Companies that pay by the hour?

i was laid off from my hourly job in march. most of the hourly jobs come from ltl companies, AAA cooper, yellow, roadway, saia etc. iwas a linehaul driver for 10 years an got laid off. making 53cpm, but the city guys were making 21.05 per hr.

 

Most major oil companies pay by the hour because they don't want the driver speeding to make money. I got paid for every minute I was there.

 

Almost any trucking company with some sort of local or logistics operation will pay by the hour. I've been paid by the hour for the last 10 years and here is something I've learned: it doesn't change the time pressure when driving and most drivers still act like they have to bust a gut to save 3 seconds. It makes no sense, the longer they take the more money they make, but that still will seek every shortcut and rush like maniacs.

I believe that OTR guys think pay by the hour will magically change most of their problems, it doesn't. It's a matter of "the grass always looks greener in the neighbor's yard."

When you boss pays by the hour he also monitors your time more closely than when you are paid my the mile. If your boss isn't very strict with your time and putting time pressure on you as a driver often the driver will put time pressure on himself so that he can be a little quicker here and there and then have one big block of time as a long break period.

I clock in at the same time each day, I'm penalized if I'm more than 5 minutes late. I also clock out at the same time each day, or so I try. A bad day has me clocking out 30 minutes late and not having my usual 1 hour off for "lunch" at the same overnight hour.

Pay by hour is no magic bullet but many OTR drivers assume it would be one.

 

You being from Cal might try Gordon...we have a terminal in modesto and have a lot of local drivers that are pd by the hour...that is very busy area for us...

 

Many of the companies in our area, are cutting wages on the hourly drivers.

Milan took one #### of a hit.