Werner Enterprises enrolls 35,000th apprentice driver

"Partnered" meaning the Gov provided the money and Werner provided the empty promises of a job.

The issue that strikes most of us not how many Veterans Werner helped out, it is how much help did Werner give them with the money they got from the government. How far did our tax dollars go to helping out veterans, that deserve the help, vs helping out Werner that doesn't. If Werner was offering training for a career, it is obvious by the numbers, Werner did not offer many of these drivers a real career at their trucking company.

 

And you don't think 3100ish a year is bad????? Doesn't sound real helpful to the vet or his family.

Helpful to werner's bottom line

 

werner doesnt give the money to the veterans. its comes from the VA. Here is a link in case anyone wants to actually read about the program.

http://www.benefits.va.gov/gibill/docs/factsheets/OJT_Factsheet.pdf

 

I was in the veterans apprenticeship program at tmc. There is a caveat to the program that if the driver is making enough money that he/she would be tracking towards $52k a year over the course of a full quarter then that driver is then processed out of the program and given their so called "certification". Which the programs certification means nothing other than to say that they successfully completed the program. The cert is worth nothing. I was proceed out at the end December 2014 because I was averaging $1100 gross per week

 

These programs are like racism. There are some who want to claim it is rampant. But if any come along that might offer an alleged solution to the alleged problem, they will immediately be dismissed and impugned ... by those who want to keep their power and income stream alive by perpetuating "the problem" and keeping it alive and in need of more financial support by any means possible.

These training programs don't want to produce viable long-term truckers who will succeed. What? Are you crazy?

And ultimately, the saddest part is that the [trainer] carriers themselves have figured out a way to profit from short term "workers" (revolving door model). So this collusion between carrier and carrier-sponsored and/or operated training wings is here to stay. They are both dependent on the other for survival. It's a symbiotic relationship, but it's a very sick, perverted and incestuous one.

 

Generally the feds pay 50% of the salary for 6 months

 

Are there any company OTR drivers who have been with Werner for a number of years?

God bless every American and their families! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

That's 35,000 new drivers since January 1st right?

 

Here's one of the 12 desk drivers the OP mentioned, must be on coffee break in Omaha

 

35000 new drivers doing the 65 mph middle lane drag race because his truck does 65 and the truck in the right lane does 64.9857478488338477457474.