Any Werner flatbed trainers here?

You may get more replies typing this question in the Werner part of the forum. Most of our flatbed guys on TTR are either O/O's, or work for more elite companies hauling various decks / HH etc.....
Best wishes, however!

 

I bet Werner will simply assign you your trainer after you go thru their orientation. I don't work for Werner but that's what my company did.

 

Be careful with Werner.

 

Reasons behind the allegations? Just wondering... never been there myself; have a neighbor starting with them in October.

 

It's a mega. Nuff said

 

True.... even a "mini" mega... yep.

 

I was trucking back when Werner was a good company. They had some of the nicest trucks that would flat out run. The drivers all liked working there & seemed to make decent money for the time. I considered working for them but had a decent local gig hauling gas.

Then I stepped away from trucking to pursue other interests. I didn't keep up with anything truck related during that time.

I came back to trucking in 2007, because I didn't have recent experience all the companies said I would have to retrain. Didn't like the idea but had the hankering to get back in a truck. Saw a Werner truck & remembered the old days.

So i called, set up a date for orientation in Dallas, checked in at the terminal hotel, just watched, lingered & listened.

Didn't see or hear a single driver that was happy, Asked a few drivers what kind of money they were averaging a week, the numbers they gave were crap, there's a local convenience store chain that will start you out at higher pay with no experience.

I arrived at the hotel at 5 p.m., by 8 p.m. I had decided to bug out.

Now mind you, the industry has completely changed from when I was first in it, other than the comfort level of the trucks it hasn't been for the better. But what they expect a newbie to put up with & at ridiculous compensation levels, it's no wonder that there are so many window lickers jumping off the short bus & into a big truck. They don't know any better & they still have a window to lick.

To the OP, I'm not suggesting you are a window licker, good people get caught up in bad situations sometimes while trying to achieve their goals. Luck be with you.

 

I had a buddy go to driving school about 7 years ago, the. He signed on with Werner.

He ran right about 100k miles his first year, was only home 5x that whole year and made under 40k...

 

28 now. Started with Werner when I was just turning 22. I was there 18 months.. overall I'll give it 5 stars because it's so horrible in every aspect of trucking once you leave it's a dream come true. Honestly