tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post6059767767956227435..comments2024-03-27T21:23:40.339-04:00Comments on Chemjobber: There isn't a truck driver shortage? Chemjobberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15932113680515602275noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-77925526158649397252019-04-29T06:31:52.643-04:002019-04-29T06:31:52.643-04:00All these are likely to change after Tesla introdu...All these are likely to change after Tesla introduces driver-less trucks to haul freights from end to end of the US. Or else, how are we going to make bad situation worse like the company did to, the chemists? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-61702970787713233812019-04-26T16:16:48.735-04:002019-04-26T16:16:48.735-04:00It also depends on your time frame. As the author ...It also depends on your time frame. As the author says "labor supply responds to increasing labor demand". Eventually owners offer more money to entice drivers, so more drivers show up. This might take several years, so at any given moment there may be a shortage. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8964719845369935777.post-35389918505252537432019-04-26T12:18:14.176-04:002019-04-26T12:18:14.176-04:00"The persistently high turnover presents TL-s..."The persistently high turnover presents TL-segment managers, who employ between one-sixth and one-fourth of all heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers, with a real business problem: managing recruitment and retention when many individuals entering the occupation in this specific part of the trucking industry find the working conditions and earnings to be unattractive."<br />It's a lot less enjoyable to be a truck driver than it used to be, thanks to well-meaning regulations. Drivers are controlled/micromanaged by GPS, and breaks must be taken for exactly 10 hours after exactly 14 hours of driving, which reduces driver comfort by forcing them to stop at the side of the interstate instead of at a truck stop or service plaza with bathrooms, showers, meals, laundry facilities, etc. It's also not fun for either the driver or those stuck behind him when a GPS-controlled truck governed at 67 MPH slowly passes another one governed at 65 MPH.KTnoreply@blogger.com