some werner stats

I'm graduating in 1 week & thinking about joining Werner. Any feedback?

 

thanks for the info verimon. I am looking to get the best OTR experience possible with a company that has a terminal in NJ. I have sat through the sales pitchs from Covenant, Werner & Watkins/Shepard. I search the threads on this site and get mixed messages. Just want to work for a good company. I have been in the restaurant industry for 25 years & I am tried of getting pooped on.

"Keep On Truckin'"

 

Pappa Jake,

You're "tired of getting pooped on" and you think Trucking is not gonna afford this??
There is no perfect run nor is there a perfect dispatcher (altho some folk will argue these).
There are decent pieces of equipment and there is junk which passes for decent equipment(according to some company shops).
There are three year old trucks that are worn out from the slipseating and there are ten year old and older trucks that are in very good shape from not slipseating.
There ARE nice Cops (rare) and there are evil Cops (plenty).
The only good Coop is a closed Coop!
Waiting in line to fuel.
Waiting in line to shower.
Waiting in line to eat or to pay for things.
Waiting at shippers/receivers WITH AN APPT. to be ldd/nldd., and a lot of these have folk that don't care what one has to go thru in order to complete what one needs. Some places are more "fun" than others and some places actually are decent, some.
Incorrect directions=a staple of this industry!
Being away from home for a minimum two weeks at most companies, three at some, longer if the driver wants yet the home time remains the same, usually one day off for every 7 days out up to a maximum 4 days off (J. B. Hunt) regardless of time OTR.
$1,000.00 a week divided by 80 hours = $12.50 @ .30 cpm. More cpm generates a little more weekly pay yet do not consider this to be a consistency as some weeks one may run more than other weeks. Only a few run consistent miles every week.

The good side:
New places not yet seen.
Different people everywhere.
Friendly people(staff) at most Truck Stops.
Visiting family or friends in other parts of the country which would probably otherwise not happen.
Monetary gain from "at home" job (sometimes).
There are other items to add by the people that know of them.

I'm not trying to harsh your mellow, I'm merely posting MY opinion of this Industry or Profession or Trade or what-have-you.

BEst uv WELLness 2-u-n-urs-n ALL (ad)ventures!!

 

I thought werner pays better then 30,000 for the 1rst year I was thinking about them too

 

Dont do it !!!
You WILL "REGRET" it!!

check out the ripoffreports.com under werner enterprises or werner enterprizes

 

They had started my off at 23 yes 23 cpm. When I had started my recruter told me that I would a increas in pay due to some exereance I had. I figerd hu mabee 32 33 cpm. No. 23 @#$%in cpm. If your thinking of driveing for weener trucking do not do it.

 

I find it quite funny that he said "forced canada" well guess what man, my trainer now, has been an O/O of Centuries for the past 5 years with werner, and has NEVER been asked to do a canada load...I also talked to plenty of other drivers who have centuries and maybe 5 out of 30 said they have been to canada, get it right man.

 

You must have one hell of a record then...cause I am starting at $0.28 a mile.