Speaking Of Guaranteed Pay (Maverick)

Personally, I think guarantees in a pay for performance job is nuts.

Maverick is extending their guarantee to all divisions. Maybe they have qualifiers to prevent people from gaming the system

We have a "guaranteed" pay of $750 but you can't have called out or refused a load, etc in order to qualify for it. For those just in case times when a quarry runs out of product, weather, basically anything out of your control. I'm sure they have some "qualifications" setup so it doesn't get abused by the lazy ones.

They haven't given out the details yet, but we'd probably have to be available all 5 days (Monday through Friday), be on time, not hit stuff etc. I'm curious how they will factor in bonuses and tenure. I have over 2 years but I'm not topped out yet. The guarantee is only there to provide a safety net if they can't get things done on their end. If someone is lazy and is ok with 1000 a week then have at it. I'm sure there will be rules however.

West Side Transport has had pay commitments for years. Here, you cannot refuse any loads, must not be late for any pickups or deliveries (that are your fault), no excessive breaks. The amount of the commitment depends on whether you're regional (home weekly) or network fleet (OTR), Regional must be available 5 days out of the week and network fleet must be available 7 days a week.

Honestly, if you do all those things, you'll always exceed the pay commitment, but it's nice if you happen to have a screwed up week through no fault of your own.

They haven't given out the details yet, but we'd probably have to be available all 5 days (Monday through Friday), be on time, not hit stuff etc. I'm curious how they will factor in bonuses and tenure. I have over 2 years but I'm not topped out yet. The guarantee is only there to provide a safety net if they can't get things done on their end. If someone is lazy and is ok with 1000 a week then have at it. I'm sure there will be rules however.

When I spoke to them about glass, which has a minimum, they said you had to be available, take offered loads, etc. They probably know they have enough loads that they will rarely will have to pay it. :)

I know if I had offered a minimum to my salesmen, they would definitely get lazy, but then again, it wouldn't be the same as freight, where they already know what contracts they have in place. Mine was all walk in. The only guarantee we had was that you would be paid minimum wage for 40 hours (110 per week at the time), and I had a salesman that would never take any customers. He would sit in his office 12 hours a day and make 110/week. I fired him, and unemployment actually sided with him. He claimed he was depressed.

West Side Transport has had pay commitments for years. Here, you cannot refuse any loads, must not be late for any pickups or deliveries (that are your fault), no excessive breaks. The amount of the commitment depends on whether you're regional (home weekly) or network fleet (OTR), Regional must be available 5 days out of the week and network fleet must be available 7 days a week.

Honestly, if you do all those things, you'll always exceed the pay commitment, but it's nice if you happen to have a screwed up week through no fault of your own.

That makes sense.

West Side Transport has had pay commitments for years. Here, you cannot refuse any loads, must not be late for any pickups or deliveries (that are your fault), no excessive breaks. The amount of the commitment depends on whether you're regional (home weekly) or network fleet (OTR), Regional must be available 5 days out of the week and network fleet must be available 7 days a week.

Honestly, if you do all those things, you'll always exceed the pay commitment, but it's nice if you happen to have a screwed up week through no fault of your own.

My only niggle about that would be, define "excessive breaks." Is that taking an hour long break mid-trip instead of a 30 minute break to spend a few extra minutes in the shower trying to loosen a knotted muscle? Is that taking a 12 hour break instead of a 10 hour break because your shipper or receiver doesn't open until a certain time of day? Is that taking a 12 hour break to wait until traffic has thinned out rather than wasting an extra hour off your clock crawling along the freeway at walking apeed?

Who is deciding what is or is not excessive, and what metrics are they using to define it?