Werner Enterprises, Inc. - Omaha, Ne.

"How many have ever have been trainers"?
I have ever been a trainer.

The way the industry works is it doesn't, .... is what I hear and read a lot.

WoaH!
Hold on thar.
Is that a fact, or your opinion?
I don't know how trainers are compensated now-a-daze, but it wasn't dependent on runnin' team with a trainee back in the day.

I found some satisfaction knowing that when I put the best interest of my trainee(s) first and foremost, the end result was a better quality product, capable of performing better than average, ---- and remained employed with the Big truck truck trainin' company that I was a trainer for, ..... longer than average.
I should also point out that I often learned things from my trainees as well as they from me, some of which I still use to this day.
Win/Win, ........ no?

When the white shirts with ties from on high hinted that it might be a good idea to try runnin' a trainee like a co-driver, ... for efficiency, no doubt, I mentioned that ain't happinin' in my Big truck, --- for several reasons. One reason is trust. If the company trusts my abilities as a trainer, ....... allow me to utilize said abilities to the best of my ability, --- and I'll trust the company to ask me how I do what I do, and not tell me HoW THEY would do it my way.
Proof is in the puddin'.

Office desk drivers are notorious for commin' up with brilliant ideas that sound good and look good on paper, and worthy of a Nobel Prize or a year membership in MENSA. Can't tell 'em their idea won't work, so I told 'em their idea can't work 'cause I won't use it.

Some of 'em get a tad testy and remind the drivers of the awesome powers possessed by front office personnel, and how they can make or break any rouge driver who won't follow their instruction(s), --- exactly.
My response was in the form of a question to those front office drivers of desks.
"How many trainees have they trained to drive a Big truck"?
For that matter, ..... who trained them how to drive a Big truck?
And remind 'em they go home at 5M every night.
Surely it's 5-0-Clock SOMEwhere.
Go Home!

Be it ever so humble,
There's no opinion like mine.

I was hired right out of drivin' school by Schneider National out of SoCal.

Around 13 months I was asked if I wanted to fill in for another driver who had some medical problems needin' fixin'. It was pullin' a set-0-doubles on a dedicated military run with a tight schedule, --- 6,700 miles in 7 days, --- take two days off and do it all again. Mileage and perk-pay for breakin' a set-0-doubles, $35, split, --- and we broke a set at least 8 times, ($280 split, $140 extra each week), --- plus the don't exceed 55MPH and/or 1,800 RPM, keep idle time down, and no customer service failures, .... got a six-cent per miles driven in a month, -- monthly bonus, NOT split. That run added bulk to a wallet.

And I was told those dedicated military base route drivers had to have at least 3 years experience to qualify for the run.
And I was asked by those in the front office, if I wanted in on the action.
Imagine that.

That's about when the office started tryin' to interest me in becoming a trainer. It took 'em 'round six months to convince me, along with some spiffy perks, to agree.
One was a brand new Big truck for trainin' and to attend trainer trainin' in Green Bay. They flew me there and after I got trainer trained, I picked up my brand new International COE, to drive back to SoCal, --- where drivers aren't allowed to take their Big truck home with 'em when off duty, and where mine got parked when off duty.

'Bout a million mile markers in my back pocket all totaled, no movin' citations, no DOT preventable crashes, and after almost 5 years with Schneider, a step up to a conventional ride with triple-digit abilities soon thereafter.

When the picture becomes tack-sharp and crystal clear, it often indicates the quality of the wannaBees certain Big truck truckin' companies choose to hire, --- their consistent choice.
I'm thinkin' their motive is higher profits through higher turnover.
Perpetual motion yields perpetual profits.

All poodles are dogs
But
Not all dogs are poodles.

Which shell is the pea under?

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Amen to that...

 

I think the conclusion that can be drawn here is that you worked hard, stayed safe, responded when opportunity knocked. Not everyone does this to say the least.

Did you do the 6,700 in 7 with a student or with a co-driver?

 

Ok, I thought I would update since its been months. I'm no longer with Werner , "WE CARE" SO NOT TRUE. left after 4 months, good if you get a good trainer (Sean Maybin) but after you get solo, Things really change. This is the worst company out there when it comes to how they treat drivers, dispatch is a joke. never took home time during training nor 4 months on the road and when I did, not happening for two weeks, so bobtailed almost 900 miles and took there truck back. Anyway, stay far far away. good equipment, terrible people who work there.

 

So how did that work? 900 miles without a load? Do you have to pay for the FUEL?

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I started as a company driver OTR then went to the Dollar General account, bought a truck from Werner then went back to OTR. I've had three different Fleet Managers and have had nothing but positive experiences with them. I plan ahead, take the loads given and I don't whine about the little stuff. I have found through 23 years in the Army, 10 years as a school teacher and another 4 years in Defense Contracting communication is the key to success and sometimes compromise will get you everything. Not much out there is worth falling on your saber for and you can gain more by being diplomatic. Ask any driver out there that has been with a company for any length of time why they have stayed with that company. It takes commitment, pride, and a solid work ethic. For the young drivers out there that jump from company to company, it will catch up with you and you can take that to the bank. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Remember this:

"Watch your thoughts for they become words.
Watch your words for they become actions.
Watch your actions for they become habits.
Watch your habits for they become your character.
And watch your character for it becomes your destiny.
What we think, we become. "
~ Margaret Thatcher

 

Any of you drivers listen to Roaddog Radio, XM 106?

 

I do at times. Some convos are good, others are crap.

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We were sent a letter for a class action lawsuit and this is how Warren treated my husband after paying $5k for school that lied and said they would help him with a job what they did is told us he could look online and call around he called Warner and they told him that if he didn't get a job with in a week of getting his CDL he would never find a job so like most people he said OK and was on the bus 2days latter when he got there they said halfway through the training he would go from $350 a week to $450 a week they told him 6-8 weeks so he said he would just stay and complete training before going home because his trainers he has 3 different ones and they all only let him drive at night it took 14 weeks to get the hours and there was no raise they told him he needed to do more training hours and was it we were done and yes I hope like last time they loose we may or may not see a dime and that's fine with me as long as that company has to pay for how they treat people and how they lie about everything and I do think this is how most truck companies are

 

This is one long sentence. He worked for who ?