Are We Struggling with a Driver Shortage? Is this a MYTH or REALITY?
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- Опубликовано: 14 авг 2024
- Driver Shortage! Driver Shortage! Driver Shortage! If you watch the news or read anything online, I'm sure you have seen that we have a "Global Driver Shortage"...
Are we ACTUALLY struggling with a driver shortage or is this a myth? Fake news? Real news? Who can we believe and trust?
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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:12 325,000 truck drivers in Canada
00:28 Rater per hour in 2005 was $21
00:56 Prices of household goods doubled since 2005
01:19 Real estate has doubled in prices since 2005
02:00 Gas prices $1.55 per litre in 2022
02:28 Trucking pay rates should be $30-$39 per hour today
02:40 Vista Trans hiring information and form
03:22 Why are trucker pay rates SO low and not climbing up?
03:32 Mega carriers suppress pay rates
03:55 Enrolling new drivers
04:41 Constant driver shortage articles on the news
05:11 "Driver shortage" is a way to get drivers into the industry
05:48 Second Career Funding in Canada
05:58 Federal Financial Aid in the United States
06:54 400,000 Class 1 licenses are issued every year in the US
07:15 Mega carrier system process
07:50 Why would you increase truck driver pay? 
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We need to be United to get what we deserve as drivers
It's time for a change!!
United we were... Buddies on the roads... On the CB.... Talking with other drivers over a meal at truck stop....now it's fuel up...grab a slice of cold and crusty pizza...
This type of wage suppression is in EVERY industry. The problem is unchecked capitalism. Solution is co-ops, unions, and a government that works for citizens instead of corporations.
You actually hit the nail right on the head. And it's getting worse with this Mega Scams and more dangerous on the road for us on the road with a lot of this new drivers
Thanks for your support! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I was one of those people that got in at the beginning of the Pandemic. I paid for my own CDL and didn't get locked in to any Carrier thankfully. So on 6 mos I went from OTR to a Local Transport job. Now I see my kids everyday get paid very well and my wife gets to focus on being a Mom. Trucking has been a blessing for me.
Thats what i did!!!
Hey Ronen!!! This is the most accurate trucking industry video I’ve ever seen!!!!
Love to hear it!! Thanks for watching!
Your spot on!! I work for a training company, every Monday a herd of new hires start! An endless cycle…
Thank you for posting this video.
Thank you for watching!!
Great video. I've never heard anybody sum it up so concisely in a few minutes like this. I agree with everything and It's what I tell people who bring the subject up.
Glad you enjoyed it!
There’s no driver shortage…but driver retention is a huge problem. Our company turns over 3/4 of our staff every 6 months. It’s insane. It’s mostly due to managerial greed. Not wanting to pay drivers enough to keep them from leaving because they know there’s basically a never ending supply of new people to replace them…
A suggestion to help solve the "temporary foreign worker" issues that companies take advantage of: They can bring in as many as they want, but they have to pay them 25-50% MORE than the regular workers.
You would then see what industries really need the workers.
Well said, considering that helps prevent them from abusing a lot of the benefits they're given just for showing up, by increasing their income. No problem with allowing people in just as long as they're here on a truly level playing field, not undercutting everyone else that have played by the same ever-changing rules since they were born here.
Great suggestion! And if that were to happen... EVERY trucking company would have to rise together and increases all driver wages! It's time for a change!
Awesome. Can't thank you enough for shining some light on this issue sir
Any time!
In 2008, I debated taking out a 60k USD loan for a flight academy that would get my foot into the door at the airlines. (Already had a private pilot's license) Entry level regional airline pilot pay is 3X what is was 14 years ago. Like your video points out, trucker pay hasn't even kept up with inflation. My biggest regret in life is not taking that loan that I was already approved for.
Can a Pilot make six figures out of school today ? I like maps, navigation, travel and flying so i think it’s a good career choice for me
@@gregallen1381 newly hired 1st officers at the regionals are making close to that working 2 weeks a month and don't have to live in a truck, plus on a solid track to make a quarter million or more in 10 to 13 years.
@@mctransportation9831 thank you for the reply
@@gregallen1381 no problem
@@mctransportation9831 what about aircraft mechanics? how much do they make?
Amen. First video I agree with you. I would only add that driver wages were suppressed well before 2005 for the very same reasons you mentioned. Look at what drivers were making in 1975 and adjust for inflation from then to now. Drivers should be making over 2 dollars per mile.
But the consumer couldn't bear that kind of burden. Just ask the government, they have been telling us that for years. The price hikes mentioned about consumer goods is mostly related to warehousing, which is billed as "Transportation Costs" which is why most people think we make tons of money.
I entered the industry in 2003, most pay schedules in the US topped at 35-40 cpm. I have magazines from 1982 that advertise 25 cpm. The DOT was created to suppress the trucking industry and has done a very good job of that. Under the ICC, shippers HAD to allow rate increases for inflation, and every industry had profit built in to soak up spikes in the economy.
It now costs more to get some loads unloaded than we are getting paid to move it across 3 state lines!
Thanks for the comment JJ! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I started in Jan 1999 at a rate of 32 cents per mile. Today, I am running at 50 cents per mile. 23 years and really not a big raise. My boss only increased our rate due to covid. As I see it drivers should at minimum be doing 85 cents or better. But remember, we have companies like Amazon who pay a minimum per mile so they can have the same day delivery. But my only real complaint is that many companies in the van and reefer side make drivers sit for hours to load or unload. We don't make anything sitting for 3, 4, or 5 hours at a shipper/receiver even if you get detention pay. And don't get me into cans loading at port. And again thank you Ronan for bringing this out.
You are getting screw at 50 cents. I started last year at a dollar a mile, and most jobs would advertise at least 70 cents, today I think it would be nearly impossible to find a driver for less than 65 cents, unless you are a newby and need the mega carrier to pay for your license or get your foot on the door.
U been driving since 1999 and you only at 55 cent,????
Tf nigga
You are right it is a retention problem. In the 70s when Crst and Schneider where Union companies before deregulation they had a waiting list of qualified drivers for any job openings. Now its government funding for hiring new drivers out of driving school. Most drivers get out of trucking before they get enough time in to work up to the $100,000 imcome they are told they can make in trucking.
You will be at a company forever before you make that type of money unless you get with the right carrier
Glad you agree Mark. Thanks for watching and sharing some insight!
Yeah Prime Inc you can make 100k as a lease driver your first year easy. It spoiled me and now it's hard to look at most other companies with my experience. I'm gonna go back to prime.
Spot on Ronen! Keep going! Love your content.
Thanks Robert!! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I'm honestly really glad that I'm going the route I am with trying to get my CDL, by taking a course at my local technical college. They're known to have a great program, and carriers in the area tend to come out and fight each other to offer positions to the drivers learning there. I'm hoping to get a pretty good spot out of it, ideally doing regional flatbed work. Fingers crossed!
Great for you. Pls which locality are you having this cdl training? Which province? Can you recommend me to this college?
@@akindelogistics1991 It's the University of West Georgia, most likely their Carrollton campus. Pretty long waitlist; got accepted in May, and the earliest I can reasonably hope to actually get started is this January.
I have exactly the same story in my life right now, except I just barely received my Class A CDL in Idaho from Sage Trucking School. All the local trucking companies here are hiring and paying an average of. 45$ cpm refer otr to start. Being Idaho, the cargo commonly involves potatoes.
@@JEDEYEZBIZNIZ Best of luck to you, mate! Hope you get on with a good company that treats their drivers right.
Good luck to you!! Welcome to the industry!
yeah i got zero help for anyone i had to shell out of my own pocket for my CDL and in my first year as a longhaul flatbedder im making 60cpm @ 3k miles a week give or take plus tarp fee and layover if i cant get a load.
I have five years experience with zero accidents and never failed an inspection. JBS /Swift is paying $32 an hour down the street from my house. 4, 10 hour shifts pays $1,280. It's time for a change
Where do you live? I used to drive for jbs
Couldn't agree more. It is time for a change!!
I am all in. Lets unite. I have never seen an industry so mistreated.
The TLC industry has the truck driving industry beat when it comes to being mistreated. It's a joke how bad the TLC organization treats its licensed drivers.
That's what this channel is for! To unite us drivers and fight for a change!
I think when they say driver shortage, then mean qualified driver shortage. The whole romance of the open road has been gutted. These guys have cameras on them every second. If not their driver cameras, then someone else’s camera. I know I couldn’t do it, but to the guys who hang in there year after year, a big a salud to ya’s. You guys rock!
Right on. You hit the nail on the head!
Awesome! Thanks for the comment Pete!
I couldn't agree with this message more. I'm 47-years in the big chair. My first truck was a 4-year old Kenworth K100 cabover with a 1693 425hp Cat. That ruck cost me $25K, diesel fuel cost 62¢ per Imperial gallon (4.54609 litres) and the freight rate paid to the truck all miles was also 62¢. Today, a 4-year old Cascadia or a T680 might cost you $80K and the freight rate most carriers pay is still well below $2 per mile while diesel fuel is now $9 per gallon.
Today on average, it costs $2 per mile to run a truck. Back in the day, if the carrier paid for the plates and insurance and the fuel bill up front, and deducted from your settlement at the end of the month, the revenue split was 70% / 30%. If I covered my own fuel and plates / insurance, the split was 90% / 10%. My last contract was for a fuel cap of 47¢ per litre ($2.14 per imperial gallon) but the freight rate paid to the truck was only $1.23 per mile.
There IS NO driver shortage. There IS, however, a driver pay shortage. There should never have been allowed to exist in Canada the ability for trucking companies to hire temporary foreign drivers. Pay drivers what they deserve and you will attract more drivers than you can possibly justify hiring. Raise the rates to reflect paying drivers their true worth and charge rates that will support this adjustment. Stop hauling cheap freight.
Great comment. Thanks for watching the video and sharing some insight!
Save youre money and invest in a business outside if truckin..
It's getting worse and drivers wi t follow rules
Considering every truck stop and rest area in the country is full, i would say fake
Exactly! Fake news!
Hello Ronen,
I agree with you 100% and thought I was the only one who this figured out... Thanks for bringing up this topic which needs to be talked about.
I am also with you on the need for truck drivers to unify.
God Bless!
Thanks for watching Roland!! Appreciate your feedback.
Thanks for your work
Thank you for your support!
There's a freight moving shortage. Freight being moved by trucks have dramatically increased. Freight is being moved by the over regulated system that limits weight and driving time. But freight being moved by railroad is dying out.
Great comment, thanks for sharing Ben!
Why do you say railroad freight is dying out?
@@craigj.651 people want their orders overnight delivery and that won't happen by train. So many warehouses I pick up and deliver to throughout the country have the tracks fenced off (not gates, permanent fences). And many military units that used to transport vehicles by train are now hiring flatbed drivers.
you are right..the big carriers want to keep the drivers new and low paid..i worked for Swift i know.
I work for good ole Swifty Swift (ERF) too.
The truth has to come out!
I’ve been saying this for years. I got out and became electrician in 2004. I have zero regrets
Glad to hear you've been doing well!
EXCELLENT 4 MINUTE VIDEO. THANK YOU
100,000 subscribers? It sounds like a good time for a truck giveaway 👀
A truck giveaway eh?
Thumbs up 👍 great video ! Totally 💯 % right . THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF DRIVERS.
Glad you liked the video!
Thanks for the in depth break down 🙏
Anytime! Thanks for watching Eddie!
I wish you (Ronen) & ET was in the States! I would work for you & ET! Thank you for your always informative information!
We will be expanding in the near future! Thanks for watching!
Bingo! Dead on. Perfect analysis Sir.
You nailed it !!!
Woohoo! Thanks John!
Thank you for all the information
I have been saying this for 3+ years now and ur the only one that puts this in proper perspective and speaking with facts and #s
Also adding to this why most drivers quit or in my opinion ruin the industry, that most of them treat this job as daily 8-5 pm shift s
Parking lots are packed around 4pm and products don't ship in timely manner
I can't imagine a better explanation of the TRUTH than what you have laid out here. The sad part is all of the property damage and death that is the bottom line result of the fake shortage that gets ignored.
Thanks for watching!
Great video!
Thank you!
According to you there are plenty of truck drivers. Then WHY am I getting emails every day with at least 30 driver job offers EVERY DAY, 7 DAYS A WEEK? No other industry has that problem, really. Driving a truck is so different than 'working a job' that the two really cannot be compared. 8 hours a day, for 5 days, or 14 hours per day for 5 days? Living in a house or apartment with stores and restaurants just around the corner, or having to SEVERELY limit you choices to places where you can get 80 feet of truck and trailer (like over priced truck stops) and 'living' in less than 100 square feet of space?
There are a lot of drivers, but many are working other jobs. The instability of full-time driving on finances, relationships, and quality of life is staggering. You have a place go sleep, but NOT a place to PARK. And if you need air conditioning you run the engine ALL NIGHT.
And yes, our pay does not take into account the long hours we work. No overtime, no 'comp' time. I work about 3500 hours each year, and spend 5-6 nights on the road. So my $80K salary is actually about $22 per hour. And when you actually take into account that the average worker gets overtime after 40 hours my hourly rate drops to less than $20 per hour. Wow. Poor comparison video EXCEPT that you point out our wages have not kept up with inflation.
Good points. No OT or no pay for waiting on loads. That’s why there is such high turnover. The brokers and freight companies are ripping us off!
FACTS. This is why I left the industry and went back to my previous profession.
When I went to learn the trade, I first went to a traditional driving school and was taught how to back up on the last day of a 1 month course. I didn't even bother to go get tested because I knew I wasn't ready. In my province at the time was a trade course that was just over a year long to actually learn the trade. It was 1 of 2 schools permitted by the ministry of education to deliver this course. The curriculum for which was decided upon by members of the industry, law enforcement and the ministry of transportation. We got our class 1 within the first month or so. My first two weeks were learning pretrips, learning how to shift and back up inside a closed facility. We didn't even get to go out on the road. After getting our permits we spent the rest of the time learning the trade and learning all versions of transmissions and trailer types ect. There were several subjects and all were useful with plenty of driving time for practice and learning new skills. All that to say it is scary how they turn out drivers in 3 months like puppy mills and let em loose on the roads these days.
Watching you and working for those its golden chance....I wish u have given me achance like that 😔 ...
Working for shipper the cost to move freight is up. What not up is pay for drivers and owner operators. If your taking low rates that’s on you.
BULL SHT......30 years OTR cant find a fn job in 2023. No tickets, No wrecks. No failed drug tests. Not a job jumper. I call BS on shortage.
Nice Info,,,
Thanks!
Good video ! 😊👍
What I am speaking about is simply this period there are companies being allowed by the FMCS a to have drivers become training drivers after 2 to 3 months of working for that company, yet they have had no more experience than 2 to 3 months of driving. When I started driving driving color a rookie driver had to be driving for at least 5 years, before they would change status to a commercial driver a commercial driver. It takes a minimum of 5 years driving driving regionally or nationally to gain experience to be considered a true truck driver. OH, BY THE WAY, THIS HAPPENS IN ALL PROFESSIONS AND TRADES.
Finally the truth. Thank you.
Anytime! Thanks for watching!
Yes you are 100% right I agree I am with you thanks for making this video
Thanks for watching Aamir!
I have 8 years experience no accidents very very professional always always checking my truck every time I stop for defects away from my family and I'm only getting paid 60cpm
Living in Sonoma county I won’t drive for less than $34 an hour.
1 bedroom apartments here on avg are $2,700.
On average?! Man, inflation is wild. Thanks for the comment!
Thank You for the video!!
My pleasure!
Mr ET I’ve been 42 years in this country I became American Citizen it may be United States of America but it isn’t United Americans of the States… since I became a truck driver over 5 years ago I was surprised that there isn’t a truck union not even by state…that’s sad
Great presentation! Thank you for showing the reality of the situation.
I have stopped driving because I can work at a much higher wage and be home every day. I also don't have to worry about being in a collision with the new drivers that are let loose on the roads. Being in northern ontario, a highway is closed almost daily for some kind of incident.
Same here. Also used to run the northern Ontario roads, but now I'm home every day for more pay running a class 3 truck locally.
I used to run the mountains between alberta and BC. Best decision I ever made, was becoming a local/city car hauler. The carnage I saw back in the passes were all caused by new drivers. I always felt that if I didn’t get off those roads, I’d get killed by one.
@@jixser9313 you know it's bad when even some warehouse workers make more than truck drivers
You unveiled the truth 👍
There is a SHORTAGE and I’m telling WAY.
80% off the Truckers are Quitting in the First 2-3 years.It’s True.Everyone gets LIED and when they See what’s going on they just Quit.
Exactly. I did the same thing.
Thanks for sharing Denis!
Ehemmm 7:00 Here in the US it is call Class A not Class 1(Canada).
Yes!
You are extremely honest and I love that❤ thank you
Congrats on the 101K.
Woohoo! Thank you!
Thank you!
True
plenty of fright/loads
Not enough pay to haul them around
There is no driver shortage
👍👍
I agree with you... not enough loads for the current drivers!
Thanks for watching Fran!
Valuable content
Glad to hear it. Thanks Jon!
Those Class 1 licenses are called Class A in the USA
That’s 💯💯. FACT!!!! Well said
Nice watch. 😎
Ayy, thank you!
If there was a shortage of drivers, then I wouldn't have a problem finding parking at night
$0.65 per mile and if you drive the NE US (tri-state area) you'll log around 2,000 miles per week on a 70-hour work week. This averages out to an income of $1300 per week or $18.57 per hour in "straight time." If you were working a job that paid overtime for 70 hours a week (85 hours of pay), you would be making $15.29 per week. In my town, Mcdonald's is paying $13 per hour, and most manufacturing jobs pay $20 per hour. Please note that a LARGE NUMBER of mega carriers in the US are paying new drivers about $0.48 per mile. This amounts to $11.30 per hour for a driver if you account for the lack of overtime pay (by dividing mileage by 85 hours for pay). That means that new drivers can make more money working at a fast food restaurant than they will driving a truck.
Exactly!!! Even in the USA if you are making 65k as a driver logging 70 plus hours a week is basically fast-food wages, because of the time required on the clock in order to obtain that 65k. You are in essence working two jobs for the price of one.
@@PurpleMusicProductions BINGO! And the vicious cycle continues.
Definitely no shortage. I can’t remember the number, but there are a couple million people with class A CDL’s that don’t drive. They probably got into the industry and got mistreated or rubbed the wrong way on top of seeing just how many hours you need to work to make a decent living. If you adjust for inflation, and use an hourly rate, I think we make about two or three dollars an hour less than truck drivers did back in the 1950s. That pretty much says it all right there.
You're not lying.
I like your YOU Tube video they are very informative and trueful
Thanks Phillip!
It's the exact same thing that happens in other top tier countries too. I have an uncle from Congo Africa who landed a job in Romania as a truck driver. These companies are savvy 🤣🤣
Never ending cycle!
and the Romanians are getting jobs in Germany or Britain
It’s big game involving a group of parties, and the victim is a driver, owner operator and small fleet of this industry. High fuel price high truck sale price. low wage low cargo rate!! This should stop that’s not fair we suffer.
Great video 💯 👍🏼
Thanks Jimmy!!
Every year the US having 400 000 new CDL but how many drivers are out of work or retired every years?
Well said Ronen!!!
Thanks Kevin!!!
I get paid 83c per mile and I drive a sprinter. It's barely enough to cover daily life plus deadhead costs. I think truckers should be getting at least double what I'm paid.
Fort Mcmurray commercial driver get paid 43.27$cad per hour crude oil hauler
You hit that subject dead on the head of the nail
Thanks Scotty!
There's plenty of people out there who could, if they want to, drive trucks. The problem, for the consumers who pay the freight bill, is that everyone who the drivers interact with, are not happy unless they are screwing the truck driver!
My opinion is if in 2005 the prices has tripled then I agree but if not then the market is the problem.
Good point!
Nailed it!!
There’s no driver shortage. I know plenty of drivers looking for work
The Pepsi Coke 7up and Beer companies are always hiring....tough work though.
@@katman8714 What’s tough about it?
@@puertoricanpapi2011 lifting 100lbs for 12hrs a day
Hernias for days no doubt.
Exactly!
Very well said
Thank you!
GREAT VIDEO
THANK YOU
This video needs to go viral. If we can get good carriers to hire newer guys then they wouldn’t be forced to go to mega carriers.
Their insurance won't let them do that. Most of the mega carriers write their own insurance and the smaller ones cannot afford to do that and pay their drivers well. It sucks but that is how it is.
Thanks for the comment!!
Plus shippers don't want to pay to ship any loads either and want owner operators to run dirt cheap I don't blame them for telling them no the only people that's going to run that load is likely a mega carrier
Agreed!
It would seem as I look for jobs it would seem every buisness was hiring.
I was offered a chance to drive from a very low paying starter company right away
I want to get my CDL with no company strings attached, and find regional training, stay with a company 2 years if such a good company is found.
I love seeing the RUclipsrs doing lease purchase, and showing all expenses and seeing the bigger numbers hit the bank accounts.
Trucking is the most important job in the country everything you pretty much ever bought in your life traveled on a truck at some point
They don’t need drivers anymore they don’t need anything
The industry needs CHANGE!
Yes most drivers after school making two at fault accident less than one year and they get fired they are some people out there trying to make money from the insurance companies so the semi truck are the best option for them to put easily driver at fault and making money by intentionally making the accident and put the semi truck drivers at fault and the lawmakers never look at this.!!!
In the state of Georgia, it is SOP to pin it on the truck, and let the driver/ company PROVE otherwise.
Good info...thx
Thanks for watching!
I have done recruiting for years. There is absolutely a shortage.
Saying that. It is not an easy job and finding a driver that stays OTR for long periods is hard to find. I put thousands of drivers to work. Yes, they deserve more money though if they were paid more all consumers goods will go up and then everything else goes up. It a vicious circle.
Retention of drivers is the issue.
Great sir great information
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Yes thank you because I'm also driver
You are absolutely right but I would say that many Canadian drivers still working for 45c/mile,they dreaming about 65c😊
Up there in Canada you get a lot of Indian people immigrating to your country to drive your trucks I've noticed that
I live in Vancouver Bc Canada. The average pay for truck drivers is 27$/hr. They don't pay per mile anymore . If it would had been 65 cents per mile the pay would had been, 60 miles
at 65 cents equals around 38$/hour. Now it's 27$. If you calculate per hour, drivers are paid around 45 cents per mile now. That's a loss of 20 cents per mile. If you make 3000 miles a week, that's a loss of 3000 multiplied by .20 cents equals a loss of 600$ per week.
Do you think that If they paid .90 a mile then you would still have a lot of people getting their CDL because the pay would be so good... and the market would still be flooded with drivers and the rates would go back down.
Yes very right. There is no driver shortage. I feel there is surplus. I know so many drivers jobless or planing to leave the company they work for just because of low wages.
Thanks for sharing Amar!
corporate profits are up by 50% how weird how that works.
anyone who drives a semi and does not get paid by the hour is getting the shaft........its a suckers game.
Way to many drivers and trucks get rid of 500 thousand and watch rates go up where they should be 💯🤷