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⭐ ONE‑STAR REVIEW — My Experience With Werner
Let’s get this one‑star review out of the way. Werner is moderately decent if your only goal is to get into trucking school. Not because they’re caring, supportive, or invested in your success—but because the school itself is simply a place to be. Their curriculum is a crash course: one month to learn everything, test, and move on. I attended Roadmaster back in 2022, when the Rosemont location was still open and run by a manager who made the experience far worse than it needed to be.

Now, let’s talk about Werner itself.

OTR? Forget it.
Werner does not offer real solo OTR opportunities. If you want OTR, you’re forced into:

• Team driving with a stranger
  
  
• A “leadership” role
  
  
• Training rookies for 21 days at a time
  

They don’t care if you want your wife, girlfriend, or kids on the truck. They don’t care if you don’t want a stranger in your space. Your comfort means nothing to them. So if you’re looking for true solo OTR, Werner is not the company.

Limited Accounts, Limited Miles, Limited Pay
Werner’s account selection is extremely limited:

• Two Coca‑Cola accounts
  
  
• Southeast regional
  
  
• Local
  
  
• Dollar General
  
  
• Occasional Walmart assist out of Georgia
  

Miles range from 200–700, and the “estimated” $1,100+ weekly pay is rare. When freight slows down — and it will — they’ll push you to move empties or jump to another account just to keep you busy. Does Werner acknowledge this problem? No. Do they try to expand accounts or open more options? Also no.

You end up choosing between:

• Consistent low pay, or
  
  
• Inconsistent pay with no miles
  

Either way, your options shrink fast.

Management & Dispatch: A Mixed Bag
Werner uses a team‑based dispatch system. The day team can:

• Approve or deny loads
  
  
• Get your truck washed
  
  
• Approve hotels or rentals
  
  
• Grant time off
  

The night team, however, is the worst part of the entire company. They lack knowledge, lack authority, and lack concern for drivers. They will:

• Don't have permission to do what the day team can
  
  
• left uninformed on the day of team knowledge
  
  
• lack of communication, even by phone
  
  
• left unanswered
  

If your truck breaks down, they want you moving — even if it means sacrificing your comfort or safety.

Terminals: Georgia & Lake City
Georgia Terminal:
High‑strung, power‑hungry staff. Quick to judge, slow to help. They jump to conclusions and love making examples out of drivers.

Lake City Terminal:
Fake smiles, unorthodox behavior, and a safety department full of short‑tempered people. You can be a driver for 4–5 years and still be treated like a rookie who doesn’t know how to check a mirror or look ahead.

Safety Department Issues
The safety department is inconsistent and intrusive. Some will:

• Search your truck
  
  
• Violate your personal belongings
  
  
• Push unnecessary classes or e‑learning
  
  
• Hand out reprimands that are not necessary
  

Monthly e‑learning is a constant burden. Miss it, and they will hold your loads.

Equipment Problems
For a megacarrier, Werner’s equipment is disappointing:

• Internationals
  
  
• Freightliners
  
  
• Moderate to poor maintenance
  
  
• No new models
  

Company Culture
Werner is about one thing: money.
Not safety.
Not driver well‑being.
Not retention.

They terminate drivers in large numbers, often for reasons that don’t even make sense. They enforce policies that put you at risk — like banning weapons on the truck — even though it’s not a law. If you question it, they remind you: “You knew what you signed up for.”

Final Verdict
Werner offers:

• No strong pay
  
  
• No real growth
  
  
• No reliable support
  
  
• No respect for drivers
  
  
• No worthwhile long‑term future
  

Once you hit the 2‑year mark and get your experience, it’s best to leave. Staying longer risks your sanity, your safety, and your record.

Werner is simply not worth the stress. They don't seek the needs of the drivers in order to improve the company. The corporate management does not visit and engage with drivers, seeing they love to promote one location of meeting with drivers and only choose the positive feedback of their choosing. Werner fails to see their own faults and lack of growth as a company amongst others, leaving the company as a considerable variable to sacrifice for better ones.



Also learn the difference between a safety hold and a hard hold. The company will flag you to your managers, and even your managers won't know why. The hold can be for drug testing, but they won't plainly say it's a drug test or physical. They will use this to catch you off guard. You won't even know you're being terminated. Hard hold is a high-risk concern. meaning. There is something going on with you that puts things at risk. At this point. Werner has surpassed even the most talked-about companies that've been deemed bad. Werner takes the cake.