Swift Drivers Pay.

I have recently quit swift because of pay my best pay check in 6 months was 175 dollars for 1 week I could not survive I can pick up aluminum cans and make more money.

 

No...I made GOOD Money before I got into trucking....

 

$50K a year is somewhat unreasonable for a brand new driver. I'm sorry, but there it is. IF you get a decent dispatcher you can work with, and IF you can keep the truck loaded and rolling, and IF you stay out two,three, or even four weeks at a time, $34K in your first twelve months is attainable. But I gotta warn ya, freight sucks right now. Drivers with excellent work ethics, and way more experience than either or me are struggling right now because the freight just isn't available. In a rough economy like we are facing right now, the trucking industry gets hit first, and hardest. Don't believe the commercials (yeah, I get them here, too.) There is NOT a driver shortage going on. Getting a job in today's market is extremely difficult. We are actually suffering an overabundance of drivers and trucks on the road right now, which means there are more drivers chasing less freight. Things are very tough in trucking right now, and I'm always tripping over hiring "freezes" at various companies. If you are in a financially bad situation right now, I'm sorry. But trucking is most likely not the answer. Depending on where you are, you might be better off looking at another career. I don't know what's going on in your area, but around here, medical is always looking for CNA's, nurses, pharmacy techs, and so on. If school is an option, I'd look into one of these, or whatever is hiring in your area. Might not pay what you used to make in sales, but something is better than nothing.

 

Yeah... nothin' like changing bed pans and Depends for a living.

I made $47k last year - my first year solo after training. Won't make quite that much this year, but it beat the hell out of the retail hell I got into after my 20+ year career was off-shored as a "tradable commodity."

You can make good money in trucking despite what the nay-sayers chatter about. You probably won't make it at Swift. Here's the deal... if you quit before the end of the first year, you can count on not getting another job in trucking. Stick it out, get a year or two of experience with a clean DAC and MVR, and move on to a better-paying niche.

 

Might want to make sure it isn't august 26 as that is when I attend school in San Antonio and classes always start on a wed. 29th is a saturday
just wanted to let you know

 

Well I can't answer for everyone else, but my guestimation for a new driver should be in the level of 2100 miles per week (intentionally low) so my basic formula for what a new driver should expect to clear (once again remember I aim this intentionally low)

2100 miles per week x 3 weeks x 12 months x .18 = 13608

Now this is a lowball figure due to most newbies wanting their 3 weeks home 3 days off. and the 18c is CLEARED not before taxes. This allows a lowball estimate so that if the fit really hits the shan they can still not be saying woe is me since they didn't clear 30g their first year.

 

$13.6k net???

You gotta be kidding me!!! Go flip burgers. That's just insulting.

 

The average new driver doesn't want to stay out but 3 weeks at a time. Therefore they are going to get lower miles than the drivers that dispatch KNOWS they can count on. Until you prove yourself and that you're willing to work for what it is you want you can fully expect to be treated as just another rookie who won't last. You can increase your take on your paychecks by taking your perdiem each week if you want, but I wouls rather have it at tax time as a nice windfall.

New company drivers who exect to become wealthy by trucking are in for a sad day when they get punched in the mouth by real life.

 

You misunderstand... thats not a heck of a lot more than I gross in a quarter. Like I said $13.6k net for the year - insulting!