Here's something out of a TransAm recruiting brochure:
If you drive 2,800 miles per week with TransAm at 30 cpm you would make $46,234 yearly with stop pay and bonuses.
Compare that to company B paying 34 cpm and you drive 2,350 miles per week . With stop pay and bonuses you would make $43,738 yearly. "Trucking company B pays you 6% less a year."
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Pan camera to newb recruit reading brochure ....
"Ah ha!", says newb (as light turns on in his brain).
As long as a recruiting brochure says I will get more miles, I can work for a lot less pay and make a lot more money.
Why didn't I think of this sooner!?