One Texas-based company is offering experienced drivers $14,000 a week.
Author: Jeremy Baker
Updated: 8:53 AM EDT May 6, 2021
SAN ANTONIO — Imagine making $14,000 a week. That's what one Texas-based company is offering because of a nationwide truck driving shortage.
When the pandemic hit many truckers left the industry because there wasn't as much product to haul and the rates to transport products like gasoline tumbled. Now that demand is back up, but with fewer truckers to haul products like gasoline, a massive shortage is looming.
"And it's not just going to be gasoline. It's not going just going to be wood. You're talking about all your retail goods just like clothing, food, toilet paper, you name it," said Jim Grundy who is the CEO and owner of Sisu Energy.