I’m probably an average truck driver. Well, I’m lazy as hell but have enough experience from the ‘00s that I can get away with being lazy. I will easily take ho

I’m probably an average truck driver. Well, I’m lazy as hell but have enough experience from the ‘00s that I can get away with being lazy. I will easily take home over $50k this year with putting in the minimal effort to not get fired for ‘underproducing’. Makes me wonder where they’re finding these $20k-something long haul truckers they cite in TFA really. I also drive for an owner/operator and get to see the revenue that goes to the truck (even though I’m not supposed to be able to), know what I get paid, how much fuel goes into the truck and have a pretty good general idea what the other expenses are and know he isn’t losing money having me drive this truck around. If someone is making $28k/year driving a truck they’re doing something very, very wrong…if I cared enough I could easily find another job making more than I’m currently earning and be in another truck by the end of the week, done it before and will probably do it again if they irritate me enough though I’m trying to be good and want to buy a condo outright next year. So, yeah, there’s always been a driver shortage but it isn’t really over some imaginary low pay problem, mostly because it is easy enough to get a better job where you don’t have to live in a truck and deal with the annoying shippers and receivers (which is pretty bad right now due to COVID-19 staffing issues) after you get a year or so of over the road experience.