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Whats your opinion why trucking salaries can't keep up with inflation?
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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Trucking is a cut throat business. Too many companies far too willing to come in and offer to haul freight for very, very small profit margins or even at times for break even or at a loss in order to get to where the better paying stuff is at.
Driver's wages are not the only thing that has not kept up with inflation in the industry.
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Re: Otr Trucking/inflation
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Trucking? why doesn't any wage keep up with inflation*...in the last 20 years most consumer products have tripled in price (homes, autos, fuel) but most incomes are still about the same :evil: 'scuse me whilst I go and bang my head against the wall.
*(no I really don't need a lesson in economics, BTDT :wink: )
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Re: Otr Trucking/inflation
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Trucking? why doesn't any
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wage keep up with inflation*...in the last 20 years most consumer products have tripled in price (homes, autos, fuel) but most incomes are still about the same
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:evil: 'scuse me whilst I go and bang my head against the wall.
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There is still a lot jobs keeping up like teachers, trades, nurses, firemen, miners, ect.
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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So why do so many current drivers participate in training new drivers knowing that this keeps there rate of pay down?
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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because they get more money for being a trainer. and if they dont do it, someone else will.
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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So why do so many current drivers participate in training new drivers knowing that this keeps there rate of pay down? |
because they get more money for being a trainer. and if they dont do it, someone else will. |
in the short term, but long term they are keeping there own rate down.
Maybe its time to educate them :twisted:
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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So why do so many current drivers participate in training new drivers knowing that this keeps there rate of pay down? |
because they get more money for being a trainer. and if they dont do it, someone else will. |
Maybe its time to educate them :twisted: |
That sounds like some Jimmy Hoffa $h1t 8)
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Too many people available for the positions. Also, it's not usually a salary a driver gets, it's piece rate. BOL
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So why do so many current drivers participate in training new drivers knowing that this keeps there rate of pay down? |
because they get more money for being a trainer. and if they dont do it, someone else will. |
Maybe its time to educate them :twisted: |
That sounds like some Jimmy Hoffa $h1t 8) |
Don't like Jimmy...?
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