Drivers pay

It’s hard to find good guys anywhere now a days.... there’s a reason why we are owner ops and they are just drivers...

 

People are lazy.
That's the problem.
The better you make it for some people... the more Diva they become.
You'll get lucky eventually and find a real driver or two, and your Biz will flourish.

And you'll be able to sleep at night without worrying about children in the equipment.

 

Sick days and vacation days should be earned, not just given, some of the perks they have should be earned.

If you give them out like candy its worthless to them.

Remember when you where a kid you broke a toy? Did you care? Probably not, because you didn’t pay for it. Soon as you earned money and purchased something and then you broke it? Remember how mad you got?

 

Have you asked him what the problem is?

Also don't go below 40%

 

Yes, you are paying them far too much. There is absolutely no way your profitable right now paying that kinda money and having that little of utilization. You gotta start being far more picky on who you hire. Hire slow, fire fast. Some people are just absolute flakes, nothing you offer will matter. I’d say you also grew too quickly but that’s just me. Anyway, it’s hard to get the all stars because they are already out working and doing a #### good job.

Also, for a small company perception is a big factor. If your “A” or All Star drivers see you keep around a B or even C driver then it will only frustrate them and they’ll leave. You end up left with only the crap guys. If they see you be caring and sensible about things, but expect them to bust ### and be dependable, and if someone steps out of line their ### disappears, then you’ll get much more respect.

It’s a tough ### deal all the way around. I’m 35 and am running 10 trucks and a little brokerage but I also took 12 yrs to get here. So, I can relate a lot with what your saying.

Ps. Never pay a percentage, offer a very high weekly guarantee. Assuming they actually work all week.

 

Are you looking for drivers I take it? I'm in the area you are in and used to frac

 

With the national average truck driver pay around 46k , i dont believe you have empty seats at 110k annually. Im a car hauler back in the day if you hustled you could make that but probably were home once a week, now most are lucky to see 70k. And im pretty sure hauling ner cars on an open trailer requires a bit more skill than crude. I would happily take one of those jobs off your hands.