Heavy Duty Trucking, January 2018
President Bruce Blaise including the industrywide driver capacity impact of the ELD mandate an economy near full employment and an aging workforce We simply have to make the adjustments needed to attract new drivers to our company and industry According to KAG CEO Dennis Nash the company has already spent handsomely on new equipment advanced technology safety support and respect and appreciation from management But he says ultimately we have to provide a compensation package that can compete effectively with other industries for what is a shrinking pool of available candidates This move provides drivers with the certainty that they will experience an improving personal financial situation well into the future In other words fleets are no longer competing just with other fleets for drivers Now theyre competing with every industry that needs to pull in blue collar workers from a rapidly shrinking labor pool That means its time to pay up like never before When all is said and done says CFIs Johnson the irregular route driver has to spend time in his truck And that was fine for the older generation But millennials want to be home at night They want to make a decent living and have a good quality of life Going forward well be asking drivers to more efficiently manage their time to make more money But they will still have to spend time in their trucks to do that Go to truckinginfo com readerservice and click on reader service 120 JANUARY 2018 HDT 53 WWW TRUCKINGINFO COM This is the first installment of a 10 part series in HDT Check out our expanded coverage of these issues including interviews articles photo galleries videos and more throughout the year at www truckinginfo com Driver2018 BONUS After Six Months After One Year No Dont Know Other SCHEDULE DRIVER PAY INCREASES 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Seventy percent of Driver iQ customers report having a scheduled driver pay raise within the first year while others schedule them during the first three to six months And while some carriers make a distinction based on driver experience according to Driver iQ others factor in DOT violations SOURCE DRIVER IQ DRIVER RETENTION SURVEY JULY 2017
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