The Convoy app on a smartphone in Patterson, California. Convoy hooked truck drivers with an app to easily find jobs and get paid quickly. Now it needs to address concerns about low prices and figure out how to turn a profit. — Bloomberg
Amit Sekhri took up trucking in the thick of the Great Recession, drawn in part by the freedom of driving the open roads. He was prepared for long hours and weeks away from home. But two of his biggest – and least expected – gripes were the constant phone calls and late payments.
Like many truckers, Sekhri booked his jobs through freight brokers, a class of intermediaries who do most of their business by phone. And many have a bad habit of paying late.
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