So I think I'm going with Werner

I understand your arguement. However, it becomes about which company is gonna provide you what you need from them. If your gonna bust your ### and not be home then you mind as well find a company that meets thise few needs.

 

Settle down.

You've made your point like many many others have on here thinking they are going to beat the system with the mega junk companies. Most end up leaving the site because they were wrong and didn't listen to others advice.

Best of luck to you I sincerely hope it works out. Keep us posted and let us know how it goes for you. If you disappear after a few weeks or months we will know.

 

Boston Tanker and his girl, if you've already decided to go with Werner then why start this thread ? No offense but you should have expected the "backlash". Like you've stated, you picked them because they fit your needs. Be at peace with that. What do you hope to accomplish with this thread ? Argue your way till everyone agrees Werner is the best starter company for you ? My wife and I work at a starter company. We did our research and pulled the trigger. Didn't seek anyones approval.


Best of luck to you !

 

I dunno. I had to leave earlier and smoke a cigar. Then as I was doing so, a Richard Cranium backed into my stockade fencing, breaking one picket.

I ran on over and the guy admitted he did it and was sorry, he didn't see it.....

uh...how do you miss a 6 foot tall red fence..????

well any way's I wanted a mere $2 for the broken picket, and I got that.

then I went to the fence company to buy some extra pickets, since from past experiences, the fence will be hit again, and again.

would you believe me if I said, that 3-4 years ago, a single 6 foot tall grade 2 (it's the way they grade the pickets) cost me back then, 65¢ each..??

and today I bought 5 more (just in case I have a run of crashed pickets) and each one NOW costs $1.90..????

so although I got my $2.00 for the one broken one, I just barely made a profit.??

Oh yeah, and about 2-3 years ago, I also stocked up on decking screws, 2", 2.5", 3", and even 4", by the boxes from Lowes. I use those as since they are cheap. But like the pickets, I ain't priced those out yet.>!!

 

We posted because he was happy with his decision to join you giys in the industry he was excited is that wrong?

 

I did the dollar account for Werner, it does seem you've made your mind up, but just some food for thought.

I was told 3 trailers a week minimum as well, but almost always got 2 and a part of a 3rd. (They didn't pay me the unloading pay of the third until the next settlement, so my settlements always reflected 2 trailers a week, 3 trailers every 3rd week or so.)

My average haul was very short. I didn't see much of the countryside, as my view was generally limited to any one of hundreds of small US towns in a very small area. I only ever drove through 4 states while I was with them on the dollar account, and the towns I saw all looked pretty much like copies of each other.

In addition Dollar General hires the most rude, and ignorant people out of all the stores I've dealt with (Family Dollar, Dollar General, Dollar Tree, Sears, Michaels, Lowes, Home Dept, Tractor Supply, Dillards, JC Penny, Brookshires, Walmart etc). Expect to deal with some real turds on a near daily basis.

The work itself wasn't so hard, time consuming but I didn't mind it. What I did mind was trying to get my lift onto the pads in the poorly layed out parking lots, generally around a ton of trash that the manager should have had cleaned up (Old pallets, old Rolltainers, broken carts, old appliances.) Also a lot of the store locations are (no polite way to put this) in very poor areas. I got approached several times a day by people wanting money, or to sell me various things.

Now, with all that I was averaging about 1100 a week gross. Not the worst, but far from fair considering how much work was involved. There were some things I liked about Werner, lots of TA/petro fuel stops (they have the nicest showers in my opinion). The management level is fairly low, and the folks on the phone were nice enough.

Simplified to pros and cons:

Pros:
-Decent Paycheck
-Nice Office People
-Decent Insurance

Cons:
-Rude Customers
-Tiny Parking lots to navigate (some firmly entrenched in Residential areas, and some stores open during delivery hours)
-Lots of work involved
-Didn't do much driving
-Pretty much only saw the region I lived in
-Most of my delivers saw me sleeping behind the Dollar Store itself, as no nearby truckstops and no other way to make appointment. This meant no shower/bathroom available. Nor food, unless a restaurant with 24 hour lobby was nearby. (plenty of Fast Food places now, 24 hour drive thru but lobby closes at 10pm. They won't even serve you, lol).


As it stands, I left Werner to go to Con-Way, but I could have stayed with Werner, they aren't as bad as people make them out to be. I did my job and made my money. Just realized I was doing a bit to much work for what I was getting.

Good luck Driver, enjoy the work. If you get in some of those

 

Nothing wrong with that except your man is getting upset by some of the feedback he's getting.

You have to be secure in your decision and not seek validation from people on here.