Consensus on *guaranteed* weekly base pay?

They have a catch all phrase in the add " guaranteed when job expectations are met." That should be your tip off right there. Gives them all the excuses they could ever want to take advantage the the driver. Run like hell is after you.

 

They will impose a very strict home-time allowance. And when you get home, you will literally be counting the hours before you are required to log back in to maintain your eligibility for the guarantee. I'd rather work for a company that can keep me busy, regardless, without having to resort to medicocre "salary guarantees"

 

Salary Guarantees are a good idea IF the requirements are reasonable. Best advise about any company would come from the drivers currently driving for them. Beware of the driver who talks trash to get you to sign on so he can get his "newbie signon" bonus. They can be as bad as recruiters.

 

Exactly, nothing about a guaranteed minimum is bad in itself. Most of the time when a driver has a bad mileage week it's not his fault, truck breakdowns, slow freight, bad weather etc. Knowing that you had a minimum would be great to me. Now if they have ridiculous requirements to get it then that's another story but the negative would be on the requirements not the minimum. Again I think that carriers will go to this more and more often because it's worth losing money every now and then to keep a driver happy. Plus one could make an argument for safety, you won't push it on the ice if you had a minimum covering your back. Well some would but a lot wouldn't.

 

Companies are having a hard time finding drivers because it's trucking. Everyone who has more than say 2 years on here all have one thing in common, we have "it". Whatever that is, we can work long hours, days, weeks all by our lonesome and survive just fine. You could put us in space and tell us to man a space station and we could do the same thing because we can survive alone. Lots of people are never going to be able to do that. We have a sixth sense about the road and about how cities are laid out. We know what looks like a truck gate and what's a wrong turn in. We can pick up a load in Maine and within 10 minutes we can tell you the exact time within an hour when we will be at the gate in San Diego. On the rare occasions we get lost we don't panic. When we are in tight lanes and tight corners at night we just know where are tandems are even when we can't see them. We know where the hidden parking is usually, mountains are just something that slows us down and most importantly we know when the road conditions are just too bad to drive and when we can make it out. We all know that trucking is way more than holding a wheel. It can be stressful, especially when you're a rookie and for that reason people bail.

Some will point to the bad companies and say they're the reason but those companies are just taking advantage of the situation and gullible people. Some blame the megas but some of the worst offers I've ever had came from those Godly small mom and pop companies. To me this industry is simple, do your research, do your time and apply to the top companies when you can. I make great money but I didn't start off this way. Also, for some people its not a matter of money but the lifestyle. You know I was a Trainer and I can tell you first hand that some people will never make it in this Industry.

But for all that there will also be those who were so mistreated that they will run not walk away and never look back, and that's a shame but it's probably the same in most industries.

 

So since you asked specifically about veriha I suppose that I can answer. There are some conditions. First you have to have at least 5.5 days per week but they court a full day worked as being any day that you have at least 4 hours of on duty. Secondly and this is the one that gets the most people you can't have more than 48 hours of home time. If you exceed this its mileage. You can't refuse any loads and your pay rate isn't based on years of experience but by credentials. Top pay is .45 cents and you need to have at least 2 credentials i.e hazmat and a twic card. As for overall pay its based on a 2500 mile week and obviously if you get more miles that's the pay you get.

 

I have a guaranteed minimum pay as well I have to be payed 40hrs in 4 days whether I work them or not so that puts me at $804 a week minimum pay. That pay is guaranteed for Monday Wednesday Thursday Friday I have Saturday Sunday Tuesday off. Most of the time I work Tuesday. That day is payed at x1.5 pay. If I work Saturday which I do now and then it's at x2 pay