werner enterprises

[new driver]

how good is werner to work for

[devildice]

Originally Posted by new driver

how good is werner to work for

Go up to where it says "search" and type in "werner"....there are tons of post about them.

[Joey Shabadoo]

You'll sit, drive a few hundred miles, sit some more (for free), be chastised for idling, expected to sleep when it's 1100 degrees/-22 kelvin in your little box behind the seats.
You'll get to pay tolls and lumpers and scales out of your pocket and generally babysit an ugly continental blue truck until you finally come to your senses and give them the keys at such time the company will repay you by putting garbage (warranted or unwarranted) on your DAC thereby rendering you unemployable anywhere else.

HAVE FUN and welcome to the giant labor racket known as the trucking biz!!!

[ordinaryguy]

Originally Posted by Joey Shabadoo

You'll sit, drive a few hundred miles, sit some more (for free), be chastised for idling, expected to sleep when it's 1100 degrees/-22 kelvin in your little box behind the seats.
You'll get to pay tolls and lumpers and scales out of your pocket and generally babysit an ugly continental blue truck until you finally come to your senses and give them the keys at such time the company will repay you by putting garbage (warranted or unwarranted) on your DAC thereby rendering you unemployable anywhere else.

HAVE FUN and welcome to the giant labor racket known as the trucking biz!!!

wow someone is kind of touchy when it comes to werner...the only tolls that are not paid for are E-470 around denver, the florida toll road, EZ Pass covers everything in the east, we have the K-Tag for Kansas and the Pike Pass for Oklahoma...whenever i needed a lumper, i was always reimbursed...but since i have been dedicated for a while now, i never go to grocery warehouses...oh the joy of anheuser busch dedicated...

new driver, True Werner is not for everybody...i have been here for almost 4 years and i have no reason to look for another job...it's what you make of it...granted being dedicated is the way to go...but i had no issues when i ran 48 state.....there's problems with every company. Best of luck to you

[Joey Shabadoo]

Originally Posted by ordinaryguy

i have been here for almost 4 years and i have no reason to look for another job.

You'd have to be legally braindead to stay at the Big Blue Screw for 4 years.
I bet you aren't even making .40 cpm.
Hell, I bet you aren't even making .35 cpm.
Two fast food jobs are better than that BS.
Plus you sleep in your own bed every night.
Ah, but that's trucking.
Chuckleheads who think $700\wk for 3 times the hours is good money.

[ordinaryguy]

Originally Posted by Joey Shabadoo

You'd have to be legally braindead to stay at the Big Blue Screw for 4 years.
I bet you aren't even making .40 cpm.
Hell, I bet you aren't even making .35 cpm.
Two fast food jobs are better than that BS.
Plus you sleep in your own bed every night.
Ah, but that's trucking.
Chuckleheads who think $700\wk for 3 times the hours is good money.

haha funny...i give a guy trying to get some insight into a company, some "positive" feedback on a company and the HateMongers come out from underneath their rocks.

[Bumper]

Well if it isnt old Cold Frosty Mug.

How long are you going to last this time before your banned again for life???

[TimberWolf]

I was going to say the same sounds like a CFM post to me as well.
All Jobs Suck at one point or another that is just the plain and simple fact of life.
Ordinaryguy you did right by giving sound personal advice, there are so many ppl who like to spout BS at any chance they get. For someone to say working two fastfood jobs is better then working for Big Blue is total clueless to the world of hospitality service. I would love to see Joey do double shifts at Taco Bell 14 to 16 hours a day in a grease filled kitchen that runs a typical 100 degrees in the winter months all the time. With no AC to speak of except the walk in cooler. Yea Joey after two weeks of that you would be crying for Werner or anyone else to hire you back...

So out of curiosity who do you work for Joey? Make sure you pile it on real thick about the great advantages you have at you're awesome job and that they never do anything wrong. A job is a job period if you are working you are productive and making money for your family that is all that matters no matter what you do be it washing dishes for Taco Bell or driving for Big Blue. Its just a job not your life.

Timberwolf

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by TimberWolf

I was going to say the same sounds like a CFM post to me as well.
All Jobs Suck at one point or another that is just the plain and simple fact of life.
Ordinaryguy you did right by giving sound personal advice, there are so many ppl who like to spout BS at any chance they get. For someone to say working two fastfood jobs is better then working for Big Blue is total clueless to the world of hospitality service. I would love to see Joey do double shifts at Taco Bell 14 to 16 hours a day in a grease filled kitchen that runs a typical 100 degrees in the winter months all the time. With no AC to speak of except the walk in cooler. Yea Joey after two weeks of that you would be crying for Werner or anyone else to hire you back...

So out of curiosity who do you work for Joey? Make sure you pile it on real thick about the great advantages you have at you're awesome job and that they never do anything wrong. A job is a job period if you are working you are productive and making money for your family that is all that matters no matter what you do be it washing dishes for Taco Bell or driving for Big Blue. Its just a job not your life.

Timberwolf

Good post!

[Double R]

Originally Posted by Joey Shabadoo

You'll sit, drive a few hundred miles, sit some more (for free), be chastised for idling, expected to sleep when it's 1100 degrees/-22 kelvin in your little box behind the seats.
You'll get to pay tolls and lumpers and scales out of your pocket and generally babysit an ugly continental blue truck until you finally come to your senses and give them the keys at such time the company will repay you by putting garbage (warranted or unwarranted) on your DAC thereby rendering you unemployable anywhere else.

HAVE FUN and welcome to the giant labor racket known as the trucking biz!!!
You'd have to be legally braindead to stay at the Big Blue Screw for 4 years.
I bet you aren't even making .40 cpm.
Hell, I bet you aren't even making .35 cpm.
Two fast food jobs are better than that BS.
Plus you sleep in your own bed every night.
Ah, but that's trucking.
Chuckleheads who think $700\wk for 3 times the hours is good money.

[dle]

Friends don't let friends drive for Werner - aka the blue screw.

[Luzon]

No matter what company you're asking about, some will have liked their time there, some wil not have liked their time there. It has a lot to do with luck. How you get along with your dispatcher, your personal experiences with the trainers, etc. I know this is basically a non-answer but it is reality. I'd probably advise to call around to 10-12 companies, narrow it down to 3 or 4 and apply to those. Then, follow the gut.
Good luck.