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FAQ
1. What is the purpose of the Truck Driver Pay?2. What do I need to have or know to enter my information?
3. Who owns the Truck Driver Pay?
4. What about the trucking company ads I see on the pages?
5. Explain the Truck Driver Pay professional truck driver job rating system.
6. Describe a "Best" professional truck driver job.
7. Describe a "Worst" professional truck driver job.
8. Is mediocre the same as average?
9. Can a driver's employment history affect their job rating?
10. How do I use the results of Truck Driver Pay?
1. What is the purpose of the Truck Driver Pay?
The purpose of Truck Driver Pay is to give professional truck drivers (and potential professional truck drivers) a current resource for comparing truck driver pay, trucking companies, and truck driver jobs.
2. What do I need to have or know to enter my information?
All you need is the ability to type in the information. Of course, you need to enter the information completely and as accurately as possible so the results will be valid. It may be helpful to have payroll records (check stubs, etc.) if you have several jobs to rate.
3. Who owns the Truck Driver Pay website?
The Truck Driver Pay website is owned and operated by Will Johnston, a professional truck driver with a Computer Information Systems degree. This website has been created at trucking terminals, truck stops, and loading docks.
4. What about the trucking company ads I see on the pages?
The ads are generated by Google AdSense and may include any company of any type. Check out any company offering to hire professional truck drivers using the Truck Driver Pay results before applying.
5. Explain the Truck Driver Pay professional truck driver job rating system.
The rating is simply a five point "Best" to "Worst" system. The rating separates the pay from all other job issues. It is possible for a "Worst" job to pay well. It is also possible, but unlikely, that a "Best" job won't pay well.
6. Describe a "Best" professional truck driver job.
A "Best" job is where you and your time are respected. You are never expected to work for free. Your assigned equipment is always safe and well maintained. All company facilities are clean and well maintained. Your pay is always correct and on time. Company policies make sense and are not one sided. They are enforced consistently. Dispatch assignments are timely, make sense, and able to be completed safely. Company communications with drivers and customers are honest. Time at home schedules are a priority for the company and met except for rare emergencies. You are never expected to operate in violation of regulations and never feel the least bit pressured to do so. The company is well respected by everyone, employees, customers, and the general public. There is no "but" or "except for" when you reply to a question of how you like working for this company.
7. Describe a "Worst" professional truck driver job.
A "Worst" job is the opposite of a "Best" job. It would be where a company takes advantage of a driver who may not be qualified for whatever reason for other jobs. Bad equipment and facilities. Illegal operations. Loads no one else will take. Payroll problems. This company is respected by no one. Bad public relations is the norm, perhaps a chained lock gate, bankruptcy, or jail time in this company's future.
8. Is mediocre the same as average?
It can be. But, as far as the job survey, it may be that the "average" of all survey responses is "Bad" or "Good". This is why I used mediocre, which has one definition from yourdictionary.com of "Moderate to inferior in quality; ordinary". This eliminates the confusion of having the average result of the survey is NOT "Average". It seems more confusing than it is. If you ask the driver next to you at the truck stop fuel pump how he likes the company he is driving for, and he says, "They are like all the rest.", what does he mean? Is his opinion that all the rest are "Best", "Good", "Mediocre", "Bad", or "Worst"?
9. Can a driver's employment history affect the way they rate a company?
Yes, this is the reason Truck Driver Pay separated the pay from the rating. First, the type of jobs a driver has had in the past will have a big impact on his/her opinion of present jobs. A person coming from a really, really bad job, whether in or out of trucking, will be more likely to rate any job after that higher. For example, a young person working at a hard labor, minimum wage job with horrible working conditions makes their own decision to become a truck driver. If that person meets the hiring requirements and completes training to get on the road, they will likely have a higher opinion of that first job, compared to an older down-sized factory worker or management type who also decides to become a truck driver because they have to get a new job. Depending on the experience during the first year(s) on the job, these same people, now professional truck drivers with some experience, are likely to change their opinion on rating truck driving jobs. In addition to their own experience, they talk to many other drivers and have learned something about their industry and their options.
10.How do I use the results of the the Truck Driver Pay Survey?
Use the rating of "Worst" to "Best" to see how drivers who have actually worked for the company rate it as a place to work. Use the pay information to see what the job has historically paid. It is up to you to determine which combination of rating and pay will work for you. It may be that the "Best" company with the highest pay is not hiring in your area, so you have to find the best package that is available to you.
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Disclaimer: Results furnished are based on user opinions, and may or may not be accurate as a basis for any decision making process.