If it sounds too good to be true...

I did state that is is an hourly rate with Staffmark. I was also talking aboy how many jobs factor an hourly wage based on a 40 hour work week though drivers actually worked 14 hours, NOT based on salary. They are paid by miles, drops, stops ect and the company factor it into an hourly wage in order use the "hourly rate" for certain benefits such as holiday & vacation pay. You are wrong. Both me and my hubby are paid as drivers this way. It's often done, same as hourly.

 

It's best not to work through staffing or temp agencies.
These companies are at the forefront of driving down wages and providing part-time jobs with no benefits while profiting themselves by taking a commission or a cut of the earnings.
AVOID these temp agencies like the plague they are.

 

there are ccertainly many drivers paid by the mile/drop, but I have never seen it converted to an hourly pay, as that is really impossible. But my point is that if a company advertises hourly pay, then they pay hourly pay. If a compamy pays CPM, then they advertise CPM or possibly advertise average yearly pay. Have never seen a company that pays CPM advertise an hourly rate, pretty sure that would be illegal

 

That's why its a TEMP agency. You should only work there temporarily until you get hired on by the company or you find something better

 

That's pretty obvious.
My point is that these agencies are contributing to the depression of wages and elimination of benefits to workers, basically the race to the economic bottom. There are some fields that have cratered and their path in that direction was paved by the temp agencies. Temp agencies are the domestic version of outsourcing high-paying jobs.
Be your own personal coolie at coolie wages if you like.

 

Driving agencies are the biggest threat out there, they took a hold in Britain and now there are hardly any permanent jobs there and those that are around are mostly bad jobs.

 

OTOH, if you have been off the road for a while, these jobs are more likely to put you back on the road without going through all the hassle of "retraining" that a lot of companies insist on. Work one of these jobs for a few months, and you are back to being "current" again, and can go where you want.

 

Only if you want to go to a mega. Some small shops only care about whether or not you held a CDL for a certain length of time, and couldn't care less if you drove a semi or a taxi cab.

 

I can see where many temp t hire places can be a threat when companies actually dont want to hire drivers to keep from paying benefits, but with the high price staffmark charges companies and pays the drivers, I don't think they are one of those types. Hubby got a job through them after being with swift for 2 yrs. Temp to hire with a decent company on a nice regional route making 61K and home 4 nights a week. while a temp he averaged $28 an hour. He had no complaints, he got to check the company out to see if he wanted to work for them and they got a feel for him as a driver with no required "orientation period with training wages" that most companies do.. I was offered a job to team with him but declined. It's not all bad. My father was trucking for years and retired. he would occasionally come out of retire and wrk with staffmark to make some good extra dough to buy his toys.

 

mail contractors are under wage laws, they have to all pay the same.
You can bid on mail hauling contracts and go as cheap as you want, but drivers get paid the prevailing wage. Wish the megas had the same rules.