Strange pay system?

[chrisarbon]

I think that “payment by the hour” is the way to go.
Here is a little poem I wrote about the subject.

WRITING THE WAITING WRONG

How many hours of every day?
Is given free and taken away.
From a driver’s hard-earned take-home pay.
The company only earns while the wheels are turning,
So the driver only earns when the company’s earning.
But the hypocrites preach “Safety” a lot.
Whilst “Cents-per-mile” is definitely not.
It’s a dangling carrot-donkey situation,
Cause of endless stress and frustration.
A full “Pre-trip” has to be done.
But most expect it done for fun.
Log-books should be neat and correct,
But manage your hours to good effect.
Stop on amber and never speed,
But “Hammer-down” when they feel the need.
Will it end with an on-board recorder?
Will it put this mess in order?
With truckers paid for every hour,
From log-on till their evening shower.

[neilg14]

Great poem Chris, hit the nail on the head there.

Newmercman
I’ve done nights for 27 of the last 30 years, I moved to days last year, lasted 2 weeks, I couldn’t sleep, so back on nights again.
I last roped & sheeted about 25 year ago, I can’t begin to imagine what it’s like doing it out here, last winter I was driving past La Farge in Calgary half a dozen times a night, -30 temps and sheeting and strapping plasterboard outside, no amount of money would pay me enough to do that job.
Retention isn’t a word in most haulage companies vocabulary here, though things might change if the govt don’t back down on these new TFW rules.