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Originally Posted by GMAN
If the carrier cannot hire or retain drivers at a wage that is initially offered, the price or benefits go up until they do.
Unless you have an oversupply of labor, in which case every driver that quits because of low pay and lousy working conditions is replaced by another at a cheaper rate.
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If there were more experienced drivers with good work and driving records, wages would go up.
That explains why wages don't go up. Because drivers with experience and good driving records leave for better gigs: private fleets, LTL, fuel-hauling, etc where they can make better money and sleep in their own beds everynight.
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Frankly, I think wages are pretty good in most companies.
I made .35 cpm after 1 year with a .01 cpm raise every year thereafter at the last OTR company I worked at. When I run line-haul in LTL, I get .53 cpm (paid for every mile) and I don't have to live in the truck or deal with shippers, receivers, lumpers, etc. I just drop my set (paid extra for this), hook to another (paid extra for this as well), and boogie on down the line towards home.
OTR wages are a joke for the amount of time on the job and all the BS you've got to put up with.