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Does anybody know what werner starts their drivers out at with 9 months of otr exp.?

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Try www.werner.com that should do it.

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I did scan their page, before i made a post maybe i overlooked it but i would check the obvious before making a post, any body have any ideal what they pay a otr driver with 9 months exp.?

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I found it,

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Sorry wasnt trying to a smarta** or anything. The only thing I found there was this.
Your cents-per-mile rate depends on how much experience you have and whether that experience was with this company or with another irregular route 48-state carrier like this company.
I look it up in the handbook later and post it.

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I read the werner page and only found the same thing that you posted, sorry if i sounded as i came off to strong. if you come across something a little more in dept i would appreciate it.

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Werner, like most, won't recognize only nine monts as anything worth a higher starting rate. You'd start at base, for whichever division (48 pays more than regional) you want.
The only advantage nine months will give you is you probably don't have to do the eight week team-training thing. Or maybe they'd just put you out a couple weeks with a trainer to learn the system, since you already have some basic driving experience. This is actually a GOOD thing if you're going with Werner, since their QualComm system and paperless logs stuff is pretty complicated at first -- helps to have someone work it with you a few days before they turn you lose with your own truck.
About $30,000 - $34,000 first twelve solo months.
Just call their recruiting office at their main 800#. That's the best way to find these things out. Werner's pretty good about shooting you straight information -- if aything, they tend to low-ball their mileage extimates. Their system leaves you some room to do top mileage if you work at it.

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Werner pay:
3months .245
6months .25
9months .26
1year .27
All these prices i've gave you came off of there new books.

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Actually, regional pays one cent more per mile than 48-state drivers. My husband drives the midwest regional route for Werner and started out at 25 - 46 cents per mile depending on the length of the trip. Deadhead miles are only 15 cents per mile, but he only has to get 8,500 miles per month to qualify for bonuses. He hasn't missed getting a bonus since the first month he started. 48-state drivers have to run 10,500 miles per month to qualify for any bonuses.

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Shuffler
Well maybe I got lucky was hired as a solo driver with six months exp. No training, no couple of weeks with anyone.
Here is your new Pete and this is where we want you to go. Off I went.
Paperless log is too simple, not to say that some will, and could, have trouble with it at first. I thought it was straight foreward enough. Just had to look for the right macro the first couple of days.It is real easy to foreget to send some of them at times. It did take a month or so to really work the thing like it should be used.
If you are good at cpu's then qualcomm is no big deal to mess with.
The big thing about Werner that I like is the fact that they have never(not to say that it couldnt happen)messed up my paycheck in any way.

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lil rebel. . .
Unless company policy has changed, Werner will probably send you out for four weeks as a co-driver with a trainer. Your best bet is to call driver recruiting (1-800-WERNER1). They can also tell you what's available in your area; last time i checked Southeast Regional division had a waiting list, but that's been awhile and they may be able to get you right in. There may also be scheduled lane freight or dedicated accounts in your area. i talked to one driver who drove the i95 corridor between Florida and the northeast, said he got good miles and got home regularly.
Wish you well, and email me if you have questions.
"Love is a Verb". -IJohn3:18

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1991
6 months current experiance,they just turned me loose,well not really,it was friday so I started off layed over for the weekend
with 9 months,he has more experiance than some companies trainers

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Catsnub,
Yes you're right about the logs system and the dispatch messages. They're approach is straignt forward, and you can do them god enough pretty quick.
But there's a whole under-layer of detail and manipulation you can use to your slight advantage as you learn the ins and outs.
Like setting-up your load split message and sending it just before you arrive --- replaces you last fifteen minutes with the line-4 split time. (unless it logs you more than 65mph)
Did you know? The #19 'swap completed' macro actually loads you in the computer? You type in your version of the loading message when you get the papers from the other driver, but the computer's already completed the swap and loading. So -- if you don't think you can make that trailer legal, DO NOT send #19 till you've weighed it. If you can't make it legal, you may refuse it and dispatch will stand behind you....unless you've sent the #19. #19 doesn't log any loading time. But it's point at which it's all yours, and you'll have to fix it, somehow, somewhere...
Always keep yourself 'available'. If you've emptied, and only have one hour drive time left, and headed to the truck stop round the corner to take 8hr brk, keep yourself available. They not going to send you anywhere with only an hour left anyway, and when the next batch of loads comes down from the planners, your waiting 'history' influences what load you'll get. Those available the longest tend to (not always) get more productive loads.
If the computer matches you with a load, and you can't figure out how you can do with your hours, and you don't get the "keep load moving...will repower..." message?
Get on it right away with a call to logs. They match may be based on a 'split-break', and you may be approaching the deadline on your drive time to complete a legal split-break. And remember, your split-break set-up must be on line-2. Dispatch just assumes you'll change your line-1 time to line-2 time to do the break legal and deliver on time.
And never start driving between 2 and 7 minutes into the quarter hour if you can avoid it. Logs will round your drive time back to the start of the quarter hour -- it adds up over time. Just check your watch before you take-off and sit there a couple extra minutes if it puts you past 7 minutes.
It goes on and on -- you probably already know most of this, but I thought it might be interesting to put it out here anyway.
It's simple, but very smart too, and leaves you a little wiggle room to control at least a little bit of your destiny.
And paperless logs is still a work in progress. FMCSA will supposedly sign-off on it next summer, then other companies can buy the service from QualComm and FMCSA will recognize it. ("paperless-logs" is the property of QualComm, not Werner -- we just get a lot of free air time for helping them develop it)
All this defaulting to line-4 stuff just started a few months ago when FMCSA suddenly decided they didn't like a stationary truck defaulting to line-1 after all. It used to be even simpler and in some ways, more driver friendly.
Still I think "Werner's way" on the Qualcomm side of things -- both logs and dispatch -- is pretty amazing, and works pretty darn good most of the time. Most of the directions are good, they give you everything you basically need to get the job done. Though a cell phone sure comes in handy.
[This message was edited by Shuffler on October 07, 2002 at 00:53.]