Anything Good About Western Express?

i have many qustions and conserns about westren express, i have only 5 months experience, and i havent drove in almost a year, im ready to get bck on the road, i live in knoxville tn, they have told me that thier pay is 75 CPM!!! is this true?,,, they also said i will with a trainer for a week?? and that i WILL BE HOME EVERY WEEKEND?? ihave been approved they are just waiting on me to pick a orintation date, im not sure what to tell them, does anyone have any hard evindense tht this place is as bad as it sounds, because im deprite their the only company that will hire me right now, i wont more experince but i dont want to mess up my DAC or never get home,,, anyone??

 

NO, you will not make .75/mi, .30-33 maybe, yes you may have to spend the week on the road with a trainer, if its the only place you can go then go. Getting home every weekend??? I seriously doubt it, but because you don't stay far from Nashville, anything is possible. I hear stories about van drivers in the NE region getting home every weekend.

 

.75 is on runs 1 to 100 miles......... getting home every weekend I am not sure down there...............

 

You will live in the North East. Do you want to be there this time of year? I would contact Swift in Decatur GA. (Atlanta) Swift has a great CSA rating. W-E's sucks! You will get inspected at the scales a bunch.

 

Sure Wish I had a Faster Truck. I have guys coming from Swift, Werner,C.R England, Schneider coming through my orientation all of the time... The N.E. is where the freight is.......... I also believe we just started a S.E.REGIONAL Fleet but don't quote me on that.

 

Thanks for the info, I ain't sure about them, they have alt of bad info about Them

 

I was at Swift 15months. There is an ad right now for the Memphis. You can chose to stay out of the NE. I did. Read my signature. If you are going to get rolling you need to get off it. You can't be picky. W-E can end up hurting your CSA score making you ineligible at any decent company. I could see W-E from our school in Nashville. We went there for a "field trip." I came away with a bad taste in my mouth. Their head recruiter had a sucky attitude. And he told us they live in the North East. I never hit MA, CT, or any or NYC. You will see NYC with W-E. You will be pushed to run illegall.

Swift has EZ-Prepass. We usually got to by pass the scales.

I talk smack about Swift. They were a vehicle to experience, and now I am home every night. I was out of trucking for over 20 years. I went to Swift in Feb 2010.

 

remember me rug trucker. i was at swift the same time you was, go back and check your post on the swift boards youll see me there. dont let swift fool you neither they are a big company that treats you like a number, exactly like every big company does

 

Sissy. Women. In. Freightliner. Trucks= SWIFT

 

Yep I agree. A beginner needs to do what they need to do to get experience. Swift sucked in many ways. They were good in many ways. The prepass usually had a green light to bypass the scales because of Swift's CSA scores. Not true with W-E. Swift was good with getting things fixed on the road. I don't need someone to powder my butt and tell me I am doing good. I need consistent money. W-E will starve you out if you stand up for yourself. Most recent person I hauled fuel with told me W-E did it to him, and screwed with him on his home time.