Werner Enterprises. Why.. The truth.

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  1. Bobtail Barry

    Bobtail Barry Light Load Member

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    Supposedly one of the top grossing trucking companies in the US pays it's drivers 26cpm out of school? raise to 28cpm after SIX MONTHS! Let's you train people with 3 months exp. Trainers are not held accountable for their actions.. they actually try to pay their teams 32 cpm split. Thats 16 cents a driver all miles?? Average trip for a solo driver 500 miles.

    You can get 3k miles a week here easy and bank 500$ a week! Werner is the McDonald's of trucking the drivers care about as much as the guy flipping your burger. The brightside of Werner is there are a lot of good accounts that can get you plenty of hometime if you're a hometime baby. Target account you can make 50k a year you'll never get on it though. Training? 50k a year.Only drive for Werner if you're gonna train otherwise you'll starve.

    Equipment: this is all luck of the draw you can get a 2015 automatic Freightliner from a 2011 t660 with no curtains LOL called my 3rd truck the rattler it was not quiet. Do not let them sucker you into recovering a truck it's not worth the 150$ my first truck was put out of service by the dot the former driver fired for smoking pot I found pot seeds in the ashtray.

    Grossed about 26,000 my first year.. did everything from dedicated accounts solo driving team driving to training.. only made money training.. Someone with as little experiences as me has no business training another driver..
     
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  3. cnsper

    cnsper Road Train Member

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    So what about this makes them a bad trucking company? There are people working filling your McDonalds order every day, that does not mean that McDonalds is a bad company. Werner like McDonalds is a stepping stone or gap filler.

    The ladder has rungs all the way to the top.... But you have to start at the bottom to get to the top. But for some people the bottom rung may be just out their 3rd floor window.

    Drivers can cry and whine about companies taking advantage but you really have no idea what they charge and you do not have to work for them.... They were the only one to give me a chance... Well something in your past makes that your fault... LOL

    Why do so many people think that most jobs are beneath them. I have scraped and shoveled cow, pig and chicken ####(excrement) for a job at one time and I would not be embarrassed to do it again. I would not like it but it is honest work. I have done some pretty nasty jobs in my life and none of them were beneath me, it had to be done.

    This was not raggin on you but..... If it is so bad why are you still there?
     
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    bigdogpile Road Train Member

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    Can't blame Werner if drivers agree to be paid so little and be treated so well😄😄
     
  5. Ditch Doctor

    Ditch Doctor Medium Load Member

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    So in your first year, you've worked for Werner and Prime? Nearly every single post of yours is a complaint about a company, or a trucking school. Maybe you need a local job, because obviously the OTR side of things isn't a good fit. Or maybe trucking wasn't the easy paycheck you thought it would be.
     
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  6. Bobtail Barry

    Bobtail Barry Light Load Member

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    LOL glad you're so interested in my posts. Do you even drive bro or just wait for me to post in the forums? I can complain all day long buddy nobody made you read this.
     
  7. Bobtail Barry

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    @Ditch Dr. I would be embarrassed to admit I only made 1200 a week when "runnin hard" with 3 years exp. I made that at Werner after 6 months exp
     
  8. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    In this case yes you can blame Werner.It's not so much the pay but the sitting which drivers know nothing about until they start driving for them.
     
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    They'll let you sit for a full day I've sat for 3 days straight once think my dispatcher was mad at me had a dispute with my team driver we broke up and burned the load in the process the man couldn't be civil and part ways amicably.
     
  10. pattyj

    pattyj Road Train Member

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    Trucking isn't a good fit for most.When ppl enter this profession they're led to believe they're going to make the big bucks.But unfortunately that's not the case.All people want is to make a decent honest living so thet can pay bills and support their families.Wanting a decent paycheck week after week isn't asking for much.
     
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    Bobtail Barry Light Load Member

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    Trucking is like the military. If you're smart like me and have no huge bills you can save almost everything you make I save 60% of every dollar I make how many local jobs can you do this with? Rent.. Car payments, insurance.. one does not simply get ahead with a local job.THAT WHY I DO IT DITCH THE JOB SUCKS PLEASE STOP PRAISING TRUCKING LIKE IT'S THE JOB OF THE YEAR I DO IT FOR THE MONEY. Truckers are like wealthy hobos.
     
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