.42 CPM as a graduate

and here we go with the comments "well it dont matter how good the pay is if you dont get any miles". lol wouldnt you rather run less miles at a higher rate? nooo that would make too much sense, because if im not driving 11 hrs a day what on earth would i do with my free time but complain im bored,"with all thats available in this world nobody should be bored, they should change the meaning of the word bored to "mental" and fyi walmart drivers dont run the most miles but they prob do better than most, although the driver cam is an issue for me we all have our price

 

If I'm in the truck and on the road then I expect to be running, simple as that. Raising the pay rate to compensate for me laying around truck stops/terminals waiting on a load or just a general lack of miles doesn't cut it. If you're content with 2200-2300 miles a week @ $0.42/mile then that's your choice. But I'd rather a $0.40/mile job running 2800-3000 miles a week making use of the time I'm obligated to the company. Now obviously stops and unload/reload times will play a factor in this but as long as I'm being compensated then that isn't an issue.

 

If that's base pay, it goes to show you what inflation did these last 15 years. .48 was top pay for me, in 2001. Now if 43 is basic pay... it's not worth that much. It's still good money. Better than .32

 

The recruiter says they do 2700 - 3000 a week there, and most of the guys working there say they get miles also.

I'm hoping they keep the miles up even with the raise.

 

I was just talking to a Celadon driver who left millis for celadon...

 

Tyson start's students at .41 after training plus bonus and additional CPM for loads less than 500 miles.

 

Did he run out of meds?

 

Wow 42 c per mile that's unbelievable for a new trainee they either must be really short of drivers or there's some fine print in there that has a few strings attached.

 

Millis has mileage bonus,
2500 mi. Was an extra 5 CPM iirc

 

I think he just got fed up