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If you are incapable of expressing your thoughts in an intelligent manner, in writing as well as verbally, you are at a significant disadvantage because NOBODY is going to take you seriously in this industry or any other. I'm not saying you should never slack off and write or speak in a less formal manner, just that there is a time and a place to do so. When you are filling out job applications and interviewing for a job, your appearance as well as your ability to put a cognitive thought together in an intelligent and professional manner speaks volumes. Misspellings, incorrect grammar, etc. on a job application also sticks out like a sore thumb.

If you want to earn more doing what you do, your employer needs to see potential in you to be more than "just" what you are being hired to do. If you only want to do the minimum amount of work, you'll be paid at the minimum rate, and you'll never be asked to do anything more. When you go the extra mile, good bosses take notice and it leads to promotions, wage increases, equipment upgrades, and other "perks" that others simply don't get offered to just anybody.

 

52 weeks in any given year , @ 1,000 a week take home is 52,000 a year. Thats 18,000 short of 70,000 , that isn't what most folks would call close to 70k. Just saying. If you're only making 50 running local , you're way under paid there pal. But , as long as you are satisfied , that's the key. Being happy.

 

Reread what he wrote. You're either bad at math or don't understand or missed what he said. $1000 a week take home IS close to or over $70,000 gross a year sir, I mean pal.

 

Really , sentence composition and grammer means you are a better driver , funny. Since the driver that was the top guy where I worked for over 30 years ( not just in senority , but in safe miles driven ), didn't finish high school.
Experience , patientence , and a good attitude are what makes a real Pro , a driver that takes pride in himself , and puts safety in front of anything else, is the guy folks want. Not necessarily the one that knows when to use your , or you're , or their , and there correctly in a sentence.

 

That is 52000 take home, did you forget the huge chunk uncle sam takes? So yea close to 70k gross. I make 50k gross local in a straight truck working Monday to Friday dayshift, usually about 45 hours per week, never worked more than 55 hrs. So yea, I am happy.

 

In this world, first impressions are important. If somebody walks in wearing sweatpants, a stained t-shirt, and flip flops to apply for a job, and when they hand in the application it is full of misspellings, incorrect grammar, text abbreviations, and other things that would make an English teacher cringe, they aren't likely to be taken very seriously. It doesn't matter if they are applying for a job as a professional driver or a fry cook. Now showing up dressed to the 9's with a resume printed on nice paper and a well-written cover letter doesn't mean you know how to do the job, either...but it shows you care enough about getting the job to put a little effort into the process.

A driver who takes pride in himself is going to care what impression he makes on the people he interacts with.

 

I did read exactly what he wrote. He never mentioned gross or net pay. He simply stated that 1,000 a week take home would be close to 70,000 a year. That's what he posted. I'm not here to argue. Just pointed out what the guy said. Chill out there guy.

 

"Take home" implies after Uncle Sam's cut.

 

Well I never had "training". After I went to cdl school, I got my job straight out of school. No on the job training. Last year I made 48k this year I am at 49k right now with 4 more weeks of pay coming. Honestly someone in training should not be paid full pay, a trainee is not doing the same job as a solo driver. My company put me in at full scale right away because they believed I could do the job with no training, and I did. All fields pay someone in training a lot less. When I was an apprentice mechanic I was making $12 an hour while the journeymen made $30 an hour, thats just how it works. I did not make enough to support my family so I went someware where I could.

 

Take Home clearly means net. From dictionary.com
take-home pay
[teyk-hohm]

• Word Origin

noun
1.
the amount of salary remaining after deductions, as of taxes, have been made.