is 25 cpi too cheap for newbie?
 

i am looking at schneider.com , western region for newbie is 25 cents for first 6 months, even with the bonus, its only 27 cpi. Is that normal for beginner?

Gordon trucking is paying 30 cpi 0-3 moths, 33 cpi 3-6 months and have $600 bonus ?

FOr those of your with experience, which one is a better company to work for?

I keep telling people, steer clear of Schneider. I will bash them to the end of time no matter what anyone else ever says. They treat you like a king while in school, once thats done, watch out for flak. Once I left Schneider, I look liked an old B-17 Bomber that was torn apart by all the flak. I worked for 5 different companies including Schneider, and they were by far, I am talking by far the worst.

I am no longer OTR, but .25cpm seems to be ridiculosly low. Even if you run 2500 miles per week that is only 625.00/week. I would think you can find someone paying better than that. You could go to work locally and deliver beer, pop, etc for more than that, depending on where you live. Just my opinion. BOL

Let me put it to you this way. I was making 26 cpm on my first driving job in 1999.

Unless they are paying 100% of your health insurance for family coverage 25 cpm is very low.

The absolute LOWEST rate you should accept is .28cpm. Its my understanding that Schneider starts out at 27 or 28.

Anything less than 28 is robbery. 28 Is really too low, but that seems to be the norm for a newbie.

If you can pull a flat bed, Coastal Transport and McElroy Trucking both start you out at .38 cpm and you're home every weekend.

I am going to be getting into trucking when I get back, and Roehl will start me at $.30, and JB Hunt will start me at $.42.

Hell yes, $.25 isn't enough!

I run around 2500 miles/week and make around $1000.00 as a relative new driver.

when i quit OTR in 1996 I was making .25/mile with only 1 year experience when I left. You might want to do some checking around, I would guess that is VERY low for a new driver 10 years later.

.24 is what i started at in2001 that was to low then and its to low now.
find a different company theyr betting you wont stay 6months to get to the low end of what new drivers make now. or that youll have some type of incident that will extend thatperiod and then it will take even longer .

SWIFT is starting me out at 26 cpm. I know its way low but they paid for my training and I need experience so I guess its going to have to be enough until I can get some experience and move up in the industry.