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| Date | Jul-31-2011 |
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| Message | I drove for werner 10 yrs ago as a student. I stayed about 10 months and got a much better job. I drove for 8 years thereafter. After not being in a truck for 3 years, earning a college degree...I found myself unemployed. Needless to say it is quite difficult to get back into a truck without a refresher course. You guessed it, werner is the only company that would hire me. I have a spotless accident free record. No accidents in all of those years. I get to go out with a "trainer" for 140 hours. Which in werner time is two months. I chose a female trainer this time. The first time I went through 3 different males who thought my job was to spend time with them in the bunk. The last trainer had locked himself in the truck and was smoking crack at a truck stop. Very little has changed except now when I sit waiting for the red light of the qualcomm god to ignite I have to do so in a 100° or more cab. The APU malfunctions constantly and I have spent 3 or more days in the shop for the last three weeks. I have to do at least 10 more months at werner penetentiary before I can get a real trucking job. Since they intend to pay me exactly what I made 10 years ago per mile I feel as though I may still have to foreclose on my mortgage and maybe unemployment would be just as well. No, werner does not care about a driver. Werner enterprises is a driver mill, bottom line.
I am sorry that you have to relive the nightmare. I have decided that one would much better off working at a gas station than for a company like Werner. By the time they get through ripping you off so C.L. can make the payments on his private jet, and factoring in how much you spend on the road, the risk that they will ruin your D.A.C. by lying, you would be much better off working at Wallmart while you search for a better job. At least you will be home every night and will probably come out money ahead while Werner works their magic with that sliding scale rip-off scam. Please pray for C.L. Werner. He must be well aware of the suffering, pain, ruined dreams, broken families and forfeited mortgages that he has caused by his lying scumbag recruiters and scam-o-matic pay scale while he lives like a King. If you have ears to hear with, listen. If you have eyes to see with then see. The Apostle John wrote: "Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father but is of the world" (1 John 2:15-16). So which is it, C.L.? Do you love the Lord or do you love mammon? “No one can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.” (The Gospel according to St. Matthew 6:24) I humbly beg of you to fall on your knees and repent. Please pray for C.L.....(Ed.) |
| Date | Jun-24-2011 |
| Message | I trained with two "trainers" at Werner. They both constantly violated standard rules regarding speed limits, cornering speeds, following distances, maintenance, lane changes, etc. They literally did more things wrong than they did correctly. My second trainer hadn't even been driving for a year when he became a trainer and he already had a preventable incident on his record in that short time. The "training" was so disgraceful that there is no way that Werner has a legitimate process for picking its trainers. I am not trying to be offensive here, but truck driving is one of the easiest jobs out there and its standards are very easy to meet. If drivers can't meet those standards, and companies like Werner repeatedly demonstrate they have no interest in enforcing those standards, then those drivers should be out of work and those companies should be out of business. It is absolutely disgraceful that the trucking industry is allowed to conduct itself in this negligent manner that causes the deaths of 100s each year. Sure, there's always going to be accidents, and plenty of those accidents are caused by non-truckers. This does not, however, excuse the 100s of lives lost each year due to the negligence of irresponsible trucking companies. The states and USDOT need to tighten the noose on these clowns until they either get it right or get shut down. |
| Date | Jun-11-2011 |
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| Message | I went through orientation to go take trucks from peter built denton back to the yard in lancaster. This 4 hour trip payed $40. I was the first driver to complain about doing this instead of getting a truck and going to work. I came in saturday like they asked me to. I was informed that they didn't have any trucks soooo.. no trucks they sure don't need me I handed them my badge and out the door I went. |
| Date | Jun-04-2011 |
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| Message | WERNER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANY ONE ! THIS IS THE WORST JOB MY HUSBAND HAS EVER HAD ,,AND YES THEY PAINT A REALLY GOOD PICTURE,,BUT ITS ALL BULLSHIT! MY HUSBAND HAS NEVER BEEN FIRED FROM ANY JOB AND IS A VERY HARD WORKER,,WELL LET ME TELL YA WERNER IS WORKING HIM TO DEATH FOR PENNIES,,NOT EVEN PENNIES REALLY,,ONCE AGAIN,PAY ROLL COMES AROUND AND NO MONEY WAS PUT IN THE BANK,BUT, MIND YOU HE DROVE OVER 70 HRS THIS WEEK,JUST LIKE EVERY WEEK ,THE MOST HE HAS GROSSED IS $1,000,,BRINGING HOME $750.00 ,WHICH IS KINDA OK,BUT NOT REALLY,GONE FROM UR FANILY FOR 30 FREAKIN DAYS ,,BUSTING ASS TO UNLOAD THESE STUPID TRUCKS,,NOT TO MENTION ,JUST PUTTING UP WITH ALL OF WERNERS CRAP,,LIKE ALL THE DAMN FINES HE KEEPS GETTING,,WELL MAYBE IF HE WASENT PUSHED SO MUCH HE WOULD NOT GO OVER,,I KNOW THEY MANIPULATE HIS HRS,ONE TIME HE WAS OUT OF HRS AND THE GUY TOLD HIM TO CHECK BACK IN A FEW MIN.,,, HE MAGICALY HAD 5 MORE HRS,,,,THESE PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR WERNER ARE ONLY OUT FOR THEM SELVES AND THAT IS A FACT !! STAY AWAY FROM WERNER,,THEY ARE RIP OFFS IN EVERY WAY !!! ANGRY AS HELL,RHONDA |
| Date | Mar-24-2011 |
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| Message | I'm not sure what you are talking about. I have driven for Werner for 15 years. I have held an OTR, Dedicated, Flatbed, and TCU position. I have trained off and on for 8 years. I consistently have made $1800/wk, since my training period. Sure, dispatch can get under your skin, but I'm a firm believer that if you do what you are suppose to, you won't be harassed. I suppose for a national carrier with 12000 drivers, your are going to have 20 of you that are upset. Good luck with whatever carrier you wind up at. Transportation is transportation, and Werner has done a great job of making me feel wanted, and allowing me freedom. Are you smoking crack? Werner makes you feel wanted? Oh yeah. I remember. "Werner cares. We care". What a joke. They pasted that crap everywhere. Werner was the absolute worst job of my entire life. I made more money from my paper route when I was 11 years old than I did from Werner. You just keep smoking that rock and repeating that mantra "Weener cares" enough times and I guess it might seem true. In the mean time, post your last pay stub of the year for 2010 showing $93,600.00 gross or stop lying. I triple dog dare you! Naturally you can't because you are lying. Your claimed $1800.00 a week at Weener comes out to $93,600.00 a year. After "15 years" you are now a millionaire! Hell, everybody knows that all millionaires come out of Weener trucks. I'm surprised you aren't retired by now, flying your helicopter of the deck of your own yacht on the way to play golf with CL Weener himself in Hawaii!! Retard. You insult my limited intelligence. One of my trainers at Weener was a 20 year driver who claimed to be topped out at .45 cents a mile. He lived in a broken down trailer house and had a 1986 pick up so I wonder if he even made that. I asked how long it takes new guys to make .45 cents a mile and he told me "Never". New guys are on a different pay scale. Besides, no matter what you say, Weener chews 'em up and spits 'em out faster that a Major League outfielder eating a fist full of sunflower seeds. Werner is a driver mill. Write back soon so I can jack you up some more! POST YOUR PAY STUB or SHUT UP. Here's how to do it. Upload it to photobucket and paste the link here. We're all waiting! (ROTFLMAO) By the way, what are you really? A recruiter or a manager? I can't figure it. You lie just like a recruiter but you think everybody but you is stupid, just like a manager. Ed. |
| Date | Feb-24-2011 |
| Message | In addition to my being disposable and at the bottom of the pay scale (which is why they have a veteran driver sit - the veteran driver is more expensive miles), drivers are hired for that Federal Subsidy money these companies get for hiring drivers. It's a per head thing ($5,000.00 to $15,000.00 are the figures I have heard for each hire), and once they have the subsidy money that is supposed to aid the carrier for things like the promised tuition reimbursement, training expenses - etc., they find a way to pocket the money and keep the flow of drivers coming in the front door, and out the back. DRIVERS ARE NOT IN SHORT SUPPLY. Not in this high unemployment market. Drivers are NOT needed. What is needed is the Federal Subsidy they recieve for hiring. Simple. As for drivers who intend to quit once they have their year in: DO NOT believe for one second that just because you leave accident free - etc. that your DAC will not be ruined. Werner (and other carriers as well) will ruin that DAC, and/or not give you a recommendation when another carrier calls Werner for a reference. In this day of the ease of getting drivers because of unemployment being so high, carriers like Werner are showing their true colors - their uncaring about anyone but themselves and their money. Where my CDL is concerned, NO ONE will run me in any way contrary to what is in the F.M.C.S.A./D.O.T. guidelines. Especially when CSA 2010 is making things hard enough as it is to keep your job. |
| Date | Feb-24-2011 |
| Message | Here's a few things to chew on: How about a training program that insists you log contrary to what is in a Federal book? Now I know it is common practice to log off duty just because the truck wheels are not turning and you're not being paid to save on your 70 hour clock. But my trainer INSISTED that logging OFF DUTY was mandatory when waiting for a load or unload. Sorry, I do not ace exams because I am stupid or do not read. The F.M.C.S.A. clearly states that unless you are relieved of all duties and responsibilities for the truck and cargo, you are ON DUTY - NOT DRIVING. I logged as such while training, and as a first seat driver after training. The result: I had everything thrown at me possible to get me terminated. uch as being told I was idling the truck when I was not. Given loads I had barely enough time to run - even WITHOUT a break of any sort (I was told by my DM JD Hodgestradt I was being run the way I was because of how I logged - which I reiterate was LEGAL by Federal guidelines). Down for a simple repair a total of 15 days at 4 terminals. The list goes on and on. And all because I as a new driver logged by a Federal guideline - who can take my CDL away. The end result is I was fired for late loads and a bad attitude because I would not follow unwritten policies they have no right to make. But then I was supposed to be a stupid new driver who knows nothing - including when he's being taken advantage of because he's disposable. |
| Date | Feb-07-2011 |
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| Message | Wow I was going to start with Werner out of Lakeland, Forida once I was done with my RoadMaster Class in 3 weeks but after reading these blogs Im reconsidering my choice of trucking companies to start with. Thank for all the honest information. Signed Puzzled who to go with now. Well, if you haven't had many jobs before, or you can survive on min. wage or less then you can get your 2 years in to get a real job. Unfortunately for me, the first job I ever had was better than this by far and the Werner recruiters straight lied about the wages. The trainers were not qualified to tie my boots and everyone on the phone from managers to logs were rude and condescending. Except for Robert Wright. He should get a promotion. |
| Date | Nov-08-2010 |
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| Message | Thought I would give werner a try. Like most new drivers I fell for the Image. I have been on for 4 months and ever since my first run they have been cutting my paid miles. The longer the run the more they cut. They have taken 170 miles from one of my trips. Im not talking about my route vs their route either. With their directions they give a millage value for each different section of road. Add them all up and get actual millage. Then compare to paid millage. They consistently cut aprox %10 from each trip. I called my manager on it the other day. For someone who is always even tempered he stuttered for a little while, then made weird gasping grown sound and said " yea I heard about that, I think there is a problem with the system. " and you can get reimbursed" or some bs. as if werner drivers aren't getting paid chit already , they have to steal from their employees. So the cut about 50 miles a day from me, and if they did that to the rest of their 10,000 drivers that adds up to around 4 million a month |
| Date | Sep-01-2010 |
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| Message | Werner does suck and makes all trucking companies carry a bad rep. I could say a lot more but I have read all the posts and they pretty much covered it. |
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