My Brief Time at Schneider Bulk

Ive noticed the same thing, last couple years employers pulling some scummy moves. Can't even use the job boards (Monster, Indeed, etc) if you dont want to be hounded by a bunch of off shore recruiters. Show up to an interview at the arranged time (early actually) only for the entire facility to be closed. Get hung up on when asking a reasonable question. Now im apparently un-hireable because i didnt start flipping burgers 6 months ago.

 

I know very little of their hourly pay. Why was it bad?

 

I can only go from reports I have gotten from drivers that are still there that I talk to . The hourly portion- for the account that I was on- is only for ON DUTY time. Originally it was a flat rate, we unloaded our trailers ourselves at the customer. All palletized and using electric pallet jacks. The rate was pretty decent once you became effecient. They still give the marginally bad cpm while driving. Eliminated most of the accessorial pay, because now you're hourly and they use that to justify getting rid of it. The hourly rate it seems they averaged out the times. Ofcourse that is average of fastest and slowest. No surprise that they round down.

Most drivers I hear asking for hourly want it to replace CPM all together. And some try to push that into sleeper time as well.
The problem I have been hearing is both the customer and drivers suffer due to drivers moving slower to get the hourly time up which on the back end makes the amount of deliveries less because now that 14 got chewed up. The CPM doesn't make up for the lost hourly wages if you speed up. Causes a test and see fiasco dependent on the driver on how to maximize.

Again. That's just from the summaries I've gotten. I left Schneider back in November '22, before a lot of accounts got switched over. I have no clue how it effects full OTR. From the sound of it a bigger nightmare as I do know when you are in a live load/unload situation you are Off Duty still losing time on your 14. Which means no hourly pay and no accessorial (remember they got rid of it in the name of hourly). So in effect it feels like you are donating time to the company. Original idea for drivers asking for hourly as I caught on was for full hourly time. On duty, off duty etc. If you're in the truck you are on the clock. Unless in a day cab no company is going to go that route.

 

Yeah, hybrid hourly is okay, but full hourly is what I'd advocate for. Enough of this farm exemption on overtime, too. Nonsense.

 

Schneider sucks go to landstar

 

This is insanity.

 

The oil fields will take anybody with tanker experience and a lot without it and that is solved by putting down you drove a bobtail water truck for your uncles on the weekend for a year. And just give them a buddy's phone number They probably won't even check. Just heads up they are screaming for flow back drivers in midlands with housing Thats if you're single. You will be paid by the hour and they will train you. it's easy training and you're just dealing with water at first. Avoid Megas at any cost. Heads up Indeed web site just type in tanker midlands. There are over 50 company's looking Just For tanker drivers, Good luck

 

Assuming those weren't going to end up as lies, what did you figure you would be making there on an average week with the miles plus the hourly pay?