Company Rats

I tried to research the numbers, but I couldn't find something that says "57,361 people completed CDL school in 2015 and only 28,680.5 of them were still driving 1 year later." All the articles were anecdotal.

But, according to a Journal of Commerce article, the turnover rate for mega carriers is still hovering around 100% as of September. There are several ways to understand it, but the JoC says that 4/5ths of a company is stable, but the turnover for that last 20% is 500%. Now we all know that job hopping happens, but if you have 5 jobs in 1 year, the chances are you won't get a 6th time. So how do you account for that turnover? Wouldn't it only make sense that a large percentage are dropping out?

 

For the most part, this is an accurate approach.

Let's say a company has 500 trucks.

And they average 10 new drivers per week in orientation. Out of that 10, let's say two will wash out for drug test, background check, etc. This leaves approximately 8 drivers per week.

Now, one can make the argument the company is trying to expand to 600 trucks which would explain the hiring rate. However, if the number of trucks in a company remains relatively the same year after year, it's not difficult to figure out the turn over.

 

Ethos just now

 

Yep...

The megas, through sheer volume, will undercut the smaller players.

Now those who wok for the megas will respond with a flippant, "Big deal. I have a job and a steady paycheck."

Unfortunately, these folks miss the long-term ramifications.

If the megas completely dominate the market, they will inevitably control how the labor force is paid and treated. After all, just where the hell are are these disgruntled employees gonna go...? If they're unhappy with mega #1, it will be the same at mega #2, and so on down the line. Essentially, you're looking at a cartel.

 

What the megas are doing to trucking is what Walmart did to main Street
What the big truckstops have done to the independent.
Yes, smaller profit made up by volume and slave labor.
If that's what you're cheering for, have at it.

 

As an avid reader, I can give another example.

Barnes&Noble and Borders pretty much wiped out the smaller independent bookstores.

And guess what happened...?

Amazon came along and put them under.

Those who fail to see the big picture will inevitably fall victim to the very things they once admired.

 

translation: i just repeat what i have heard others say,because it supports my position,but i really dont have a clue what is really happening.

 

like i said,free market capitalism. Love it or leave it.

 

Do you really think you're sounding good in this conversation?
*Shrugs*

 

the claim was that most(i interpret most to mean more than 50%) so called trainees dont last six month.
This is a specific claim. i would expect that empirical evidence of this claim would exist somewhere.
Apparently such evidence specifically supporting the above statement doesn't exist.