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We'll help you make the right choices and prepare for a great start to your trucking career. Becoming A Truck Driver is a dream we've all pondered at some point in our lives. We've all wondered if the adventure and challenges of life on the open road would suit us better than the ordinary day to day lives we've always known.
At TruckingTruth we'll help you decide if trucking is right for you and help you get your career off to a great start. Werner Enterprises Corporate Headquarters. From what I have learned trucking isnt a job as much as a privilege responsibility. Offered raise and dedicated run with tuition paid for so i took the job and went to Werner and spent 1 month in training.
So far so good! On the Dollar general acct you WILL work your butt off when you unload the trailer, you will get home every weekend but only for 34hrs no more. If they get real busy, and need you, you will not go home. I was on the Dollar General acct in Fulton MO, The people were ok, but the trailers were allways loaded heavy and sometimes took hrs to unload. There are a lot of stores that you have to go to that are very very difficult to get to.
Beware You have to unload the trailer by yourself, no help from the store people, and sometimes you have to do their jobs of puting the stuff away for them, but they will not help you. I got off that acct as soon as I could. I used to work for them. I was home every weekend. They treated me very well for only having 3mo experience. Newer Century Class Freightliners. Kept me busy! If someone is willing to take all that on, then he or she will probably be better off by knowing it from the start.
Thanks for the honesty! I been with werner for 4 months now. Werner been a good company so far. Yes otr doesnt pay well but i only did one trip to get from a terminal to my dedicated account terminal.
Anyway my acct im on now is pretty easy for what it pays. It not alot but u dont make ur money by just driving. U make ur money by how many stops and trailers u do a week. I personally do 3 trailers a week and can range from 6- 12 stops a week. The only downside is that were in the mountains and werner trucks are deregulated so they dont use their full potential. Overall it a good company.
If u got questions send me a message in the forums. My name is koolguy. Trying to read through all of the reviews am scheduled to start student training with Warner in three weeks. Have my CDL already but no driving experience. Want to drive as much as I can unload as little as possible. Is this really possible? Did they provide you with a list of Substance Abuse Professionals as they are legally required to? After this, you may begin the application process again. Some companies will turn you down but I believe that with diligence you should be able to work.
Take this as a hard lesson. Drove for Werner for about eight months. Learned alot about trucking. Trained for two months and ended up in florida for teaming. They gave me and my team, his name is doug a new int. There were told that I was not happy to be solo and could of put me with a new recrute. This is what they should of done but they said after 4 incidentses good by. I would go back to werner if they asked, but like people said stay clear.
I put in time, I get experious. Be safe out there. Former driver. Has anyone ever been provided a pay rate schedule for driving with Werner? The recruiter told us 32 cents per mile. First week driving solo I was paid at 33 cents then next week at 21 cents. Is there any form of compensation when the truck is being repaired, for training time or when the offloading at a delivery location takes hours?
The pay sucks and I am getting deeper in debt. I had a team partner that worked me hard, no goofing off being on time and always watch your hours. We had the older quell com so the clock always got messed up if you did not watch it. Sooner then later without gripes some thing good will happen and the rest is gravy. Remember one day you will look back and say That used to be me. Pass that experious on. You are not along.
Good luck and be safe, god bless Peter L. Id he is still there say hello from me. He tought me alot and I still retain some of it. Werner is a good start up from company. Hopefuly you will get a good trainer. After a year then you can judge who and were to go too. Listen and learn and be safe out there. Be safe out there Peter L. EX my partner and I would get a run from say east coast to west coast. They would tell you the time and date it was due there. Safty is no accident.
We were mostly on time when the odds were agents us, again weather traficc ect. Allow for it within reason, if not let your dispather know, thats what qualcoms for. Peter L. When I drove for werner I had in training a eight speed with a auto nine. Most of them when I worked at werner were eight or ten, depends on what came with the fleet when they ordered trucks. When I left they were getting alot of volvos and int. Unless you go into heavy contruction you will see eight or ten speeds.
Good luck in your endevers. And be safe out there. It aint a whole lot of fun.. Patience to get that 1 year…and build a good reference for the day ya quit Werner if you do decide to try another company.. Your record follows you….. Patience and Save Money. You had to unload the truck and stock? Thats your own fault, your not a dollar general employee no matter what your DM says or dollar general says you are NOT responsible to put there stock away for them.
Unload the truck have the papers signed and be on your way. If they will not sign the papers then you immanently contact your DM. You will spend much of your time at truck stops waiting. Be prepared. Make sure you have a laptop, another great way to kill time. If werner was so bad and unsafe then dot would have to answer a lot of questions.
They are self insured so they can cover up alot. Also they must know what there doing or nobody including there accounts would use them. Some were boughtout others were shut down for reasons of safty and more. Lets say werner has a truck that involved in a serious accident that kills one of there own people. I feeel that werner like any body eles will be around for quit awhile. My trainers knew the way the company worked and complained to me to watch them.
They never forced us to take any loads. Today I spoke to a driver who know me from werner, and said that things are getting better. Be resonable and use comon sence all the time. Be save out there. That was one of the drilled into my head rule i was tought with werner.
As a team driver my team mate and I had a rule. When in dought check it out. Even if I had to get out of the truck during my 10hr bk , I would.
Remember your are the driver not the dispatcher. You are in charge. Like the captain of a ship The captain is responible for all of the ship not just the paint. I also had short term dis. I also bought some clothes from there omaha store and they told me what to expect when they billed me. Next month there it was to the penny. If they wanted me to come back I would.
I dought it couse of too many incidentes. Your part of that. Be safe god bless Peter L. There are two good things about Werner, The paperless logs and the advance pay. My husband started driving a log truck and he makes so much more money than werner ever paid and he is at home every night instead of getting just four days off a month, yes a month and if it were up to them, you would only get two days off a month.
All in all, The company is good to work for if you get the right dispatcher, want no home life or make any money. I trained on a dedicated account that Werner has and loved every minute of it.
I was issued a speeding ticket on I Westbound Hirschdale going downhill. It was 64 in a I did what I was supposed to do and informed Safety. I enjoyed making friends with the other drivers. I also enjoyed the experience I have attained. The trucks are governed for a reason and that should be reason enough for the drivers. Be careful and be safe out there.
Werner has screwed me over and over. The student department is a joke. After my training was over, I was sent to MD to get a truck that I was only allowed to keep for a month because it was sold to someone else. Though when I drove there from Ohio, the truck was broken down.
I was sent back to Ohio and there was a truck there for me. So I started driving, my first load was a whopping 89 miles and I was not allowed personal drive time, so I had to wait 14 hours at the consignee for another load.
I picked it up, and on my way to my next load the truck broke down. So I was out Saturday through Wednesday. After it was fixed I was sent from Cincinnati to Columbus and I hooke and unhooked to the same trailer over and over before they finally decided that they were definitely taking my load from me.
The only load besides that 89 mile load might I add. So hopefully I will get a load in the morning now that I switched to a dedicated run. Trying so hard to hang in for another month so I will have 6 months experience and can get out of this crappy place. Goodluck guys. Stay safe out there. Are there more ups than downs? I really want to enjoy my time while gaining work experience. Wow, Werner training, i wonder if it will ever end. I started out with a trainer and was with him for about three weeks, then HE flipped his truck on the highway.
He quit. Had a second trainer for about 10 days. He had way too much family drama. He dropped me off at the Dallas terminal and went to a Family Dollar account. Waiting for my third trainer with 50 hours left out of Pre-hire for Werner …but after some research …. Cents a mile…how does anyone make money? And doing some math…just going 10 MPH fast everyday…you make more bucks every 6 days….. My wish is OTR and I have no hesitation as to not being home much. Not being home causes me no issue what so ever.
I am the wife of adriver for Werner. Werner pays horrible. They font care about your family. Twice I have taken off vacation days do we could go some where and spent couple of those waiting for Werner to bring him home as he requested several weeks ago.
You will be wasting your time. They also offered him a training position. When he said he would go it they kept blowing him off. Werner is just out for themselves and not the drivers. Hi i work for cr england in 08 got out trucking. I got a job with sherman bro i had a great trainer. I called the trainer coordinator Brian Grene he put me in motel next dayi got ride from another driver back Harrisburg yard i was then brought to meeting room a told my servicewere no longer needed so iwas srnt home back riverside guy on the bus said call werner i have i orientation setup but iam warrior of it happen again.
I drove for Werner back from 97 to They were a great company to work for back then. I have been with Werner for 7 years and have been a trainer for the last 5. For any one looking to come to Werner, please be realistic. This is the premier training company not the premier driver company. If your fresh out of driving school and looking to earn your stripes this is a good place to do it.
I personally believe we have one of the most comprehensive training programs in the industry. However, if your an experienced driver your probably not going to be happy here.
If you want to make money at Werner you must become a trainer. I make 40cpm and run miles a week solo and around I only make that because of experience, most drivers with Werner make around cpm. Bottom line is cut your teeth here for a couple years and move on. I have been considering going to school for my CDL and, after checking out a local school, was given several pre-hire offers, one of which was with Werner. Werner has been the strongest choice for me because of this, but all the horror stories I am reading online is scaring me.
I am in such a terrible place right now with my current job that I am almost ready to just throw all my stuff into storage, give up my apartment, and go OTR for a year non-stop. Is Werner that bad of a company if I am not looking for a career with them? Would they be willing to give me plenty of miles if I am willing to go OTR without caring much about home time? Also, can anyone tell me how orientation works?
What happens? How long is it? Will I go to their terminal Fontana is closest to me and go home before I am assigned a trainer, or will I leave from orientation straight OTR with my trainer? I appreciate any advice. Also, I forgot to ask … what about the unloading? Is that done with a forklift or will I have to carry stuff off by hand? Only when you do regional or dedicated runs do you have to actually lift anything. If money is something you are concerned about I would go with a different company because werner pay is low.
If you want experience, werner is a good place to start. At any point, good luck with anything that you decide! Also, My husband is a werner driver and he does the dedicated run. I have gone to work with him several times and the boxes he has to lift and things that he push are really really heavy. What happens if someone calls and complains on you from another company? My husband works for Werner. We were trying to park and this guy started blaring his horn and telling him he needed to learn how to drive because my husband got close to his truck.
My husband is a great driver and this guy was just being a jerk but a few minutes later and now our load is being split at Dallas terminal? I am wondering if it has anything to do with him and if so what would happen? Im thinking about going through Werners cdl driver school in north Las Vegas.
Just wondering if anyone has attended that location and, if so how was the experience? Started there after trucking school, gotta start somewhere to get experience right? I am on the net-ops at night. I have learned alot for sure but its been the most stressful job I have ever had. Night after night of trailer issues that others dont take care of. Picking up loads from Denver drivers who are clueless about weight or inspections. For example bringing a trailer with no registration and plate missing too.
The Omaha terminal for some reason doesnt seem to have extra tractors anymore. So you get to play tractor round robin. The shift is long enough as is without the extra junk. Dispatch thats ok at times and totally clueless at others. I have made some mistakes as well but this stuff goes on and on. If you breakdown it might be a long time to get fixed as well.
To be honest I have really tried hard to like Werner but I am fed up with all the problems and rookie atmosphere. I have 14 months there and its time to go elsewhere. To any newbies I would say try to make it a year and then move on ……. R England. I just left Werner after only 3 months and it was the best thing I ever did. The training is horrible, The management is horrible, The equipment is horrible, The company is cheap! Werner does not care about it drivers.
Three other times it took them over 13 hours to get road breakdown out to fix the trailers. The last straw for me was when they told me I had a load but could not locate an empty trailer for me to pick up the load. All Werner cares about is getting the load hauled as cheap as possible. Not you, Not safety, Not the public! This company is just a meat grinder, the negativity is so high at Werner you wonder why anyone stays.
Do yourself a favor avoid Werner at all costs. I have to say that My husband started with Werner back in December or He is already fed up with working there. He is on a dedicated account so he makes decent money about a week. My husband is very unhappy with Werner pay so he is looking to move on to somewhere else. I think Werner is a good starting company for those that want the experience, but their pay is one of the lowest in the industries… with all the things he has to do to get payed the little that he does every week is not worth it.
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