Werner weekly hometime

Since you’ve had no luck. I’d jump on and do the dollar account and keep applying else where. Looks better to be employed somebody else will call u eventually.

 

Just love threads / posts where the OP does this:

OP: Is XYZ Trucking a good one to work for? Recruiter says blah blah blah...
Reply: Sure! Recruiters always tell truth!
OP: But I have no experience and recruiter says blah blah blah...
Reply: Aim higher. Can find a better company with eyes minimal effort.
OP: But I have to have more home time. Recruiter says blah blah blah...
Reply: Why did you even post the question if you already "know" what you're going to do?
OP: But I don't know, that's why the question. Recruiter says blah blah blah....

Lookie here driver.... Not trying to pick on you, but there is a lot of experience in this here forum - along with a lot of EGO. Folks like yourself have asked this same question 1000 times, and usually get an answer that they don't like. If you are seriously considering a career in the commercial transportation industry, understand that you WILL NOT get that perfect job right out of the gate. I need this much money, this much hometime, run these lanes.... these are all stipulations that EXPERIENCED drivers get to use. Right now, I would be focused on getting some training (backing skills, load securement, time management, route planning, financial savvy, etc.) These are things that just come with time.

HOWEVER, If you take the next year or two and genuinely dedicate yourself to LEARNING all you can THEN, and ONLY THEN, you have the right to be picky about the "where, what, and when". With a clean MVR & two recent incident-free years of OTR experience - you can get a whole lot pickier and find pretty close, if not excactly, what you are looking for.

Summation: Sign on and stay (don't job-hop), pay your dues, learn ALL you can, don't be an ###-hole, take suggestions, verify everything - assume nothing, and THEN (after a couple of years) go looking for that proverbial pot-o-gold at the end of the rainbow job.

Merely my $.02.... Good luck!

 

See if they have a staples account in your area. Night driving, home every day, off on weekends AND holidays. Other than that is Bass pro shops, home every weekend and you can park on site at the stores. Those dollar store accounts are tough. Ive done them and would not recommend for many reasons. Tight lots with customers racing around, dealing with dollar store employees all day every day, back breaking work all day in all weather, running out of hours and being stuck at stores after breaking back all day in all kinds of weather. As a new driver you should focus on driving without the ridiculous parking situations, stressful multiple drop schedules and hard physical labor when they will want you to be ready and rolling after your ten is up, every day. Also Schneider drivers seemed much happier doing dollar stores, I think Schneider pays them better and has better perks for dollar store drivers.

 

I tried the dollar general account. After a single load switched back to van. It's hard labor and also who ever loads the trailers suck at it

 

The question was would Werner get him home everyweek
Running regional like the recruiter said.
Or where they lying to him.

Answer: there lying to him.
That's all that matters.

 

Your in a crap hole city for a truck driver.
High cost of living and low truck driver wages.

Knights out there, see if there still running those
Trashy containers back and forth from Vegas
To LA.
There always hiring for that job.
You won't make any money but you'll
Be home a lot.

Call Gary at Staffmark. It's a temp service
For truck drivers.
Ask him about the twice a week run from
Vegas to Salt Lake City for first fleet.

Again,you'll only make 4 to 6 hundred a week.
But you'll be home 3 days a week.

How much experience do you have.

 

Sorry, it really happened to me. It's all true and it was seriously disgusting. I am mildly amused and curious how you arbitraraly decided that it is fake. Im a real driver and it really happened. He was a 30 year driver and Werner knows that it's true and who he is. The company and their employees and their lawyers used to peruse my Werner Trainer Craps Himself website for years before I felt sorry for them and I took it down.

 

So.
If they have my resume.
They have my motor vehicle report as well as my naive honesty when the recruiter spoke to me.
AND.
They asked for my last three tax returns, which I provided.
* shakes head *
Please tell me the truth.
This recruiter was even asking if I had ever been on assistance. Which he SAID they would be able to TELL by my Tax returns. (I haven't BTW but what business is it of theirs?)
I have such a horrible taste in my mouth.
I have until this Friday or now after one day of class Monday to pull out of the Community College CDL class and get my full tuition back.
Just lay it on me.
Trucking is not worth the time away from home and the treatment by the carrier?(Especially when starting out?)
~ Gamgee disillusioned