Flat rate or cpm?

That would be grossing $700/week. For an experienced road driver? You shouldn't even have that conversation.

 

First of all I had to make sure this wasn't a post from 2009. SMDH

Which should you do? Neither. If you have to work there to pay off your student loan, pay it off and leave.

May has been around a long time and they're notorious for being cheap. Whatever deal they're offering you can be sure the odds are stacked in their favor.

 

You can make that at McDonald's. Tell em to shove it.
300 miles @ .35 is what they base that on, and that tells me they plan on you sitting A LOT.

I'd still take the .35 if it was my life on the line choosing between the two.. because when you take the $105 you'll be amazed at how often you run 10 or 11 hours per day.

 

That's a good point, they probably run the flat rate guys into the ground, and let the cpm guys sit. Man that's an interesting way of thinking.

 

You are missing the part where they still pay the flat rate guys for any miles in excess of their daily rate.

The flats rate must be there for those drivers that don't like driving.

 

Right but not until 90 days after, I can't live on a hundred bucks a day. Even for 3 months.

 

I haven't seen any evidence of bias between flat rate and mileage drivers. I ran the western 11 states on flat rate and always had the extra mileage paid after 90 days. I met plenty of other drivers doing the 48 states on mileage and they were still being run close to their 70 hour clocks. If there is a conspiracy to give more miles to the flat rate, they are doing a good job of keeping it on the down low.

A bigger problem is that there is no incentive to stick around for a long time. They cap their pay lower than other companies start their drivers. However, as a starter company it's not too bad. You won't get rich there, but if you can't get by on $735 a week for a few months then you're probably living beyond your means.

 

My God 35 CPM!!! Do construction.

 

Why did you opt for flat pay?. What was the advantage for you over mileage pay?.

 

May isn't for experienced road drivers. They are a bottom feeder, but they are a training/entry level company. I don't think this is quite as bad as some of the other people on this forum who do have experience and still run for between 32/38 cpm. It's just sad.