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08-03-2011, 08:38 PM
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who's better to work for USA Truck or Werner enterprises?
Have offers from both companies and trying to get some back ground on both from ex company drivers.
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08-04-2011, 07:45 PM
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Out of my class two out of five finished , and made it through with there C.D.L training.. We had, Werner come in scouting for new hires. I, and my class was impressed with how they take care of there employees. It was nice to hear too there catching up with the paperless logs, and getting on the the high tech side of thing's which makes it safer for us truckers. I don't no anything about USA Truck, but Werner is a good company to stick with my opinion.
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08-05-2011, 01:17 PM
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Hardware,
Thanks for your insight.
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08-06-2011, 07:12 PM
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Where are you, and what do you plan on doing (OTR, regional, dedicated, reefer, flatbed, etc.)?
I've been told by some USA drivers that their new trucks have automatics, but Werner has mostly 9-speed manuals, but the new trucks have 10-speed manuals. Werner's also not putting APU's on new trucks, save for the million milers. All the new USA trucks I've seen have Tri-Pacs.
As for pay, I've heard that USA starts out at $.25/mile, versus Werner at $.26/mile for OTR. For regional and dedicated, it's a whole different ballgame.
I've been a company driver for Werner on the Dollar General account out of South Boston, VA for the past 3 years and it has its ups and downs, but it's a pretty good gig.
I hope this helps out some.
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08-19-2011, 03:40 AM
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Well, if these are your only two choices, then you might consider that USA has the distinction of not only attaining alert status in not only one, but three categories under the new CSA program. That's right, USA is the leader in alert status categories, over every other major carrier. Go ahead, look it up.
It ought to be real fun approaching that open scale house in the near future if driving a USA truck!
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08-19-2011, 08:14 PM
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Hey how do we go about looking up a company's CSA record?
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funny, i talked to a usa driver yesterday as i was getting loaded. he said he's suposed to see home every weekend.. he hasnt seen home in over a month. he said the dispatchers were very flaky too.
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08-22-2011, 02:44 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by VPIDarkAngel
hat USA starts out at $.25/mile, versus Werner at $.26/mile for OTR.
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What a joke. Talk about slave wages. un-real.
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I've been through thier orentation and got let go the last day even though I was preaproved. I chalked it up as a loss, only real issue I had is they never gaave me a reason as to why they let me go. My opinion is USA does not have it together at all. Just based on what little experience I have with them.
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heh, just made a boo boo, this msg took the place of a post I ment to post somewere else >_<
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