I Used To Make $100K As A Trucker. Now I Make Minimum Wage.
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Publicado 2023-07-21
With trucking, that story starts with deregulation. Big Box stores like Walmart were allowed to crush worker power and wages across an entire industry.
Now there's a perpetual trucker shortage as drivers get sick of low wages, long hours, and constant surveillance.
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Todos los comentarios (21)
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It’s high time workers start getting their lives and incomes back. It used to be that Americans were proud of the middle class, now it’s greed or nothing…workers be damned.
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Watching a 71 year old man who worked his whole life and cannot afford a house is the saddest thing I've ever seen.
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It's sad how difficult things have become in the present generation. I was wondering how to utilise some money I had. I used some of it for e-commerce business, but that sank. I'm thinking of how to use what's left to invest, but I don't really know which way to go.
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I've been trucking for 34 years, and I still get paid good, but I found a company that works for me and treats me like I'm someone and not a number
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Both of my roommates are truckers. People love to tell me stuff like "wow, it must be so great having the house to yourself all the time," but the truth is that i miss my friends, and when they come home after weeks or months of living in a box on wheels I can see the toll it takes on them. On top of that the drivers are constantly getting screwed on pay, time off, load scheduling, etc and yet the companies constantly complain about the lack of truckers. It's not a mystery. Trucking has to change.
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I was a truck driver years ago. I hauled steel coils up and down the East Coast. I would work 11-14 hour days and make about $400 a week. I finally came to my senses and got out and went back to school to become an engineer. All those years driving, I feel like I lost them. I was never home. I didn’t have any friends. I never saw my family. I couldn’t pursue any relationships. It was hell.
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"Trucking is short 80,000 drivers". You mean trucking is short 80,000 slaves for these below minimum wage job offers.
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This is absolutely true. I knew an owner/operator of 15 years exactly like the old guy and even though on paper he was making $150k a year, in reality he was barely scraping by. Had to sell his truck and go into painting to make ends meet. The cost of fuel, insurance, maintenance, have all skyrocketed while their pay has barely risen. Sad sad world we live in
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As a diesel mechanic for 10+ yrs. I feel sorry for owner operators because a truck can cost more than a house yet they help feed the world. Everything came off a truck! God bless you truckers!❤ 🤜🤛
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There's never a worker shortage, only a pay shortage.
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"The reason they call it the American Dream is because you have to be asleep to believe it." - George Carlin
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Amazing presentation. As someone who drive trucks for more then three years, this video is accurate. Trucking is one of the hardest jobs you can do,. One of the most underpaid jobs. You will work long long long hours, you will never sleep 8 hours, ans you will never be "safe". Trucking is hell because youre working for a minimum wage. Something needs to change.
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Interest rate is currently at 4.75%(8th rate hike since March last year) Inflation at 7% and mortgage rates is at over 7.5% but yet minimum wage remains the same and my retirement portfolio has suffered tremendously these past years, so my question is how do senior citizens retire and live off such unstable economy. The long term game is obviously not for me at this point.
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It gets worse every year. My uncle was a truck driver from 1953 to 1992. He had a nice house, a hunting camp, a nice gun collection, two old Indian motorcycles, bought a new car every 6 years, had 4 kids and my aunt was a housewife. There is no way that you could do that today. It’s really sad and I feel for the young people. 🙏
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That's probably the first time I've seen a good video on truckin! Keep up the good work
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I’m sorry brother, I have so much respect for our truckers, same level of respect I have for first responders, I hope things get easier for you.
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In 1998 an old trucker warned me not to become a trucker, because he said the trucking industry wasn't what it use to be. Thank you, sir. Update: People it was 30yrs ago. I'm talking about my personal experience. That old Trucker did me a solid. I went on to a greater career. Geez
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She failed to mention DOT harassment and fines. Also failed to mention expense of living on the road and lack of parking.
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My husband was an owner op. He read the tea leaves and pivoted to getting an accounting degree. Sometimes an industry is bigger than you; you have to make the choice to learn a new skill or trade and take control of your future. Best of luck to both of these men.
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Trucking deregulated in 1980. Many important structures were deregulated in the 80s and the ever growing disparity and poverty we see today is a Direct result of deregulation.
