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It may be partially intentional, or at least advantageous to the companies. There's a common model where a company pays for the driving school and then the driv
by giraffe_lady 3y ago
It may be partially intentional, or at least advantageous to the companies. There's a common model where a company pays for the driving school and then the driver leases a truck from the company.
The driver is technically an owner-operator, and has all the expenses and risks of that, but are contracted to the company to "pay off" the school fees and so are effectively an employee. If they quit the company gets the truck back and the driver has to repay the school fees. A very cheap & low risk way for the company to have drivers, if they can manage the turnover.
- bombcar 3y agoThis is the case, and the turnover usually involves the driver going to another company. Often those big "signup deals" you see for drivers are to pay off the previous company if necessary. Once a driver has some experience they will settle down in a company that doesn't turn over as much, or actually become a real owner-operator.