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Overdrive Radio
VP undercover in a large carrier’s training program; Voices From 10-4 D.C.
In this edition of Overdrive Radio, the story of C.R. England VP Pam Wilson’s undercover assignment, which began her company employment, as a new driver in the company’s training program with an eye toward improving the new-driver experience; and: voices from 10-4 D.C.
October 11, 2019
Overdrive Extra
Why do drivers leave? Pay has a lot to do with it, but …
Many are quick to say it is a driver-pay problem, but that’s not all. In trucking companies’ rush to grow, they devalue the freight market, notes owner-operator Clifford Petersen, and in doing so trade their pricing power in favor of a questionable status quo where driver time itself is devalued.
September 20, 2019
Business
ATA reports higher driver turnover at large fleets in 1Q, but a dip year over year
Year over year, turnover rates fell across the board, according to ATA’s most recent quarterly compilation of driver turnover stats.
July 18, 2019
Business
Eleventy-million and counting
Herein, a story about driv… I mean, apples. “And people wondered why other people, who weren’t buying near as many apples, were making pies and cider and delicious things from their apples, and didn’t have piles of stinking, rotting apples laying around their terminals … I mean, their kitchens.”…
September 20, 2017
Channel 19
Tuesday round-up: Miracle on the road, and ‘retirements’ accelerate at Wes Memphis’ fleet in wake of e-log transition
A truck rolls safely with “no ELD, no ABS, no ERG, no SCR no DEF?” What gives? one reader cracks wise. And Wes Memphis returns to the blog with a suggestion that, should biz consultant Jeffrey Hayzlett’s rule of thirds apply to post-ELD mandate trucking, there will be “no lack of trucking jobs”…
June 6, 2017
Channel 19
Driver shortage alarm, redux part 2: Bills in Ohio would subsidize ‘cheap labor’
Ohio bills would funnel taxpayer money to driver-training efforts and “put the Ohio taxpayers on the hook for subsidizing cheap labor,” notes small fleet owner Monte Wiederhold. Also, video, audio: Crank it up with Scott Reed’s tuned 750-hp Cat in the Wheeling tunnel on I-70.
April 20, 2017
Business
Driver turnover rate at large fleets hits five-year low
The choppy freight environment in 2016 caused driver turnover rates to slow throughout the year, ATA says, reaching their lowest point since 2011. However, if freight picks up, turnover rates will climb again, ATA notes.
March 29, 2017
Channel 19
High driver turnover correlated with higher OOS, crash volumes and CSA scores
Data firm Vigillo found a close correlation between high turnover and generally more negative carrier numbers in the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s compliance rating program. Also: FAST Act CSA requirements update — suggested CSA changes expected late Spring/early Summer.
February 28, 2017
Overdrive Radio
Driver shortage alarm, redux: ‘Turnover is the real problem’
And for too long, the situation for many drivers has been one in which “the rewards don’t match the requirements of the job,” said ATBS’ Richard DeForest at GATS. That won’t change until freight rates are able to support a better annual income for the most important part of the supply chain — the driver.
September 2, 2016
Business
Bedtime stories at the Trucker home
Daddy Trucker’s son gets an education on what a turnover rate is: “Daddy, tell me the truth about the trucker shortage.”
February 4, 2016
Overdrive Extra
One carrier’s work-around for the driver shortage
Landstar’s low turnover rate shows that strong earnings potential for drivers can soften a labor shortage by retaining solid operators.
February 2, 2016
Channel 19
Retention is the issue, not recruiting: An ‘alert’ from trucker Jeff Clark
Clark’s personal story relative to pay, recruiting and retention on the new North American Trucking Alerts community, advocacy website.
December 9, 2014
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