Which one???? Werner or CFI...
 

HAVE OFFER FROM BOTH....ANYONE HAVE GOOD POINTS/BAD POINTS FOR EITHER???? NEED TO DECIDE WHICH COMPANY TO CHOOSE.....ALREADY HAVE A CDL, AND THIS WILL BE MY FIRST TRUCKING JOB...THANKS AHEAD FOR ANY ADVISE.

CFI(now ConWay). Treat their drivers much better and rarely hear much negative about them.

From your post count I'm going to assume you are new to this board. Click on the search link, and do a search on both companies.Read all you can about both of them.

You will find CFI is so far beyond Werner you will wonder why you even asked the Question.

Stay far, far, far, far, far......you get the idea, away from Werner.

Oh yeah, please turn off the CAP lock. It gets some people riled up.

There is a REASON WERNER IS CALLED THE BIG BLUE SCREW. They love to screw over the drivers.

I am in the middle of my CDL school and have researched the hell out of all the companies that will hire us new guys on. I have pre hires from Werner, Swift, HO Wolding, CFI and trying for Crete. If I don't get in with Crete I think CFI is going to be the fall back. Why is it better? CFI training is 4-8 weeks. up the the trainer and you when they feel you are ready to do it on your own. Werner it is a set number of miles I have heard it taking over 3 months to complete. Training pay ends up being more for CFI they pay you per mile. 401k is better puts in 2c a mile CFI. Werner pays tuition pay back at 100 i think a month. Thats only 25 bucks a week, you should make more than that with CFI. CFI pays 3c i mile for HazMat. Pays 5c to run the NE where I live. Trust me it is a lot better. Plus that paperless log isn't all it is cracked up to be. Go with CFI!!!!

Sorry about the capital letters. I am new to the forum and to typing. I do like what I have read about CFI and will probably going with them. I have to deside soon. I wanted to do flatbed and have prehire with a flatbed company but $$$$$$ are telling me to get busy. Thanks for the feed back.

I'd got with Con-Way Truckload/CFI. Crete would also be a good choice.

It is the wrong time of the year and the wrong phase of the business cycle to get into flatbeds.

The training at Con-Way Truckload is 7,500 miles. If you add in the week at Crowder College (for new CDL holders) you're looking at around 4 weeks max. The trainer can tell them that you need more time if there are still things to work on. If it takes you 8 weeks before the trainer will sign off, I would find another line of work.

I have been curious about CFI, since the Conway take over, What are some of the changes that have occurred and may be projected for the future? Anybody with some inside information about the changes if any?
Everybody knows Im a Werner driver, Im not trying to push Werner over CFI/Conway cause I know it can be a tough road with Werner, at least till you find a good "niche" with them and it is possible.

ICS wrote:
Why do you say this?? Do you have any background in the use of the paperless logging?
Ive been with them 6yrs...I find the paperless logs very easy to use, saving me alot of "hassle" from the paperlogs. Once you master the use of the paperless logs and utilize good time management, they work out greatly to my advantage. There have been days that I would like to have been able "work in" another 15mins or so but overall they work great. I dont necessarly agree that a new driver should be using electronic logs with the first company they hire on with, though. Although they are easy to use, once understood, it can be difficult for a new driver. Should a Werner driver leave for another company, paperlogs would be a difficult transition.

Well the reason that i say that? You pretty much summed it all up for me. Also i have heard a few drivers talk about system failing. Now the 2 instances that I know about were problems at the unit in the truck not the system per say its self. I guess the 2 main reasons that i feel i wouldn't want to use it is the whole fudge factor. and the fact that I want to get used to doing paper logs. one day i am sure that everyone will have these or similar systems in the truck but for now I would rather be familiar with the more excepted system.
I don't think there is much wrong with it to be honest, the few things that discourage me from wanting to use really arn't a big deal. I guess what I meant by it was more to the effect that when the recruiter comes to do his memorized lecture about werner he pushes this thing so hard. makes it sound like the cure all for all trucking problems and it isn't really a big deal either way.

Mind if I pass this on to my dispatcher?

I need a breather.

Changes that have occurred, reality version: Trucks turned down to 65mph, pay increased a penny, logo on the doors switched. Everything else is the same.

Changes that have occurred, truck drivers' imaginary version: CFI was God's gift to earth, and now it sucks because Con-Way is the evil corporate overlord.

May be projected for the future, reality version: ... :roll:

May be projected for the future, company version: Miles galore, dedicated lanes up the wazoo, less dwell time, parking and fueling at Con-Way terminals, more P&D drivers meaning less dock time for us, etc.

May be projected for the future, truck drivers' imaginary version: The evil corporation paid $750 million for CFI so they could close us down. "Just look at cornflake!" Drivers, who were getting 3,000 miles a week before the merger, will now only get 1,000 miles a week so we'll all starve. Blah, blah blah, I'm sure you see where this goes.

I'll believe all of it when, and only when, I see it. So far, it's CFI running the same way CFI has always run. Some good, some bad, most in the middle. I've seen one run with Menlo listed as the carrier, so I guess their truckload spend is coming around little by little. Mostly though, the job is the same.