Trucking industry struggles to fill driver jobs
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- Опубликовано: 2 авг 2018
- CNBC's Kate Rogers reports on how the trucking industry is pulling out all the stops to attract more workers, especially women, to fill its labor shortage of about 51,000 drivers.
There is no truck drivers shortage, just a shortage of people who are willing to work in horrible conditions for low wages, There is a lot of people who have their class 1 license and choose not to drive truck any more because of the terrible wages and conditions.
McDonald's and Tim Horton's and other low paying employers also have this same problem and the response from the Government is to flood the market with more workers (temp foreign workers) driving down wages and working conditions even more. Or the Government can subsidize and train new workers so the employers have access to new cheaper workers to replace the more expensive ones.
Common sense will tell you if you want to attract people into an industry you do it with better pay and better conditions, You chase people away from the industry when you bring in foreign workers which drops wages and working conditions and flood the market with cheap labor.
But it is the government lobbyist are the ones who have the most affect on government policy, not common sense.
Amen. I have my CDL-A I'm not going on the road for 45k a year and being response for 400k worth of equipment. I make 70k reading meters for a gas company. Isn't that a joke. Trucking industry is dead. 1970s are long gone.
Joe S. Joe! What? 45K? They said 6 figures for experienced drivers! Just joking, everyone knows C.R. England is a joke. ☺️
@@joes.7536 I made over 80k with a mega carrier last year you was doing something terribly wrong plenty of money out here in trucking dont believe the hype it's out here if u want it
What did you do wrong John? You can offer people to $110,000 a year and they still won’t take the job. Why? Lack of home time.
The average age of a truck driver is 56. There isn't just a truck driver shortage of 60,000, *there's a pending nightmare shortage of truck drivers in epic proportions.* Think I'm crazy? Just wait 5 years.
Shortage LMAO. So many CDL drivers out there that are doing something else because they are not going to work for the shit pay. They put some young girl up there that's still in training to tell the public how good driving a truck is. She is just spouting the crap some driver recruiter has told her. Poor girl is in for a hard lesson
There is no driver shortage!! It's because of bad companies like CR England that treat new drivers like crap, then they leave the industry. According to OOIDA 400,000 people get their CDL every year. But when you have bad companies that don't pay well, talk new drivers into lease purchases that they can't afford because they don't have enough experience they leave. That poor woman on there that just got trained. I wouldn't be surprised if she isn't driving truck anymore. They sure had her fooled.
I was a truck driver love the job just hated that if. I put a date for my home time i want to be home but the company i was with they guarantee home time when i apply but they lie companies will lie to you to get you working. One day i was supposed to be home time on 4/21/19 i was 2hr from home and they say i wasn't authorized to go home had a big problem with dispatch so i end up quitting...
It’s been a while I heard from you
Just another BS report.
If there is a shortage then why are so many truckers sitting at truck stops for 2-3 days waiting for loads?
You people just want to flood the industry with rookies in an effort to keep transportation costs down.
Because there's a growing labor shortage of factory workers as well.
KingJustice98 general factory labor shortage is true. Not “AS WELL “. We’re sitting around waiting for loads constantly.
Well, the general public is part of the problem because they vote to impose more and more regulations on drivers. As any driver knows, low pay, poor benefits, unpaid waiting hours, and companies who treat drivers like dirt. Most companies have meeting after meeting trying to find ways for drivers to work more and driver more for free. Too many regulations that drivers are fed up with.
raise the pay ... i have my cdl license with a clean driving dot record and after 6 years of driving i left because of low pay. i actually love driving but they have to raise pay to be fair.
That's what England told me back in the 90s when I got behind the wheel I only made $400 a week I quickly went back to security I make more money as a security guard doing nothing
Damn that's so sad.
Hope you are doing good now.
There’s no shortage of truck drivers, it’s just the pay for the amount of hours you have to put in and bs you have to put up with most of these big companies along with the DOT regulations and many other things to take place out on the road. They make it appear as green grass for potential recruits but I’d advise you to do all of your homework before making any final decisions and if you can help it DO NOT sign any contracts that way you’re not tied down to anyone for a year or more. When I ran loads for one of the larger companies they had me run an unsafe load that another driver(s) failed to get weighed so I’d have to carry it 180 miles back to the shipper to get it straightened out and that was it for me. I woke up, at the end of the day if you get pulled over and DOT officer cites you for a violation, it’s your own fault, your CDL, your DAC report, your career... not your jobs, they can get another driver to replace you for .35-45 cpm you’re another number to check off. Take care of your driving record and don’t let anyone try and intimidate you into doing something that could get you or someone else in trouble or killed. There’s good small companies out there just do a thorough check before a final decision is made and a contract should only be used as a last resort... (forget about those sign on bonuses too)
When you get a CDL with an automatic transmission truck. You get a restricted license, you will only be able to drive an automatic truck. No manual transmission truck jobs for you.
Most newer drivers are not real truckers. When there toys stop working (GPS) they can't find the shipper, consignee. Many can't read a map,drive a stick and can't properly trip plan or give out ETA's on the fly when your dispatcher wants one. Have fun driving your automatic truck pulling a tanker. I've heard of drivers crying about surges from cubes which is NOTHING compared to smooth bore tanker.
True and not true some states like Florida they don't put restrictions on your CDL A if you take the test on manual or Automatic i took my CDL test in 2012 and i was mad cause the manual truck i was supposed to test broke down and i had to take the test on a crapy automatic. I ask the guy giving me the test about that he say Florida don't if you move to another state there no restrictions but if you take the test in NY they will put a restriction for take the test on Automatic
GUNTHERSHELL whats wrong driving automatic transmission!?!?
I am driving in Norway and Scandinavia. My fully loaded trucks from 40-70 tons. In Norway especially winter time on mountains automatic shifts waaaay faster then manual/stick. Yes its possible also with manual but you will strugle..... at least in Scandinavia. So long storu short on certain conditions automtaic is better option.
p.s. also our trucks a bit different, not so big/long cabs
But cheers and good luck from Europe.
@Francis 7 The trouble is that there are guys that will work for way less. Cutting their own throat settling for slave wages.
I'm a new trucker and out of the 40 companies I researched to go work for only like 3 of them had manual trucks and they were optional to drive lol most companies are starting to shy away from using them especially since the fuel mileage is so much better in an automatic. Once I become an owner op I'm gonna get an automatic to save money on fuel. I don't care if I'm labeled a "real trucker" or not lol I'm not In it to look cool I'm in it to make money
these people are uneducated on the topic of trucking. CR ENGLAND is a terrible example of why you might want to get into trucking.
i will make 60K this year driving local milk tanker. i do farm pickup and am home daily. i make $175 per day and can complete my route in 7.5-9 hours.
there are still quirks i have to accept. NO PAID HOLIDAYS, NO SICK TIME, NOT HOURLY PAY. i make a living but many people back out of it.
ALSO a manual shift transmission seperates truckers from want-to-be truckers. i drive a 2017 T880 day cab with an 18 speed manual. i love a real 3 pedal truck.
I agree with you no one wants to work for CR England or Swift or Covenant because they're b******* to get and with a good company that will treat you decent you have to have two years verifiable experience that's one of the biggest problems there's a lot of great dependable drivers out there like myself that doesn't have 2 years OTR experience so I'm not eligible for the job
@@JB-pg6ju i have two years of local work at this point. im not really interested in OTR at this point, it doesnt fit with my family life.
Not all trucker are uneducated.
@@Godslove1966 uneducated on the topic of trucking does not mean a truck driver without college. uneducated in this instance refers to someone who has never held a CDL or driven a commercial vehicle. in other words, someone who doesnt know a damn thing about trucking.
anyone that would recommend CR England knows nothing about trucking and is uneducated.
No money ,no honey.
I quit driving 10 years ago because of all the bs I was a over the road driver for over 30 years
Paid by mile and you waste more time loading unloading or in traffic than running
Just letting every one know cr england is a bad company and no you do not make barely any money
Yeah, that female was either an actor or sticking to a script. C.R. England does not pay 50k+ to start out, or even to most of their drivers. You have to apply to routes that pay more after a certain amount of time, but those are a minority and have a huge waitlist. Most routes offered pay 700.00 to 900.00 gross. So after taxes, that's 500.00 to 700.00 net for working fourteen hours a day and living in a truck.
trucks can go 65 in New York but only 55 in the desert in California. go figure. Yet, NY has never allowed over 65 for cars, and CA has allowed 70 for cars in the last 23 1/2 years as of July 2019.
AVOID CR England.
Why?
I noticed that first girl said they offer lots of miles sorry lady buy offering a lot of miles and actually getting a lot of miles are 2 totally different things
She's going to be very disappointed, unfortunately
Work the numbers, this is the only job in the USA where the employee gets the royal ream every single day.
An over the road driver is responsible for a truck, trailer and load 24 hours a day .
All added up, the average driver earns less than $ 3.00 per hour.
$40000 a year we'll that is a big lie!!!!
Yeah it's no where close to that number unless you sell your soul for at least 3 years
Is 40k a year fair wage for someone to be away from home months at a time? I don't think so. 40k gross you might take home 30k after taxes. Wow. You can make that at McDonald's
"I love to travel and i like money" LOL
Ikr, she's completely clueless. Well she's young and about to get a rude ass wake up call.
@@cfpzona fill me in my dude, I was thinking about going into this field
If your gonna be a truck driver you should be made to train and test on a standard transmission
Every
New
Guy
Leaves
After
Ninety
Days
That's a good way to remember it
Why so?
@@nazgul_53 great benefits, for the company
I think she ran over her purse at the end there
Jay B lmao, she totally did!
😂😂 it’s fine if I did I can buy another purse
😂😂 I didn’t have a purse
CR England will hire anyone, ANYONE. That’s scary.
There is no shortage . They say there is so they can flood the market with trucks. This allows rates to go down si companies can bid lower on contracts they compete against. 1/3 of these mega fleets can sit a they still show huge profits. Driver shortage is keyword "We dont wanna raise wages"
This is a CR England ad.!
As long as companies continue to expect drivers to do actual work during their sleeper bunk time in a "sweat shop on wheels" this shortage will continue. It's kind of a dirty little secret in the industry they Don't talk about...
I wish that these news programs would quit lying about the wages. A newbie right out school can expect about 50K if they are with a good company and bust their butts.
What about shipping or receiver that takes long hrs to get the drivers on the road, I have the experience to wait for20 hour and my company pay detention after 5 hrs and only pay 8 hrs after the five mhhh
Home time is a must and good pay for every hour moving and not moving. Companies should also be responsible for their employees even when there are sleeping. because its there truck! ( companies) Drives should be paid by the hour and get overtime after 40 hours!
Yes they should be paid to guard the equipment.
At 02:24 "she says companies replace their CARS every two years." 😂😂 Clueless reporters.
Omar0224 she said 3 years so you just as clueless as her😂😂😂
I drive an automatic trans but I started back in 1977 There weren't no such things as automatic trans in trucks I learned on a 1961 B- Model Mack with twin sticks I learned to drive a 13 speed ona 1968 Brockway my first driving job was a 1966 AutoCAD tandam dump with a Five by four
Nice resume/experience ya have there
Contract was 9months Nowww 1 YEAR😳😥😖
No driver shortages, tons of drivers out there just refuse to work to work for abusive employers for low wages at a dangerous job.
There's no six figure incomes at CR England. The lease operator's get that before all the truck expenses obliterate their personal income.
10k for me to go from bz to az to make min wage no thanks
@Brian how are you doing
Who would want to be a truck driver when they treat you like crap long days long hours people act like you don't even matter all about hurry up and they do nothing but make you wait
The labor shortage is only just beginning. 70,000,000 retired babyboomers still need food and services. 80,000,000 millenials also need food and services, and need to fill jobs that service 200,000,000 people.... maybe we can just outsource to China? Except they have the same issue, except much worse. We can automate only so many jobs, and energy costs will slow automation down.
government needs to back off and quit limiting trucks to 65 mph by engine governor. No wonder Indiana and Michigan hold trucks to 65 mph, they figure they might as well keep truck speed limits at 65 as most trucks don't go past that speed anyway.
No such thing as a sign on bonus I was promised $7000 and once I hit my orientation I ask the guy doing the video conference when will we receive it he said there’s no sign up bonus not to mention they will keep you on the road for 2-3 months and only have 4-5 days at home C.R ENGLAND is a joke
Throwing serious shade at CR England by making them your thumbnail lol.
You guys want to know one of the biggest reasons for the shortage it's because every damn trucking company on the planet requires one or two years verifiable experience. If they all require experience or they won't hire you how the hell you supposed to get experience no one wants to drive for Swift or Covenant to get a decent job you have to have previous experience yet no one will hire you so you can get that experience. I've had my class A CDL for over 20 years I can drive any kind of truck on the road yet I can't find a job because I have no previous experience all of my experience has been in smaller trucks and local jobs that's the damn problem
Dude that's what my friend told me they want you to have tankers endorsement and also 2 years of experience when he was in the meeting and straight up and told them your never gonna find drivers
No they don’t start at 40,000 a year. Forget home time. 1st year is $12,000. Half of those drivers walk away. Can’t pay their bills. Wives don’t get the money they need at home.
Driving truck over the road sucks. It's a divorce machine. You will not see your spouse, your kids, your house, your pets, or any of your toys ever again. If you do, it will be for a few hours on Saturday because you have to leave out Sunday morning because your load delivers Monday morning. And don't even get me started on the DOT. If you love being harrassed by state patrol officers, you will love driving truck. I get heart palpitations every time I'm approaching a weigh station.
Truck driving is no different from being in jail CR England was the first company I ever went to work for you never get home and I do not pay enough money I was only making $400 a week I made more when I was doing security guard work when I say 18 to life driving and shifting nothing but a rolling jail cell
6 figures ? That's a laugh. Not at CR England.
The average pay is $ 700.00 a week, or $ 35,000 a year.
And that's working 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year.
Sad taking advantage of beginner drivers. Why put your life on the line on these roads when warehouses associates get paid the same or even better than a CDL driver at companies like CR England.... and they are home each night!
E-logs and lack of parking have ruined trucking for me. So most of the time I just sit at home.
Did anyone else notice that Kate Rogers ran over her own purse at the end of the video?
Pay is an issue the company s don't pay well. 40k a year before taxes and expenses on the road.companys are banking 3 to 6 dollars a miles and only paying driver 35 cent a mile to drivers.
Ok my Lady bless u on future make work 4 ya congrats
First of all it's just a job, it doesn't matter if you are a man or a woman. Second, we need a pay increase and i mean a big one if we are going to get people into these empty trucks. Thirdly, good benefits and home time is a must!!!! Drivers are sick and tired of being away from home and life!!! I've been driving since 1987 my time is running out!!! We need more young men and women to fill our empty seats. God bless you all and keep your SHINY side up and RUBBER side down. 😉👍
First of all no one asked for your comment & bc I’m a young woman 22 to be exact with my class A Cdl I brag different so yea mind your business!
Learning to drive a Manuel transmission semi is awesome! I think every truck driving school should have at least one automatic transmission truck.
They found shittiest company to advertise for. God damn CR England
We got to many trucks out here no parking available women do not last at this job get real.
Drivers need to be paid for all the time they spend on the job, that's a problem in the industry and people want to be home, yes there are people who believe trucking is their life and there's those who's life is at home with their families or the things that make them happy.
@Gary how are you doing
This has a 95% turn over. That's what the reporter said. That's something to consider before starting there
Do not go to cr England or other mega carriers go to local routes even straight truck
We have well over hundreds of thousands of cdl holder's earning a living outside of trucking.
Well let's see you drive it 2000 miles a week and find out how you make out
There are no shortag of truck Drivers
There around 300 truck just parked
In Bakersfield ca with on fright for
Them to move the media lies again
Like the other driver side left the freight rate price listen to the truck drivers not the lying media
I can’t even find fare rate of freight now days and you are saying drivers shortage. And hoax created by mega carriers they need to cut their equipments they are over buying the trucks. It’s shortage for them since they can’t fill their seats.
Truck driver shortage? There are times when loads are not available, can barely find parking and yeah use C.R. England for an example. Their just trying to make more money themselves training more students. What a slick way to advertise. Lol
Cant figure why other companies don't have similar programs for new hires
#Critcalsupplysolutions
#freightindustry
#worldwidelogistics
CRE It's the best company in the Trucks industry...local account
No, there's plenty of people to drive truck. There's just not enough people to drive them for pennies on the dollar while getting treated like crap.
There are 3.6 Million Commercial Drivers who are not getting paid for overtime upto 30 hours overtime every week around 90 Billion dollar tax fraud by corporations . there are 500000 truck stops in North America none of them Have a Gym or affordable groceries for Truckers.
Why ?
There's plenty of drivers .
Companies just refuse to pay...
Thrn the state is constantly trying to remove drivers from their jobs so the state can earn more revenue off the people
Great pay? Flexible hours? OTR drivers are beholden to the schedules of everyone else, including the Government. Truck companies typically don't pay well, unless it's for something quite specialized. This video looks and sounds more like an ad for a trucking company, and less a legitimate news story.
It is all about pay.
Hey I ai t doing no pretrip INSPECTION...that's why I'm not moving forward with my permit....I think I will do it at home.is easier
Its a monster the industry created for themselves. Trucking always has been a dirty business, and it only gets worse. CR England has played a big role in making it that way. Along with many others. Big companies hide behind layers of recruiting people, and play dumb when drivers realize they've been had. They like ignorant drivers they can manipulate. They want a mindless steering wheel holder to use as long as possible. Integrity and honor mean practically nothing in this business. Some of the dirtiest players are the biggest players.
I've been at this 25 years. The only thing that gives me any real hope is the information age. It's getting harder to hide from your past, both for drivers and bottom feeder trucking companies. And I'm liking it.
There is a difference between automatic, And automated Transmissions.
people don't realize that this is not always a disgruntled driver. I'm saying it like it is.. They wouldn't have a high turnover if they didn't rob their drivers.
Turnover is really high because drivers are held at one standard and office people are held at it no standard
2010= $2.35 per mile
2015= $2.35 per mile
2020= $2.47 per mile
wouldnt get of bed for 50 k to drive a trailer home every day by 5 been in dump trailer for 33 years 70 k a year what is wrong with people
How much did the crap company of the year pay for this advertisement
Pay the drivers stop the shortage, get the driver's home.
Cre was the runner up for crap company of the year.
bullshit, bullshit, bullshit
We don't just need drivers we also need insurance
Do not lease a truck either buy it or become a company driver leasing a truck is in the best interest of the owner of that truck the interest will be higher and before the lease is over you're going to realize if it's for you or not for you and you're not going to like it I leased a truck and I found out that was a wrong move for me one month then threw in the towel and left make sure you read that fine print don't just sign the paper and be prepared you will only be taking a shower 3 times a week because that's how hard you'll be working on that truck just to get that loan on time hot loads hot loads hurry hurry hurry driver get that load why are you late why are you behind traffic I don't care hurry up and get that they're waiting for you expect that from your dispatcher and a whole lot more
You forgot to say force teaming with total strangers split wages $.30 $.15 a mile slave wages
Mrs. Jenkins has no idea what she's in for
Jos Ron I was thinking the same thing.
@@TMartins379 God help her
Miss Jenkins was clearly paid by CR England to say what they told her to say you could tell she was reading a script haha
@@JB-pg6ju it's a good chance she works in the office for CR England these big trucking companies pull this stuff all the time
@@josron6088 ur probably right
Absolutely horrible $44k first year; I made 60k first year with no experience; crap companies like this inflate the illusion of driver shortage due to horrible wages and just overall bad practices by shippers and receivers
Nice free advertisement for C.R. England.
When I started, 1993, 21 years old, 8 cents a mile. Team.. CRST.. ran 5000 mile a week... 55 mph coast to coast, in a COE..
Now, I make 50 cents a mile solo.. 2500, to 3200 miles a week ELOG.. I could make more, without the ELOG.. and there's no shortage of drivers, just cheap freight.. I don't like running east of the Mississippi cause of all the traffic, and accidents, and idiotic drivers, I run west, 75 mph, less BS..
So why don't they take South Africa driver s.? I have over 45years in South Africa .l am looking for someone to help me get there . to start a new life .?
Oh my God! There is no driver shortage. The government, American Trucking Association. Made that crap up. To get the rates lower, and kill the owner operator in the process. Look around there are too many of us, don't you see that? Atleast that's what I believe.
It would have bean good if they pay good Cr England does not pay the way truck driver are supposed to I had worked for them for 1 year you get piad good there as trianer and you have to team with this company
This is a lie. No driver shortage problem. A driver retention problem.
It's all cuz of insurance companies they don't accept.new drives so if course I hope there's more shortage
I have been doing tricking in for 45years in South Africa .l am asking sum one to help me to get there . I wood love to driver there .
I am a truck driver need a job.
Yea, those young girls look like real truck drivers don't they. That's another problem with the trucking industrie these days.
No driver shortage there are driver pay shortage that’s the truth the 6 figure salary for company driver is a myth not real at all I have been driving for so many years and company driver are unappreciated treated like dime a dozen
Pay them fairly and you will get drivers.
mice lovely
C R is the last place to be for trucking