Beware of WEL companies

I think your work history is going to keep you from getting a good job with any reputable company. Job hoping isn't appreciated by a company who might feel that you would do it for their company too.

As for WEL I can personally relate to not working for them for different reasons.
1- I applied, talked to a recruiter and was hired. I was told that I would be driving in their Mid-Atlantic regional fleet and home in Delaware on weekends.
2- I flew to Wisconsin but the person that was supposed to pick up 6 of us at the airport forgot and we waited for over 4 hours after calling them before they came for us.
3- We were told that we would receive our assigned tractors at the end of orientation. I asked about how they would be cleaned and given new mattress. I was then told that if we wanted them cleaned we had to do it ourselves. The real downside was the mattresses were disgustingly filthy and worn out but we were told no new ones would be issued.
4- I then was told that my Mid-Atlantic regional run would be 3 weeks then I had to return to Wisconsin for truck maintenance and work local for 1 week before returning to the East coast.
5- I contacted the recruiter and questioned the differences and he said that he wasn't aware of them even though he had stated differently.
At this point I decided that WEL wouldn't be a good fit for me and booked a flight home. I parted after 2 days of orientation and told them thanks but no thanks because if there were these many lies up front I didn't want to experience more later.
I am not saying that they are a bad company but my experience there was not for me.

 

If you keep hopping, you'll never find what you need, because you'll hop yourself right out of consideration for any company. You're already in Florida, and that greatly diminishes your options. It isn't the company that makes you the money, it's you that makes you the money. It takes time, and I think you need to be more patient and adaptable. Nobody industry gives you the money you want because you want it. The drivers that have the most success are available, reliable, and adaptable. You gotta work on all 3 of those lol.

 

And that's one of the reasons you're not making money. A lot of times a driver can knock out three 400 mile loads in the same time it takes to do a 1,000 mile load.

 

It totally went over my head lol.

 

Dirka Dirka Transportation will hire anybody with 3 hours of OTR experience. I see their top notch drivers around from time to time. Easy to spot, bathrobes and Crocs, washing their feet in the squeegee buckets.....That company lets them have 16 relatives living in the truck with them, run a campfire in the cab while they drive, drive barefoot, get in crashes etc. They pay under 20 CPM but you know.....good place to hang out until the sun gets a bit brighter.

 

...and you'll be back here crying about those companies as well. Sometimes the problem is in the mirror.

 

Why do you think you're worth 60 cpm? Youre not that experienced. You admitted that you've been late repeatedly. You've also indicated in so many words that you have trouble planning loads if it isn't a cross country run. It wasn't that long go that most of us kn here was making 50ish cpm, it was probably when you first got started actually. I could make 1000 per week easily when I was getting paid 50 cpm. It isn't about the cpm, a driver will always get paid market wages. Cpm means nothing if you can't manage your time or if your company doesn't have freight. Even in this downturn, a driver can still make 1000 per week.