COVENANT -- From a wife's perspective

Ms. RC, hope you guys and your mom are doing well. Talked to a friend of mine (another Cov. driver) who finished his teaming a couple weeks ago... he got his $ 2500 bonus for his 80 thousand miles and also got a Walmart dedicated account.

 

Hey Rocks, since I can't PM yet I hope you don't mind me asking you a question here. Since you have been solo on your Walmart dedicated run how many miles are you averaging each week?

 

A cut finger might be a good way to make up some extra $$$ that Covenant is taking from him LOL...If a old lady can spill her own hot coffee in her lab, and make millions, imagine how much Redcoat could make for a cut finger.

 

hi folks....heres one to play with your mind.... directly from covenant:
I spoke to a driver that was on a dedicated account,they took him off the account and did not tell him....so he is no longer a dedicated driver...if he gets a load with multiple stops he should get paid for them...
But no! Covenant tells the driver that he is not a dedicated driver,but if he gets
dedicated runs he does not get the extra pay.....WHAT????????
He is not a dedicated driver,but becomes one depending on the load he has,but how does he/she know what is what??????
This is just another ploy from them to cheat drivers out of pay...simply put.
And with the cuts in the ranks of drivers, they eliminate the experienced drivers,
keep the cheaper newbies and still make money in a bad time like this...
Experienced drivers take less crap from these cretons than the newbies do.
As for me..still looking,waiting and seeing where me and deb want to land.
best wishes
MCR&DEB.

 

So far, I am averaging 3 thousand per week. My friend, who got a Walmart dedicated 2 weeks ago said that so far he had 8 trips and made 7,200 miles (average 900 miles per trip). He's very satisfied.

 

I think there is some confusion here, with the terms dedicated account and dedicated run. That could be the issue.

We have dedicated accounts. I alternate between 2 of them. However, it is not a dedicated run.

If I get a "run" I get paid more (about 10%). Where as a simple dedicated account pays me what everyone else gets paid.

We have 2 drivers at the account where I live...me being one. The other driver makes 4 rounds a week, to and from the customer. Where I see them once a week.

We both work a dedicated account. But HE has the only dedicated run.

BUT... if he gets sick, and I have to cover his run. I get his pay scale for that run.

 

At Covenant, dedicated accounts guarantee at least 2500 miles per week but they pay less per mile than regular runs.

 

That was one nice surprise for me, at my current company. They pay more for dedicated. Where most companies pay less.

BUT...they will pull you from that account in a heartbeat, if you screw it up even once. Their dedicated runs, are that important. So they say.

If they keep cutting pay, back to 1985 levels. Your husbands next .01 raise, will have him at top solo pay.