Orientation will last about 2 days ...you fill out about 3 hours worth of paper work for past work history ,criminal,and driving...Then tons of paperwork for company policy .

You will be taking another DOT physical/Drug test your first day in orientation


after group orientation you will be given a had full of assignment to complete on the computer that you must pass before being sent out with your trainer these tests are very basic ,and mostly just brush up on pre trip /company policy in the form of some reading/videos followed by true false and multiple choice questions you will have computer based test to simulate Qualcom use .


Then after you complete all this you will be ready to be assigned a trainer , However depending on availability you might be waiting awhile ...But as long as you are available for a trainer you will be paid $325.00 a wk regardless of having a trainer or not .


Training expect to be on that truck for 6 wks ...


When you finish your 275 hours you may have to road test to process to qualified driver if you do't pass the road test you either go back out with a trainer for more training or you go home .



What to expect after all this is .26CPM on the 48 board ...less on regional ...And 1800-2200 miles a week averaging about $500.00 gross per week ,and lucky to Gross 26k your first Solo year .

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I already filled out an app and they took that and i already answered those question about my background(clean),so I still have to do it again or am I good?

Im not to worry about cash on my rookie year but thanks for the heads up,I think they give penny rises every 4 months?

when i went with werner i did the 6 weeks of training and got my truck no road test required had about 6o students testing out and not 1 took a road test

what's the point of even looking at a company like this???????????? :? :? :? :? :? :?
could someone explain................... :?: :?: :?:

You didn't road test , But it is possible he could , As Werner has a quota for road testing , as safety requires a certain percentage of students need be tested after being trained despite the trainer road testing them , So it is very likely he could be tested . This takes place at all terminals ,But Omaha is the most likely to have road test a second time .


In 2.5 years at Werner I've seen many a student who had been road tested by his/her trainer have to go out and be re-road tested at the terminal . I didn't have to road test after being tested by my trainer , But many do , So you should plan on having to ,because it's likely you will .

In my case I had 2 10MPH speeding tickets 8 months before I got my CDL , And out of the few companies my CDL school was pushing on the students Werner was one that would take me ...I'm sure that if I had researched the field I could have done better than Werner , As those 2 tickets was all I had on my 7 year and squeaky clean record every where else , But I figured I'd just wotk at Werner until those 2 tickets were atleast 3 years old...What really puzzles me are those fresh out of CDL school with not so much as a mark on their driving history ,and a clean everything else who get sucked into Werner ,And know about the better companies , But go to werner ,because of paperless logs ...Which yes paperless logs are can be nice , But for most that go to Werner they will also end up paperless in their wallet not just their log books .

oh no now im scaried! :cry:



so how long do i have to stay with werner legally?

a year right?

Depends on your back ground crminal ,drug/acholhol,And driving record ...if your good in all those areas you have options ...If Werner paid for your schooling ,and you leave before the contract is up you owe them the schooling paid back monthly ...But there is no legal requirement to stay there ...If you can get on with Crete or CFI you would still make more money there even after the expense of paying back your schooling .


Seriously I would look into Crete ,CFI, Gordon ...Even Knight . You will not make jack SH#T at Werner ...There are exceptions to this ,as they have a few dedicated accounts that are beyond easy that pay well Sears ,And Office-max are 2 of those rare accounts ...But you must live in a hiring area for these and if you don't you will not be considered for them ...Not to mention not everyone is lucky enough to walk off their trainers truck onto one of these even if living the hiring area ,and end up on a long list...So that leaves you looking at making .26 cPM and running 1800-2200 miles per week on 48 state , And even less pay on regional boards with their "sliding" scale which have most runs paying about ,21 CPM loaded with all DEAD HEAD miles only paying .15 CPM ...I did 11 western and ran a few 3k mile weeks ,and between the Dead Head ,and loaded miles I did not even break $600.00 gross . Werner is one of absoulute lowest paying OTR jobs around .


Think about it like this the poverty line is I beleive about 34,800 ,So if you look at 100,000 miles as your base pay which would be 10k miles a month X10 months with about 60 days factored in for home time ,and other non productive time ...So if your at less than .35 CPM your base pay is below the poverty line ...And it takes 10 YEARS to get to .35 CPM at Werner . but you will be making between $325 wk -.28 cPM in your first 12 months ...then .29 CPM for your second year ,and then .30 CPM into your third year , So even if you do get 10k miles a month (doubtfull) you will be making less than 30k for you first 2 years based on 100k miles of pay ...This not me bashing Werner with non fact filled statements , But the facts based on basic match ,and their pay scale .

Hey Big Jeep,you drove for Werner.Have any info on their flatbed division? Helping my brother in law find a job.

Anitque equipment that has seen far better days . no dump valve fot tight corners ,and just in general poor shape .

as far as pay Werner pays Flat bed .02 CPM less than Dry van 48 state so that's .24 CPM starting pay , And tops out around .33-35 after about 10 years ...Werner justifies the pay cut to it's flat bedders with the same reason they do for their trainers , Which is you will get better miles ...Yes on 48 state DRY van you will be lucky to extremely lucky to average 2500 miles where as on flat bed you might actually get 2500 miles a week ,But multiply .24 CPM X 2500 , and you still only making $600.00 gross and even if you get 3k miles you are only grossing $720.00 .24 CPM x 3,000 ...So really it doesn't matter what division you are in you will only make about $600.00 a week , and have a minimum time out of 17 days before eligable for home time . Werner is a 25k dollar a year job your first year and maybe 28-30k your second , and pretty much topping off at 30k for for about a decade only exceptions are a few of their dedicated runs . I always joked that the big yellow Werner logo on my truck reminded of the BIG yellow golden arches at MC'Donalds ...I guess that's why they pay MC" money to their drivers .