help! Day-cab overtime?

Nope. As of 1938 the entire Trucking Industry is exempt from overtime.

HOWEVER.

When I worked for a ready mix outfit and we pulled a 60 hour week working nights due to extrodinary summer heating we were paid approx 20 hours time and half But our work, locations and so on were very local and hourly pay. Some made 12.50, the maximum Searcy Fathers authorized for the city and others made a little over 7.50 if they were new. This was a very long time ago. Now I understand J'Boro is paying 15.00 hour if not more for that same work not including time and half for overtime.

You will end up sometimes working twice the normal 40 hour work week, if not dealing with that load three times as much each week for less than half the minimum wage to the same 40 a week job before taxes some weeks.

Then there is inflation. Some consider 65000 (Which we two made as a team in 2001, approx half of our potential gross that year) bought a standard of living equal to 32000 in 1990 in another much more expensive location back then. What they paid my spouse in her weekly payroll training was lower than what I made solo in 1990 after taxes. That lasted 12 weeks total.

If you cannot carefully set aside savings you will not last long in this industry when something comes up.

I worked locally as a crew boss in the Auction house herding CDL drivers. What they paid me forced me to cease working there when the entire net income is consumed in just the gasoline round trip (After Katrina and 4.50 a gallon etc) Other medical issues became more important later.

It's not difficult to explain to a big boss in there and tell him his wages structure does not cover the basic gas burn to get to work for that day. And there is no point incurring a larger debt to get a compact car because now you need 4 times more income net in payments etc.

If there is anything good from cranky grumpy negative nellie like me.. there is one.

You can be a vagabond with no bills other than just food and whatever other off duty vices you engage in with that 18 wheeler as a home. As such you should be able to stack tens of thousands of dollars in the savings each year.

 

Add Interstate between entire and trucking and you will be correct.