Prospective employees... DO THE MATH

I heard a commercial on the radio yesterday for Shaffer trolling for drivers.

They spewed out the tasty numbers that most drivers drool over and gave the contact information.

Now , I've always been really quick with math computations in my head, so I did a quick cranial spreadsheet and was left bewildered.

Someone help me , please.

*At .48-.51 per practical mile...
*yearly earnings possible of $48-$51,000 for the TOP 50% of performing drivers.

My math tells me that if they ONLY pay mileage and nothing else... no loading , unloading , detention , drop/hook , layover , extra pay for fingerprintin etc... (which I don't understand why you would work for someone that made you work for free to start with) is that the TOP drivers are only moving 110,000 miles per year/2200week/300miles a day. How many miles are the average guys getting?? 90k ?

The 300 a day is what's crazy. They leave you guys sitting so much... uncompensated.

Pick up a load.. take all day... it delivers 400 miles away , but two days later. Sit there getting unloaded for awhile... maybe get loaded later that evening close by , maybe not, wasted day. RINSE AND REPEAT.

I see these poor guys sitting all the time in the truckstop when I stop to fuel or shower , maybe grab a bite. You hear the eavesdropped stories at the war table in the restaurant so i know this is accurate.

Not me. I can't sit like that. These companies can do better. They just don't CARE. Do the math. Don't bite on the overripe fruit.

 

You calling me a liar ?? That's the way I just read that. No call for it. I didn't make it up out of thin air. Buy a calculator.

I won't respond with similar atrocities.

Have a nice day. Sitting in the truck stop.

 

My point exactly.... and have something to do every day. Keep me moving