soon to be driver--choices, choices....which company to go with?

I worked for usx for a while, and they were absolutely the worst. I don't know about teaming though, as I am a solo driver. Werner has nice trucks, but the pay stinks, and so do the dispatchers, treat you like crap. They hold orientation or used to 3 times a week, at several of their terminals. Always a lot of students, that never last long, and I can't blame them. Schneider is good if you can get in, also, and I know a lot of people dont' like em, but swift always treated me pretty good, and I got lots of miles, usually, but I'm not lazy either. Their weekend support shift sucks though. Although Schneiders after hours and weekends support shift sucks big time. But I still like Schneider.

 

I was offered a company driver job with Schneider but went with swift due to the weekend home time. Scheider was only offering OTR and not regional or dedicated. Swift gave me a dedicated run which is Monday through Friday, so I chose them. Look at all options and go with the company that you feel suits your needs best. Best of Luck to you. See you out there

 

I agre with others loose Werner's number. Try western express not as a life time thing but till you feel you can handle your self. Where ever you go I would suggest going flat bed. For a couple reasons 1. Your no just a wheel holder (you actually have to work) 2 you are forced to learn more about the industry. 3 you get more respect from other gear jammers. 4 you decide how your trailer is loaded not some dock jockey. Either way I'd at least try western express they have a 500 sign on bonus for north east. Good luck

 

glad you chose Roehl.
like the other drivers were saying, lose werner's number.

 

All this talk about losing werners number is ironic to me. I was in a 4 week CDL class and a werner recruiter came in on our first day and told us that he could put us in a truck before we even finished our schooling. The only thing he really talked about was how their trucks were on average no older than 2 years and really decked out and that you can take your dog with you in the truck. That pretty much tells me they are looking for nothing more than a warm body to hold a steering wheel.

 

hey jeeput-nh try napa transportation...thats where I am going next week I did too look into US xpress and was blind sided by them...I was told a nice truck 3,000 sign on bonus but what got me was the sliding scale pay 40 0-300 miles then 301-600 36cpm then 601 up 34cpm...how do u make any money that way!!!,,,home time for our area( I live in Vermont) would be 12 days MAYBE then two days off!!!.....but I then found Napa and for our area 44cpm to start then up from there,,, and 7-10 days out with 2-3 days off smaller company more family orientanted and oh yea it is run by a family not a corperation...I havent work for US like I sadi but after 20 plus yrs exp. I research alot if you have any more question or I can help PM me...good luck

 

The mega fleets are all the same... You'll be sitting no matter where you go but good luck