Any current Covenant Drivers??

And since we are arguing...

Being put on a particular run doesnt get you automatic experience. Driving and working does. Dedicated runs CAN be harder to get than regular OTR jobs. I know of a route on our account that pays fairly well, the driver works for about 8 hours total each day. When you combine that with the hometime, it can be fairly appealing to a driver.

Experience does matter, but not as much as attitude. You can be an owner op and that doesnt mean a flip to me at all. All it shows is that you can either lease onto a company and do a fleece option, or you somehow came up with 100+k for a truck out of nowhere. Tons, and I do mean TONS of owner ops who thought they knew everything and had 'experience' and 'lots of miles' under their belts were the first ones to shut the rig down and put up a for sale sign on it when fuel Started to move up. I could care less about experience, but what one has in attitude and knowledge about the business is what really matters to me.

Lots of experienced drivers think they can make more for their companies by running 80mph, idling all day, and treating their trucks like junk.

Others who are knowledgable about their biz know what kinds of trucks to buy, how to spec em out, how to optimize them for max fuel mpg...can save / earn tens of thousands of dollars more a year by doing things that the vets dont want to do.

Dont assume that experience equals knowledge.

 

I have been with Covenant for over a year now and it will not make 2 years. For a few months now I have been thinking about leaving Covenant for various reasons. One is pay. I have been with them for almost 2 years and I am only making .29cpm.
Now just a week ago Covenant announced that it is mandatory that everyone take the per diem, they took away local haul pay, plus bonuses are being taken away and now on top of a $500 pet deposit, they will now charge a $250 annual fee for people with pets. It seems to me when a company takes away opportunites for a driver make money, charges the driver more money, and or takes money away from people that they are not going to be in business very much longer and they are grasping at straws.
I have had enough of Covenant...If you are looking to Covenant for employment. I would say...do yourself a big favor and go somewhere else. I'm at my limit of BS.