Swift driver pay raise on the way

Let me get this straight. 2200 miles a week at .49 cpm running the nightmare northeast using up your 70 hours. So your gross with the stop pay is around $1100-1200 weekly? Which is around $16 an hour straight time. To me just seems like you're underpaid. Correct me if I'm wrong,

 

I am a rookie. Coming from my former job to this, I am making darn good money. Underpaid? Every single one of us that drives a truck is underpaid. Would I like to make more? Of course, but I am perfectly content, proving myself, and building my experience for the next phase of my driving career. I have zero (major) complaints about Swift. Also, I don't mind driving up here, except maybe New Jersey.

 

We need more drivers like you.
Every load you pull in the northeast is one less
The rest of us don't have to touch. Good job.

OTR Trucking goes in cycles. Your in the beginning cycle.
Everything is new and challenging,and your making some money.
Every day is miserable trucking in the northeast.
You can never just set the cruise and ride.

Eventually you'll realize that you can make more
Money and work less trucking thru any other part
Of the country. And take a shower every night.

Your getting .49cpm at swift. That's 10 cpm better than the new Walmart drivers. Lol
Better keep that a secret,they'll be trying to take your job.

 

Fair enough. I don't think I'm underpaid. Best of luck in your future endeavors.

 

What is the raise?

 

'Proving yourself'.
Thanks for your obedience as well as your complete submission.
Us couple of rich guys that own you really appreciate it.

 

Hahaha.

We all started somewhere.

 

When u are new it’s like being paid to learn a skill. As you get better, the pay goes up.

 

Trucking is my 2nd career after retiring from my first. In my 1st career field the spread between starting pay and top pay was a $20,000 per year difference that took 5 years to reach. Since I retired changes were made and it now takes 7 years to reach the best pay. With experience came more opportunities and favorable working conditions IF you proved yourself and wanted it. Why is or should trucking be any different? Because some miserable, bitter person who does nothing but ##### and cry on these forums says so?

Everyone starting out new in every career field starts at the lower end of the pay scale and works their way up either thru longevity at the company they started with or by finding a job somewhere else after they've gained experience and yes proved yourself.

Every time you leave a company and go somewhere else you are starting over again and have to prove yourself again to your new bosses and / or co-workers no matter how much time you are coming in with. The acceptance curve will be quicker with more experience but you still are not accepted fully until you've proved yourself to the new company. Anyone who thinks otherwise will probably have problems anywhere they go and have plenty of reasons to ##### and cry.