Carriers saving money on the backs of drivers! What's a better way?

I don't know if you've noticed but driver pay is most likely less now than it was in the 70's,......When inflation is accounted for,..

 

Try cutting the uppers pay...... Sad to say, but when things get as bad as they did and trucking co's are struggling they need to determine what is costing them money and how do they survive this until freight picks up. This will tick a lot of drivers off, but start by removing some perks. That can be reinstated later. Bonuses and such. The drivers that keep tearing stuff up, sorry, but you are costing us too much. Place a hiring freeze to give what drivers you do have decent miles. Many of these things was done by companies.

The problem is when you start making cuts the good drivers loose incentive to stay or try to get good fuel mileage. When you start cutting corners on maintenance cost you are just pushing the problem a few miles down the road. Not saving anything. I am not the business type that looks to correct the co problems. I am paid to deliver the goods. Having said that I would say you start at the top and thin down. The top dogs make more and have more areas to shave. Don't start with the drivers. They have enough that they are already shorted on. They don't have the comforts that a lot of big wigs have like fine dining and sleeping in their own beds.

Start at the top and work down. It will trickle down to the drivers, but if you tear out the foundation the whole building falls. Take a few shingles off and slowly work down. Just my opinion...

 

In any business when you want to cut your spending you look at where the money goes and start with you biggest expenses.

 

You have to determine if that biggest expense determines incoming profit. You can't cut the limb between you and the tree.

 

Again, please obtain your Class A CDL and put time in the seat of a carrier before you post your unsubstansiated claims about the industry. Your only "knowledge" about the trucking industry is what you claim to read on the interwebs.