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ATTENTION COMPANY OTR DRIVERS: PER DIEM, PAY & SAFETY PERFORMANCE BONUS CHANGES!


Exciting news for Abilene OTR company drivers!

1. On your next paycheck (2/16/18) the per diem allowance is being increased to 11 cents per mile for singles, and 7 cents per mile for teams with a maximum allowance per pay period of $700.00!

1. On your 3/2/18 paycheck, you’ll see your mileage rate increase by 1 cent per mile!

1. We are introducing a Safety Performance program starting in March! This is a monthly program that will reward drivers who drive a minimum of 10,000 miles as a single or 20,000 miles as a team an additional 1 cent per mile provided they have NOT had a preventable incident of $1,000 or more. The first payment on this program will be on your 4/13/18 paycheck. The current bonus program for teams receiving a penny per mile for 20,000 paid miles monthly will be under the Safety Program starting in March.

We appreciate our drivers and everything you do for Abilene Motor Express! Please contact the Payroll Department if you have questions. Thank you.



Anita H, PHR, SHRM-CP

HR Manager, Abilene Motor Express

www.abilenemotor.com

1700 Willis Rd., N. Chesterfield, VA 23234



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Here at the Isolatek plant in Huntington, IN. I have been here once before, when I was still wet behind the ears. It sticks out in the memory because it's an honest to god manufacturing plant about the size of a typical TA, and it is square in the middle of a residential area. Like there is no way to get here without passing through neighborhoods marked with "NO TRUCKS except local deliveries" on every road.

My load assignment (which I got yesterday morning) gave me an appointment window rather than an actual appointment. Earliest: 8/17/18 (no time listed). Latest: 8/18/18, 11:59pm. So groovy! First come, first serve, I can get there whenever.

Rolled in around 4:30 yesterday afternoon, gave them my pickup number, and was told "Oh, you're not supposed to be here until tomorrow at 3:00pm."

So apparently I did have an actual appointment.

Thing is: They make this stuff while you wait. It's not sitting around in a warehouse waiting to be shipped. If your appointment is for 3pm, they will start cranking out the product around noon.

However, I was the first of only two pick-ups scheduled for today, so they told me I could come in early if I wanted. So I moseyed on down to the Warren Travel Plaza in Warren, IN, 12 miles down the road (literally), grabbed a shower (don't shower here, it wasn't cleaned, I pulled a golf-ball-sized wad of hair off the drain), grabbed some Indian food (which was pretty good, especially the naan), and crashed for the night.

Rolled back to the shipper a bit ago, they said they could load me early, but it would take 2 hours because they are literally pulling this stuff off the conveyor, packaging it, and palletizing it while I sit here in the dock.

It ain't due until Tuesday, though, and it's only going to Durham, NC, so I ain't in a hurry.

 

Then you took SR5 down to Warren, and went over the dam at Huntington reservoir. We used to fish that regularly.Haven't been there in years, though.

 

So the bonus isn't specified as such on your settlement?. I know I exceed 10k miles every month, but have never seen anything other than my usual mileage pay.

 

Its my turn to do the NC engine run. Is there anything I should know?. I seem to recall long unload times unless you know a secret password or handshake. Im not unloading early or anything, just looking for some insight as a few of you have been before.