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So after 14yrs working construction for county job in Atlanta ga...we got first raise since 2010...other than promoting to other titles we've gone long years without raises.....this recent raise put me at $19.47....so my thing is after 14yrs....this is like way behind....and just doesnt match up.......is that bad????? just to slide in details.....after taxes.....net pay coming home biweekly is $900......most cdl local driving jobs fall in that range weekly.......I'm so considering using my cdls for a better income and secure myself living wise......basicly living pay check to pay check......it takes money to save money...most I can save is 100 a check to a savings for last 7yrs and that's not much...............what do you think????
Up here in New England where I'm at with my company I'm paying early twenty year olds that with a couple years under their belt.
If you're good after 14 years... maybe $30. If you're okay, $25.
I have a friend who started cutting grass for the Parks Dept about the same time I got into autobody.For years I made way more then he did.After 30 years he was making almost as much as I was and was able to retire with 70% of his pay for life plus his health insurance is covered too.I'm still working,have no pension plan,and my job offers no health insurance.
…….I should have rode a lawn mower for 30 years,or stayed in the military for 30 years,or got some other job with a pension.I know a lot of people who got into things I didn't want to do that paid less in the beginning but worked out way better long term.
So after 14yrs working construction for county job in Atlanta ga...we got first raise since 2010...other than promoting to other titles we've gone long years without raises.....this recent raise put me at $19.47....so my thing is after 14yrs....this is like way behind....and just doesnt match up.......is that bad????? just to slide in details.....after taxes.....net pay coming home biweekly is $900......most cdl local driving jobs fall in that range weekly.......I'm so considering using my cdls for a better income and secure myself living wise......basicly living pay check to pay check......it takes money to save money...most I can save is 100 a check to a savings for last 7yrs and that's not much...............what do you think????
Do you have a pension and healthcare, or is this some exempt position that offers no benefits?
So after 14yrs working construction for county job in Atlanta ga...we got first raise since 2010...other than promoting to other titles we've gone long years without raises.....this recent raise put me at $19.47....so my thing is after 14yrs....this is like way behind....and just doesnt match up.......is that bad????? just to slide in details.....after taxes.....net pay coming home biweekly is $900......most cdl local driving jobs fall in that range weekly.......I'm so considering using my cdls for a better income and secure myself living wise......basicly living pay check to pay check......it takes money to save money...most I can save is 100 a check to a savings for last 7yrs and that's not much...............what do you think????
That’s pretty bad. You should be at at least 30/35 a hour.
Can I ask you a personal question/s? After 14 years what have YOU done to better yourself? Plenty of time to get a degree, move into management or start a side business or move yourself into a full time business, invest etc. I know handymen who are charg8ng $35 bucks a hour. And easily getting it
$100 a check huh? Did you actually save or invest that money?
The reason I ask is because I myself was in a dead end job early in life. I saw my first paychecks and said this isn’t gonna work.
Yea $40k after 14 years isn't great even in a lower cost area. You should be progressing to something better. Then again it is not uncommon in my profession to see no career progression but most people leave it within 5-10 years.
Also, what are your opportunities for overtime like? If you can regularly get 50-60 hours it's just like getting a raise for those hours over 40.
It would take some math but think about what you do and what private sector companies pay for what you do. Would they pay more or less? Public sector doesn't always pay less. Sometimes they pay the most - especially for jobs that are hard to turn a profit in the private sector. You may be in the best employer for your line of work.
My son is an owner-operator trucker. This year has been the worst year in the last five years for freight moving. He is contracted out to a major trucking company.
In the last six months, he's had too many loads cancel, little freight rush like one typically has in summer/fall. And of course there are many states with zero manufacturing, you take a sweet load in and be forced to dead-head to the next load. Rolling without freight costs him big bucks. He has found a sweet spot in the midwest that has adequate freight but it limits his visits home and time off.
Many trucking companies are laying off drivers and support staff.
If you want to use your CDL....try driving locally on the weekend while keeping your #1 job.
You're not kidding. My hub is owner operator car carrier, used to be great money but barely pays these days. Work has been very slow the last few months.
That article isn't kidding either with the closures. My hub was at Allied for almost 30 years when they went bankrupt in 2011. New company doesn't even give him health insurance
That’s completely normal for public sector. You have it where it counts though. You’ll be living a nice retirement with benefits though while most private sector people will be stuck in cyclical recession, lay-off, insourcing, outsourcing downsizing hell.
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I'm all for giving raises to compensate for economic flux and employee diligence to tasks. 
