no, not interested.

 

And that Chalupa, is the sad way it is. These outfits won't pay worth a ####, treat a driver like dirt, and then piss and moan when the drivers leave them.

 

Considering I made more 10 years ago, there was less traffic and BS regulations.... I wonder why?

A man is out there trying to making a living. He doesn't need to be put through the ringer like there is no tomorrow.

 

Been out here for over 48 years and I can truthfully say that I was making in the mid 70s what I am making today. When I got into trucking in the early 60s, it was one of the better blue collar jobs that a person could get. Most of the compaines were union.

Today very few union companies left. The ball is in the hand of the employer, not the employee. You take the majority out here today, not all but most, if they are not driving for a major LTL carrier or a union company, counting the time away from home, probably the average wage is around 6 or 7 dollar per hour. Count the expense on the road and the hassle that a driver goes thru with the traffic and the so-called "law".

In the past three years, I have been inspected more than all the other 45 years put together. What person would want all this for 6 or 7 dollar per hour? Would I recommend truck driving to a young person today----NO!!

 

ATA Sucks...They are nothing more than a cheap lobbying group for the mega carriers. They have never been the voice of the Long Haul Trucker.The greedy pigs have distroyed the Trucking Industry and thats why they can't find no Drivers.........."NO Money=No Drivers"

 

The ATA keeps complaining of driver shortage. Well the only shortage their is , is the quality drivers. These crap co's keep Talking about rates going up, well the only that will go up are the rates these BFI co's charge and pocket all the $$. An OTR driver should make no less than $60k/year. Otr drivers are away from family & friends for roughly 80% of a calendar year. Anything less is just chicken feed so to speak.