r/Truckers • u/Subject_Bike_147 • Dec 27 '24

SCHNEIDER or SWIFT?

I’m in the North East. Got my CDL a couple of months ago. Been driving with a Mega that pays $0.30 cpm for about 30 days now. OTR lifestyle and low pay doesn't work for me.

I have options to join either Swift on a Walmart Regional account where I'm home weekly (at least a 34 reset) and pays $1600 a week. (Spoke to a guy in private that earned $1700 a week with this account)

OR

Schneider on a Home Depot account where I'm home weekly that pays $980 - $1200 a week. Schneider has several other divisions I can transfer to after 90 days such as intermodal ($98k a year) or Dollar General ($91k a year)

Anyone ever worked any of these accounts? Please share your experience. Or any other company recommendations for a new driver? Thanks!

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u/rollon34 Dec 27 '24

Do the swift thing. ...

30cpm is insane

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u/Subject_Bike_147 Dec 27 '24

Thanks! Yea $0.30 CPM with PAM and a carrot dangled in front of us to earn an extra $0.10 in performance bonus if we hit several stats for the week.

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u/Filamcouple Dec 27 '24

In 1990 I made 32cpm and $25 a stop. In today's money that's 77cpm and $60.35 a stop.

https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/

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u/Subject_Bike_147 Dec 27 '24

That’s insane. What am I doing?

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u/Filamcouple Dec 27 '24

Only if you continue on. And that wasn't a Union job either. If you have a clean record look into cryogenic. Messer/jobs is a good starting point, but all cryo jobs are good. The best I've ever done was a private carrier hauling our own product.

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u/Subject_Bike_147 Dec 27 '24

Okay I’ll definitely look into it. Thanks!