Currently making $116,000 a yr locally at small company, but they are reducing pay

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  1. truckerdave77

    truckerdave77 Bobtail Member

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    Thanks for the replies everyone. I didn't like that it was such a massive pay cut and was demoralized. But as a previous poster stated... As long as the checks continue to clear, just wait for better days.

    I am being paid W2, so I don't have to sit any cash aside for taxes and he informed us that we will still get our quarterly bonuses of $2,500 which I didn't include in the $116,000......
     
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    OldeSkool Road Train Member

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    Sounds like you should be able to survive. Just tighten your belt and eat off the dollar menu.
     
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    What's the company name, ill take your gig if you're going to quit and ride out the storm with the guy
     
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    :rolleyes:
     
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    Ehhhhh do you get to choose the chair you sit in?
     
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    OldeSkool Road Train Member

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    That's the problem. Its an Ashley recliner and my delicate cheeks can only be truly comfortable in a Lazy Boy. ;)
     
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    forgedaboudit..

    sounds to me like too much work for the pay.
     
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    Crude Truckin' Alien Spacecraft

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    Pay stubs or it didnt happen. That's what people said to me. And I bellied up to the bar.
     
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    buzzarddriver Road Train Member

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    Well, let's look at the OP'as posts. In Dec 2016, the OP had just finished his training at Swift in Atlanta. He was assigned to the reefer division but didn't want to run reefers. In that post, the OP started the post and then 6 pages later the topic died, the OP never posted anything other than the first post.

    Driver leader angry with me because I declined running reefer

    So, now 3 years later, we have another post from this person, it's gone to 3 pages with the OP not showing up again until mid page 3.

    Does seem sort of fishy, but unless the Mods can check the IP of the poster to see if it matches another member, who knows.

    If it is on the internet, it must be true.
     
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    truckdriver31 Road Train Member

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    still better then the BS. i hear at the ta or petro
     
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