4 Strategies to Avoid Truck Driver Burnout

4 Strategies to Avoid Truck Driver BurnoutLong haul driving is hard. Period. Truck drivers are said to work 70-hour work weeks, but we all know the reality is more like 90. Compared to a normal office worker, clocking in at 40 hours a week, this is already a recipe for exhaustion. googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.display(div-gpt-ad-1472832551951-0) ) Add in the fact that off-duty time, usually spent waiting between loads or at a truck stop, requires a certain amount of vigilance and maintenance of the rigand isnt really down time after all. Plus the fact that the menschenfreundlich body prefers to sleep at night, in the dark, when the bodys natural rhythm calls for it. And that, to be healthy, one needs better access to healthier food than can be found at truck stops or fast food eateriesand youve got a whole lot of drivers barreling down the highway towards depression, exhaustion, poor-health, and the dreaded burn out.Here are four strategies to make sure this doesnt happen to you, whatever stage you might be at in your trucking career1. Take vacationsYou might think you cant afford the time off, even if youve been allotted it. But really, its the other way around you cant afford not to take the time off to rest and recharge. It will make you a safer, happier, and healthier driver. Take holidays as well Family time is important. The normal rhythms of civilian life are too.2. Take breaksYou may get bonus points with your boss, and perhaps an extra couple of bucks, for getting there an hour sooner. But at what cost? Breaks, especially when youre feeling even slightly fatigued, can be a game changer and a serious morale booster.3. Get regularIf at all possible, try and get on a regular route. Youll be able to stop in the same places, build yourself a routine, and get on a more regular sleep pattern. If this isnt possible, put yourself on the spare board on a regular, rotating basis. Falling asleep at the wheel is never worth the risk.4. Embrace the electr onicNobody is particularly thrilled with these new electronic logs, but they may actually help level the playing field. Theyll take everyone off the road after 70 or so hours, and enforce breaks and rests. Youll never have to worry that someone else is putting in double hours to make bank. And you can take your much-deserved break in peace.

Moms Are Paid Less Than Dads In Every Single State

Moms Are Paid Less Than Dads In Every Single State Youve probably heard of Equal Pay Day, a rather bleak day that signifies the point until which women have to work in order to catch up in pay to what their male counterparts made the prior year. This year, Equal Pay Day fell on April 4 but were only just now getting to MothersEqual Pay Day today (May 23).As you may have gathered, Mothers Equal Pay Day marks the gender pay gap for mothers, specifically so if you thought April 4 was depressing, youre about to feel even more discouraged (particularly if you have kids). On Monday (May 22), the National Womens Law Center (NWLC) released a report indicating just how bad the pay gap is for mothers, who face a motherhood penalty for each child they have. According to the NWLC, a mother earns, on average, just 71 cents to a fathers dollar in other words, $16,000 less annually which is 9 cents lower than the national average for all women vs. all men. unterstellung inequalities between moms and dads exist at every level of education and at every age, in every state, and within every race and occupation. Mothers with a high school degree earn only 67 cents for every dollar paid to fathers with the same level of education, the NWLC has found. Moreover, moms need a bachelors degree or even a higher level of education before they begin to out-earn dads with a high school degree. And while fathers who have a masters or doctoral degree make about $100,000 and $110,000, respectively, mothers tend to earn a maximum of $89,000 annually, no matter how educated they are.The pay gap hits mothers hard no matter how old they are among full time, year round workers ages 20-29, mothers are typically paid 74 cents for every dollar paid to fathers, according to the NWLC. Among workers ages 40-49, mothers are paid just 69 cents for every dollar paid to fathers, which means they are falling behind at the very time they need additional resources to invest in their families and save for re tirement.And while the pay gap varies between states, fathers make more than mothers in every area of the country. The gap is the smallest in Delaware, where moms earn 83 cents for every dollar that dads earn its widest in Utah and Louisiana, where mothers are paid a mere 58 cents for every dollar fathers are paid.Mothers of every race are paid less than fathers, but the pay gap is the largest for black, native, and Latina mothers, who earn just 51, 49, and 46 cents, respectively, for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic fathers. Moreover, moms experience a pay gap regardless of their occupation.The NWLCs report weighs in on the implications of these income inequalities Particularly when mothers support children on their own, these lower wages leave families below or dangerously close to the poverty line ... Indeed, more than 1 in 9 single mothers who held full time jobs throughout 2015 were poor. More than half of all poor children lived in families headed by women in 2015, and female-headed households with children were much more likely to be poor in 2015 (36.5 percent) than male-headed households (22.1 percent) or households headed by married couples (7.5 percent). Meanwhile, the report continues, fathers tend to be concentrated in occupations that are more highly paid.Fairygodboss is committed to improving the workplace and lives of women.Join us by reviewing your employer