Do other haulage firms run bonus schemes as the company I work for is looking to introduce a type of productivity bonus. Based on miles completed, mpg, turnover and profit.
If they do, does it work OK and in the main are you happy with it.
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Not at my current company, but we did have something at a former company. Depending on the type of work your doing its very difficult to make a fair system without it becoming very complicated. If all the drivers are on similar work fine, but how do you rate a driver doing: more drops, but less miles more town against open road miles both the above affect likely mpg It can work, but is as likely to generate bad feeling if they get it wrong. "Why does he/she always get the son`so run?". Give the best drivers the most difficult runs, then see them earn less bonus because of less mpg, or less “productivity” is a sure headache in the offing.
Until I saw the details, I wouldn’t yet be calling it a bonus! 
I worked for years on pay schemes related to the the number and type of cars/vans delivered, number of drops, mileage covered.
In the vast majority of companies there is a pecking order, some are well in, TMs mates, Admins mates, Shop Steward plus mates, etc etc, so your earnings are directly related to how well in you were, we’re talking getting on for double the wages given the right/wrong workload when the double pay earner might be doing 2/3rds the hours of the other.
MPG, well matey on multi drop and in hilly country isn’t going to get what a motorway trunker on light loads is.
Turnover/profit is a particularly thorny one, if the company is run badly and employ pointless managers/admin plus assorted box tickers, all unproductive, then they will come directly off any profit that might have been made, plus how open are the books going to be, seen by one of the aforesaid mates/shopsteward/drivers rep…who just might 
be one of the well in crowd who aint going to rock his own boat.
Gaffer fancies a new LR Discovery (if he’s blind 
) company car, that’s coming straight off the profit.
These schemes can work OK, but honesty and trust are a given and work needs strictly rotating on a time basis, not give London multi drop to joe soap the bosses mate when its a 2 dropper Enfield/Enfield and its yours when its 7 drops starting at Croydon via Chiswick ending up in Whitechapel.
We have an annual Christmas bonus related to company profits and a monthly "no crash"bonus.
juddian hit it right on the head …I was on one o these schemes for “bonus” aye ******* most o the fleet was running south (usa ) max weight 36tns ,main rd etc Volvo with APUs etc. Me running Canada west /north on gravel some o the time ,running 39tns, KW with a big cat no APUs so in the winter it was the big cat heater or the bunk candle, No amount of complaining to the office about idleing in the winter compaired to the others in Texas using their APUs had no effect.reconned I was losing around $100 a month in bonus compaired others,was a sheet on the canteen wall for all to see went Volvo,then the USA KW & pete runners then ,I would top of the Canada runners (under the fleet ave so no bonus). 
ours does… I got £500 extra in the bank in February… (annual bonus, not weekly or monthly unfortunately)
and when you break it down its only a tenner a week…
Not a great fan of “bonus” schemes - they always seem to me to be an excuse for firms to pay poorly in the first place (just like Night Out money, meal allowances etc), and as others have said they can soon work out to be quite divisive when allocation of work/geographical location can easily be the difference between getting a good bonus and getting SFA.
We get a bonus of £10 a day which is driving style based, fleetboard, <97% is £25 for the week and 97%> is £50 for the week, free money
We get a weekly bonus attached to profit. Frustrating if you break down or need a tyre etc. Also get a Dynafleet bonus paid on the first week of the month for the previous month. A previous firm paid a very complex one, which resulted in the blokes doing mileage earning less than the local drivers as less miles usual meant more drops/collections which paid more than the miles
mcc46:
Do other haulage firms run bonus schemes as the company I work for is looking to introduce a type of productivity bonus. Based on miles completed, mpg, turnover and profit.If they do, does it work OK and in the main are you happy with it.
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One thing you can be sure of is it will be presented to you in the best possible light. You should be aware that the licensing authorities are not keen on schemes that encourage drivers to push it to the limit and some things are positively illegal but it doesn’t stop companies trying it on.
My company runs a quarterly bonus system based on 25% safety, 25% paperwork compliance erg: turning in all documents on time. 25% CSA points rated (DOT) compliance and 25% production results. If I have an accident which is my fault and avoidable I loose 25% of the bonus for that month etc, The level of bonus then returns to the full 100%. The bonus also goes up each quarter so long as I keep it without and reduction, it starts the first quarter at $590.00, second quarter at $690.00, and ends in the last quarter at $890.00, we also get a service bonus just before Christmas, it starts at $500.00 for service of 6 months to 1 year, $1,000.00 after 2 years or more, $1,500.00 for more than 5 years and $2,500.00 for 10 years or more, the service bonus is not given if the driver has had a lot of time off A particular instance recently was when one drive spent 4 months off and when he came back found he had lost his service bonus for that year.
Roymondo:
Not a great fan of “bonus” schemes - they always seem to me to be an excuse for firms to pay poorly in the first place (just like Night Out money, meal allowances etc), and as others have said they can soon work out to be quite divisive when allocation of work/geographical location can easily be the difference between getting a good bonus and getting SFA.
They can be of benefit. My mate he drives trucks back home in the uk. He gets a basic 29k a year (London based). He is on a bonus scheme for fuel wear and tear and stuff. He gets 20% share of saved fuel a month. It encouraged him to drive more accordingly. On average he saves 200 litres of fuel a month by driving more efficent. It all adds up to him. He also gets paid for not going sick being late etc.
I’m on a good bonus scheme here. My boss chucks me a tenner here and there and cans of beer and cider. Much simpler bonus system than I’ve been on at other tipper firms.
If I was bothered about tonnage carried and loads done I’d buy my own wagon.
Basic bonus on company procedure, paperwork getting filled in properly and back on time, keeping a clean card without missing mileage, truck washing, not having own fault accidents is the only fair way really. Basically stuff within a drivers control.
Anything else like mileage/number of drops is always going to work out unfair for someone, just depends if your that someone I suppose.
Biggest ■■■■■■■ would be if it’s tax free and if it’s calculated in as average earnings for holiday, if not there will always be someone who moans saying the can’t afford to go on holiday!
The clue is in the title of the post - ‘Bonus’!
Unless its screwed down watertight with all the possible variables taken into account it can be manipulated in such a way that you get very little or even nothing at all! Just my twopenneth from very bitter experience!
Always remember a bonus is just as it says - a bonus IF you get it!
I maybe wrong,but a “bonus” relating to productivity ie tonnage,trip,mileage,percentage payments are or was deemed to be unacceptable as they encourage illegal running
A bonus for fuel economy,blameless accidents,vehicle cleanliness,time keeping are acceptable
Bonus payments can be taken away or stopped anytime, sooner settle for a better basic,either way they are taxable.
Around 20 years ago I was paid mileage, and great when it goes well, and it does ‘motivate’ a driver to get on well. It can make you stressed though, and I am not sure it is legal now.
I have been under a bonus scheme for around 18 months now, but it is only a bonus and doesn’t mean a lower basic. I would of course love more bonus, but it does pressurise the job too much and as transport has a tendency to go wrong spectacularly, I am ok with the level it is set at.
Darkside:
Around 20 years ago I was paid mileage, and great when it goes well, and it does ‘motivate’ a driver to get on well. It can make you stressed though, and I am not sure it is legal now.I have been under a bonus scheme for around 18 months now, but it is only a bonus and doesn’t mean a lower basic. I would of course love more bonus, but it does pressurise the job too much and as transport has a tendency to go wrong spectacularly, I am ok with the level it is set at.
Can remember Dad saying about this and can’t remember him ever being stressed.
He used to go to Devon via Birmingham, from Norwich, cos it was 24 miles further.
Like you though, I’m not sure it would be legal these days.
I get attendance bonus
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