New Driver Pay Increase

When did Swift dump us into Obamacare?

If anything, it was dumped on us by the head jerk himself.

Last year when I adjusted my coverage I had a much better idea of what I was getting, as well as the actual cost.
I had more choices, and they were laid out in a much better way.
I am paying the same this year, but with slightly better coverage. How is that a bad thing?

 

That is my point.

As far as I know Swift was the first to raise driver pay last year, and they did it in a fairly substantial way.
Your reasons are the same as Swift's.
Then everyone else followed soon after.

That simply raised the bar a little bit, industry wide.

Now Swift is giving another pay increase less than a year later.

2 pay increases in less than 2 years.
I have been here over 4 years and last years raise was the first.
It had been several years prior to my employment since the previous one.

I just wish I had been the fly on the wall in the meeting.

 

I'm company and I got the message.

 

Exactly right.

If the largest of the 'bottom feeders' raises pay, what choice do the other smaller companies have if they want to get those newer drivers?

I think the raise last year was to entice drivers to stay with Swift longer.
When everyone else followed suit it evened the playing field once again, but it probably also increased what everyone could charge for freight - and probably increased overall profits as a result.
Pay the driver 10 bucks more per average load, but charge the customer 20.

The result could be that Swift now realizes it holds the reigns on minimum driver pay and minimum freight rates.
If any smaller (especially non-training) company tried it, it probably wouldn't work.