I jumped off a tall building, the breeze is nice. Will it hurt when I land?

The trucking company will always say if your sick don't drive if you ask them. The dispatchers will say the load can't be late or you get written up for late load. Do stop and get written up for late load or drive sick.

 

A man jumps off a tall building. The office workers can hear him yell as he passes the floors.
"So far so good!"
...
...
"So far so good!"
The workers ofcourse believe he's doing fine.

The same can be heard from new drivers working for Mega's or that sign up as a lease operator.
"So far so good!"
...bad rates, low cpm
....Break downs, only paid when rolling
....High payment, no home time
"So far so good!"
Everything sounds hunky-dory doesn't it.

Both scenarios have the same conclusion.
Splat.

 

Well....

Man......you must've not read everything I posted. You focused in on the least important part of what I typed. It's cool though. I don't see what the problem is though. They don't honor the contract, the debt still has to be paid so if they have the ability to get out-of it, cool. I'm not saying give them a pass on not taking of business...as I said, the driver has to be ok with whatever litigation or financial hardships of repaying the loan. Some people are good with that and we should be too.

 

The service don't compare. Uncle Sam is a far bigger bad ### than any of these companies lol.

 

I would bet I have had more jobs than any of you, definitely more trucking jobs. I have left at lest 5 truck jobs within the 1st month, I do not tolerate B.S. PERIOD. When I was told I'm going to be home every weekend and you have me out for 10 days, I'm bringing the truck back to your terminal, completely empty, and handing over the keys after I take photo and video evidence that it wasn't abandoned. The trucking industry pays very badly compared to any other field with skilled labor. I don't see why anyone would be interested in trucking if they aren't already a truck driver. Average trucker pay isn't even $70k a year in the United States. Personally, I have 3 kids and still qualify for government benefits. They want people to take truck driving more seriously, maybe they should pay a serious wage? I have occasionally made more money working for Lyft and DoorDash than I did as a company driver with a CDL and tanker, hazmat, doubles endorsements. These jobs advertise at below $20/hr in my area. Who exactly do you think is going to continue taking such a garbage deal? Who wants to be in poverty working in these kinds of hours and conditions?

 

I don't know your situation but have you considered that the low pay might be affected by job hopping?

 

No, because I can use the internet and do research. It's very clear that trucking wages are way below what they should be at the entry level and at the top level. Would you mind sharing what your opinion is of a fair wage for a truck driver working 60 to 70 hours per week? Let's say entry level just out of truck school and 5 years experience.

 

Ha! Well, I had 2 jobs in a week once, not particularly proud of that, but I've lost track of most the driving jobs I had. In most cases, it was "the same s#it, different shovel". The up side to that, if any, was after 5 or 6 crappy jobs, a good one was bound to surface, and that's what we did. We hopped around until a good job was found, it was no big deal. I say, the biggest problem today, is employers go strictly by whats belched forth from the "screen", and you have no recourse. Years ago, you looked the prospective boss in the eye, and say, I can do this, a short 5 minute ride, the boss knew in 2 minutes if you knew what you were doing, a 3x5 index card with a couple phone numbers, and GET GOING!!! Times sure have changed,,

 

I often cry myself to sleep in my pillow of loneliness at the truck stop when my FM / DBL leaves me sitting at a Pilot for 2 or 3 days waiting on a load, after I've been out for 6 weeks.