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My husband started w/Werner in May 2009. He had a great trainer.Thank goodness because he had to stay on the truck with him or in a flea bag motel when the trainer was on home time for 3 months - he got his 300 hours in but had to stay w/trainer until he was assigned a truck if he wanted his $500 signing bonus.

He got his truck and was assigned a load right away and had to drive 2 more wks before getting home time. He has to fight to get home even though he puts in his home requsts the day he goes back out (2 - 3 weeks early). He will never be able to get home weekly. He has had to sit along the road for up to 5 hours waiting for maintainance to come out, he has loads taken away from him while he waits for a trailer because one dispatcher tells him to bobtail and the next says you should not do that,he no longer calls in to dispatch because of this, everything s/be put on the qualcom so its in writing and even that is chancey.

As a wife, the trucking industry is just as tough! Your husband is gone. You have to make all repairs to the house/cars, take care of the kids, make all decisions, run all the errands, take care of your personal needs, and in general live life on your own.

Sure you can talk on the cell phone but it changes you and it changes him.There will be tears - sometimes on both sides. If your marriage isn't strong it won't survive.

Location: Norwalk, Iowa

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i'll tell you of a great company to work for,the pay scale is a little low but that's it. great dispatchers,as fast as you tern your paperwork in you money will be direct deposited.

fuel cards so no waiting at the fuel desk and great trucks,i'm talking about knight trans. had to quit because i was making a move from jersey to north myrtle beach and just waited too long to go back,having a great time in myrtle

Guest

I too am a Werner Driver's wife, and I know all to well the *** you speak about and are living through... as does my husband!

Werner's Motto is " Werner Cares" . Bull*%@#!!!!! The only thing this company cares about is the " Bottom Line", " The final Dollar Amount" in their own pockets!!! My husband was promised so many things by the Werner Recruiter that visited his school right before he graduated that, when the real horror that comes with being a "Werner Driver" finally came to light, all he could say to me was; " that f$@%*##@ recruiter for Werner fed him more BS and served it up better than my recruiter for the USMC did when he got me to sign up!!" My husband has been with werner since his training in Dec.

2011. Yes, fortunatelly he had a very awesome trainer ( no thanks to Werner) and today is still a very trusted and close friend. His first account driving on his own was for Family Dollar. Was Guaranteed an average weekly take home pay of $700.00 at the least.

His average after the first month was under $500.00, and he was getting regular 34hr resets about every 2 to 21/2 weeks. Then by the fourth month average wkly. pay was barely above $350.00 to $450.00 and he might get lucky and get 3days home after4 or 5 or 6 weeks out and the required time of advanced notice for time off requests. We have a very strong relationship and marrige, but then was the beginning of what almost was our end.

It is the honest truth that this kind of blaten disreguard for drivers, their wives and families can and will change everyone and everything within their family. The dispatchers, terminal employees, etc... etc... all get to go home to their families and lives every night, every weekend and every holiday!!!

So they don't care about anything or anyone beyond that point!!! I have so very much more to say because parts of our story only gets worse; but as all of us wives alone at home... I still have much to do before my work day ends and I even get to stop catch my breath and relax before eating a little, taking a shower, crawling into my still empty bed and praying for the Lord to come into the lives of all the selfish, greedy cold individuals within Werner Enterprises and their affilliates and to bring us to a new job and place that truly and honestly values families, employees, drivers, as equals and not just their own. I will be returning to finish our story.

For now... Peace, Love and Happiness, God Bless,

Guest

all those comments are scary for new driver

Guest

I worked there in 1998 and quit I came back almost three years ago. They are turning over the good drivers and putting anyone that can pass a physical in the trainer trucks. I got robbed by them and encourage any kind of retribution for whatever they have done.

Guest

I worked there in 1998 and quit I came back almost three years ago. They are turning over the good drivers and putting anyone that can pass a physical in the trainer trucks. I got robbed by them and encourage any kind of retribution for whatever they have done.

Guest

My Husband works here,, What is work with the people in dispatch that they don't know what the next person is doing.. they need to learn to work together.. with the people who schedule the loads..

Guest

I have worked for werner trucking for 1 year and I have told so many lies, lies, lies,lies. I don't get to see my family maybe twice a month, even though I put in my 2 weeks to come home, they deny me.

They tell you all these great things about the company, a bunch of BULL-***. I have a wife and kids, who barely sees me, but very supportive. I have so many violations on my truck, they don't care they just send me right back on the road, still saying they will fix it.

WARNING DO NOT WORK FOR WERNER TRUCKING CO. :(

Guest

but, I hope to see this company end up like Arrow Trucking.

Guest

I married a Werner owner/operator on Feb 6th, 2010. On Feb 9th he went back out on the road with a request to be home on March 7th.

We live in NW Florida. Tonight, March 6th we celebrate our being married for one month. I have not seen him since he left to go back over the road. He is sitting in Pineville, LA and has been told there is no freight to NW Florida until Monday.

In the meantime, they are giving him a load to Huntsville, AL for delivery tomorrow! Both Huntsville, AL and Pineville, LA are over 600 miles from home. I had arranged to be off work the two days he was going to be home. Never had this problem while we were engaged.

Now he will maybe get home and I will have to be back at work.

Some f--ing company. They really don't care about the drivers or their families.

Guest

real sad that large co. are this bad i think this is not good let us stop and get the ones it hurts the worst there pocket book all the banks that they own or they own them stop cheating all you please WJG

Guest

If you are a man or woman considering trucking as a life style or career change please be advised - this is not the economy to do it in. The pay stinks because there are no loads to haul.

You will be home with your family about 4 days per month depending how long you stay out. Werner gives you 1 day home per 1 week out. And you will not get paid for the total miles on your run - ever!

They say they use the number of miles provided by a mapping program but it is the one program that shows the least number of miles between places. It averages 50 miles short every run that you are not getting paid for.

Guest

If you are a man or woman considering trucking as a life style or career change please be advised - this is not the economy to do it in. The pay stinks because there are no loads to haul.

You will be home with your family about 4 days per month depending how long you stay out. Werner gives you 1 day home per 1 week out. And you will not get paid for the total miles on your run - ever!

They say they use the number of miles provided by a mapping program but it is the one program that shows the least number of miles between places. It averages 50 miles short every run that you are not getting paid for.

Guest

I am a husband and did the training thru Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I was out of work and was changing careers to try and provide a good living for my family.

When I finished 300 hours of training, I was informed my grandfather had suffered an irreversable stroke and had days to live. It took Werner 3 days to get me headed back towards my home and then it would have taken 2 additional days due to a load my trainer and I had to "sit on", 3 hours from my house! I ended up getting off the truck and getting myself home and taking approved family leave to deal with the family situation. I came back after a week to get my truck assigned and route, only to be told my pre-assigned route no longer was available (doubt it was ever) and I had to go back out with a trainer for another 60-80 hours and was put on 45 day probation due to breaking a plastic bumper on the truck many weeks earlier.

I was told it was a common occurance at the time of the incident and was not a big deal. I refused to do the extra training due to being told after the fact. Due to the poor compensation ($140) a week after taxes and insurance being taken out, I may lose my house, and now Werner put me on unpaid leave and have told me they will let me go. Do not work for these vampires, they will destroy your family, finances, and your career.

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