Working for free...where do you draw the line?

All goes with the territory especially OTR. Might need to look into something else, just saying. Most of the company's could care less. Their motto is "you're replaceable at any time."

 

Lucky I finally got out of the scam of CPM and trip pay.

Now I clock in on my scheduled time, do my 12, go home. I'm paid for every minute I work, up to and including overtime pay when I was sent for a drug test. It was nice making OT sitting in a waiting room for one and a half hours doing nothing.

 

I have to watch a 5 to 10 minute safety video every month, at my leisure... All truck related, each month is a different video. If I dont watch it my monthly bonus is docked $50... So basically I'm paid $50 for 5 to 10 mins of my time.

 

I'm paid a percentage of linehaul less FSC as a company driver.

I can't complain about the paychecks. I take home more than I did as a meat cutter, and about the same as I did as a bus mechanic.

At least at this job I don't have to work with a-holes.

This is how trucking is. If you're about to go drawing lines in the sand, better have a back-up plan. These days, everyone is replaceable in the eyes of management. Making demands is just gonna put a target on your back.

 

I would like to hear @IluvCATS opinion on this subject.

 

I was told i dont get paid to fuel. Been sitting at the fuel island waiting for my fleet manager to come fuel it.

 

I make between $1,600 and $1,800 each week with weekends off. I do not really care how it breaks down. They can pay me for every little thing I do or just pay me the whole amount for one mile and then I do the rest for free.

If you are not making enough money there are lots of other trucking opportunities to go to.