Would you look at that. My company is finally pulling their heads out of their asses and are handing out raises. We used to be slightly above the average pay in our warehouse (6 subcontractors working out of the warehouse.)
Over the last 12 months that changed drastically as they started to try to save pennies. Both overtime and raises were basically throttled. Lots of write ups going out for things that used to be shrugged off (all things that affect the company's metrics with Amazon, and the metrics are what determines bonuses given to the company by Amazon. Better metrics = more money for the company = more money for the employees).
New employees started starting out making only 50 to 75 cents less than the top veteran drivers, even the DOT certified ones.
People started leaving, including a lot of DOT drivers. The company in turn added a pay increase incentive to try to get newer employees to go through the process of getting certified. That incentive would put someone who's been there 3 months and jumps into driving Step Vans at a higher wage than those who have been there 8 times as long and driving DOT for most of it.
I was the first one to point that out to the higher ups, and they decided to scramble to make sure the vets are happy. I've gotten 2 pay increases in a month and another coming at the end of next month.
This will definitely help me be a tad more productive in the 95° heat all day...