Working For Werner

Exactly. Iv always been a tool. Unless u work for ur self then ur just a tool

 

I just wanted to get your opinion. I am an experienced driver, I have 2 years experience I drove for Central Refrigerated but have been out of the seat since March. I have a couple minor preventables on my DAC (I curbed a tire and had a blowout while training, then last year I backed a trailer into a fence) but I have been wanting to get back to work, but nobody else has expressed interest in my other than Werner.

So should I keep looking or hop on in. I am in Ohio and really looking for regional work or dedicated

 

If your not working and someone has a opening for you, should snag that. Some minors on your DAC will fade with time as long as you don't keep piling them up and no majors.

I wanted to know what is the status of werners flatbed ops. when I drove for TMC, long ago, Werner Flatbed was like a separate company and the drivers seemed to be doing well. I always had to wait with them at Griffin pipe in Council Bluffs. I've retired from the Army and Qwest Communications and am getting back to driving as I am widowed and my Boys are grown, the Werner vets program is the only one certified by the VA and that $1100 a month tax free would make the first 18 months a little more bearable/surviveable.

Stay safe and don't hate me because I can spell at the 8th grade level!

 

Go ahead an work for Werner beccause ur track record with the preventables no one else maybe swift or Schneador might hire you. but Werner isnt all that Bad.. Yes I drove for them for 7 yrs. I left for better pay and better Equitment am happy where im at now. Good Luck an becareful .. btw GET OUT AND LOOK WHEN BACKING.

 

Bob have they offered u any dedicated runs?

 

Hey Papi, can you explain Werners Vet Program you were talking about? Thanks

 

Ok, I'm a newb so please be gentle. Why would anyone like or want to drive flatbed? Is it b/c there is very little backing involved? Or is it just more money? Seems like a pain with all the tarping and strapping.

 

Werner got their training program certified by the VA as a career program. Everything is the same as for a regular employee/cdl grad.Once your hired all your miles and hours are recorded(duh they have to have logs). You get registerd with the Dept of Labor and if you are a vet with Montgomery GI bill or post 9/11 GI Bill then you will recieve approx. $1100 a month from the VA, this is Tax-free and retroactive to your start date. This is for one year. You also get a US Dept of Labor apprenticeship certification, If you want this cert will document you as a journeyman with the Teamsters and other Unions and the Federal Government. I was in a Union for 14 years, I'll stay clear of those bloodsucking leeches, thank you.

 

So does werner actually do drop and hook a lot or how much of the loads do you actually have to touch? Im thinking about driving for them for my first year or so