Re: Tips for Trash Collectors
Posted by:
ho55
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Date: July 22, 2014 09:13PM
I doubt they make $65K, but it does take a little bit of sense to maintain a Commercial Drivers License and DOT health card. Ever seen signs that say "CDL DRIVERS WANTED"? I see them often.
So, that CDL will always command a moderate wage.
Plus, maintaining a CDL is getting harder all the time. There is a new FMCSA rule about sleep apnea. If a CDL driver walks into the doctor for the physical, and has a BMI over a certain number (low 30s, I think), he or she is PRESUMED to have sleep apnea. That's right, a certain height/weight combo automatically means you have a disease!
If you want to keep your driving job, you have to submit to a sleep study at $1000 plus. Then, if they say you have sleep apnea, you have buy some sort of breathing machine for several hundred more bucks. If you don't use the fucking machine, the government knows and if you want to keep your job you have to hook yourself back up to the machine. Imagine having to let the fucking government into your bed to keep your job!
What happened to this fucking country?
This insanity will decrease the supply of CDL drivers even more, so maybe trash truck drivers may hit $65K someday.