[Chuckwvp]

Company: Whitener Logistics of Hickory, NC

Contact: Chuck or Lavonda Whitener

Number: 828-324-6302

Job Description: Pick up Stone Mt., GA Friday afternoon. Deliver to Newark, DE Sunday morning. Pick up Hanover, PA Monday morning. Deliver to Fountain Inn, SC Tuesday morning. This is a dedicated run with reefer trailer. Two years experience with Hazmat endorsement required.

Pay: 40% of pay to truck which will amount to $680 per week for the driver, but he/she needs to buy his own occupational insurance and will be an independent contractor. Pay works out to approximately $ .42 per mile.

[flatbedder]

Man, that sounds like a deal!!!!

[mike3fan]

independent contractor=1099=bad for driver

[flatbedder]

That and having to pay his own occ. insurance on only 680 a week gross. Sounds like slave labor to me!!

[Chuckwvp]

The pay isn't the greatest in the world, but it's okay for the miles driven. I've seen positions posted on this forum that pay less per mile and yet, there are no smart comments about those. I can't change what is paid to the truck. If 40% of pay (average 42 cpm) doesn't work for you then it shouldn't worry you if by some chance it does work for someone else. This is also a position that gives the driver almost three days off each week. The company to which the truck is leased has also stated the driver may be able to make more if he wants to do another quick 1 or 2 day run from the Atlanta dock. But heck, if we increase the driver's percentage to more than 40% and we pay for fuel, then there's just no need to do this run for my company. We are looking to buy a late model truck just for this run. But, if the pay is so bad and nobody wants the job, we just won't buy the truck. Problem solved for all of us!

[flatbedder]

It's not really the pay, it's the 1099 deal. From what ive heard thats not even legal to do. Oh well not my business just thought it sounded fishy

[Chuckwvp]

I understand your concern on that, but from I've been told by the company to which I already lease a truck this is the way most of their truck owners pay their drivers. The company also pays the owners this way. Also, we run everything past our own accountant to make sure it will fly and he's pretty good about raising red flags when he's in doubt about anything. I guess the key here is independent contractor. In other words, none of us are under forced dispatch, but if we don't take what is offered to us and nothing else becomes available, there may not be a paycheck that week.

[Walking Eagle]

You are right Flatbedder !!! 1099 is a rip off at those rates. You are also responsible for filing 1/4 taxes, social security, medicare and one more I forgot (it's the age thing ) That .42 CPM comes down to about .28 CPM. Even more if Obama gets elected

[Chuckwvp]

It's just a matter of either taking responsibility for paying those taxes yourself or having someone else do it for you. The government's going to get its share whether an employer withholds the money or whether one takes care of it himself. I've noticed lower paying jobs on here, some of which pay about 30 or 32 cpm. I don't see anyone worrying (or making comments) about what's going to be left of that paycheck after taxes are paid.

[Walking Eagle]

You need to understand the tax system. On a regular job the driver only pays the employee portion, the employer pays their portion. On a 1099 the employee pays the whole nut, both employee and employer !!!
Let me guess, you are leased to Great Wide ??????? The total bottom feeders of the industry !!!