Start Werner on Wed in Phoenix

I start orientation with Werner on Wednesday, Yes, I know allot of people don't like them, and that is fine.
My question is, Is anyone else going to be starting on Wed?

Best of luck to all you guys, keep the shiny side up and maybe we will see you on the road.

 

Hey booba92EZ, Thanks for the welcome. I see so many negative posts about Werner, but so far all the ACTUAL Werner drivers I have talked to, all seem at least content with the company. All of the recruiters I have talked to seem friendly enough.
Do you drive OTR, Dedicated, or Regional? I will be driving Family Dollar dedicated. Do you know if Werner has transponders for the weigh stations? I had one with Crete...the only GOOD thing I can say for Crete.

 

Hello everyone, I reported last night start orientation at 6 am...it's about 5 now.
Since I do have some experience with a break in driving I will drive with a trainer for 172 hours, so that's not bad, I'm hoping I get a co driver/trainer that wants to run super solo as quick as he can so I can get as many hours behind the wheel as soon as I can, not sure what the requirements are....Find out today.
I talked to a few drivers some experienced and some new, the experienced all seemed to like it here, when I got to the terminal yesterday a few were turning trucks in for service or something, so I had a great opportunity to talk with a few.
I will update this evening when I get back to my room.

Oh Bullseye, one word when it comes to your transportation to orientation...FLY! suck up the expense and fly, they will reimburse you up to the cost of the bus ticket. It took me 20 hours to get from Provo to Phoenix. The stuff I saw in that 20 hours....makes me shudder just to think about it....

 

1st day was painless, a lot of CBT but fairly simple, If you know your basics, it will be easy.
They did the physical and UA, photo for ID and map reading 101. All pretty basic stuff.

I did find out, I won't be able to kick start the co driver thing like I wanted, I will have to follow a program to the letter, so no getting through the co driver/trainee phase quick like I wanted....Oh well. I will take it as it comes and learn everything I can from my co drivers experience and knowledge.

I will let you know what happens tomorrow.