DR
Driver Retention Plan
🔵 Stable🕐 updated 2026-08-21
🔷 SkillSpec L3
pm-fleet
Reduce driver turnover by fixing what actually makes drivers leave — the pay comparison that is real, the home-time reliability, the dispatch relationship, and the first ninety days where most departures are decided. Use when asked to improve driver retention, reduce turnover, understand why drivers are leaving, or design a driver onboarding or referral programme. Produces the turnover analysis by tenure and cause, the true cost of turnover, the exit-driver findings, the prioritised interventions, and the first-90-days plan.
🗣 Say this to your agent
“Why are our drivers leaving?”“Build a driver retention plan”“What does turnover actually cost us per driver?”“Most of our leavers go within 90 days — what do we fix?”“Design a driver onboarding programme”
What to give it
▸Turnover data — by tenure band, by fleet or lane, by dispatcher, and over time
▸Exit reasons — what leavers gave, and whether anyone probed past the first answer
▸The pay picture — actual take-home including detention and accessorials, versus the market for the same work
▸Home time — what is promised at recruitment and what is actually delivered
▸The equipment and dispatch position — vehicle age and reliability, and how loads are assigned
✅ The bar it holds itself to
Every skill in this library self-verifies — these are this skill's own quality checks, straight from its definition.
✓Turnover is segmented by tenure, not reported as one rate
✓Concentration by dispatcher and by lane was checked
✓The cost of turnover includes unseated truck days and the productivity ramp
✓Pay is compared as actual take-home, not rate per mile
✓Home-time reliability is measured as variance against promise
✓Stay interviews are in place, not only exit interviews
✓Interventions are ranked by retention per pound spent
✓The first 90 days has a specific, owned plan
⚠️ What it refuses to do
**One turnover number.** Hides three different problems with three different fixes.
**Believing the exit-interview reason.** 'Better opportunity' is a polite closing statement, not a cause.
**Comparing rate per mile.** Drivers compare take-home, and so should you.
**Auditing the home-time policy instead of the delivery.** The variance is the complaint.
**Ignoring dispatcher concentration.** Frequently the single largest and most fixable factor.
Install
npx pm-claude-skills add --agent claude # or codex · cursor · gemini · hermes
# or one-line MCP (every skill, any client):
claude mcp add pm-skills -- npx -y pm-claude-skills-mcp
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💬 Discussion
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