Career change to TrUcKiNg......

Here ar 208 opinions and first hand testamonies for Werner Enterprises:

http://www.thetruckersreport.com/tr...re/13591-werner-enterprises-inc-omaha-ne.html

 

no, you do not need a cb radio right now. wait till you get on the road with your trainer, then shop around at the various truckstops and buy the brand YOU want for a good price, usually around $100.

how much "out of pocket" money do you need each week........??
depends on how much you eat each day. if you're going to eat 3 full square meals a day, then figure around $150.00 just for food, sodas, coffee's, candy, chips, dips, etc.etc. once you go flat broke by shelling out all sorts of money for "junk food", you'll learn real fast how to curb your appetite.

as for per-diem, its been so long since i had to deal with that, someone else will inform you.

 

If you smoke, figure an average of $5 a pack. Add that to your weekly total.

Per diem is complicated and I am not the guy to go into that but, I learned long ago that Per Diem can kill you at Tax Time.

 

Do the math (.352 times 2700 equals $950.40 per week times 52 weeks equals $4942.08 per year).
The problem is that Warner starts you off at 28 cents (not 35 cents) per mile and this comes to a whopping $39,312.00.
This is a lot of work but this is what the trucking companies get away with on newbies (untill legislators catch up with them).
Also there is a lot of information on Werner in this web site, most of which is bad.

 

From my 5 weeks training at Werner, Scarecrow hits the nail right on the head in his post. I was totally misled by my recruiter & the ad on careerbuilder.com that I would be making 35,000-40,000 my first year. My recruiter sent me a letter saying I can expect to make 36K, the ad on carerbuilder said 40K. While I was at orientation, my roomate at the hotel said you will be lucky to make 30K. My trainer said the exact same thing as did some other Werner drivers I met out on the road. I know your training lasts roughly about 2 months. You only make 325-350 per week during that period. I was FURIOUS when I found out about the amount of $$ I was expected to make my first year. I fully expected to make at least 35K. Don't count on bonuses either. From what I have seen & heard, they are almost impossible to get. If I were you I would consider starting your career with someone other than Werner. I got about 3/4 of my training done, took my PTO(paid time off) & am not going back with them. I personally would recommend to someone who just got their CDL to find local work driving some type of straight truck:bus, cement truck, dump truck, delivery truck, etc. unless your heart is set on being out on the road all of the time. good luck