Werner Enterprises

I want to know if warner is a good place for someone going to be right out of school soon, this next augest. I seen they do have flatbed I have seen the trucking industre through my dads eyes and I would rather pull a flatbed than van or refer I have no OTR experiance driving yet but I have experiance tarping and tieing down loads with both my real father and my stepfather that may not be considerd experiance, But on the road I have seen me being only 20 with no behind the wheel experiance yet I know more about the truck than most of these gear jammers the driver mills are cranking out. I guess to sum up my little rant I would like to know if you need true real world experiance or do they kids out of school just into there van fleet.

 

So who did you end up going to work for after you left Werner?

Trucker calls his wife from the road and says, "Honey, I've hit the lottery and I've hit it big...pack your bags!"

Wife says, "Oh my God, where are we going?"

Trucker says, "I don't care, as long as you're gone when I get home."

 

I need to shut-up becuase I have no OTR experiance, but I see they do hire 21 with minimal experiance but I would Love to do Flatbed, so i'm asking do they hire people right of CDL training for that divition or is that more seperate and hire more experiance drivers for flatbed.

 

You would go out with a trainer on a flat. He would teach you about tarping ,load securement;proper load arrangement etc. Because you already have experience in load securement,you should get through training sooner than someone with no experience. You can find much better companies than Werner though;they got the nickname Blue Screw for good reasons.

 

Werner used to run a whole lot more flatbeds than they do now. If you want to pull flatbed only, I do not think Werner is your best choice. My concern for you is that you would be "temporarily" assigned to a van driver and also, perhaps, limited to the area you could pull flatbed "there's no freight in your area" and you won't get home much. Since you are new to driving, you will have training to go through for that, and whatever flatbed skills you need will be learned during that time (and quickly assessed by the flatbed driver/trainer). There are flatbed companies that students right out of school. If you want flatbed, go for a flatbed company. I don't believe you will limit yourself if you later wish to pull a van, it's probably harder to go from van to flatbed.

Redgreen01, I just noticed you listed your age as 20; most companies will not hire anyone under 21, you may already know that.

I agree with whosedog's previous post (above) completely.

 

thanks for the help Lkat and whosedog, I'm going to be 21 in augest and thats when I hopefully will have my CDl and I would love to pull flatbed I live in eastern iowa and and since I would have only minimal driving experiance does anyone have any idea of companies that would hire someone like me. I seen TMC but there minimum age is 23 I would really like to be on the road by september

 

If it makes you feel any better you are georgeous and just relax and everything will work our

 

I appreciate this message here. I personally start school at AIT in Gardena, CA on the 16th of this month. I have one pre-hire from Werner, but I am definitely doing my research to the best of my ability. I know my first year will be tough. I really just want to get with a company that offers plenty miles, pays well, and offers tuition reimburstment... I have been looking at "KLLM Transportation"... If anyone has any feed back on them, that would be great...

 

I worked for warner, had a good trainer. Long story short, Warner did sxactly what they said they would do, they provided training and a job after successfully completing my training cycle They worked with me on drivers (team driving) and even gave me a pony express run that allowed me to be home every nite and I ran 2700 miles a week for them
This was all in the first six months, after I completed my six months I thanked them and went to work for a local company and so I have to say in case it was ok I did sit at shippers, I slept in many a truck stop getting a reset, but thats the truck biz in my opinion, I did not make a fortune with them avg about 340 a week take home which I think is avg for any new driver, but I did my time was careful and safe and now I have a better job. Do your time ,then think about more money , I was happy that they hired me and took the time to train me so I COULD find a better job
good luck.

 

Well, I can tell you that if you want a home life, Werner isn't the gig you want. If your cool with getting miles constantly, your on the right track. My wife and I spent three years with werner's team division. Our first year, we saw home twice. That was our choosing. My biggest problem with Werner wasn't home time or miles or equipment maintenance, it was the fact that over that three years, our CPM. Went from 32 to 27. Its a trend with all companies right now. We left because we wanted something more than a hotel to call home. Realistically, standard BS aside, Werner is a pretty safe bet for a company driver. O/O stay away though.