Marten Transport ***PAY SCALE***

I live in Abilene, TX. I make runs from Laredo, TX to IL, IN, IA, OK, PA, and NJ. All reefer loads from Mexico. Miles are good but pay is not. I get paid $50 every 24 hours I have to wait for a load. So if I wait 23 hours I don't get paid any detention...it's a real ####ed up game they have going on. Been thinking about going owner operator but with the way they have me waiting around all the time I'm lucky to pull in $700 a week after taxes. What account do you run with them?

 

Well I sent in my application yesterday. Hopefully they pick it up and hire me because I'll drop this truck back at Werner's terminal and take an Uber over to Marten and get started ASAP.

 

I don't believe that one bit! Haha jk. Werner has been decent to me. A ton of waiting around lately. But it's not terrible. Apparently in about 3 months I'll be get a 3cpm raise so that's cool. Why did you leave Werner?

 

Do you like Marten better than Werner? I just spoke with a recruiter this morning and she's just waiting on my desired orientation date. I'm attracted to the detention pay, the trucks having APUs, and inverters, and the holiday pay. Werner doesn't give a rats ### if it's a holiday or not, you still get paid bottom dollar garbage. Thinking about calling HR and putting in my two weeks with Werner.

 

Ok i`m new in this trucking world, explain to me about the per diem. I`m looking into the WM dedicated out of Shelbyville, TN.

 

Per diem is basically a pay for living expenses on the road that is paid tax free. So they lower your gross pay but you end up taking home more than you would without it. There are two problems with this that were described earlier, so you would want to contribute to the 401k and hopefully do not need a big home loan.