Werner Enterprises laying drivers off?

I can not find any info on this either. There may have been another reason he was let go and the facts might have been destorted so as not to look bad. I think news like this would have been all over this board if it was so.

 

This has been going on for a few weeks now. I was driving for them. I had to have Surgury i was out for 2 weeks when i was ready to back to work. I called my dispatcher and they told me i cant go back to my dedicated account. The dumb reason that they gave me was they didnt like where i lived, and it was hard to get me home. I lived at the same place as when i started. I then called driver placement and they told me they have no positions available. so now im starting with a small local company on monday. So stay away from werner unless you wanted to be treated like a number.

And this has nothing to due with my performance. I had a 98% on time percentage. No at fault accidents.

 

This would explain a lot in my situation. 2 months ago I was going to start with Werner. Everything was working out fine. I was coming out of school. Completed the application process, background, drug test, etc you know the drill. I was even given a date to report for oreintation and I was told I would go out with a trainer. The day before I was going to leave for oreintation, I got a letter in the mail. It stated I would no longer qualify for employment. I was shocked!!! I immediatly called up the recruiter. He said " I no longer qualify", and would not give me a reason why. Now I know I have a clean background, no accidents, tickets, and I was the highest in my class. I scored 99.8% on my final exam something I am very proud of. Why 99.8%, and not 100% hell if I know, but I am proud. But I was disapointed, what if I didn't check the mail that day? Why didn't he just call me? He hassled the hell out of me when he wanted me to sign on. I wonder if this situation had anything to do with my issue. You never know, but if it did that would explain a lot.

 

"Unfortunately, we're going to see significant bankruptcies, particularly among small carriers going into next year," Kuntz said. He also noted that rail is also experiencing a decline in tonnage and it can be expected to put downward pressure on freight rates.

Kuntz said he's encouraged by comments by some major carriers that they would reduce their fleet size before accepting cheap freight. Major player Werner Enterprises said it would cut back its fleet by 500 trucks and Swift recently said it would reduce its truck count by up to 1,000, Kuntz said.

http://www.trucknews.com/issues/ISArticle.asp?id=76479&issue=11152007

 

How in heck could you no longer qualify? Are they so slimey they won't even tell you the REAL reason (i.e., not hiring right now)? How annoying! At least you're still fresh out of school and surely have many other places to go - I hope you get on with someone soon. They like you to do your training ASAP after you finish school, from what I hear

 

Red Raider, one thing doesn't make sense with your situation. Why wouldn't you just ask your brother? Instead of posting it in the forum? It seems to me that he would have to know someone that has been affected by this "layoff". I mean he would have to hear talk while at a yard or something. I know my situation was strange (in the previous post) and this would probly explain it. But at the same time, after I thought about it for a second, it seems a little odd that your brother doesn't know anything, or you not asking your brother. Just a thought, if I am wrong let me know. Good luck to you.