please help me understand, did truck drivers make money or they pretend to make money. my first check is as OTR 135

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{"replyTo":"","text":"135 what?\nDollars, Apples, Melons? 😂\nIn what Time period?\nWeek, two weeks, month, half day?\n\nMy first check was pretty low, but that was only orientation and a half day course\nFirst driving check was better and since then I can’t complain","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"1st off it Werner.. second did you train under there school? you will pay all that back ..but your checks will say that it balances...but your first year you will make about 60k ..no other job will pay you that plus train you to do it..also did you sign a lease purchase as soon as you got out of training? there are countless reasons that you have a $135 paycheck","replyToPid":0}

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55605 发表于 2019-06-27 21:52:59 I'll never understand this whole.mentality that old schoolers think rookies have to work for slightly above indentured servitude wages just to pay their dues.

","text":"we all did it when I  started I got paid $.25 per mile..these mega Carrier's pay pennies and you know this but after a couple of years he will make decent money","replyToPid":133254}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"came from different school. I don't owe them anything. but I feel like truck drivers are pretending of making money.  cuz it wasnt me alone. my friend was like enough to get 300.dollars. so should I pretend like everyone else that everything is OK?","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"also I don't sit I drive 11 hours a day","replyToPid":0}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"Same when I started I made .28 cpm it's just the breaks you have to do what you have to in order to build a name for yourself","replyToPid":0}

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599477 发表于 2019-06-27 21:12:25 The first check in any job is usually the worst. Hang in there and see if it settles out somewhere higher 😁

","text":"thanks but it's painful","replyToPid":133229}

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614393 发表于 2019-06-27 21:19:40 I never understood why rookies come  in the industry thinking they're going to make top dollar you gotta crawl before you can walk

","text":"we don't want to make top dollars as first but we want to make humains dollars. Rookies are humans beings. they have bills to pay. they need to eat and they have family to care for remember that please.","replyToPid":133234}

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558928 发表于 2019-06-27 21:45:35 did you verify all the runs were on the check?

","text":"I did. they only missed one. but still that is not fair amount","replyToPid":133252}

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55605 发表于 2019-06-27 21:52:59 I'll never understand this whole.mentality that old schoolers think rookies have to work for slightly above indentured servitude wages just to pay their dues.

","text":"thank u sooooooooooo much. they don't understand. they think rookies are robot , have no family to care for and have no bills to pay. they want us to work for 100 dollars a week or less.","replyToPid":133254}