Shortage?
The only shortage i see is pay shortage! Everything i see is everyone wanting good drivers, lots of experience, perfect record. Bring it to the table and they still pay peanuts. This is the only occupation I know of where it takes 14 or more hours a day to make decent money. The average worker in any other industry cant stand an 8 hour day and make as much as we do. And we kanive to get more than 14 hours. I love driving a truck There is nothing else I would rather be doing but this industry sucks more each year, for many reasons. Enough
whining...
As the saying goes, you pay peanuts you get monkeys.
Offer decent, fair money and there will be no shortage.
Stay safe!
Driver Shortage (supposedly)
Discussion in 'Experienced Truckers' Advice' started by jon69, Oct 15, 2020.
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The "Shortage" is "created" by the ATA. There are lots of Federal Dollars.....aka your money and mine......to be had out there. The big boys create a false narrative and cash in. Simple as that. Throw enough money at a Washington DC Lobbyist and magical things will happen for you and yours.
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Drivers are their own worst enemy. Take a walk around a truck stop or major shipper and receiver and inventory what walks in and out the door, and their behavior.
Watch the antics on the road, at fuel pumps, parking, slow trucks hogging middle/left lanes on the interstate.
Just the toothless, grotesque appearance, hygiene and smell of some of them. Why should an employer raise the bar when the next Joe that walks through the door is going to be just as bad or worse?
You're never going to get rich doing dry van truckload or reefer truckload. Or with a few exceptions, working for any outfit with more than a hundred or so trucks.
Make yourself better than the gene pool in the eyes of an employer. Get a hazmat endorsement. Look into tanker, specialized, overdimensional, common carriers.
Anyone who has to constantly advertise to find drivers in this day and age is not worth working for to begin with.alds, haz-matguru, User666 and 12 others Thank this. -
The "good" places dont need to advertise.
And as discussed in another thread, the "good" drivers don't look for work, the work and employers come to them.Last edited: Oct 15, 2020
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The driver shortage is real. I've read about it right here on this forum.
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This right here is more professional than most of the gene pool. At least he can drive and shift.
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Seems like since covid19 came along the driver shortage only pertains to possibly companies that haul a good majority of Amazon or online freight. With less people traveling on Planes (Flights down 80%) 66% are working from home Working From Home During the Coronavirus Pandemic: The State of Remote Work | Clutch.co
This changed alot of todays world especially the Transportation industry. In 2019 all I saw online is the driver shortages both in Usa & Canada but now there seems to be a much lesser demand in comparison.
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