BEWARE of WERNER!!!

It sucks to hear that. Hopefully you find a company that better suits you

 

Uh, good luck with all those "suits" you describe.

 

10.50 an hour is for hourly workers. Truck drivers are not considered hourly workers.... Just sayin

 

Dang, and I was just considering going to Werner too...

Seriously though, hope you find something better. Concentrate on that and not on Werner and you'll be fine.

 

I feel like we're missing part of the story because I never see a truck like that at a terminal or drop yard. They always give me loads. I feel like that under $300 pay check is something fishy. I just feel like you're hiding something like maybe you was being a *** to everyone so they don't want to bother with you or you are lazy and never drove the miles. Yes werner is a mega so not perfect but everything you are saying doesn't make sense to me.

 

Labor wont help you. Whatever you are paid as a trucker, you are exempt from overtime etc.

There are ADS popping up in the local papers for CDL drivers in vehicles UNDER 10,000 pounds to collect overtime back pay all of a sudden now. But oh shoot your blue truck weights 80000 so it's exempt.

So they are inhumane. Fine. Get cold yourself. Check everything to the nth degree. You are after all the agent of your company. YOU decide if the equiptment is safe to drive or not. Defects? Shop. More shop and keep turning it back into the shop until fixed, given new truck or better yet fired after you are burying them in unprofitable bills on a rusted out raining truck. Get hard.

I realize your dependants are everything. That's fine. I don't know what else to tell you except to pull up your DAC and prepare a rebuttal if necessary. Defend yourself where necessary. But understand you individually as a CDL driver among millions in the USA is just a dirt in a gearing of a locomotive. Easily cleaned out for someone else at any time.

Im sorry you had a bad company. Toss that onto the pile. wash your feet and move on your life. Tomorrow is a better day and it will be. What is done is done. What should I think is ideal is that you absorb these bad experiences and get hard yourself. Next thing you know you are all over whatever the next company that hires you. And they cannot push you around like a newbie.

 

Werner is bad? Say it ain’t so! Never would have guessed...

 

Why is it that people always find this sight after they get bent over by one of these crap companies. If you due your research ahead of time then you can sometimes avoid the pitfalls that are so prevalent in this industry. Their is plenty of info on this sight to help one make an informed decision. I truly hope everything works out for you.

 

Sounds like you need to work for yourself so you can be the responsible person to provide everything your family needs. Most truckload companies don’t pay you to wait on truck repairs. Once you get experience then maybe you can find a company that will. Werner is a starter company just like many other truckload OTR carriers where new drivers pay their dues until they can get a better job. If you are counting on any company to take care of all your needs in life you will be bashing them all. I feel your frustration, but they are an employer, not a social services agency.