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what about the 15+ local drivers that have slammed into the back of cars this year? all have 10+ years in the seat....



American Trucker

 

Since we already see you lie, why should we believe this statement?...

 

Why not? Of ALL the companies out there, WS has a great reputation...Is it perfect, of course not, but for a trucking company, it may be as close as you can get...

 

Read my blog all 4000+ post there is every detail good, bad, ugly about my exp with w/s.....Im not hideing anything

feel free to post about your bad exp as long as its legitimate there is nothing wrong with posting about it. But when guys come on and exagerate to make the problem seem worse then thats where we have a problem.




American Trucker

 

Most truck drivers just a lot,they complaint about everything but they dont want a do #### to improve.

 

Dave runs into the same thing every day, most all drivers he talks with are pretty dissatified with the company too.

There are only a very small portion of W/S drivers that are even on this forum or I'm sure that you would read alot more negative about them

 

I'll answer this:

Your and East Coast Regional Driver
You spend your time on the East Coast at the East Coast Terminals with all the other East coast drivers

All new drivers hired on the east side stay east on the regional side.

Most truck drivers HATE the east coast with a passon

Most drivers dont enjoy LTL, They my like the money but not the work.

Most drivers arent cut out for trucking, only 2% of people that get into trucking are still in it a year later



So out of the 275 drivers based out of Conover ALLOT of them are new, stay in the east and do mainly LTL.....hmmmm gee why might they be in a bad mood sometimes....Talk to drivers in RED trucks, the O/O's, the TEAMS, and the Flatbedders and most are VERY happy. The penski drivers can be hit or miss just because of the type of work they do and that most are new. I've talked to a good 50+ EC guys and most of which were new, some were not very happy and wanted to leave and some did. The ones that stuck it out and got a system worked out and learned to truck and are still here talk to them now...they enjoy it.

Talk to the local drivers, short line, dedicated drivers....all happy.




There is your answer, start asking how long they've been driving after you ask how they like it here, keep track of both numbers and then in a few weeks look at your numbers you'll see what i mean.





American Trucker

 

Then you would think it crazy to turn loose pilots with 10-15hrs TOTAL flight time solo but that's the norm, and I know, I've been a flight instructor since 2000 and have never had a student crash a plane...I myself solo'd with 10.4hrs of total training...If you can't drive a truck after 160hrs of training including 40hrs of driving, you need another job...It aint that complicated...

 

If what you say is true that only 1 in 10 drivers are happy there then that is kind of saying only 10 percent of the drivers at W/S are happy. I don't know exactly how many drivers they have but just for kicks say they have 500 drivers. You are saying only 50 are happy? I find that a little hard to believe.

Another thing I wondered about is that if you have 15 years experience, I would not think trip planning (taking responsibility) and getting a 53' truck in occasional tight spots would not be that big of a deal.

Also, you knew what the pay scale was before you went there. All I can say about that is I know for a fact that there are W/S drivers on here making $5000 to $10,000 more per year than I am making so it can't be all that bad.

 

W/S has somewhere between 750-800 Trucks + O/O's




American Trucker