Tankers the Schneider way

I am just going off of what you posted. It's always apples to oranges to talk about "take home pay". Everyone's taxes and deductions are different. Its much better to talk about gross pay. I would need to gross above 70K to see 1,000 per week "take home". It happens some. I have seen $1700-$1900 weeks(gross). I don't think Schneider Bulk would have any trouble finding drivers if they paid in the 70K range. If you are making that maybe I need to look harder at them. I really don't want to train though. Do you run as a team some? How many miles do you run in a year?

 

I love it. I ran about 1 per month in 2012. This year I have run 4 but asked to run some dedicated out and back stuff the last couple of months. My wife was recently diagnosed with breast cancer and I needed to be home more to take her to Dr's appointments. Its a credit to this company that they have honored that. She has an MRI in the morning.

 

I keep an excel spreadsheet on my computer. It helps come tax time with the perdiem deduction. I put the miles I run, travel order #s, location of 10 hour break, incidental hours, a description of the load, and some other info. I also track my checks, gross and YTD and can compare them with the last 4 years on the same screen.

Monthly pay divided by 4 won't tell you much since some months have 5 paydays(weekly). Its better to look at 13 week quarters.

All this goes back to my budget management duties before trucking. Nothing like projecting revenue and expenses and having to explain why anything deviates positive or negative by more than 2%. Computers have taken micromanagement to new levels and its a lot worse than a qualcom or elogs.

 

That's a deal breaker for me. My numbers include around 100 days off per year. A day off is defined as 24 hours off. The day I come home or head out aren't included. I figure weekends off would be 104 days off. I do have 2 weeks of paid vacation figured in so its not bankers hours. You get 2 weeks vacation at the 1 year mark at Superior.