Werner Enterprises...should be Warning Enterprises

Rogerthat · Sep 14, 2012

TX Snowman said: ↑

Or Rogerthat which ever one made this comment
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Wasn't me, Snowman. It says who it is right in the window on top. Apparently, you can multi-quote but I haven't figured out how that works yet.

Dreaman · Sep 15, 2012

Is it me not awake yet or is the math kinda fuzzy here? 17 years driving. Took 20 years off due to wifes death ( sorry for your loss that would be tough). Went back to school due to no recent expirience. Worked for Werner for ??? Now works for one of the top 3 companies in the country ( as many times as Conway Truckload has been mentioned) for a few years.

If you have problems with the equipment not being safe and they are telling you to roll with it CALL SAFETY. In this day and age of electronics with cameras that have good resolution it doesn't take long to send something off. If it is an issue where a camera wont work do not move it! As many years as you have I cant believe you dont understand protect your CDL.

One thing I will agree on is not repairing equipment in Dallas. They cant do very much for repairs and will steal you blind if given the opportunity. When your in thier shop you have to know how to work the system to get back on the road. Your fleet manager can help. You sitting doesn't do them a whole lot of good either.

I dont work there anymore but did for 5 years. Some things have changed Im sure, however some of what you are spewing doesnt hold water. To all newbies do your research. Look at the companies profile on saferweb. Talk to thier drivers like when you see one at Family Dollar, not just the truck stops. For every 10 people you ask a question you will get 10 different answers.

Good luck to you sir hope Conway Truckload is working well for you.

pattyj · Sep 15, 2012

excellent story.Werner changed from bad to much much worst since I wised up and quit them yrs back.

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Just a quick note to all you newbie truck drivers straight out of Truck Driving Schools. Granted that everyone has to start somewhere to get experience I bow to that factor. NOW here is a small bit of advise newbies. Werner Enterprises is ONLY A GOVERMENT information company, for each new driver out of school Werner hires and puts through their eight wk training course...what a joke. But anyway Werner gets a $10-k kickback from the government. Which is good for the company, no wonder they can put so many trucks on the road, but; that is not exactly how they do it. So here is the REST OF THE STORY as someone famous once said. OTR driver's make .26 cents per mile Xs 1000 miles =s $260.00 BEFORE TAXES. No layover pay until 36hrs has passed then you get $25.00. IF you deadhead anywhere then your pay decreases to .15 cents per mile. Dedicated accounts DG for example, .21 cents per mile if your lucky you'll get 500 miles in a week, 18.00 stop pay and GET THIS YOU have to unload the 53 foot trlr front to rear by yourself at anywhere from 3 drops to 6 and get paid a whopping $36.00 IF YOUR LUCKY for unloading the ENTIRE trlr NOT per stop BUT for the entire trailer which could be as many as 3000 plus boxes. DO THE MATH NEWBIES, and get your experience ya need it. BUT if Werner is the place you choose to do it, be aware your going to starve trying to make a living. Ya better not have a family with a wife that's not working or bills you owe for you will not be able to make it with this company. Werner has one of the HIGHEST turn over rates in drivers of any company in the nation. This is not to say that you will be told to pull trlrs that are rolling DOT fines, and trucks that unless the company deems it needed WILL NOT be repaired and you as the driver will have to gamble YOUR new license as to being stopped by DOT for violations for Werner WILL NOT pay the fines. OH and one last thing do not get the idea that being home on wknds every wk or two is a great thing for it is nothing but what is called a 34 hr reset for your 70 hr clock, which boils down to basically 1.5 days off and then back to work; SO DON'T PLAN TO BE HOME often. As for their training program let me share this with you. I myself have over 17 yrs experience but had to get off the road for about 20 yrs due to the death of my wife. I was forced to go through truck driving school due to no experience within the past three yrs. which I did. Doing this was in my case NOT because I did not know how to drive for I had drivin for many yrs before my wife died. Matter of fact my driving school basically had me training students because they said it was obvious I knew how to drive. Either way just some back ground, I was assigned a trainer who had been driving for only 3 yrs. Went out with him for eight wks and he got paid extra money for the miles that I DROVE NOT HIM. I recieved a basic 350.00 a wk only. NOW GET THIS this trainer did not even know how to shift a truck by floating the gears. He did not know how to keep a paper log, he didn't even know how to properly set the SWR'S of a CB radio. Nor did he know how to shift his wagon weight in order to be legal without calliing dispatch in order to be told IF HE SHOULD slide his tandoms. This is to say nothing about when I first stepped into his truck it was a PIG PIN. That trainer will tell you he learned MORE from me his trainee then he could teach an ole dog like me. GIVING credit where it is due he DID teach me how to use these new Qualcoms and thats about it. So anyway NEWBIES if Werner is where your headed? USE THEM as a stepping stone and ONLY SLAVE for them 6 months and get the heck away from them in other words QUIT! USE THEM AS THEY ARE USING YOU six months is all that you need to get another company to hire you and pay you a better salary in order to make a better living AND GOOD LUCK! ONE LAST THING NEWBIES if you think you can go out one or two wks at a time and make a living driving a truck? You need to consider something else for truck driving is NOT for you. THE ONLY WAY you can make GOOD MONEY driving a truck is to stay out a MINIMUM of 6 wks at a time in order to make REAL money. And of course you need to be with a good company also! I would recommend such companies as Con-Way Truckload. Good Luck NEWBIES and remember your NOT driving a R.V. your driving a SEMI be a trucker of honor and watch out for your fellow drivers and be respectful take care....Snowman
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k7tkr · Sep 15, 2012

wendellWI said: ↑

Is it just me or does anyone else think those other posters are really not the Snowman's friend?

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The question in my mind is, who the heck he is referring to since he neither quotes no references other posts.

Newbies reading this thread a friendly warning to you- take all this negativity with a very large grain of salt ok.

aussiejosh · Sep 17, 2012

The only way a company like would learn is by all the drivers quitting however something tells me that not all are dissatisfied other wise thats exactly what everyone would do is LEAVE

WMGUY · Sep 17, 2012

Lonesome said: ↑

I dunno, I was home every night, pulling a flatbed, and took home between $800-$1000 a week. That ain't good money?
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he needs to learn where to look

yes i understand some people are happy running that long im not

TX Snowman · Sep 17, 2012

Friend the math is 20 + 17 = 37 do ya think I might be just a bit older then that?...lol it's ok friend anything over a 24 hr log book line does get confusing to a driver that's not awake. Take care Be Careful and Roll on Friend

TX Snowman · Sep 17, 2012

Mark friend, all postings make reference to the original posting title or to responses made in reference to the original posting entitled Werner Enterprises should be Warning Enterprises ...... Sorry you missed the original post. Be Safe and Roll on Friend

KE5WDP · Sep 18, 2012

TX Snowman said: ↑

Mark friend, all postings make reference to the original posting title or to responses made in reference to the original posting entitled Werner Enterprises should be Warning Enterprises ...... Sorry you missed the original post. Be Safe and Roll on Friend
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"reply with quote" so we know who you are talking too.... Thanks

arni · Sep 22, 2012

Snowman is mostly right about Werner, I work for them. My average weekly take home pay is $280.00 to $450.00. They never give you a straight answer about what your cents per mile is, I have called my DM, Payroll and never get a straight answer but it's around .24 or .26 cpm which is ########. As Snowman above says I am putting in my time and I am gone to another company that pays .34 for Flatbed which is ########. This whole industry not wanting to pay a LIVING WAGE, instead they pay a SLAVE WAGE.

Can I start to hear people in these forums talk about GOING ON STRIKE to send a message to this industry. Don't worry about one nweek of striking we don't make enough to miss it. Maybe next year for Truck Driver appreciation week we all go STRIKE, then maybe we'll be appreaciated.

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