Western Express

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  1. Widowmaker9172

    Widowmaker9172 Light Load Member

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    Good: they are a second chance company.

    Bad: expect to be bombarded with "up to" 4 preplans in one day, 2 are back to back. Also, they expect all drivers to stay up in the neighborhood of 24 hours, from delivery to pick up to delivery. The load planners aren't even close to doing their jobs correctly.

    If you walk into this company with a minimum of 2 years experience with 1 company, they expect you go out with a trainer.

    Stay clear of this company, unless you are in dire need of a job.
     
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  3. Mark Kling

    Mark Kling Technology Contributor

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    Called HOS, and a driver has the right to stay within the regulations. A Company cannot force a driver to run Illegal..

    What are the differences between harassment and coercion?
    A motor carrier can only be found to have committed harassment if the driver commits a specified underlying hours of service (HOS) violation based on the carrier’s actions and there is a connection to the electronic logging device (ELD). Adverse action against the driver is not required, because the driver complied with the carrier’s instructions. In contrast, coercion is much broader in terms of entities covered, and addresses the threat to withhold work from or take adverse employment action against a driver in order to induce the driver to violate a broader range of regulatory provisions or to take adverse action to punish a driver for the driver’s refusal to operate a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) in violation of the specified regulations. Unlike harassment, coercion does not have to result in the driver being in violation of the regulations and does not have to involve the use of an ELD.

    Where should a driver file a harassment complaint?

    The driver’s must file a written complaint with the National Consumer Complaint Database at http://nccdb.fmcsa.dot.gov or with the FMCSA Division Administrator for the State where the driver is employed (http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/mission/field-offices).
     
  4. jeff18

    jeff18 Medium Load Member

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    With two years exprhence what the hell are you doing at western to begin with?
     
  5. snowlauncher

    snowlauncher Road Train Member

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    The OP made it clear that they are a "second chance company". Sounds like he blew his first chance and needed a second one...
     
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  6. IluvCATS

    IluvCATS Road Train Member

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    He’s the guy who handed out plywood during last Florida hurricane. Western Express said ok, 2nd chance with us. :)
     
  7. sevenmph

    sevenmph Road Train Member

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  8. Lonesome

    Lonesome Mr. Sarcasm

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  9. Frank Speak

    Frank Speak Road Train Member

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    Que Beverly Hillbillies Theme

    I tried real hard, but my life was a mess. I couldn’t catch a break playing one man chess.

    Then one day I was getting even less, then my life was saved by Western Express!
     
  10. InTooDeep

    InTooDeep Donner party survivor

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    :headbang:
     
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  11. TaterFox

    TaterFox Medium Load Member

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    That's sorta catchy
     
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