Anything good about Werner?

For the record, I really actually thought there was real computers inside Werner trucks (lie a pc) before I started lol...

Gosh I was dumb

 

IRocubabe you ruined it for me, you said you have a hubby, just kidding. Love all your post. If I could get all my student drivers, all are males, to be as tough as you my job would be easy. For all the new people, listen to this women, she has been in the highs and lows of trucking in a short amount of time and still has a good head on her shoulders about it all. Very mature for a young lady. She will tell you the same thing, don't be a sissy and tough it out. Your a new driver, noone is going to hand you a job on a golden platter. Earn it like the rest of us, or hang out in the unemploment line. Gotta go before my student driver has a heart attack, almost to St Louis MO, on our way to Dallas, he thinks 150,000 people in a city is big, this might be fun. Seeya.

 

Great posts Stump, keep them up and yes IROC is a pretty neat lady. New people to the industry would do well to listen to her.

 

Not trying to bash anybody, but you cannot easily do this either. If you start at 26cpm and add all bonuses at the max, you probably will not get to 33cpm. I discussed this before I started as well. It took me hours of conversation to find somebody that could almost explain this average first year driver thing as I was quite interested to know how you can average 33cpm while making 26cpm. I still to this day have not been able to get a solid answer to this question.

Not all bonuses are easy to get either. I for one have never received a bonus of any kind except the annual one you get for making it through the year. They may be easier to get in a different division, I do not know. I do however average over 40cpm weekly on the miles I run (not including stop pay). This probably makes me one of the first year (into second now) drivers that they use to raise the average.

I am on a dedicated account so my pay is different from otr, but this is one of the ways you can come up with this average pay thing. One of the other things you are not told is most first year drivers do not last a year. So are they included in the average or not?

Bottom line as I see it is it can be done at Werner. Are the odds in favor of the new guy? Probably not. Most people come to this job expecting much more than they will get. This is with all companies not just Werner.

Anyhow, not trying to build them up or tear them down, just trying to give my honest opinion on my experiences.

 

Well we were based # .38 with bonuses, vac pay, and per diem according to my info here we ended up at .41.3 cpm

I appreciate the kind words, my only purpose here is to try to tell it from both sides. And to express my own opinions as morbid as they may be sometimes lol.

 

If you are able to withstand being a robot and live consistantly in your truck for low pay, why not try werner. NO ONE has ever proved to me that if you stay out longer, the more u make. The US isn't that big or is your bank account. Maybe for a rookie to start, but goodluck.

 

Companies like Werner are good for rookies to get a start. Some drivers make it there and some don't. A great many, don't. Werner is not the only company that has high turnover, all the big carriers do. Most of the turnover is in the first 30 days. People new to the industry simply can not adjust to the lifestyle of being an over the road driver.
But you have to remember that Werner has many many drivers who have been there for 10, 15, and even 20 years. Those drivers have learned to make the system work for them. If they hadn't they wouldn't still be there. They make a decent living and are doing the job they want to do.

 

Back in the days before 9/11 and high fuel...Werner was the company!
Back in the days before all this regional crap...Werner was the company!
Back in the days when they allowed you to literally drive your assigned truck as if it were your own car...Werner was the company!

Werner was the second major company I ever worked for...and I loved them back then...I could take my off time anywhere...I could leave Miami, FL and end up in Idaho....as a solo driver...

I miss the old Werner...
I know nothing about the new Werner except that which I read...

 

Hey, I remember those days! I signed on with them in '97 and would take my time off in So. Cal, bobtail 250 miles up to Morro Bay and use my truck like an RV for three days! By the time I was done and back to Fontana, I'd put 600-700 miles on her, on their nickel. No questions asked, even with qualcomm. Those were the good 'ol days!

I don't know if Werner still sells their trucks to their drivers like they used to. In '99 I purchased (not leased) a Werner '98 Century with 180K on it for $59,000 with $1K down, financed through Associates Comm Corp, with ten virgin tires and all fluids changed, plus remainder of the factory warranty. Pretty ###### good deal, and way better than the fleece programs you hear about today. My payment was $1610/mo for 48 months, with no balloon payment at the end, so it was yours. Werner had no hold on you, so you could quit them at any time and take the truck with you. I wonder if they still offer that? A driver only had to be with Werner for three months (which I think is too soon for a newbie) to qualify, as long as their credit wasn't horrible. And you could pick and choose from dozens of Pete 379's, Freightshaker Century's and Classics.

If they still have that program, it might be worth it to run with them a few months, buy one, and chose whatever company you wish to contract with.

 

I just made it through training and I'm about to test out to see if I get the job. Training is just working as a team driver with an experienced driver for 280 hours so you can ask questions and learn how to do the job on your own. The problem here is the people who decide to become trainers are not teachers they are just truck drivers so be prepared to endure a greasy old fool for two months.



I would just like to add one thing about my last trainer (co driver). I'm pretty sure he wore diapers and would #### him self. no lie. When something pissed him off real bad the cabin would fill with the smell of ####. His diet also consisted only of tasty cakes and diet mountain dew...



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Most of these people are miserable sacks of #### (and even smell like one too) that don't have a clue about teaching (lets just say teaching isn't their top priority). The learning atmosphere consists of about 50% anal flatulent gases 50% carbon filtered air. These trainers consider themselves the sweat pants elite and they want more than anything to turn you into a carbon copy of themselves. Don't let them get to you and don't adopt any of their behaviors or their mindset. Just go into training and keep a log of all of the rules they break so that you have something to cover your ### if they try to screw you in the end. The elite force of the truckers in sweats will attempt to piss you off to the point where you quit. Do not let them (Ask them not to harass you and keep a log of everything they do that could be considered against the rules. You could even bring a small recording device. I sure wish I did). Just continually push that you want to drive the maximum amount of hours you possibly can per day, make it through training, and become a trainer yourself. Train like you think they should have trained you. OH AND DON'T FORGET TO WRITE DOWN AND LOG ANY HARASSMENT OR BROKEN RULES SO THAT YOU MAY REPORT THEM WHEN YOUR TRAINING IS OVER! IF WE DON'T DO THIS THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GET AWAY WITH IT!!!

SWEAT PANTS ARE FOR GIRLS!!! OWNED