Salary over $1000 per week guaranteed?

I know there are ways to make more money... but most places want drivers to stay out for 2-3 weeks. There are no guarantees to get home every weekend - and if there are... they may / may not live up to their guarantee. There are some companies (only a few that I know of) that guarantee a minimum salary - or a salary of any kind. The majority pay by the mile. Some pay by mover's miles, some by actual miles, some by hub miles.

Given that drivers can make over $1000 per week gross, at most companies - and obviously, a lot more than that in some places... why don't more companies pay a salary, instead of by the mile.

Nothing pisses me off more, as a driver - than sitting around, waiting for some slow ### shipper / receiver to do their jobs... as much as 5 hours in some places. If I'm getting paid by the mile - I'm losing money, while I sit. The other thing that pisses me off is waiting for my next load, because dispatch waits to give me my next load, until after I've delivered the load I'm on (a regular situation where I'm at now). Honestly - I just hate sitting. But, at least I'm getting paid, while I'm on salary!

There are a lot of things I like about the company I'm with though... and although I can (probably / possibly) make more somewhere else / doing something else... it's not all about the money.

This thread is supposed to be about guaranteed pay and guaranteed weekends off - as a company dry Van driver... not how much more I can make getting paid by-the-mile somewhere else... or doing something totally different than what I'm doing (i.e. tanker, flat bed, heavy haul, reefer, doubles / triples, flying a helicopter, etc.)

 

And what exactly do you have to do for that kind of pay? How many years have you worked there / getting paid for years of driving? Do you drive a dry van, doubles / triples, or reefer? Do you have to drive nights, every day - and do you get off every weekend... a full 2 days, or 34 hours?

It's great to know that there are jobs out there that pay that much - but can anyone with 2-3 years of experience get that job, and get that kind of money - as a company Dry Van driver? I think not.

 

I thought the same thing... and actually expected them to run me hard... but it turns out, they don't run me any different than they did when they paid me for mileage... and I average less than 2200 miles per week, which equals .45 per miles driven on average.

I work 5.5 days a week - home every weekend. That means I get $181 per day... which I'm guessing is a whole lot more than you get paid for detention.

Every company is different about detention / layover pay - but most don't really compensate you for the lost drive time. You could easily make more driving than sitting around. Some companies don't pay for detention, unless there is an agreement with the customer. I get paid the same amount every day.