Is Schneider Cutting Wages? | Rookie Trucking Earnings & Goals 

as of today Schneider starts OTR dry van solo at 39cents per mile $10 an hour for on duty not driving. the new hire non experienced classes are 75% non US citizens. most are African nationals, Indian nationals and Iraqis . Schneider has gone with hiring people not legally in the country because they will work for less money.

I'm glad you exposed the reality of job hoping

I had to give up OTR trucking and sleeping in a truck when my pay dropped to 500-800 per week due to low miles, lack of loads, wasting time at customers without layover and detention. No more cent per mile and by the load nonsense anymore. Rather do hourly

I was driving OTR for Schneider bulk in the first half of 2023. My pay was $34.50 an hour on duty driving........$15.00 on duty, not driving. .49 cpm and $13 an hour dealing with chemicals is criminal

I love your videos, you can tell a great person when they speak.

The days of staying at companies for years and years is long gone as far as I’m concerned that was over with the pension. Companies, a lot of them, do not care about their employees and in many industries, you need to hop to maintain a good income. Do not be loyal to companies do what is best for you and your family. On the flipside of hopping you also have the right to question employers about why they can’t keep people. I am a former hiring manager, and I have certainly done that because the perspective employee has every right to interview the prospective employer, and that’s how it should be. Thanks for another great video .

When I was doing tanker for Schneider I was paid 12 hr for on duty, and .53 a mile as regional tanker. I was spending more days sitting than driving barely touching 400 gross pay

You are SO smart!!! This was a great video! I am not surprised they are messing with the money. This is a company that cleared BILLIONS last year!!! Look how they treat their drivers!!! DON"T GO TO SCHNEIDER!!!!

Excellent video. We have to do stars best for us as truckers..we are just numbers in a seat to a company

I believe they are cutting wages I’m on there PODS dedicated account and checks have been looking more like dry van pay 💰

I am doing Schneider COSTCO. Home two days per week. 100% no touch. $12/hr on duty not driving. Pretty fun so far. $0.61 cpm

cutting prices when we've seen cost of living multiply my at least 2X on average in the last 4 years is craaaazy, I'm so happy to be done with Mega carriers too lmao!

The fact they pay you 25 different ways is a huge red flag

job hopping or switching jobs is perfectly fine and smart if you make a move up. moving sideways every year or two is what hurts drivers. To me it shows poor planning and decision making, for example quitting schneider van to go to swift van or schneider bulk to prime bulk its basically same the job. Now switching from schneider van to UPS union job or Walmart, that's a move up. Schnieder bulk to Sheetz fuel is a step up

It's true and it's sad. I am in my first week of orientation with Schneider Bulk, in Houston TX. Starting pay for me (inexperienced, OTR) is 34 cpm and $15/hr, on duty- not driving. No per diem. Granted, my home OC is Reserve, LA, where COL is lower, but not that low anymore. 5 months ago, I was quoted 36cpm, $15/hr. Hourly remained the same, but is still an estimated cut of $2k/yr. off of an already paltry rate. I'm just praying I can hit $50k, 1st yr. If not, I'll take the experience and run. The risk, responsibility, and time away from home is worth so much more. Like you stated once, it was the only option in my area for inexperienced tanker training. Thanks for the awesome content, and stay safe out there!

Yea that pay is crazy crazy

A lot of Industries are cutting wages and you know who's picking up the slack and don't mind working for less? "New comers" I think that's the politically correct term.

The warehouse l left before becoming a trucker, was paying $18 hour 2nd shift

😮 I did an application for them lastnight. I can not afford to live on $13/hr. Yup im going with them then. Thank you. ❤

I was making $30/hr driving, $14/hr on duty, and $50 per shipment. At the start of August they cut it down to $12/hr (driving and on duty) and $40 per shipment!

I swear I luv ❤️ Tajae'Woods she putting dat heat out. Thank you for exposing Schneider the aka Scammers. I too got tricked by them when I did the Harley Davidson account

It’s $10 an hour and .41 cents per mile for me. Regional dry van. Anniston, Alabama.

I made that much as rookie dry van over 20 years ago. It's because of all the "newcomers" are willing to work for peanuts and not complain.

Schnider says that bulk pays more, but what they mean is it pays them more not the driver.

At Schneider I made .47 cents a mile and $10 an hour on duty non driving. But I was team driving.

If you’re at Schneider complaining about your pay id suggest looking into dedicated accounts. When I started with them 2 years ago I was making .48/mile and $10/hr just to get experience. Once I had 6 months experience, I switched to a dedicated account which paid .75/$10 plus a got a new truck that kept me OTR for another 13months. I switched to Intermodal about 8 months ago and now I’m home everyday with weekends off averaging about $1750. At Schneider you can get good training and experience with Dry,Reefer,Flatbed,Bulk, and Intermodal. I wanted to get bulk training but I hear the pay is terrible 😂. I just can’t justify the pay cut at this point. Point being you can make good money at Schneider but you have to keep your eye out for opportunities and be willing to seize them when they appear.

Idk if it matter but I'm going to be doing dedicated account but all off load at 16.00/.48/$100 per load but maybe oys because I'm experienced

🙂 Do you guys every actually monitor their jobs website and see whats available from day to day for the last 12 months? For example I noticed that they removed the ability to SORT the listings for only Daily or Weekly. And i noticed they removed the bonus for the Ecolab listings. The Intermodal listings are always only the Graveyard Shift as if they dont operate during the daytime if you want dayshift I guess your SOL and go work somewhere else. Theres some listings I wonder if any of you know about: 1. Flatbed with Master Halco, 2. Georgia Pacific dedicated acct, and lastly 3. the Van Driver Instructor job. Thanks and have a nice weekend =)

Im dry van. Been woth Schneider for 3 months. I started out in Texas making .39 a mile and 10 hour not driving ex. Fueling. Then I transferred to Charlotte and make .38 a mile and 10 hour not driving. Thats lowball. I think all new drivers need at least .45 a mile starting out and 15 hour not driving just to afford to live.

I realize now that I have until April 15th, 2025, the deadline to file taxes, to max out my Roth IRA. So, I have plenty of time before then to reach the $7,000.

Its funny how this is coming out right after I quit Schneider. And what's even more funny, I was actually complaining about the pay🤣😂🤣..and I sorta got into it with management and I just said fxck it and left.

Schneider is down wrong, cutting pay is just the first step. Next, you'll see them start slacking on equipment maintenance, or at least more than they are now. Worst mistake I ever made was working for schneider.

They don’t care about the driver bottom line. They know people will take pennies because we gotta eat some how . Sad times

Hey can someone please tell me where schneider normally take hair from for the hair test? Ive quit smoking to better my future but I'm afraid they might take it from my chest or other areas that I never shave. Marijuana can stay in hair forever unless shaved and new hair grows. So I'm wondering if i have enough hair on my head will they take it from the head or choose wherever they want to take it from?

I’m currently otr doing dryvan otr 39 eastern states with Schneider currently im only getting .40 cpm and 10 and hour on duty and im supposed to be getting a minimum of 2000-23000miles in which im not getting and i can tell you guys now from experience its not worth unless you just want your experience, something i need to before I leave for something else

I'm doing regional vtl 2 weeks out then home time. I'm a rookie driver getting $10hr and $0.40pm 😔

Nice video only the frauds and crooks make money consistently in trucking taking advantage of drivers.

Did you have a driver facing camera in your truck? Do they hire drivers with no experience?

Regional Bulk, Southeast. .45 per mile, $15 an hour

Truck driving isn’t worth it anymore stop applying to these jobs. They cut drivers pay but they pay the managers over 200,000 a year

Do you think they would hire someone that has had a CDL for 7 or 8 months and still has not had a job since getting out of CDL school?

Shit Schneider offered me 10 dollars an hour to be an intermodal driver. How tf can anyone make a living doing that let alone wants to for 70 hours a week. They said with my 5 years experience I might get 12..

I just applied and my recruiter told me $10 an hour

It's better to buy a home when interest rates are high

Paying that type of wage should be criminal. Not too long ago I was being paid $21.50 an hour driving a forklift, and $19.75 delivering packages for Amazon. If I finished my routes early, I still got a performance bonus after my shift. Worked 33 hours, still got paid for forty. What is going on with these trucking companies.

I’m 19 and I’m looking into trucking should I still go in the trucking industry?

I just about to start :(((( but everyone says I need experience

$15 an hr wasnt shit either , even as a beginner ! Schneider been the lowest paying though this is nothing new !

Does Schneider have driver facing cameras?

I know everyone has to start somewhere, but having a CDL in your pocket and accepting .49 cpm even with no experience is disrespectful, get hired at even the worse LTL company and do local or linehaul and you will be better off.

Schneider sucks thank them for the opportunity but I'm fixing to leave they ass soon not getting paid my worth did OTR 5 Months only made a band once had to do 2500 miles to see it making 38 cents a mile. switch to intermodel for another 5 months make better but I deserve better

When you’re makn 13$ an hour wat task are you doing?

For some OTR it's even worse than detailed in this video. 44 cents a mile and 12 per hour on duty... because they can? It's insulting.

You should not be driving a truck for 50k a year, that’s what people in the 1960s were making. A house in 1960s cost $12,000 which is $115,000 adjusted for inflation. The average house cost $400,000 now while you still making 1960s income? lol

So is it even worth getting my cdl?

I ain’t doing nothing for $13 that’s disrespectful

Go to the rank division 😂get your year experience. Stay with them..

As a former owner of a small biz back in the day I don’t care if you have 1-1,000 or more one of your main reasons to be in business is to make money and you will take every means necessary to make a profit most of the time at the detriment of your employees layoff x amount employee double the work of the remaining employees. Read this article from a leading economist a few years ago saying that companies were just copycat off each other with layoffs and some of them were not necessary and were just using this method to boost profits

This is somewhat misleading... can you give an example avg work day wage. Some may think 13x8=104...(This was my thinking before the youtube era. Nowadays, people are open to discussing money)

At that point just get a warehouse job or drive Uber Atleast your quality of life will improve and u will be making pretty much the same money

Schneider pays on duty, not diving??? 😮

I suppose to start working with them 26th of this month and they’re offering me .34 cent a mile, $15 hourly and $100 shipment pay, this is for a DG account, is it worth it?

They shouldn't be down because drivers was robbed by them

We need at least two Mega carriers to go bankrupt... get those cheap freight trucks off the market

Schneider driver need to go on strike and join the union teamsters Werner drivers need to go on strike and join the union If you drive for mega carriers and they cut your pay they will do it across the industry

Go to the rank division 😂

It's better to buy a home when interest rates are high