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madville

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19. The trucking companies do indenture new drivers with debt

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 11:39 AM

Nov 2021

It’s a common tactic that the large trucking companies use to trap new drivers for at least a year or two. They send them through a CDL school (that they usually own) or in-house training program and the new driver goes anywhere from $8000-12000 in debt to the company or school. Then the company will give them maybe $50 or $75 a week “tuition reimbursement” so it takes year to pay back. Then the new driver quits or gets fired after a few months and that debt gets sent to collections and ruins their credit.

It’s the very definition of indentured.

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'Indentured servitude': low pay and grueling conditions fueling US truck driver shortage [View all] turbinetree Nov 2021 OP

I must be the exception because I'm doing quite well, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #1

That's great. Out of curiosity what is low mileage for a truck? drray23 Nov 2021 #7

200K is considered low mileage for a big rig, MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #10

Actually moniss Nov 2021 #17

All very good points. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #20

Someone moniss Nov 2021 #26

Very nice!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #27

Good article soryang Nov 2021 #2

Yup. 2naSalit Nov 2021 #3

The question is what is the country going to do? jimfields33 Nov 2021 #4

Bump the pay up a lot XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #5

Yes. We need a National truck drivers bill of rights covering ALL truckers, and, although ideally Magoo48 Nov 2021 #8

Great pay and benefits XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #9

COUGH Decent HOURLY Pay COUGH hatrack Nov 2021 #21

Isn't this the free hand of the market? XanaDUer2 Nov 2021 #24

Yup. Magoo48 Nov 2021 #25

I just drove coast to coast and given the yahoos the truckers need to deal with, you couldn't pay me dutch777 Nov 2021 #6

+100. nt MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #11

"Leased to Own" is a con by the trucking companies. imanamerican63 Nov 2021 #12

Which is exactly why I own both of my Pete's. MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #13

They aren't paid enough. No to the dishonest nonsense of "indentured servitude." Hortensis Nov 2021 #14

Exactly!!! MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #16

The trucking companies do indenture new drivers with debt madville Nov 2021 #19

Not really. I don't think anyone should WANT to imagine Americans Hortensis Nov 2021 #23

OTR trucking suites very few people as a career madville Nov 2021 #15

Nailed it!!!! MarineCombatEngineer Nov 2021 #18

Pay isn't the only problem ripcord Nov 2021 #22