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In reply to the discussion: Tons of trucking jobs ... that nobody wants [View all]Incitatus
(5,317 posts)13. That was my guess.
Last edited Tue Jul 24, 2012, 04:24 PM - Edit history (1)
They pretend their is a shortage, but the real problem is they won't offer decent pay for the work they want. Then they can push for more H1B1 workers who will eat their shit for crap wages. And as usual the American workers get screwed while the rich get richer.
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Yep. The "[serfs] should be jumping at any chance to work" line made me want to vomit...
drokhole
Jul 2012
#132
Yeapers, I work in IT and this is how the started in on that industry....Vid Inside that will make..
uponit7771
Jul 2012
#12
Tjhanks for your expert commentary...no matter how low the pay you will get that comment...
rfranklin
Jul 2012
#28
most of the people at du who say "those are decent wages" seem to be the same people saying
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#96
Really? I posted both the medium wage for truck drivers and the national. I think that
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#119
Sorry, you didn't answer the question and my son was an OTR driver. Still has
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#35
He drove for a national OTR company and they provided the truck and trailers. He was
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#49
It was in 1994 and he's now a senior in college after a decade or so of
sinkingfeeling
Jul 2012
#117
Most people in the media are also underpaid and merely rewrite press releases from PR firms...
rfranklin
Jul 2012
#46
I recall that 37 thousand dollars is about what truckers made in the early 80's
slampoet
Jul 2012
#19
Correct me if I'm wrong, but another reason is that companies shift the expenses
muntrv
Jul 2012
#59
And that pay rate is total bullshit until you have done it for a few years.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#15
$6K for 2 months of training... that's a higher rate than private Universities charge.
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2012
#25
The company I drove for charged $2500, $3900 if they paid with the stipulation that
cherokeeprogressive
Jul 2012
#85
Definitely not all companies, maybe it's a state law thing. And there are a small minority,
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#137
The low cost and efficiency of rail freight should tell you just how badly truck drivers are paid.
Egalitarian Thug
Jul 2012
#64
Wages must have gone down, then. 37,000 sucks for that line of work. I thought
TwilightGardener
Jul 2012
#37
Correct me if I'm wrong, but another reason is that companies shift the expenses
muntrv
Jul 2012
#55
fed ex drivers have to pay for fuel & repairs? do they actually own the vehicles?
HiPointDem
Jul 2012
#98
Know a relative pulling down in the 60's. NEVER turns down a job. ALOT of road time,,
benld74
Jul 2012
#57
Do they have to pay for their own diesel? Because that would eat up a ton of income. nt
NickB79
Jul 2012
#63
I enjoy working, so I disagree. Most of the time I look forward to starting work each day...
yawnmaster
Jul 2012
#99
I am a long-haul truck driver; I am an Owner/Operator that has his own operating authority.
Ikonoklast
Jul 2012
#109
Know why? Fucked up working condition if its not a union job. Believe me...they will own you!
demosincebirth
Jul 2012
#113
The median wage obviously isn't what they start at, and they have a lot of job-related expenses
gollygee
Jul 2012
#116
drug tests, background checks, past DUI's, Facebook photos, pre-existing conditions....etc...etc..
Evasporque
Jul 2012
#141
There are a lot of truck driving job prospects with the highly potential for greater salary growth
justinvincent
Nov 2013
#146