Will a company raising CPM pay mean more income? For some it will not

You know, if you fix the idiocy of the shippers you fix a lot of problems

pay, wasted time, wasted equipment and any ELD/HOS issues

 

Start going into them places with a body cam, record everything so you have proof, then tweet a copy to Trump, he will fix it all. Really just have your boss or broker look a it, then have them do what they should do and add them delays into the rate or stop using them completely, when he stuff sits on the dock they may take notice, but then everyone needs to do that or else somebody will be very busy.

 

I hear ya. Getting paid commission when you have to wait hours to get loaded kind of kills it. When I took a job driving on commission (pennies per mile), my annual pay went way down compared to driving local and getting paid by the hour. After wasting time with Schneider National for the last couple years of rarely going home and never when I had to be there, I have returned to local work. Along with having every weekend off. Starting pay was $24 an hour and $36 after 40 (55-60 hours a week).

Traffic? Waiting for a load? Refueling my truck? Who cares. I'm getting paid to sit here. Nothing beats it. Goodbye OTR!

 

Truck driving has lots of issues that vary from one segment to the other, but so do most jobs. Yes, truck driving has a few unique issues that you won't have a a typical job, but all things considered, for most, the typical truck driving job will provide a consistently [much] higher gross check than a typical "regular hourly job" that most would have available as an option in Any Town, USA. Carriers factor all this additional BS into the mileage rate. If you want to be paid for this and that, you can expect your mileage pay to go down.

And let's be honest, prerequisites for driving a truck are very minimal.

 

Wrong.

The number one reason why people quit is because their expectations are unreaslitic and can't accept reality.

The number two reason is that they expected to make big bucks with no experience.

The number three reason is because they can not adjust to the life style or be safe on the road.

 

Right. We'd be shocked if we knew how many read those signs on the back of trailers "Earn $1.00 mile on all miles" and thought "dam, that's good wages!" And it wasn't until after they committed themselves before they figured out all the other realities behind and in front of that claim.

 

Don't forget to factor the benefits cost of an employer.. If you're paid so much per mile or per hour and the company pays full benefits with no out of pocket for driver.. That could add $5 an hour or .10 a mile you don't see.. a lot of people overlook how much bennies cost.

 

I find that when I get something to eat and lay down for a nap things happen pretty quickly 99 percent of the time.