Which of the following best describes your vision of where rates, profit, pay models will go long-term in trucking (choose up to three answers)?

Which of the following best describes your vision of where rates, profit, pay models will go long-term in trucking (choose up to three answers)? (Poll Closed)

Little will change from the situation today 25% (183 votes)
Rates/profit/pay will fall in real terms with increased competition 16% (119 votes)
Increasingly, middlemen will be replaced by tech, connecting independents with authority directly to multiple shippers, for higher profits 15% (107 votes)
Company drivers will increasingly be paid an hourly rate or an hourly/mileage/percentage combination 14% (99 votes)
Rates/profit/pay will rise in real terms as truckload capacity near 100 percent utilization becomes a long-term norm 6% (45 votes)
Pay will be more variable in its forms, depending on whose authority a leased owner-operator is hauling under 6% (44 votes)
Company drivers will be salaried employees with compensation negotiation a norm 6% (41 votes)
Entrepreneurial Millennials taking the reins of trucking will result in more owner-operators with authority, greater prevalence of percentage pay in lease contracts 5% (40 votes)
I don't know 5% (40 votes)
Other (specify in comments) 2% (11 votes)

Total Votes: 729

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Tgtrotter - 8 years ago

Driver pay will decrease for either company, OO, leased or independent. Larger carriers will continue to keep more profits by paying less for labor and sevices while demanding rules that increase the cost of OOs.
Tgtrotter - 8 years ago

Driver pay will decrease for either company, OO, leased or independent. Larger carriers will continue to keep more profits by paying less for labor and sevices while demanding rules that increase the cost of OOs.