sbatson i pmd you

 

You can split the miles or split the cpm. It has no effect on the net result. At my company, to give you an example, a new team driver would be at 44 cents where a more experienced one might be 46 cents.

If they drove 5,000 miles in a week, their pay would be:
5,000x.22=$1,100 and 5,000x.23=$1,150

Splitting miles, you would have:
2,500x.44=$1,100 and 2,500x.46=$1,150

 

Thats cool I never thought about breakin it down like that, but then again I hate math.

 

Team trucks should run on a split pay and the team gets paid for all miles driven. So say at a 35cpm rate at 4500 miles for the week, you are paid 17.5cpm for all miles ran on the truck making you $787.50 for your work week gross pay.

Lets say you run how she wants to pay you and you put in 2250 miles yourself for the week, yes you will still be making your $787.50 but I would bet money that you will never run 1/2 of the miles yourself that the truck runs, sometimes you may get more, or even less, its just a bad deal in my eyes.

I would personally not run in a team truck that does not pay on the traditional split. And further, I would not work under a contractor who pays you on a 1099. Another thing to keep in mind.. If your on a 1099 you will pay all your taxes yourself and when tax time comes you may be hit hard depending on what you ended up earning for the year, and if god forbid you get injured I'm pretty sure she does not carry workers comp. Plus, at least here in ca, it is illegal to pay a employee on a 1099 unless they own shares in the business or are an immediate family member, mostly because well, the state wants their taxes and they want you (the employer) to pay up the nose for workers comp. Sounds like your contractor is being cheap and doesn't want to pay for workers comp or pay the dollar for dollar match on your taxes. I'd stay clear of that deal buddy.

My suggestion to you? If you want to get on at Ground, go to your local hub and fill out an application there and ask them to pass it on to contractors who are currently hiring. running at Fedex Ground is a good stepping stone, and there are GREAT contractors out there. Also, if you have less than 1 year experience YOU MUST run with the OWNER/OP of the truck per company "training" rules (unless they have changed them since I left in May of 06)

 

Man I took so long typing out what I was saying I got beat to the punch on the math

but, like I said, in a perfect world he would do exactly half of the miles in driving but in reality it just won't happen. I'd rather do the traditional team split for all miles to the truck.

 

 

He said they "split" the miles, leading me to believe that each gets paid for an equal share. If this is the case, there is no difference between that and the "traditional split." Half the cpm on the full miles is the same exact thing as the full cpm on half the miles. Unless he's saying that the contractor will try to pay him for only his miles driven, it makes absolutely no difference.

 

Ya she said pay me.30 to .35 cpm and split the miles equal I assume so say we ran 5000 miles 2500 for me and 2500 for him and say she paid me .33cpm I would get $ 825, and she said that since I might have to go out with some one more experienced that I might end up getting like .30 cpm but experienced guys would get .35 to .40, should I take it or go thorugh a training period with a big company and take my chances there.

 

depends on what your goals are and what your working towards.

 

Well I only have 7 months local experience so Im just trying to get more experience and move on to better things but dont want to job hop either just rather stick something out for a little while