Minimum Pay Companies

So the company i drove for last year keeps sending me emails trying to recruit me back by saying that they have a 1000 minimum guarantee in weekly pay and that sounds so good but I am trying to figure out the catch to it. Is there anyone here that drives for this type of company that can shed some light on this becomes it seems like a too good to be true pitch to get drivers. For now i will keep the company anonymous.

Thanks

I drive for Celadon, and they have a program called wagelock that's like this. They have a driver scoring system that affects whether you qualify for the program and how much your weekly paycheck is bumped up to if your mileage doesn't make the minimum. You must also be available for dispatch the entire week (it doesn't take affect on weeks where you have hometime, for example).

It pays out automatically when applicable (you don't have to ask for it). Honestly, if you're running reasonably hard it won't apply that much as you'll usually make more than the wagelock amount is. The $1000 they've quoted you might be the top possible payment, as at least with Celadon there is a range of $570-$1000 that you qualify for depending on a lot of different factors.

I just left a guarantee pay company K&B transportation I realized that they were strictly a relay company Meaning I rarely ever got a long haul load that I would actually deliver. Three months of being On the road for three to four weeks at a time and I never once made more than the guarantee.

I just left a guarantee pay company K&B transportation I realized that they were strictly a relay company Meaning I rarely ever got a long haul load that I would actually deliver. Three months of being On the road for three to four weeks at a time and I never once made more than the guarantee.

Yeah i don't know. My trainer was always complaining that the student was making more than him because we sat alot and when we got a good load it would either get cancelled or someone else hit the joint before we could and while i was on guarantee he wasn't and he would always be talking about going to another company and thought i would be abandoned. He was a pretty good guy and i seen some of the trainers we had where the student was afraid to get back on the truck because their trainers were just nasty to them so i didn't want to lose him.