If you’re company driver how much $ do you make
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The honest answer is in your first year your probably not going to make all that much. Especially if you go local. If the job pays great and and its a good company are experienced hands that will snap it up long before you are considered most of the time. There are exceptions but that's the norm. You got to pay your dues.
Can you make money in this industry? You bet. There are plenty of jobs that pay 100k.
For what it's worth. I'm making the switch from oilfield/local to otr. My pay will be .47 per mile plus about 9 cpm in achievable bonuses. I've sold nearly everything off and my only bill is my cellphone. If your single and want financial freedom being otr is hard to beat.x1Heavy, dwells40 and Western flyer Thank this. -
there are dedicated accounts that you either work daily or nightly, and are home each day.
there are many class B jobs, that get you home daily as well
it's what you not only want, but if you can get the job, if there isn't a waiting list.
some could be union, many others are not.x1Heavy and FlaSwampRat Thank this. -
Because .35 cpm wasn't enough of a starting
Wage for a rookie who knows nothing.
Let me tell you how many people care, nobody.
They don't even care about us, and we got 20
Years experience.
Your spot has already been filled at the next
Orientation. That's just the way it is.x1Heavy, dwells40, bryan21384 and 4 others Thank this. -
time has to be done to garner some valuable experience, especially now, since winter is a short distance away. best to have gotten started, maybe get some bad weather under the belt. can;t say where and when the snows start this early, but better to have some knowledge of what to expect, then none at all.x1Heavy, 88 Alpha, Western flyer and 1 other person Thank this. -
To go to school,skip the whole learning experience.
Which is the most important part,
And land a top paying local job ,that's takes some
Drivers 10 years to get.
And if they don't they don't get that job, they quit,
And think they actually stood up for something,
And will change the way the mega's operate.
I live in real world trucking,so I tell them like it is.
Nobody cares, and you won't change anything.
Get your CDL,
Get at least a couple of months experience,
Then go for whatever you want.
Nobody's giving a rookie, a cream of the crop job.LoneRanger, x1Heavy, bryan21384 and 4 others Thank this. -
As a rule of thumb, whatever they pay you per mile is what you get per year (32cpm = $32,000).
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Heard of that.
It might be true though.x1Heavy, bryan21384, 88 Alpha and 1 other person Thank this. -
Powder Joints, LoneRanger, x1Heavy and 4 others Thank this.
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it was a deal back in my day, to have a minimum of 10 years experience before anyone looked at your application..then 5 years, then 3 years.....
now i have been an advocate of at least 6 to 12 months at ONE employer to get in a full 4 seasons driving.
also (to me) it makes that person look better than say one with less than 6 months, applying for a job.
yes, i know this is not a rocket scientist's job, but staying at one place for a while show stability first and foremost.
otherwise the next job may not even offer a higher pay for less time in the seat.
but depending on how desperate some companies can be, give the guy a new truck, new trailer, and higher pay...and pray he doesn't wreck, then causing him to NOT find employment, all for the want of more money for less experience.x1Heavy and FlaSwampRat Thank this.
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