Ok,
I will try and answere the questions to the best of my current knowledge with Tmc.
I did a 10 day orientation at the South Columbia terminal. (I have been to Des Moines with my Trainer while running the road and that facility is state of the art compared to Columbia), anyhow, there was classroom work along with skills pad and road tests. I felt like I was back at trucking school however, that is the way TMC operates, and probably for good reason.
Your pay at orientation is 300 per week, it goes to 350 per when with a trainer, then once assigned your own truck it will be 650 per week minimum for 4 weeks, of course you can make more. I elected to get paid percentage so I will start at 23 percent of the weekly gross to the truck. After the first month, Tmc will look at your performance, snapshot if you will and your pay could be raised accordingly. Like one poster commented, there are several factors that could raise your percentage.
My trainer claims to be at 31 percent. I have no reason to dis-believe him, he also has stated he grossed 74k last year and on track to gross 70k this year. He runs hard, delivers on time, and is moving to the next shipper to load. After running with him for the last 4 weeks, I believe it. I will be testing out after week 5 for those that asked. ''I guess that means I'm doing ok,,,
No really, I am an ex driver and I expect more from myself than TMC has asked for, so I am my biggest critique.
Now, there are more guys on here that know a lot more about TMC than I, i.e, Flat-bed Fred, so there is lots of info regarding TMC here. I enjoy flat-bedding and I expect to gross atleast 50k my first year, hopefully more. I have elected ''linehaul'' although my trainer and I have been out more than 2 weeks since I have been running with him. TMC has stated to me that they can guarantee me home 46 weekends out of 52. If I could, I would be home more,,, Well, lets just say I have more of a life than trucking, I guess we all do for the most part,,,,
I.e, like boating and fishing, if you know what i mean.. Oops, back to Tmc. Hope this answeres some questions. ..and thanks Flat-bed Fred, you answered lots of mine !
Joe