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Normally I do not look to much into the gripe section of a company.. If you go thru the list here you will see someone has griped about most if not all of them. No company is perfect for every driver. And then you have drivers that if they aint ####### they aint breathin.

With that said I was pretty shocked reading your post as this is 1 of the 3 companies it appeared I was limited to get back OTR after 9 yrs away. As far as the hotel room you cannot fully hold the company at fault unless they were informed of the pipe issue so they could make arrangements elsewhere. As far as their trainer goes he sounds like real peach. Regardless what he said about not reporting the trailer damage you should have reported it, lucky for you that the damage did not become your fault after dragging it any distance as USUALLY that is the case.. Its a good habit to get use to checking a trailer out good before ever hooking it and leaving with it. There may be some mechanical issues that will save you time in the long run, or damage that has not been reported and it suddenly becomes your baby. I got in the habit of backing up to the trailer but inspecting it before I even backed all the way under it.. The times I did find a mechanical issue it was usually a quick fix, but if the repairs took any amount of time I was usually givin different marching orders after dropping it to get repaired. Basicaly cover your 6 as although you may not want to take time, you may end up losing more time in the end.

How some places will let morons train new people is beyond me.. I hope you find a decent gig
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kswildcat said: ↑

Normally I do not look to much into the gripe section of a company.. If you go thru the list here you will see someone has griped about most if not all of them. No company is perfect for every driver. And then you have drivers that if they aint ####### they aint breathin.

With that said I was pretty shocked reading your post as this is 1 of the 3 companies it appeared I was limited to get back OTR after 9 yrs away. As far as the hotel room you cannot fully hold the company at fault unless they were informed of the pipe issue so they could make arrangements elsewhere. As far as their trainer goes he sounds like real peach. Regardless what he said about not reporting the trailer damage you should have reported it, lucky for you that the damage did not become your fault after dragging it any distance as USUALLY that is the case.. Its a good habit to get use to checking a trailer out good before ever hooking it and leaving with it. There may be some mechanical issues that will save you time in the long run, or damage that has not been reported and it suddenly becomes your baby. I got in the habit of backing up to the trailer but inspecting it before I even backed all the way under it.. The times I did find a mechanical issue it was usually a quick fix, but if the repairs took any amount of time I was usually givin different marching orders after dropping it to get repaired. Basicaly cover your 6 as although you may not want to take time, you may end up losing more time in the end.

How some places will let morons train new people is beyond me.. I hope you find a decent gig
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No doubt. A trainer can definitely make the difference.. Back when I started driving in 2000, I had a trainer that had a temper.. I just tried my best to keep my mouth shut.

Prodriver96, May 16, 2015

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Reaper_Ramone said: ↑

Well Blue, I don't expect my trainer to rely on my miles to line his pockets and then take it easy, make deliveries just in time, and screw my schedule up. And as far as him being common, theres a certain professionalism that comes with any job. Drinkin in the truck, texting your DM trying to get laid, pushing your religion and personal veiws doesn't belong in a work conversation. There are certain things I don't tolerate, and don't have to. Whats wrong with bein professional and having some class, but I guess some people just don't get it.
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It blows me away the weak sauce I see in this industry . Is your trainer your daddy ? He's. Training you to make extra money on production . Period . If you don't like the converation ignore it like a grown person . If you had any sand you'd be shut of him and in your own ride right now . Not everyone hell mostly no one is meant to get along or click you need to learn to get a thicker skin and suck it up

JMichael, May 17, 2015

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Can't wait for the thread where he gets mad that he was canned for pulling his freight off a dock because the receiver was " unprofessional "

JMichael, May 17, 2015

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Can't wait for the thread where he gets mad that he was canned for pulling his freight off a dock because the receiver was " unprofessional "
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D***, dude, get your nose out of the company's butt...

MrHarleyDude, May 17, 2015

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Western Express is what's known in the the trucking industry as a "mega company" like J.B Hunt, Swift, Schneider and Werner, Western Express hauls freight on volume, and they hire students. When huge trucking companies deal with the proverbial revolving door of turnover, then invariably the company won't really be too concerned about drivers as much as their freight. For every Western Express company, there are at least 10 really good quality companies out there. But they don't hire rookies. Once you've been in this business awhile and you understand the dynamics of how companies work, then you'll know which ones to stay away from.

Good luck to you.

Veteran driver, May 19, 2015

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Especially when these same mega companies complain that their turnover is too high.... And then keep perpetuating that high turnover.

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Western express sucks blue whale

Seano713, May 22, 2015

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If there were real training standards, then these companies wouldn't be able to put rookies in charge of rookies. End of story. Some people entering this business might actually end up staying in it instead of being chewed up and spit out by these puppy mills disguised as trucking companies......

pete1, May 22, 2015

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Doesn't sound too bad to me. Except the drinking and having bottles in the truck. Sounds like most mega company trainers to be quite honest. You should have called your DM and switched trainers.

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I guess there are no certain credentials for being a trainer at Western - x or ANY mega fleet

.... And our government wonders why we can't have safer highways or why the trucking industry is going down the flusher

.... You guys shouldn't be ragging on this driver, he probably just expected alittle more integrity

Atleast his trainer didn't poop his pants he just got drunk in the truck which is not a good training tactic

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