Why carriers do not report annual turnover rate

I’ve hired so many drivers that interview so well, the turn into pieces of shiet after the fact.

Its unfair.

 

What if it's not the company's fault for turnover rates? To be honest, it's pretty difficult to get fired from a trucking company. I've seen drivers everywhere that I've worked that should be fired but they need butts in the seats. Most drivers end up quitting.....the first kid(s) birthday, Christmas, wife's anniversary, or wife can't handle the distance, when a driver misses any of those "normal life events," that's what in my mind causes the highest percentage of turnover. Then you have the folks that flunk a drug test, then you have the folks that have too many accidents/incidents, so as much as you'd like to demonize these companies, many of these drivers eliminate themselves from the industry before the company has a chance to do it.

 

NO ONE would apply = no drivers (referring to my previous employer only)

 

While it’s true, some companies do better than others in retaining drivers long-term, it’s an industry thing. Only about 3% of us, that’s about three out of 100 are still out here driving OTR after five years. Think about that. So out of every hundred new drivers that enter trucking school only three of them will be out on the road. Five years later. Like I’ve said all along, it takes a certain type of individual to be able to do this as a career.

 

Why would they want to put on public display their inability to hire and retain drivers. That's like putting a sign out that says Work today leave tomorrow. The ATA doesn't want the rest of the world to know that there isn't a driver shortage which would put a hitch in their mad plan for IA driven trucks and the next mad plan for 16 yrs olds to drive

 

haven't seen the turnover rate in the "Safer Web" site. where is it?

 

Have to admit, it would be interesting to see, if total experience and current length of employment were included in the accident stats. And might as well have the number of accident involvements by that driver, too.


BUT... It's none of the govt's business what the turnover rate is... It scares the crap out of me how many are willing to have the govt more involved than they already are, when they are already vastly exceeding their constitutional authority as it is.

 

True there's a lot of sad sacks with a CDL but what other industry expects you to bend DOT safety regulations all the time and also do a lot of on duty not driving job related tasks uncompensated? Drivers cutting corners falsifying logs to save hours is a matter of routine. EOBR's didn't change that. These things imo have more to do with turnover than anything else. But 20 some years ago truckload carriers having turnover of 110% was the average. It's actually improved these days although 70-80% is still terrible.

 

As a professional driver it's hard to find a good match for long term employment.
Equipment, lanes, hometime, compensation etcetera.
Very few get lucky enough to find and stick with an employer or company for an entire career.
Longest I've made was a couple at 12-13 years.

 

Because it's a meaningless metric.

Technically, after the first day of orientation at my company a person is "hired". 50% don't make it through the orientation process and pull a single load on their own.

One of the customers we haul for hires 3 people for every entry level job opening. It's a good place to work, but to do the job well a person needs to be able to think on their feet and communicate. Most people don't want to do that - they want to be a cog in the machine.

There are places and times where turnover rates can be an effective metric, but it's usually not for entry level jobs.