Paid % of the load OR Flat rate per load?

ive been on % twice as a company driver once was 26% the other 27% make that three times back in 91 as a local drvr i was gettn 25% working the ports pulling ocean cans the 26/27% was fairly recent but my grip was even at 27% i wasnt making enough because the company was hauling cheap frght
hope this this gives you an idea of where to start

 

Depends on if the owner bills base plus FSC or bills a "current" quoted rate per load. Don't expect to get a percentage of rising fuel costs, and you don't want a percentage of lowering fuel costs as they cycle back downward.

If you don't know if your boss is charging a 'reasonable' rate for, or is giving away his equipment, time, and costs, it's going to be hard to determine a percentage number. When things become more competitive and he starts lowering rates to try and keep business, are you prepared to accept that? Why don't you come up with a fair mileage rate plan based on your type of work and hauls and wait times?

If you got paid half of the normal rate to run a third of normal distance, what's the problem?

 

I think the other two posts said it perfectly. Percentage based pay is a double edged sword for a company driver. If the company is charging good rates then it works well, but if they take a cheap load to get you back to an area you get shafted. And if they constantly take cheap freight you will never come out good. I mean think about it even 50% of a garbage rate is still going to be garbage pay. Especially because they aren't going to cut you in on the FSC that would be suicide on their part.

 

getting paid percentage is a good way to get screwed by your company. i know, i am paid this way. i get 25% of what the truck gets paid, but here is how it breaks down.

when the dispatchers set up a load, the company is paid 50% of the load up front. this is what they base the 25% on, so its really 12.5% of the total load revenue.

it didnt take too long for me to figure that out when my cut and the fuel for the run came up to 75% of what they claimed it paid the truck.

they expect you to believe that if the load pays 1200, the driver cut is 300 and it is 900 miles and you use 700 bucks in fuel getting to the destination. you think the company is making just $200? think again grasshopper.

i asked to see the final BOL and was laughed at by dispatch.

 

It depends on who you work for and can they be trusted. I know a place that tells the drivers what the FSC was and they dont count that part towards the drivers share. Thats the way it should be but they try to claim the FSC is way higher than national average and the brokered loads their doing aren't paying 75cent to a dollar a mile surcharge.