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| Date | Jan-29-2010 |
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| Message |  You are right about Werner, they do suck! I paid for my own school and went through Werner Driving with a trainer. We ran out ##### off and made them all kinds of money. When I tested out and got their certification they informed me they did not have a position for me for me. They told me I live in a bad zip code. I did not move during their training so they knew this before they hired me. They sent me home on a Greyhound and told me to call once a week to see if anything came available. Of course I called 3 to 4 times a week. After 15 days they told me I would be listed as terminated on the 30th day if nothing avail. That is a ploy to keep you from drawing unemployment. They lost I got it. In the meantime I can not get a job as I do not have enough exp. and now has been past 60 days since I drove and that has hurt me. They make a killing off of you while you r with a trainer. They have a good thing going to get money from Government(our tax dollars). Keep up the good postings. |
| Date | Jan-15-2010 |
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| Message | How do the recruiters for Werner get paid for bringing in recruits and how do they get away with misleading people. |
| Date | Jan-04-2010 |
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| Message | It's true werner is not the best company a new driver can start out with! And they wont even think about giving an experienced driver a job! And me myself was a a trainer for werner and yes they do lie about pretty much everything and ask the students to do an unholy amount of extra training hours and i have been FED UP LOTS of times as well as my students i have had the best of the best student you could ever ask for and and i have also had the worst.The lies told to them by the SDM (STUDENT DRIVER MANAGER) at times make a trainers job very hard. BUT and don't take this the wrong way cuz god knows im not upholding them werner really does SUCK but you have to start somewhere! NOT alot of choices out there for a new driver i keep in touch with most all of my old students and what i have found if you be patient 9 times out of 10 they will offer a student some kind of dedicated or maybe even local after 6 months if they want it!! And the truck driving schools are to blame for a lot of new drivers being jaded because they gas you up and make you believe your gonna get rich or at the least wealthy and as long as they make you think that its its a lot easier to get you to pay $4,000 TO $6,000 TO get your CDL just to realize you don't like the job for whatever reason and the companies get a lot of grief over it but its the same with all large carriers not just werner lets face it corprate america lies to everyone! This website is funny and im a big fan of it so keepm it rollin good luck to all !
Thanks James. Everyone has to start somewhere. Werner straight lied to me about the rate of pay and just about everything else. That's my only beef with them. Oh, and the small part about the psychotic obnoxious know it all fat trainer that never brushed his teeth and crapped his pants while he slept. A MILLION MILER he was! Oh and the way all managers and company officials treat you like a piece of dog crap. Oh, and the inbred retarded mechanics that honk company truck horns over and over at 4:30 in the morning while you are trying to get fresh at the terminal in Phoenix because they are too lazy to get out in the cold and open the shop door themselves. (I "fixed" the shop heater for them as a pay back. Hope they froze their asses off. Remember that you retards?) Oh, and the way you can't run with the CB on because of constant harassment from the other truckers. "Just like a Fu#(&^ Werner driver holding up the whole highway." "Hey WEENER get the fu*( out of the way" etc... BUT having said that, as long as you know in advance that you will be treated by everyone you meet (Shippers, receivers, managers, truck stop employees, other companies drivers) like a low life scumbag then if you can last 2 years at min wage or less driving 10-11 hrs a day then go for it. It probably is one step above Swift. |
| Date | Dec-08-2009 |
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| Message | Oh boy, I wish I had taken the time to look for websites like this before I jumped in with Werner. Stupidly suckered in by the visual of a good life and good pay for honest work, with "safety" for me, I trained for Werner. Where I will be completely honest and my trainer was a great guy. He taught me everything I would need to survive on my own truck. Passed me with flying colors. And I trained straight through without my leave when I was called from home to be told my grandmother was dying after 2months, Im sitting out there in Georgia 30 miles from Atlanta. I was told I could not get off the truck! They were not "Authorizing it". It took me telling them they were "kidnapping" me and then I demanded my time off to get me to the terminal and off of my truck. Longer story short, despite the fact that I was done with training. And I still have all my paperwork saying so from my trainer. They didn't want and never let me "test out". I never went back, because they tried to lie to me about it. When I went to "test out" they told me "No you can't you're going on another truck with another trainer" I said " like hell I am. See ya" Haven't been able to get hired by another truck company since. 48 states. 2months out on the rd. With no complaints. Thanks Werner!! I loved truck driving, Never have had a speeding ticket. My trainer asked his dispatcher if she had room for a Extra driver. Only to be screwed! Do not work for Werner Enterprises. 
Editor note: I am truly sorry about your experience. Unfortunately at Werner this kind of employee mistreatment is the rule rather than the exception. You may be forced to consider going back to get your 2 years in in order to save your career. |
| Date | Oct-07-2009 |
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| Message | I was a trainer and an owner op for werner ent.I have to agree whole heartedly that werner sucks,this whole we care campaign they have is nothing but bull.I purchased a truck from fleet sales it was a lemon from the start,where was the support"we care"lol,it was non existant.I really felt bad for my students,they would complete their 300 required hours,just to find out they had to do another 100 plus in training without any increase in pay.They even tried to force me to have the student stay in my truck when i was on hometime,as motels are no longer authorized for home stays of less than 48 hours"we care"  .I would strongly advise against anybody starting their career with werner,they will jade you toward an industry that can be very rewarding over time.In closing I would like to say WERNER SUCKS!!!!!! And as for Greg the best part of you was left on the sheets _|_. |
| Date | Oct-07-2009 |
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| Message | Page 2 After my road side prison time was over. I deliver the load 2 hours later and was told that I need to wait for an empty to be avaliable. No Bobtailing and stay put. This lasted 19 wonderful hours. I got my empty and was Deadheaded 300 miles to get a load that was going 400 miles. Wener tells you that they care about as a driver and your home time. This is one of the biggest lies known to me about Werner. I left home the middle of July and here it was October 1st and I still had been home. My dispatcher tried to send me on a 1200 mile run to Canada twice and I had enough. I called and told him I was taking a Leave of Absence NOW! I was 80 miles from a terminal and 1400 miles from home. Werner will not help a driver get home nor will Werner help with the expenses. I have turned in my truck after working for 14 weeks to get it. I rented a car and drove home. Now sitting at home looking at the facts - 1. I was told that I would make $1000.00 per week 2. .36 pm to start 3. Truck would be 18 months old or newer 4. I would get home every 10-12 days 5. I would get a paid vacation after my 1st run 1. All lies! I was made a $92.00 my 1st week. 2. .21 pm loaded and .14 deadhead 3. My truck was a 2005 with 678,000 miles, no mattress and none avalible. 4. I made an escape or I would still be on the road in Canada. Chained up and not paid for it. 5. NO vacation pay and not sure about the bonus due to my Leave of Absence!  Do Not Work For WERNER!!! :y |
| Date | Oct-07-2009 |
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| Message | Great website!! I too was fooled into believing the Werner way was a true way to make a good living for my family. Unfortunately for me, it was all lies. My orientation class was 18 guys with the same dreams - new trucks and a good living. Only 8 guys stayed thru orientation. The rest saw thru the B.S. already. I stayed. I'm not a quitter and I thought I was doing the right thing. After my orientation, I waited a full week to get on a trainers truck where I satyed for the entire 300 hours. At the terminal prior to leaving for training, we all heard horror stories from other trainees about their experiences. The bad food, a week with out a shower, the smell of their trainer, abuse , etc. I thought if I got a good trainer. I am not going to get off the truck until I was done. Our Orientation class was told a host of lies, that we all believed - including - a weeks vacation paid during training. You could take it half way thru or take it at the end training if you waited and completed your first solo run you would also receive a $500.00 bonus! My training took 63 days not the 4-5 weeks as we were told in orientaion. I waited a 7 days for a truck to be made road safe and then was assigned my first load.  My first load was a 1198 miles payable and the true distance was 1273! I was told I had to in 2 days and ran out of time due to the way Werner routes it's trucks! I was forced to shut down with no bathroom, food or cell coverage for 10 hours! Worried my wife! |
| Date | Jul-11-2009 |
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| Message | I also saw my Werner trainer crap himself somewhere around Reno Nevada. He was so fat he couldnt take a dump in a regular persons stall he had to use the handicap ones. I ended up in Chico California in a bario motel for a week because he had a horrible infection on his leg and was hospitalized. Due to his size and horrible diet they wanted to lop his leg off. Finally he got out of the hospital and was on drugs and I piloted the truck back to the midwest safely. Trainer 2 was from Africa and a slave driver. We stopped for fuel and we at while driving. He would go into the truckstops and he would heat up this God awful stuff the looked like grool and smelled like stool. My last run was down south in August and the air conditioner broke. He refused to get it fixed, now I know the true meaning of Africa hot! Made it back to a boneyard in Columbus OH and my training time was up. They tried to pull a fast one on me with the 300 training hours instead of 275. Told them my wifes Dad had a heart attack and had to go home. Rented a car went to springfield and tested out and got a Midwest run. Horrible company,horrible trainers. Have 100 other stories but I am running out of letters. |
| Date | Jul-06-2009 |
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| Message | I'm really happy that I found this website! Lesson learned before any heart ache! Geez, man, Werner's website makes Driving for them sound easy and gives you a sort of piece of mind in the process.I guess I'm off to look at other places to possibly start out with, but who do you trust to drive for, what's the lesser of all the evils? 
GLAD I COULD HELP! Check out the forums at
http://www.thetruckersreport.com/ or click the image at the bottom of my webpage to take you there. You will find a DAC report on most large trucking companies that will allow you to make an informed decision.
LARRY |
| Date | Apr-26-2009 |
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| Message | Werner @#$%@#$ SUCKS!!! I waited two wks at their motel for a f-ing trainer! Once I FINALLY got one I went over the rd for two months. Finished my 300hrs of training ONLY to be told I HAD to STAY on the trk! That they had NO TRKS. And were NOT "AUTHORIZING" me off of the trk! What the F***?? IF THEY DONT HAVE ROOM OR TRKS NOT EVEN TRAINERS THEY SHOULD STOP F O O L I N G THE PEOPLE!!! |
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