What determines sign on bonuses?

Usually its for things such as a re-location bonus or you might have to stay with the company for X amount of time before they give you a sign-on bonus

 

Look at the * Says based on experience and location. So you might get there and they say oh we will hire you, but you don't have experience. So you can't get the sign on bonus. Also location. They may say you are 5 miles outside of the required hiring area. So you won't qualify. They also only give you some of the money. So you get 200 dollars every few months and then the larger sum close to your year with them. Then all of a sudden before you can get the large sum. You are let go because you are not a right fit for the company. Beware of the scams my friend and or Get use to them.

 

Under the pay and benefits section where it says $5,000 sign on bonus*, it has a asterisk ( * ) next to it, read a little farther down and it says it, *based on experience and location. A lot of companies will pay sign on bonus's to those coming in with experience, usually paid in installments while they are employed there. Such as the company I am with offering a $2000 sign on bonus for minimum 1 years experience OTR, $3000 for 2+ years OTR, $4000 for 4+ OTR. First paycheck received $500, each 30,000 miles I receive $500 until the $2000 is met.

 

Jobs sure do like glamourizing their ads don't they.Sign on bonus can be very misleading.Many think im here hired now where's my sign on bonus.That means you have to be there so long before you're eligible for it.Which I think in most cases its a yr.KB gave me a sign on bonus and didn't know I had it coming.But one check was real high and asked payrole about it.That ad says up to 54,000,what they're really saying is up to 30,000 a yr.Up to 6 k tutition reimbursement,not a chance sucker is what they're really saying.Everything you read,you put your own words into it.This company is like every other company,they'll say anything the driver wants to hear.

 

As a wannabe you're not going to get a $5K sign on bonus. Your sign on bonus is that they'll repay your trucking school tuition up to $6K, which is a fair deal.

The word experienced always means at least 1 full year of OTR or 3 years of combined driving. And advertised bonuses are just that, you have to qualify for them.

 

Under the pay and benefits section where it says $5,000 sign on bonus*, it has a asterisk ( * ) next to it, read a little farther down and it says it, *based on experience and location. A lot of companies will pay sign on bonus's to those coming in with experience, usually paid in installments while they are employed there. Such as the company I am with offering a $2000 sign on bonus for minimum 1 years experience OTR, $3000 for 2+ years OTR, $4000 for 4+ OTR. First paycheck received $500, each 30,000 miles I receive $500 until the $2000 is met.

 

As a nooby, any of the mega carriers are good but start with the ones that have terminals that have easy access to let you go home. One myth of the new trucker is that they'll get you home when you ask for it. It's better as a beginner to go with a company that offers terminals you can get routed to easily and catch an outbound ride to be dropped off near home then get picked up the same way. Because it's a lot to ask of a carrier to 'route you home', deadhead you home.

 

All I can say is, "Don't let the smooth taste fool you."