Which is better FFE or Werner?

FFE,stay away from the big blue srew.I heard FFE isnt that bad.I trying to get in with them but there not hiring in florida at this time.

 

Where are you located? Are Werner and FFE your only choices? Do you have your CDL or experience? Do you need schooling? There are so many questions before I could give an answer. I myself work for Werner and am content. I had a verrry long training due to lack of trucks but settled in to a route which was exactly what I was looking for.

I heard there was a freeze on hiring at Werner but they could answer that better as well. Keep your options open and investigate as many comapnies as possible.

My .02

 

My bad, I just realized I replied to your other thread.

 

IMO I would stay away from the big blue screw..... I used to work for Lisa Motor lines they are owned by FFE. I was there from 98-03 and they were real good to me. You may want to check with them also. Lisa takes care of their drivers better then FFE.

 

I was a O/O leased to FFE for a whopping 6 months.. During that time I saw a lot of BS going on there.. DEFINATELY STAY AWAY FROM THEIR LEASE PURCHASE PROGRAM..

I personaly saw 3 trucks leave the yard in TX try to go to Waco and they couldn't even make that trip... One had a A/C compressor seize up.. Another had a water pump crap out.. The last one started smoking like mad.. (possible turbo?)

They seem to be just another training company. They try and run you and work you as hard as they can till you break and quit.. The trucks arn't maintained all that great.. The trailers were okay.. But, from a O/O standpoint they were terrible.. Just about everything they did cost you somthing.. I.E.; $35 "pool charge" for picking up a pre-loaded trailer, a mysterous driver association fee that was charged to you every month ($35 I think) I never figured out what it was suppose to do..

All trailers were to have the reefer topped off whenever dropping them (O/O had to buy all their reefer fuel, pay for trailer washouts, and lumpers). The straw that broke this camels back was the 3 1/2 days I sat in Friona, TX (meat packing plant) waiting on a load of ground beef... It seems it had to have an ecoli inspection done.... FFE paid me $350 for "laying over"... I flipped out.. 3.5 days lost I! I lost about $1500 in revenue I told them.. They didn't care..

The students were treated expecialy bad.. Waiting for days in a motel for a "trainer" who had barely any experiance themselves.. I gal was animate that using the jake brake was damaging to the engine and would not allow anyone to use it in her truck!! WOW.. where do they find these people??