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But he got a week off at home with the family. Whats that worth? I say, if you can afford it, take as much time off as you want. There's more to life then just work.

 

I agree. Some people tend to think they are better than others if they work 60+ hours a week and are never home. In other countries they focus more on family time and home time because a happy healthy worker is usually more productive. Their is more to life than money.

 

Originally Posted by rachi
But he got a week off at home with the family. Whats that worth? I say, if you can afford it, take as much time off as you want. There's more to life then just work.

No such implication was made at all. The -fact- of the matter equates the industry norm: more home time usually results in less earnings, especially for new drivers. Some people don't have a choice and -must- select the earnings as opposed to increased home time. The driver lamented what he claimed he earned at TMC which translates into the inference that he could not -afford- to make the wages he claimed he earned while there. Again, something doesn't add up with his claimed earnings at TMC as either the numbers are off, the miles are off or both but there is more to it than what he is offering. Either way, if what he says is true about his time and earnings at TMC, it is very telling in regard to what is occurring at the company now, especially if his claimed experience is recent. With the attitude that "home time is more important" a new driver is all but guaranteeing him/herself a limited income and not earning at his/her maximum potential. New drivers who are more concerned with home time than earnings are often the first to be weeded out, complain about the industry and lack of earnings, all because they didn't know what they were getting into when they decided to drive big truck.

 

Thanks for sharing your experience with TMC. It speaks volumes when a company is nonchalant about replying to driver requests or doesn't care enough to give a straight answer. Screwed up accounting seems to be much too rampant these days among large carriers. I don't believe that's it all accidental since I've -never- heard of these accounting mistakes where it overpaid the driver. In every single instance I've heard or read about, it always favors the company. I don't blame you for leaving if it was an ongoing problem and they couldn't get it rectified or if they couldn't get you the miles and going by your stated earnings per mile, you were averaging only about 1500 miles per week ... at six days per week that's only 250 milers per day on average, pitifully shameful for any company or carrier. Good for you that you left and moved on and found a good company. Be safe out there, driver.

 

LOL!! Obviously someone who was fired from TMC or couldn't hack it. They are always the first ones on here to cut them down.
Anyone who would come on here at random and post crap like this is out for revenge.

 

Not necessarily. Did you see the other posts he made? According to him, he wasn't getting the miles which translates into not making the money. And he's not the first online to post about not getting the miles as of late with TMC or talking about TMC simply not having the business to keep all their drivers in the miles needed for a decent check. Riddle me this ... could you hang with 2000 miles per week and less at what they were paying him?

 

I am still in a TMC truck and slowly going broke I was making about 750 a week otr at 27% of the load netting about 500 to the bank gone 10-12 days at a time. Now I am home most days and gross about 700-850 a week netting 475-550. My truck is in shop AGAIN and expect 50 a day break down at least twice this week......Been with them 6 months, I have my year in this week been looking since last month. The week of Thanksgiving our dedicated run only worked 2 1/2 days with a final take home $158 after all misc taxes and junk came out and NO holiday pay. Never had a late load that was my fault, Truck in shop for something, blown tires, P/S system leaking, A/C in Arizona, check engine light loosing power 2 or 3 times.....Best week I ever had was when I threatened to go over dispatcher to his boss over load switching made a grand that week......What am I doing wrong? Any suggestions how to fix it and feed my kids?

 

Take it all the way to the top of the food chain if you can or you can pose your question to RoverRat143. He praises TMC regularly. Maybe it works for him or maybe he's a recruiter or paid employee ... I dunno. Some of us merely want to hear both sides. Like I indicated to RiverRat, your concerns aren't new. I've heard and read (not just on this site) TMC is slacking on providing enough miles/work for drivers. Whether it's true or not I can only gauge by driver remarks. One or two drivers' comments can sometimes be marked up to being disgruntled but when multiple drivers are echoing the same sentiments repeatedly ... where there's smoke there's usually fire. If a company is losing work they ought to slack off on hiring new blood. Don't take it laying down, driver. Follow the chain of command with your concerns, in writing if you have to. If they can't fix it, roll on.