I do 40 to 50 motel nights a year and since I don't know where I'll be when I'm out of hours I often stay at a pricier property (on purpose) and as a member of most of the frequent stayer clubs I've amassed enough points for at least 30 free nights which the wife thinks is a great perk.
how much is your layover pay?
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Last company, layover was $100 a day and they weren't cheap about it. Didn't try cheating ya because the clock said 21 hours and not 24. If ya were available to work but there wasn't a load in the area, $100 for time wasted, simple.
New company is $150 and it's never for 24 hours. There's been times where I'd deadhead 200 miles to a pickup and there was no load to grab.. $150 + miles for wasting my time. Bob tail 150 miles looking for a phantom empty? Need my $150, clock is burnt up and I can't run miles, simple.
It's seems petty and I can admit drivers try gaming the system looking for layover as a lazy way to earn money. For those that run hard, layover pay is basically "sorry for the inconvenience." -
A typical run is out one day, unload, lay over, and head back home the second day. When the driver lays over, the first ten hours are at no pay, just like they'd be if he was home.
We pay motels and meals. Each driver carries a company credit card. When the layover starts he can start using the card to pay for his meals. The next day, after his layover, he can charge meals on the way back to the yard. This does not mean that he can stop ten miles from the yard and have another meal before he comes in. Most of the guys understand that.
We'd rather the drivers didn't stay at the Hilton but we don't want them staying in some flea-bag either. On the meals,we've never had a driver actually order steak and lobster but I'm sure they've thought about it. Same as the motel, don't get fancy but don't eat junk either.
At the end of ten hours the hourly pay kicks back in so, whether the truck is moving or not, the driver get's paid. It's up to us to keep that truck moving so we're not incurring any dead loss due to lack of miles. But...if the driver is sitting, away from home, and he's sitting because we didn't arrange to keep him moving, we pay the bill.
With that kind of incentive we'll very rarely let a truck sit for any length of time. One of the benefits of being a local/regional company is that a lot of times we can run the truck back empty rather than waiting around for a cheap backhaul.longbedGTs and plankton Thank this. -
I remember those days. I'm not sorry to see them gone.201 Thanks this. -
use to take a power nap ... light a cigarette and put it in your fingers and put your head on the wheel and sleep for 10 minutes but oh what an alarm clock
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On the driver's side, most of the guys have had enough bad jobs that they recognize a decent one when they see it. That helps.longbedGTs Thanks this. -
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Do company drivers typically get Layover pay when the truck is down for maintenance?
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