School trucking instructor reccommends Werner

My instructor (he actually is the director for truck driver training at 3 different community colleges) told me to run screaming from Werner. He specifically said that he only keeps materials for Werner on hand because they are forgiving as far as the background they will accept. He only brings it up to a student who has a questionable background.

 

I sometimes wonder how much of a commission these instructors might be getting from carriers for referals.

 

From many many post on here suggesting how bad werner is, Always keep a open mind. If you can't find ANY other job, I suggest giving Werner a try. You only get what you put in.

 

I know one of them here got 100 bucks for tmc referals.

 

Do a search for Werner on this post and you can read all about them. There will be mixed reviews, it will be up for you to sort through it and make that decision. They will push anything that pays them regardless of your outcome or future. I would go somewhere you pick yourself and oufcourse he would tell you to stay away from their competitor.

 

Werner is just like all the other huge companies. They grab as many newbies as they can to replace everyone who leaves. I would put them above Swift, and CR, but that's about it, congratulations, You're the best of the bottom feeders.

 

They aren't that forgiving. I have 1 ticket on my MVR for no insurance, 1 month before their cut off limit for tickets (3 years). Never had a DUI, never had misdemeanors/felonies, nothing....yet they denied my prehire and said I wouldn't be eligible till Apr of next year. That's fine though. I can wait a little while.

That said though ... Werner is only as bad as your attitude is toward them. Attitude is everything in ANY industry. If you have a 'poor me' attitude or think you are owed what you want, you will not be successful. First year or so is going to be crappy, you're going to hate it, you're going to say as soon as I finish my 12 weeks/6 months/1 year I'm gone....but if you don't give it a chance, you won't see the benefits of toughing it out.

Good luck finding the right company for you.

 

If you choose Werner,they will keep you in training for 3-4 months take home pay $298 per week. If you make it through training,they give you a run down truck that may take 2 weeks to fix while you get $20 per day grand total $120 per week for as many weeks as it takes to fix your truck. Once you are OTR you are a marked man; the will get you into a terminal where they set you up and terminate you,if they can. The truth is Werner sucks.