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Thats the nature of the beast unfortunately these days... sorry to hear, im sure you'll find a better company to drive for.

 

That don't even make since.Why not put the new planner elsewhere and hire one with more exp instead and keep you all rolling and make money for you and the company as well.No common since as usual.Companies just don't think,instead drivers are the ones left out in the cold.Goes to show who gets favored more.

 

it's all about cheapest pay.

i worked for my company 8 years. had benies and good pay. when the economy sank the new drivers WHO had been driving longer then me. were paid less and working more hours then me.

when i first started driving $13 was starting pay. now it's $10 an hour. and as for my yearly pay. i can't find anything that pays close to half what i made before the economy went south.

 

I had to take a 5 cent pay cut and took 3 yrs to earn 2 cents back.We have to take a cut I wonder if the office ppl took a cut as well.

 

Yep, life sux sometimes.

I was a small time home builder for many years. Back in 2007 I had my "plan" for an early retirement all worked out. I subdivided a piece of land I bought into 10 building lots and started building entry level spec homes that I "knew" there was a demand for. I was still working on other projects too. I planned to build out the 10 houses, take the $500,000 projected net, sell my home that had a "huge" amount of equity and retire with a million bucks in hand.

Then Bush, Bernanke and Paulson made that fateful "State of the economy" announcement in the Rose Garden in the Fall of 2008 about how the economy was on the brink of collapse unless...

The rest is history...

I lost everything except my wife, dog and cat. Well, at least I was able to keep my house. However, that "huge" amount of equity I thought I had vanished into thin air.

Now I'm a truck driver. What's the old saying, "When life serves you lemons, make lemonade".

 

So Cal Dave, I found a position with a small regional company last June after driving OTR cross country for over 3 years. I'm not home every night, however, I'm home every weekend and usually an overnight stop at home during the week. Great company too. Good equipment, open fuel card, 6 holiday pays a year, 40 hours a year sick leave, decent insurance, great 401k company match, etc.

 

Hey So Cal, what is the name of this company so I can look them up? Do they hire out of CDL school? I live in LA, and this sounds like a good alternative to OTR. Thanks.
G MAN