Werner_ How they treat their Drivers

I just got my paycheck and it was a wopping $86.00 after deductions. Talk about hitting it in the face. My wife and i trying to pay the bills while this company sat me. Here is the kicker, today i was assigned a load from minnesote to Trenton, NJ. Not a bad mileage run, being paid 1189 against the actual 1224 it covers, but here is the kicker, Werner is laying off 48 state drivers and having the regionals pick up the slack without paying us 48 state money. How does .25 per mile sound to you? Once again, I love the driving but the company sucks.

 

An add on, I was lectured, once again, a idling last night, it was 12 degrees in Cedar Rapids, Ia. I get 10 hours of idle time. Well let me ask you a question, when does it become a safety issue? This is in conjunction with a, get this, key ignition report. Seems that ifd my my key is in the start position, it sets off the idle monitor. I will take this only so much longer, then I will file a complaint with safety and I am considering filing a suit with OSHA about unsafe operating and living conditions. Think about it this way, we live in our trucks (company trucks) and it is no different than having the heat or AC on in the home or apartment. does the landlord tell you when to turn these items on and for how long? No, if he did, he'd have lawyers up his A$&. A breaking point is coming. Seems the solution would be to get everyone an APU. Thats right, all the trucks are sitting in Omaha.

 

At least i got the $86, another guy got 00.00 thinkj about that. This company seems to relish in the fact that the new drivers don't make much money and the little they get, well by golly lets see if we can make them work for nothing.
I feel that I have to learn to live within the means of this comapny but the nitpicky garbage and the lack of pay for new drivers, down to a 0 paycheck really makes you wonder if they want us to continue working.
Next test, I go into Trenton, NJ tomorrow and I deliver on Monday morning. There are possibly heavy snow falls coming by mid week, what is the chance these yahoos leave me stuck on the East Coast, remember I'm Midwest, by the way ran into a West Region guy they were shuttling to Norfolk, VA, and I run out of food and miss my scheduled doctors appointments next Monday the 14th. Now that would be the icing on the cake.