New Pay Program

I have this feeling that it will be the same as Central. When they got their new one way back when, those already in a lease was given a option, stay in the current or take the new one. The new hires, they had no choice. Just a feeling that I have. Well heck, I retire in 27 months any way. Oh BTW, watch out for the IC Load board at SNI. When I was hired by them about 3.5 years ago I was brought in for that. Then in Orientation I was put on the mileage board and a truck for 1 year before could upgrade to a new one. Took the truck for my road test and it caught on fire. Totaled. Watch out for them. Just my 2 cents.

 

Ohhh...I'm looking at many ideas now,not just schneider...have some hometime soon...I'll be burning up the internet and phones to many ....bet on it...

 

Funny, I was getting higher CPM for short loads. The changes happened at 100/150/200/250/300 miles. It's just that there are very few OTR loads under 300 miles, so it appeared that everything was at the same rate.

I haven't seen the new company pay scale.

 

it seems kinda hard to get the pay scale... I do find it off where most every other company uses their pay as an advertisement and it seems to be a secret at SWIFT.

 

I agree. Do not like the secrecy and makes you wonder why it is a secret. I realize different dedicated routes vary but straight OTR is the same and should be readily posted. From what I get from this forum most Swift drivers do not know for sure what the entire pay scale is, only their personal numbers. Correct me if this is wrong.

 

When I was a company driver I knew exactly what my pay scale was and as an owner I know exactly what my pay scale is. I'm OTR from day one and have no interest in any dedicated or regional pay scales so why would I need to know? As far as the secrecy issue, they do have these thingies we call phones. Pick one up and ask to have a pdf of the one you're interested in emailed to you. The biggest problem is their archaic website that tends to obscure information. Its not so much intentional as it is inattention. Drivers who claim to not know what their pay scale is are doing nothing more than demonstrating their laziness.

 

i know what i will be getting coming out of their school, i am just sayin the others advertise their pay where swift does not

 

I think the reason it isn't posted is that it seems to be a work in progress. From the first day it changed I've gone down a half a penny then up one. I wasn't due for a pay increase so maybe they just want to get it settled first?

 

Here's my crackpipe math for the Owner Op pay 'increase'.

Old Model 7% deadhead against 100,000 miles

$0.92 + $0.44 = $1.36
$1.36 * 93,000 miles = $126,480
$0.81 * 7000 = $5670
total = $132,150

New Model with 10% deadhead against 100,000 miles

$1.08 + $0.24 + $1.32
$1.32 * 90,000 miles = $118,800
$1.08 * 10000 = $10,800
total = $129600

New Model with 20% deadhead against 100,000 miles

$1.32 * 80,000 miles = $105,600
$1.08 * 20,000 miles = $21600
total = $127200

50% deadhead
$1.32 * 50,000 miles = $66,000
$1.08 * 50,000 miles = $54,000
total $120,000

100% deadhead

$1.08 * 100,000 miles = $108,000

 

Well,there it is there......