Werner it is!

Hang on to training as long as you can. The pay goes up every hundred hours or so, and after about 350 hours, you'll be making more in salary than most newbies can on their own. The extra experience will help you hit the ground running, and hopefully save you a few rookie mistakes that actually cost several hundred dollars in lost miles.

 

Got that right I barely clear the 400 dollar mark( after deductions) and it was because I managed to get a 50 dollar bonus

 

Jesus Christ Himself could take over some of these and you would still accuse them of being dishonest. Either you had a bad experience with a company, in which case it as YOUR experience, no one else, or you just like riding the bash-em,trash-em band wagon. I get tired of hearing it all, especially from these guys who never even drove for them all. To hear some of them (perhaps not you), they have driven for every bad company out there. $0.02,

 

why would i drive for werner my IQ is over 15 im over qualified . I find it odd, that all these members with less then 20 post and that have recently joined come to werner threads to try and defend them




American Trucker

 

Really? You're implying that 10,000 drivers are legally retarded because of their choice of starter company?

Classy.

 

Well I'm not defending or trash talking them, do they treat me ok? Yes. Do I hate being a j.I.t load runner? yes. Is my truck not the best in the world? Not by far, do I hate the elogs? 1/2 of the time yes. Could I have gone to a better company? Probably. But at the end of the day the answer that overrules all of them. Every thursday at 13 central time I get my check that pays my bills so until at least may 11,2012 or they dismiss me I will the truck driver with the white crapscadia with the Spanish music blasting. Ohh by the way I don't think a 22 year old driver have much saying since probably you just stop using diapers. Ohh by the way my bloody iq was high enough to have a military specialty with top secret clearance and there's less than 500 of us in the whole u.s military. So take your baseless comments and shove it up your rectum.

 

Where are you getting all those sweet JIT loads?

I've got a "critical" brokered load from CH Robinson right now. 900 miles in 3 days. AB account is gearing up for summer loads. 99% of runs will be under 400 miles, and 50/50 overnight loads. Been doing 900-1800 mile loads all winter.

I'm just glad I'll be close to Indianapolis when I get all my ducks in a row to run under my own authority.

 

There's a butt load running from Akron,oh to the philly area and a mindf*ck amount from Chicago to Virginia but they are 40000+ heavy I saw what Werner is getting paid for and there's nothing to brag about. About 900 dollars for a almost 500 miles trip and delivering within 16 hours of picking up.

 

American Trucker may not have worked for Werner Enterprises, but I have. Twice, as a matter of fact. And I can tell you quite personally that the Werner of today is nothing like the company I first worked for back in 2003. The difference? Ol' C.L. Werner himself was still running the company. And the only complaint I had as a driver was the lack of hometime.

You see, C.L. was a driver himself. And C.L. was about as 'old school' as they come! Drivers had miles, pay was as regular as clock work, and dispatch lived in fear of the boss. The downside was that when C.L. drove regularly, drivers lived in their trucks, and kept a house for the wife and kids they might see once every couple of months or so, or at least that's how C.L. did it. And he saw no reason for his drivers to not go through the same. It was all about the paycheck.

Nowadays, I'm sad to report that C.L. is no longer running the company. It's ol' Greggie-boy who's screwing the drivers over. So my reccommendations to new rookies joining Werner is thus:

1. Pray for a decent trainer. They're few and far between.

2. Get on a dedicated account as soon as possible. Avoid Dollar General and Family Dollar if at all possible, these accounts hurt drivers. I ran General Mills dedicated in 2007, and loved it. The only reason I left was for a major increase in pay.

3. Get your experience.

4. Don't hit ANYTHING! Goes for any company you join, not just Werner. The safest drivers are the ones who take their time, and do their job right.

and finally,

5. Keep your eyes and ears open. You're rookies for a reason. You don't know crap. The best way to learn crap is to pay attention to those of us who DO know crap, and are willing to teach you about the crap we know. As various crusty old drivers have told me over the years, you learn more with your eyes and ears open, and your mouth shut!

 

Light loads too? I haven't run anything under 45000 for werner all winter.

Sounds like you're riding the gravy train.