Covenant X Werner Very tough decision

Well I don't know why Schneider told you that about their dedicated accounts. I got hired with no experience driving truck. Heck, my truck was brought up and parked...waited for me to finish my training, it sat for like 3 weeks for me to finish and start my job running this dedicated account. Another guy I trained with also got hired onto the same account and actually brings me my freight each day.

I don't see what the problem is with the Quallcomms being locked while the truck is rolling. I've seen lots of incredibly stupid drivers typing or reading their messages while driving down the road...that scares me.

Lots of companies optimize fuel stops. Schneider does the same thing, but I don't know if they tell you how much to fuel. Basically you tell the computer how much fuel you have left and it will give you a route and fuel suggestion telling you where to get fuel. IE, if you are in Utah with a quarter tank of fuel left, they might want you to fuel up in WY where it is a few cents cheaper or less tax or something like that. of course that doesn't apply to me as I get fuel at one of two pilots on my route.

 

Well that could be, and it could also be something with your area too, maybe just the way they work down there. I havent heard of a general mills account myself so maybe they had a problem with inexperienced drivers or something and hence their policy for that area.

 

have you looked into prime?They have a pretty lengthy training period,and its team diving...There are a few negative comments on here about them,but not as many as werner and covenant..Just dont do their lease.....

 

good just dont go for werner, they make you go out with a trainer (experience d or not) and run as a team for 300 and some odd hours at 300 bucks a week
if you get on a dedicated this could take AND I AM NOT KIDDING 6 months
i currently work for them, they have NO DRIVER HELP if you call in for any kind of help you are always on hold, its aweful, the automatic log is not bad for me as i am a team driver but i have met people who run out of hours at a pickup or drop and cant go anywhere to shower and eat,
they promise miles but trust me, you wont get them, when i joined i watched IN 3 DAYS 30 people quit, i started counting,
this company has some middle management issues i guess cuase they fired all there support staff
(btw i also had a REAL emergency, hour and a half on hold before they took it, i am not kidding)
too bad schnieder wouldnt take ya, they are a great company if ya can ever get in

 

IF my only choice was between Covenant and Werner I would opt out of driving OTR. Sorry, but thats how bad they are.

 

Schneider also has issues with their phone system taking a long time and it was a question posted in their recent monthly newsletter. They at least acknowledge the problem and are working on resolving it. Its just a pain when I have to call and wait on hold for a long time using up my cell phone minutes. Im not sure which is faster, quallcomm or phone.

I dunno, lol sometimes it doesnt make sense either. last week i went out to the truck which had no coolant at all in the res...sent in a macro and they still wanted me to drive the truck coolantless to the shop. Well that wasted about an hour of my time when I could have done that anyways but my mechanic at the account office told me to get someone to come out there since I had no coolant. Then a few days before, they sent me to a Cat dealer to get the truck worked on for its detroit coolant issue...needless to say, that didnt work out.