Texas Company Offers Truckers $14K/Wk During Tough Times for the Industry (opens in new tab)

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ivanech4y ago· 5 in thread

This is from May of this year. Fast Company put out an article at the time that said it's not true: https://www.fastcompany.com/90634247/no-a-texas-company-is-n...

jack_pp4y ago

Site is unusable on mobile because of the ads

cirrus34y ago

HN needs a rule to avoid comments that just say "site is unreadable due to ads or layout or whatever".

We get it, I have posted that before too.

Fact is tho the OP can't do anything about it. People that read HN and builds sites like these don't really have a say either. What is the point, are you trying to reach the CEO or whomever and sway them away from doing it because you decided not to read it? They probably aren't reading it and if they are, probably don't care what you/we think.

jack_pp4y ago

Maybe people will stop linking directly to such offensive sites

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compsciphd4y ago

bigger issue might be that they block international access (which no way for OP to know either)

sva_4y ago

May give Firefox Mobile with uBlock origin a try. Site works perfectly for me

littleharpoon4y ago· 4 in thread

Wait I was told that the truck driver shortage was purely a Brexit issue? How can it be happening in Texas as well?

pwagland4y ago

Two things: a) It isn't a purely Brexit issue, however Brexit has made it worse since UK employers can't even pay more to get drivers in, even if they wanted to, as there isn't the local capacity, and they can't bring in EU labour anymore. b) It's probably not as good a deal as it appears anyway: https://www.fastcompany.com/90634247/no-a-texas-company-is-n...

makomk4y ago

To cut a long story short, the media lied. Apparently fuel stations in the US have even run out of fuel and had to close due to the ongoing shortage of truck drivers - it just didn't turn into a major crisis like in the UK because it was only reported on by specialist outlets like Bloomberg, so almost no-one knew it was happening and there was no panic buying to cause more widespread shortages. Plenty of mainstream US publications covered the UK problems, but none of them seem to have published articles about the "fuel shortage" closer to home.

pwagland4y ago

CNN isn't mainstream media anymore? https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/29/economy/truck-driver-shor...

FoxNews neither? https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/truck-drivers-shortage...

Funnily enough, the trade rags seem to imply that this is all a big scare by big business trying to push down the salaries of drivers: https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/truck-driver-shorta...

makomk4y ago

Those articles literally do not mention fuel stations having to close as a result of the driver shortage at all, whereas here in the UK it was front-page headline news. No mention of fuel shortages means no mass panic buying and no actual fuel crisis where carers and nurses can't get enough fuel to drive to work like the one in the UK. Also, the UK truck driver shortage is very much a consequence of companies systematically underpaying drivers, resulting in really high turnover in the industry - just like that trade article you linked describes in the US. It's just that becaues part of the mechanism by which they got away with that is drivers from lower-cost-of-living countries in the EU, all the anti-Brexit folks are siding with the trucking industry...

mastazi4y ago· 2 in thread

The link doesn't work for me. All I see is:

> We appreciate your interest in our content. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to allow international traffic or online transactions.

joecool10294y ago

https://outline.com/jBtzZv

mastazi4y ago

Thank you!

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15 comments

14 comments · 3 top-level

ivanech4y ago· 5 in thread

This is from May of this year. Fast Company put out an article at the time that said it's not true: https://www.fastcompany.com/90634247/no-a-texas-company-is-n...

jack_pp4y ago

Site is unusable on mobile because of the ads

cirrus34y ago

HN needs a rule to avoid comments that just say "site is unreadable due to ads or layout or whatever".

We get it, I have posted that before too.

jack_pp4y ago

Maybe people will stop linking directly to such offensive sites

1 more reply

compsciphd4y ago

bigger issue might be that they block international access (which no way for OP to know either)

sva_4y ago

May give Firefox Mobile with uBlock origin a try. Site works perfectly for me

littleharpoon4y ago· 4 in thread

Wait I was told that the truck driver shortage was purely a Brexit issue? How can it be happening in Texas as well?

pwagland4y ago

makomk4y ago

pwagland4y ago

CNN isn't mainstream media anymore? https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/29/economy/truck-driver-shor...

FoxNews neither? https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/truck-drivers-shortage...

Funnily enough, the trade rags seem to imply that this is all a big scare by big business trying to push down the salaries of drivers: https://www.trucknews.com/transportation/truck-driver-shorta...

makomk4y ago

mastazi4y ago· 2 in thread

The link doesn't work for me. All I see is:

> We appreciate your interest in our content. Unfortunately at this time, we are unable to allow international traffic or online transactions.

joecool10294y ago

https://outline.com/jBtzZv

mastazi4y ago

Thank you!

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