Rejected from Werner

I'm glad your expressing your opinion on the forum;however I've never considered myself at the bottom of the food chain and have never taken any "sheet." Not even when I was new to Trucking. Life is too short.
BTW..My college educated friends cannot believe what I'm making out heah.. No joke.

 

well you have had more luck than alot of us then!!! people come to truck driving not knowing what they are getting themselves into, right now im a second generation truck driver i did took sheet from my lack of knowledge in my first few months but as i progressed in my young driving career with werner i realized if you dont speak up people will take advantage of you. im in track of making more money this year than most of the college graduates i know(mid to high 30k) most of the time im the one asking them to go for drinks.. they got school debt and a whole bunch of expenses i dont have. i knew what i wanted to do as a career and im where i feel good here. like some people say "nothing that is easy is worth doing" and so is trucking

 

Luck..Nah. Just an awareness to do "better" than most of my counterparts wherever I am. A recruiter/dispatcher in Des Moines told me 6yrs ago that a GOOD Truck Driver is hard to find;and when they find one they try to treat them as gold. Although I didn't take that job I never forgot what he said..

Indeed where I'm working now I have told the few people at home close to me..."Don't be surprised if they let me go over this one" after either throwing a fit at (usually scheduling) or one of a few other things we all encounter now and then. I have seen them let people go for lesser comments or outbursts and so the question must be asked...Why do they keep me on?

Simply-be dependable,work hard (within the law) always tell the truth as you see it and come across as someone who can be trusted.Sounds basic right? Look around and honestly ask yourself how many of these people you know.

Accordingly,I have always worked for small to mid-size companies (3 Trucking jobs in 8 years) because I always figured it is easier to be a bigger fish and stand out in a smaller pond than vice versa. I have been on this forum 4 years or so now and if even HALF of the stories I have read on the mega-carriers are true...it only proves I am correct in my way of thinking. (for me)

Everyone must find their own way in Trucking-as in life- but in my way of thinking one must go where one has the highest % of success. I am getting to be an old man..So I realize there are many different types of personalities with people,and I am certainly not 'locked in' to the idea my way is the right way. All I'm saying is most have a built in radar for right and wrong within themselves and most know when they are being taken advantage of. What I will NEVER understand is why one (some) put up with it.

 

just another person who believes the world and goverment owes them something for thier own incompetence

 

"Make drivers life easier"?
Easier to what?
Quit?

Werner is a training company. Now-a-daze, training newBees is profitable, and for many such companies, training newBees is what keeps the doors unlocked. It's no longer a situation where Werner only trains replacement Big truck truck drivers as needed. Actually, they need wannaBees to train, so they depend on their trainees quitting soon after they complete training to make room for more trainees to be trained. If newBees and/or rookies were well treated they'd likely feel content and remain, --- which would cause the company to lose profits from training as well as higher wages as the newBees gain seat time and experience. The system is now set up to take advantage of the glut of applicants seeking training, then providing the training company with cheap labor for a few months. Rather than spending a bundle of money on recruiting and retention of drivers as was the norm a few years ago when turn-over rates were around 80 to 100% yearly, now-a-daze those companies depend on a high turn-over rate. One Big truck truckin' company wants to see a 225% yearly turn-over rate to ensure higher profits.

Some Big truck truckin' companies might say they were dealt lemons
so they learned how to make lemonade.
However, many who thirsted and drank the lemonade found it to be
quite bitter and very hard to swallow.

If Werner is sending pre-load info to the drivers' cell phones, I assume Werner pays at least part of the drivers' cell phone bill? If not, I can see why it looks good on paper, --- Werner saves communication costs at the expense of the drivers' cell phone charges. Bummers if a driver doesn't have a cell phone to be contacted on because Werner doesn't pay them enough to afford a cell phone. Now, if only they could figure a way to get their drivers to pay the company for the privilege of drivin' one-0-them classy company Big trucks pullin' a load down the Money Trail for company profits, ............................................. :smt079:smt112

I seriously doubt Werner is purchasing any company Big trucks that can be considered "fully loaded". As far as the initial price of either a Kenworth or Peterbilt goes, compare the value of those two to the trade-in value of a Freightliner. Kens and Petes may be more expensive goin' in, but I'm thinkin' the added re-sale/trade-in value goin' out more than makes up for the extra it cost

Even the cheapest Big truck to maintain is expensive when fed a steady diet of fresh newBees grinding the innerds out of 'em.

If I were you, I'd sign up for some business management and practical business tax preperation courses to determine the accuracy of your assumption.

Breaker
Breaker
Attention!
Now hear this, --------
All you guys sittin' at the bottom of the hill in the sheety snow, -- gettin' poorly paid, .....
Be advised.
If y'all ain't moved closer to the top by the time I return, y'all can turnover your keys to whichever DJ is spinnin' the top 40 at the time.

That is all.

Over-N-Out.
:smt037
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I'm a recent graduate and I'm in my 3rd week of training with Boyd. After reading so many horror stories about other companies, I can honestly say I picked a good company. They've been more than stand up and seem to have a lot of great drivers that have been with the company for years. They have a high turnover rate for newbies but I think that's because they can't handle the extra work it takes to do flatbedding.

 

Werner??? They are a joke! I left after two weeks (out of dallas) because they had too many people and not enough trainers there were people there who was in training for 6 months and wasn't even halfway through! I went to schnieder instead.

 

Bad move, but I hope you like your cold/hot truck and 60MPH. With Werner, at least you have an APU and can drive 65.

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