Schneider

They're all mega carriers. None of them are making real money.

 

Unless you get on a dedicated account you’ll for sure make good money if you go on OTR and do what you can do and have a good dispatch manager who you get along with you’ll make good money. I’m getting ready to hit my 1 year as a driver with SNI I’ve made good money as a rookie driver since day 1 after training my checks have been from the ranges of 850-1300 net after taxes and benefits. I’m out 11 days home for 2 1/2 days. I took the OTR route to get great experience in mountain driving and Northeast driving which will make you an awesome backer bc of how tight is up there lol. No touch freight as well and I drive 8.5 hrs a day, week 2 on recap hours and home Friday. The only reason why I’m leaving is bc there’s no dedicated in my area and there’s times when freight can be slow but that’s with any mega carrier with OTR also the out 11 days get kinda boring now that I know most eastern 37 states I’d like to get on something at the minimum out 5/6 days home for 2 full days.

 

So it's true about waiting for loads then? Seem to make good net pay either way. I've noticed SNI doesn't have many dedicated anymore. I've checked all over the West too. Besides LA and maybe Phoenix.

 

I grossed $825 a week my first year OTR but that was with almost no home time.

Going home every weekend it would be tough to make more than $700 gross imo.

 

Don't you ever mention Western Express and money in the same sentence ever again!

 

Sounds correct I started at $ 32.5 in CA.11 western regional.

 

That's just incredible to me. I started off at 28 cents per mile back in 2003. Got up to 36 cents per mile after a couple years, but then decided there wasn't enough money.

I may have regrets about my career at times, but leaving Schneider is not one of them.

 

Did you also have an hourly rate for on duty time?

 

I drove for Schneider when I was a new driver: as a team driver and was treated like crap by low performers in their office in dispatch etc and deceived and made paltry earnings. I left and five years later have been very happy and a high income earner as a solo driver with a clear record . I suspect Schneider is simply such a large company many drivers end up with poor treatment. I suggest you go elsewhere and good luck. I’m so happy I did. QUOTE="Clara3, post: 9534045, member: 283514"]I was kicked off a dedicated account because I declined, not refused, but declined to accept a pre assignment that would make me have to take my 34-hour reset in a Target parking lot. I told the dispatcher that I was out of clean clothes, that I needed to go back to the town that I now call home to take care of some very important matters ( I moved over a thousand miles from home to be a part of this dedicated account) and with only having less than 7 hours left on my 70-hour clock. I got the pre-assignment on my tablet but I never accepted it, never activated it. In fact, my NAT was already previously set by me for 2 days later -after my 34-hour reset anyway. The time that I did spend on that account, there were a few times that I was standing there in the office as the dispatcher and manager spoke poorly about other Schneider drivers. Things like " he has a bad attitude today, he can sit for a while" and " nobody ever likes that route, so I'll just have an over-the-road driver do it instead" although I am somewhat relieved to not have to be under a bully like that, I was finally going to be able to earn a living wage with Schneider. My previous over-the-road DBL told me a couple of things That driver manager on the dedicated account said about me simply because I, for once, chose to stick up for myself in a truly non-aggressive way. This manager abused her Authority and even though she told my DBL that I'm not cut out for being a driver just because I don't want to sit in a Target parking lot for two days, but the fact that this manager and her dispatcher tend to come into the office quite late apologizing for their tardiness with Starbucks cups in hands. On the contrary, it just doesn't seem like they're capable of what they're doing. You know, before that phone call when I called in to let my dispatcher know that there was a mistake, that I got a pre-assignment when I was off for the next 2 days. Before that call, they were extremely nice to me and always telling my old DBL and telling me what a great driver and worker I was and how they really appreciated me and all my help. That whole thing was very disappointing , to say the least, and wasn't ethical or humaine in any way. I'd never treat my staff that way. I think that the biggest reason why she did that was a power trip. Every time I spoke with the manager we talked about all sorts of things. She knew exactly what I was doing with my life by taking that account under her. And I just think that after the phone call, she spitefully ripped that opportunity away from me. Now I have a better understanding of what other Schneider drivers mean when they say that we are dispensable to our company. That dedicated account manager didn't even have the decency to call me or email me that she was cutting me from this account. No, my previous DBL called me to tell me. He was quite surprised that I didn't already know; that he was the one to tell me and not my dedicated driver manager.[/QUOTE]
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