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There is a wide gap between the Newbie forum and the Owner Operator forum. It is two totally different worlds.
http://www.logisticsmgmt.com/article/CA6401368.html

From personal experience as a company driver you can multiply their numbers by 3. When they were reporting 100% turnover I saw 300% turnover. Any business that has %100 turnover and is not a temp agency has a problem. With 360% turnover "Houston, uh, we have a problem"
What I am against is the chew em up and spit em out attitude that every large company has developed in response to the low profit margins. The current setup since deregulation has been in place for about 14 years. If they have not got it worked out by now I would say it is broken beyond repair.
Having a person new to the job and industry step up and be expected to run like a veteran and assume the liability for a multi million dollar company doesn't make sense to me at today's rates of pay for a new driver.***Patience is the hardest thing to learn..

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Having a person new to the job and industry step up and be expected to run like a veteran and assume the liability for a multi million dollar company doesn't make sense to me at today's rates of pay for a new driver.
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Yet, the truck driving schools pound them out by the thousands every year.....

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Anyone wanting to become a driver read the above post. So you still think its just a few of us bad apples here on the board that just happened to get a raw deal in the trucking industry? Or is there an actual major industry malfunction?
1. Guys that put up with the industry's B.S. for years and are trying to keep you from making the same mistakes they have made through the years, are just naysayers right?
2. Things have changed since your grand pappy was trucking in the 60's.
3. Don't say you haven't been warned when you are trying to get back on that bus home.
4. I know trucking may seem cool when you play it on a video game or when your on the CB jib jabbing, but it's not (REALLY).
5. All the stories, rumors, lies, and mishaps are mostly true to a certain extent.
6. Megacarriers lie, pay beans, won't get you home, and don't care about you (REALLY).
7. If your going to enter the field then go in the smart way, company sponsored training is the worst way to go.
8. There are local jobs for newbies (REALLY), you may just actually have to work, and talk to people face to face instead of over the internet.
9. You are not admired or respected by the general public, fellow drivers, or your own company, in fact you are resented and seen as a fat slob that makes them late (REALLY).
10. You will gain weight, be away from home, become irritable, have chronic health problems, hallucinate, talk to yourself, become hard of hearing, go gray, stink, be tired all the time, and be bitter towards the general public and your fellow drivers, all the while making $35,000/yr if your lucky (REALLY).
11. You will be sleeping in a fiberglass box next to criminals (there are good guys out there even though they are few and far between) hundreds of miles away from home every night.
12. You will see the worst parts of big cities, places you don't want to be after dark, but you are.
13. At one time or another you will ask yourself why am I doing this?
14. Your not a paid tourist (REALLY).
15. You are expected to self sufficient, reliable, professional, and punctual even though you are never properly trained to do so.
I'm actually not as bitter as I sound I actually do like my job as a driver those are just a few things I have actually encountered myself in the time since I have started driving to now. I don't think there is a simple solution to the shortage/turnover problem but it needs to be addressed and concerned by everyone. Good luck to anyone moving in or out of the industry.
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What you are against, is academic.
The current situation is, as the carriers want it.
This is the trucking version, of part time labor.
Recruitment is cheaper than Retention.Government Ain't YO' Friend. Nor your Servant.
A Tax Reduces Incentive & Capacity. A Regulation is also a TAX.


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If there is a reason to shut them all down and strike, this is it!
It needs be harder and alot more expensive to train and obtain a CDL with DOT certified trainers that have a minimum of 3 years OTR experience and they have to sign off on a trainees log book for around 500 hours worth of driving with the trainer in the passenger seat (not as a co-driver)before the trainee gets a full blown solo Class A CDL!
These training companies would maybe raise the pay rates towards the retention of drivers rather than the more expensive training of new drivers. This would raise drivers pay and freight rates industry wide for all!

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Yet BillyBig Riggers pump the job and the pay and the company recruiters also lie through their teeth. Honesty would go a long way in driver turnover. Unfortunatly it's hard to get chumps to admit their chumps.

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How can it be part time, when they have a 401k plan with 7 year vesting?