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DRIVERS´SHORTAGE * USA - “It’s not how much more pay, it’s about benefits and home time..."
* New York - Current pay increases just the start of long driver compensation climb
New York,NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Oct 8, 2014: -- Schneider National’s recent announcement of an 8% to 13% pay increase for drivers in its dry van TL division is indicative of a longer-term compensation trend now firming up throughout the trucking industry, experts say... Dave Geyer, senior VP for Schneider’s dry van TL division, noted that for example, drivers in select divisions and areas may also benefit from a sign-on bonus up to $7,500, tuition reimbursement of up to $6,000, as well as a mix of more “home time” focused job options... Sandeep Kar, global director of automotive and transportation research at global consulting firm Frost and Sullivan, believes driver pay is a “major issue” in the trucking industry that’s overdue for change... FTR’s Jonathan Starks, director of transportation analysis for research firm FTR Transportation Intelligence, adds that such pay increase announcements also highlights the confidence on the part of carriers that they can win freight rate hikes significant enough to fund higher driver wages...
* Solutions being aimed at driver shortage
NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Aug 4, 2014: ... A truck driver survey crafted and deployed by logistics conglomerate National Retail Systems (NRS) – the parent company of Keystone Freight Corp., National Retail Transportation, and other retail-focused trucking firms – seeks to identify and hopefully dismantle major roadblocks in the truck driver recruiting and retention process... Chris Saville, marketing director for NRS, told that the company’s ongoing survey effort – which to date has polled about 1,000 drivers – so far has determined the biggest issues about the truck driving career remain pay, home time, and benefits... Saville added that industry leaders are well aware that without a revolving door of drivers, carriers cannot meet customer demands, which ultimately affects consumers who will feel the impact when they go to the store and see aisles of empty shelves...
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