Sysco Vancouver

In response to tank for the 21-25 a hour the offer with ot after fourty ill drive whatever they want me to. It'll get me home everynight and its better than the 43 cent per mile I make now.

 

Another thing Tank 8 hour shifts simply don't work. If you take a hour to travel both ways the work time is cut to 6 hours which probably isn't enough 4 10s is a great shift.

 

I guess the question is "Why do you not start your own company, make the millions of dollars and pay ungrateful drivers large sums of $?"
Oh yeah and buy yourself a "nice" truck.
Just saying.

 

Great company tank, how much fun would it be though to drive for a company who would fire you for a rip in the seat of a truck only you drive and takes 15 years seniority to earn 38 cents a mile. That btw is less than bison would pay you the day you walk in the door.
It's always nicer to to drive new trucks but really such a minor thing if the money and job are what you like. If that's the most important thing to you go o/o and then you can whine at your a hole boss all day long about wanting a nicer truck to drive and not wanting to slipseat lol

 

Really?...Seriously?

This is 2011. You think $21-25 an hour is enough, to drive large, heavy equipment around highly populated areas with large amounts of traffic? Do you realize how much money people are making off of you?

The wages in this world are severely out of proportion. The person who serves you your coffee should be making $20 an hour. You as a professional driver, should be getting $40 an hour. Keep in mind, I said SHOULD, I am unaware that will never happen with these whipped drivers nowadays.

The kid running the forklift at the grocery warehouse is getting $20 an hour. He doesn't have to worry about traffic, idiots causing an accident you could be framed for, delivery times, bad weather, he has none of that stress, yet he is making almost the same as you are.

Heavy equipment operators get some pretty nice wages, $30 an hour and up. They run large, dangerous, heavy equipment. They STILL do not have to contend with traffic, slippery roads, the DOT, endless paperwork. They have there challenges on the site, no doubt, but nothing is like driving.

Why can't any drivers see that your massively underpaid? I know people in the trades who do basic work, easy stuff, 6 and 7 hour days, paid for 8 though, they get $34 an hour, pension and benefits. They don't have 25% of the worries that you as a driver have. Now before you say "why don't you go do that then" It does take money to go to school, and it takes 4 years to reach journeyman wages.

I just wish the majority of drivers would stop being so scared someone will fire you if you speak your mind. I'm not saying march into the office and demand a brand new rig with $35 an hour. If guys actually stood together and said, we will not drive this junk, you would see results.

To many guys are happy with $20 an hour, take all the crap they can shove down your throat and then say please, I want some more.

 

Travel time? That isn't my problem.

If it takes one hour for the truck and trailer to reach it's first initial delivery appointment, that is collateral damage. That is part of the 8 hour work day. You think the driver should work 2 extra hours a day, because of traffic?! Companies need to figure travel time into the rates, and charge accordingly, if that 1 hour of commute time is oh so important. Everyone else works 8 hours, let the local drivers work that too.

 

I agree with tank...there is way too many chiefs and not enaugh indians in this world. Too much cream is taken on top, not filtering something for thouse on the bottom. Pay is getting cheaper, life is getting more expensive.....try to thing about that.
20 years ago you made 25 $ per hour, new car was 10 grand and new house was 100 Grand. 100 dollars gave you real shopping spree. Gasoline was 30 cents/liter. These days ...nobody care about your experience, new car is about 20 grand, new house abot 700 000, and if you take 100 buks to store you walk away with 2 plastic bags. And if you make 25 bucks per hour you lucky. BUT, COMPANY YOU WORK FOR MADE !>@ BILLION PROFIT!!! That makes you really happy.

People in office stay in nice warm room all the time, when their computer brakes down they get new one. They do not have to fix it on the side of the road. I believe most of them cant drive a car properly, not talking about the truck. Seems like their job is more important than anybody's job ever. 8 hours? they go home, but you cannot park a truck on the side of the road and just leave.....

 

Like a crow to shiny bits. Go ahead, knock yourself out for minimal pay. But, hey, at least the truck looks nice.

 

Thank you for understanding. This is the exact point I am trying to get across.

Managers would never work for wages they don't like, yet drivers of all kinds take it on the chin, day in, day out. Unfortunately it seems to boil down to education. Most companies want you to have a degree of some kind, just to be a foreman nowadays.

What laci73 said is bang on. Wages today are exactly the same as 20+ years ago. You could make $25 an hour, your wife could stay home, with a nice house, and a brand new vehicle.

You can barely make it as a bachelor with a used vehicle on $20 an hour today. Taking home $2,300 to $2,500 a month is a JOKE.

Rent = $1,000 a month (if your lucky)
Car payment = $400 a month for a good used car
Car Insurance = $150 a month (quote high to be safe)
Gas = $250 a month (much to low in most people's cases)
Cell Phone = $75 a month (again, likely to low)
Food = $250 a month
Entertainment, movie, dinner out, etc = $100 a month
Utilities, cable, gas, electricity = $250 a month

Already, as a single person alone, you are at $2,475.

Now, who did you make rich?

1. The owner of your building.
2. The car manufacturer as well as the dealership and the finance company.
3. The Insurance company.
4. Oil companies that are already billionaires ten times over.
5. Your wireless carrier.
6. The grocery store.
7. The movie theater and restaurant owners.
8. The utility companies that up your rates yearly.

Hmmm...nowhere in that list are you listed. Because your working for $20 an hour. Your taking home about $1,200 - $1,250 every 2 weeks. Call it $2,500 a month. But wait...it's costing you $2,475 a month, just to live a basic life, nothing fancy, just basic. As a matter of a fact, this style of life now is considered poor in today's world of the rich get richer.

So, because your driving that piece of junk truck for $20 an hour, you have a whopping $25 a month to really, truly show for yourself, or to put into that whopper of a savings account you have! Even if you make $25 an hour, that is not much better.

Sure, you might have a spouse to split the bills with, but your still making the same money today, as you did 20 years ago. People need to stop fighting for jobs and thinking they should be grateful to work for $20 an hour. How about showing the employer they need to be grateful your even working for them?! After all, you as an employee, are who makes them money. Your making the big pie thats in the oven, but guess what, you don't get a piece bigger than a crumb. That's fair, isn't it?