Miles

Time to make a move. Find a company that will guarantee you a minimum amount of money per week whether they keep you busy or not. Just say 'no' to an uncertain paycheck. You can bet that nobody in the office would accept a paycheck like that, so why should you?

 

If they don't have the freight to keep you making a livable wage it is definitely time to start looking else where.

 

Yes, move on, plenty of companies will hire you now. Check the trans-system website. A good flatbed or tanker company will bump your pay up quickly to around a grand or more a week.

 

That's no good; you should be making that $900 or more every week. Now, get busy looking for a new company.

 

You need to be careful so that you do not just "jump" into another company. With your experience, it will look bad if you switch jobs and the next one doesn't work out either.
I agree that you should be making way more than you are at the moment.
Have you discussed the problem with the higher up management? If your dispatcher isn't working to get you enough miles, then go over their head and ask. It's hard to see how any company can afford to just let their truck sit so much. Even if it's a debt free company and their trucks are paid for, it's still a lot of money to just let sit.
Good luck with your choice. Hope it all works out.

 

All good advice moving on carefully would be my move if you do what finch said just be careful on how you go about it sometimes unfortunately in this industry with mega carriers that can turn out even worse on your end

 

Time to move on. There might be negative drawbacks from jumping around till you find the place that suits you best, but it is still better than going broke. And as much as the old timers hate it, job hopping is becoming the new norm for drivers, or at least that has been my experiance coming out of a CDL mill.

 

here's the problem ... the correct answer is never. If you are late more than once every 2 or 3 years - and that is too many in reality - your rep is trashed and your company doesn't trust you enough to push you with more miles.

Need to have a heart to heart talk about your performance with your management and their perception of your performance. Then focus on what you can do to change it - both your performance and your companies perception of your performance.