OLD TIMERS, what happened to driver pay?

Everybody cutting each other's throats. Mega companies getting larger and larger trying to run each other out of business by dropping the rates and spreading the cost across their larger fleets. And then there's the perpetual stream of dumb people that run cheap until they go out of business.

 

Nothing happened . You are making the same thing we did in the 80's.

 

pay was comparable to lawyers and other white collar professions that Old Timer was BSN you. Our $ had more buying power back then, but we did not make LAWYERS fees.

 

I have heard some great stories from drivers that drove when trucking was actually fun and drivers helping one another.Now its every driver for him or her self

 

Course lawyers probably charged less back then. Doctors certainly did.

 

Man whit collar professions? I would think if truck driving was like a white collar profession I would say schooling would be a lot tougher and pay would be close to $.75 for a newbie.

 

Back in the day lawyers and doctors probably actually cared about the ppl.Now it's all about money,greed and LIES.

 

I don't know about some of ya'll but I still make pretty decent money, I would say you need to look in the mirror and decide if you want to work for slave wages or not...

 

May I ask logan what you consider a decent wage?Or how much per mile would u say is a decent wage?