Bad Experience at The " US EX'press"

That does'nt make any since at all,the more miles you drive the less pay you receive.I wonder how many companies do this.Think Werner is on a sliding payscale.But can't remember how their scale works.But of course companies leave added info out till you get their and either find out during orientation or on the road.Lucky this company paid your way back home.

 

Why would you go from hauling fuel to driving OTR for a bottom feeder?

 

good point

 

I guess his x current fuel hauler wasn't a good fit for him. 40.5 cpm is better than what most companies pay for experinced drivers. Knight is on a sliding pay scale as well. They say you make more on it than just being payed a steady rate for all miles.

 

Can someone seriously do me a favor.... Thoroughly explain the term "bottom feeder". Because #### near every company on this forum has received that nomination.

 

bottom: the opposite of top
Feeder: the act of consumption

bottom feeder: that which consumes from beneath.

used in the above context it probably refers to a company that is less than reputable and is willing to take less than fully qualified applicants because at the same time their business practices are less than reputable and safety standards probably leave much to be desired.

 

To me a bottom feeder is any carrier who employs new CDL holders, with no trucking experience; and there is a bunch of them and this forum attracts those affected like bees to spilled coke. Sliding scales are common among carriers, especially carriers who offer a bunch of different "regional fleets" to choose from. You can disagree with them but they are a fact of life with many large carriers. That's how they con the less intelligent drivers to "jump on" all that low mileage freight that "pays so much better". Short haul regional freight pays the carrier 50% more but they pay the driver 5% more, as they sit idle at docks 20 hours more each week and wonder why they can't run any serious miles.

Somebody has to haul the short loads but I wouldn't touch a 200 mile load as a company driver for less then 60 cents if that was a common load throughout the week.

 

Swift, Werner, CR England, JB Hunt, US Xpress, Schneider, did I miss any? A usually large company that hires new CDL holders and pays them a ridiculous wage like 26 cents a mile. Or pressures them to lease and work for free. All the while hauling cheap freight and lowballing smaller companies to steal the freight. That being said there are also small outfits that I would consider "bottom feeders" usually Chicago based Eastern European owned "companies. They hire only immigrants, run them to death, and pay them on 1099. They also scavenge for and haul cheap freight.

 

Why do companies have a sliding pay scale?There should be a law against that.Like we're making good money to begin with,ya whatever and now they wanna take more away from us.Bet the offices don't have a sliding pay scale.