[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]come on you drivers get to voting[/color:post_uid0]



Edited By cchuck0987 on 1055533643

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>AWWWW, but I want to reply. what good is a survey if there isn't a reply??? It's just not ethical!!!! And then some!</span>[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000080:post_uid0]Sure, why not. It's not like this topic hasn't already been discussed 14 trillion times in the past 2 weeks, and that it sounds like a broken record, and that as a dead horse, it's been scattered all over the freakin' highway. And it's CERTAINLY not like anyone even CARES about this topic anymore. But, I digress...

I LOVE my miles! I drive the whole two miles back and forth to work every day. Couldn't be happier. Don't want any extra miles and I won't even whine and cry about the pay! As a matter of fact, let me vote because we know the error percentage on these polls can't be any more than Plus or Minus 98.6%.

:D

Oh look! 33% of all drivers are COMPLETELY satisfied with their miles.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]<span style='font-size:17pt;line-height:100%'>[b:post_uid0]MILES and MILES and MILES[/b:post_uid0]</span>


[color=blue:post_uid0]<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>A great Who song!!</span>[/color:post_uid0]

<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>I'll change the lyrics slightly.....

I know you've deceived me, now here's a surprise.
I'm moving on to a place that looks better in my eyes.....
Now I can, Drive for Miles and Miles and Miles.... Oh yeah!!
Chorus: I can drive for Miles and Miles
I can drive for Miles and Miles..... [i:post_uid0]Ad Nauseum[/i:post_uid0]
</span>[/color:post_uid0]



Edited By Doctor Who on 1055266192

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]two miles, no wonder you have 7 kids twilight. you been going home for that special home cooking! way to go buddy!

I myself have to drive up to 17 miles to get home so I enjoy a nice prepared lunch that I make myself.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000080:post_uid0]2 miles is pushing it, too, and I get to go home for lunch.
:D
Oh, look! 50% of the drivers in America are very satisfied with their miles. See how quickly the industry has improved? Just since we started talking about it, even! Man, are we good or what?[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]Gee, I want to become a truck driver if everybody is satisfied with their miles![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#000080:post_uid0]I think we can close this poll...the issue has been settled. 50% of all drivers are happy with their miles and every companies retention rate has now dropped to a 50% flat rate. Next![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]NOW WAIT JUST A MINUTE!

You might think that "dropping to 50% turnover" is a good thing! But I lose my job if our turnover rate goes over 40% for the year! Ouch! on the 50% turnover. Closest I have ever seen over here is 44% for a month!

Actual figures: QTD - 35.48% YTD - 31.68%

DANG!!![/color:post_uid0]



Edited By bluebeetle on 1055277314

[color=#000080:post_uid0]Actually, that was all-encompassing and it fit with the 50% number. Don't get your bloomers in a bundle.
:)[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]I know, but dang it, you requested I get banned after I just posted a smiley face![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#FF0000:post_uid0]:) :D[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]Don't get your bloomers in a bundle.
<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>Good one</span>

I know, but dang it, you requested I get banned after I just posted a smiley face!

<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>he may have been a tad over zealous...

You two are beginning to sound alot like politicians!!!</span>[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]This from our resident Democrat too! Way to go Twilight![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]I know Doc, go outside and wait for the Puddy Cluster Bomb![/color:post_uid0]

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]This from our resident Democrat too!

<span style='font-size:13pt;line-height:100%'>Democrat, huh??? I don't claim a political affiliation, I'm just a regular down home ANARCHIST!!!</span>

I know Doc, go outside and wait for the Puddy Cluster Bomb!

<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>You might not want to do that, you may get wet!!!
Wouldn't want that to happen...</span>[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>And the song continues...............

I can drive for miles and miles
I can drive for miles and miles

I know all about the tricks you've played
Telling me that Rand McNally says this is what I should be paid
You tell me you still want me, well that says maybe
but for now I can...

Drive for miles and miles......</span>[/color:post_uid0]

[quote:post_uid0="bluebeetle"][color=#000000:post_uid0]Gee, I want to become a truck driver if everybody is satisfied with their miles![/color:post_uid0][/quote:post_uid0]
[color=#0000FF:post_uid0]why would you want to do that?

I'm satisfied with the mileage I get I'm not out here to impress anyone as to how many #### miles I can drive in a week or month. It gets old and does wear a driver out in a hurry. Or maybe I'm just getting too old for this ####.[/color:post_uid0]

[color=#8D38C9:post_uid0]<span style='font-size:9pt;line-height:100%'>Hey Captain oopps I mean Rider....

[b:post_uid0]YOU ARE GETTING TOO OLD[/b:post_uid0] :p

It is good that Keen keeps you happy, which brings me to this: Aren't they ready to throw you off the truck?
Remind me again, how long have you been with them??

Trust me, I am going somewhere with this. Keen must have something to keep you with them as long as you have...</span>[/color:post_uid0]

I have something to add to this , Pay miles aren't bad ,AS long as your NOT ANEW BEE. . That my big thing !!!! Iam gald I did't start out like that !! c28. or c29. s...ks for aguy leaving ajob and going on the road And trying to make abetter life for him self , See he talks to a guy that been doing well for him self. Thinks he can do the same !. but finds out that they are only going to pay him c28. mile . Hes only going to get to run 2200 or 2500 wk because hes new That hurts. I would not come on the road for that !!! 610.wk gross that kills taxs $ 125 for the week what you send home $325wk How can anyone live that Way?I COULD"T

Gee, $31,720 gross for your first year is pretty good. I know a lot of people who would give their right eye to start at over $30,000 a year.

I don't think I would enjoy starting out at .28 cpm just because I was a student, but then again I know of a few companies that pay less then that. As well as a few companies that start experienced drivers at that rate.

Also, .28 cpm to start with a solid reputatable company would be good as long as you stayed with them for a year then if find out if you can find another company EXACTLY like the first one, but offered better pay. Then you might see an increase in the total gross revenue.

Just my humble opinion! And as Doc would say, "everybody has an opinion and sometimes that is the problem!"

you know.. i can remember when i first got started in Architecture.......It wasn't until mid career that I got into the high $30's and low $40's salary range and 40 hr weeks.... get outta here.......I don't remember when i worked a 40hr week last........on the average over a 25 year career I usually worked a 60 - 70 week........no over time pay.. that was the job. Your salary was based on a 40 hr week.. but you were expected to put in whatever it took to get the jobs out......there have been more than I care to remember times when it came down to the crunch....you lived in office.....36 - 48 hrs straight isn't unheard of..........hell every profession has it's good and bad.......the problem now days is the McMe syndrome. Instant gratification....drive thru succes and rewards.

I'm 47 and changing careers.......taking at the least a 50% cut in pay, so .. things will be a little tight for awhile......i'll pay my dues, but the trade off in MHO is worth it........if it don't work out....that's the great thing about america.......you can find something else.

Okay.....call me crazy (and i'm sure some will).....but $70K a year isn't enough to put up with all you have to do now days as an Architect. It used to be a profession.. now it's more like being a whore going for the highest dollar. Most of the time, if you break it down to a dollar per hour wage.......for the hours you put in project.....you're barely making minimum wage. So what's the difference....designing or driving a truck. For me to design a custom house, you're looking at realisticly 15% of the construction cost.........how many of you would be willing to pay $30,000 in design fees on a $200,000 home....not to many I'm sure....

When I was younger.......I thought the big salary... big house, pool, boat, etc. would be the goal.......the truth is .. those guys making the big bucks... well they just have bigger bills and debts to boot.... along with hypertension, uclers, and everything else that goes along with the success. You don't get to see your kid any more.......you're too busy making it to enjoy it........before you know it.. the kids are grown......the marriage is a fine perception on the outside, but hollow and empty behind the facade......believe me ...when it gets to that point.....it ain't worth it. One divorce wipes it all away.......More isn't always better. Nothing is free... make sure you're willing to pay the price for success. Happiness isn't bought....it's something obtained in the revelation of what's really important. Maybe it's time instead of looking for what's all wrong with the driving profession.......to finding what's right with it... all those things that got your attention in the first place. Yeah... I'm starting at the bottom and will work my way up.......that's life.. get over it. You know... Bill Gates started Microsoft in a rented storage unit.......now look at him. ( and no I'm not a big Microsoft fan.....go Linux) but the principal is there. It's called opportunity.... nothing is ever a sure thing..........not even life. Hell.. I guess those lessons I learned cutting cattle, working the family homestead...actually did take root......go figure. Call me old fashioned, I still believe you gotta pay your dues........give more than your expected to.....doing the job right the first time........and a little thing called self pride. I can live with that. Keep it safe all........

lifespalette,

What you just said rang true in a whole lot of ears, I'm sure. Thank you for for that post, it brought things back into perspective for me. I am one of those that are caught up trying to get more and more, but in the long run it seems like I end up with less. I think I will now take time out to enjoy life for a while, and if the boss don't like it, there's other companies looking to hire a truck driver.