Rick
Phoenix,#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Tue, October 07, 2008
If Florida has labor laws like those in Oregon, you can file a claim against Werner to recoup what they owe you, and also get 30 days additional pay. Do not concern yourself with the fact that they try to say you must bring an action in a Nebraska Court. The papers you signed won't hold water. See http://www.publications.ojd.state.or.us/S44921.htm We turn to the relevant statutes. ORS 652.150 provides, in part: "If an employer willfully fails to pay any wages or compensation of any employee whose employment ceases, as provided in ORS 652.140 * * * then, as a penalty for such nonpayment, the wages or compensation of such employee shall continue from the due date thereof at the same hourly rate for eight hours per day until paid or until action therefor is commenced; provided, that in no case shall such wages or compensation continue for more than 30 days from the due date[.]" Like you, Werner did not pay me what they owed me. Big mistake on their part. I will also attest to the fact that Werner got me home on time once during the 18 months I drove for them. Their "Average" was 3 days late. I will also attest to the fact that I know John. and yes he is a liar as well as other unsavory things. And yes Werner will give anyone a run around, they will "lose" records, and "deny" that conversations ever took place. Unfortunately WERNER is so poorly organized that you can't hold anyone responsible. Although your dispatcher "should" be responsible for most of the issues, "dispatch" has no control. It is the "Planner" who is ultimately responsible to plan the loads to get you home and elsewhere. I beleive that their structure is purposefully set-up so that nobody can be held responsible. Good Luck to ya, I'm sure you'll find a better company to work with.
Anthony
Rossville,#3Consumer Comment
Sun, April 13, 2008
...and their safety record just doesn't seem to be improving at all. I've read horror story after horror story as well. This tells me only one thing - they have no intention of improving their reputation in either area. Werner Enterprises is a company that advertises constantly in every trucking publication, and thus is constantly in need of warm bodies. That alone is a red flag when I evaluate a company. They are running way too many people in and out of those revolving doors. You cannot write that off that many people to just trucking industry trends where turnover is 'normal' and expected. The simple fact is, if a company is not offering working conditions that are acceptable to most people, they will go someplace else. One of the most outstanding and undeniable statistics that plagues this company is it's utterly awful DOT reportable accident rate. They currently run a ratio of 1 out of every 6.5 trucks they operate, having been involved in a DOT reportable accident within the past two years. Contrast this with the average out there of 1 in 10 for similarly sized companies. A DOT reportable accident is one where any involved vehicle in an accident had to be towed from the scene, where anyone was injured and required treatment away from the scene for those injuries, or where someone was fatally injured. Granted, not every one of these accidents are the fault of their drivers, but for some reason, this is one statistic that has slowly and progressively worsened over the past eight to ten years. When I see a statistic like this, I have to wonder if their drivers are being pushed to perform, are driving under immense stress, or are simply teed off, and thus are not driving with due care, and find themselves not on top of their game and find themselves involved in more accidents than what is clearly normal. This accident rate is even harder to explain, given the fact that they utilize electronic logging of hours-of-service duties, and experience an extremely low rate of their drivers being placed out-of-service for violations. It defies logic and trends that show that drivers run legal the vast majority of the time, combined with companies that monitor compliance of their drivers, will have safe driving records. This company also suffers another statistic that tells me volumes about them. They have teed off so many people over the years with the way they treat employees, that some of these people have erected web sites dedicated to the attempt to inform and warn others about Werner Enterprises, Inc. Word of mouth is the best advertisement, and it can also be the worst. Personally, I wouldn't want the reputation of my company to be that bad. I'd find the root of the problem, and find a way to improve it. There are many large companies that have either found ways to completely avoid amassing notorious reputations, or have amended their working conditions for their drivers, to improve their reputations. Werner is doing neither, and apparently is quite content in allowing their reputation to be what it is, and the only reason for this is because they, like other companies out there with horrible reputations, are still able to recruit people who are oblivious to just how bad they are to work for. Hopefully, people who read this, and are considering them as an option, might take pause to consider applying to them. I know I would never go near them.
Team
Cedar Falls,#4UPDATE Employee
Sat, April 12, 2008
Feeel your pain Rob, get those qualcomm records as they must keep them for at least a couple of years, YOU ARE NOT THE FIRST, AND SADLY NOT THE LAST TO BE RIPPED OFF BY WERNER ENTERPRISES INC/GRA-GAR/ DISPATCHERS/SUPERVISORS, and anyone else sheltered within the corrupt Werner EVIL EMPIRE. Don Fisher would not allow our truck to go to a terminal to get balding and illegal drive tires fixed, we were made to bypass 3 werner terminals that had repair shops. Don Fisher lied repeatedly about everything on a daily basis, problem is John Spressard is the Team Werner Supervisor, if you call him to praise the company you will be fine and he will be a great guy to speak with. If you call John Spressard to voice any concern at all he will go ape on you, start cussing you out, back up all his dispatchers and make you feel like you don't have a clue. Werner brass, all supervisors, most dispatchers could give a rats about any driver, they are trained this way- fleet managers have been fired here because they get to personal with drivers. Werner is the last place anyone should hope to find a home in the trucking industry, they will eat you up. I have had many good friends in management and fellow drivers that have been ripped off after giving this company 100% of their dedicated work. John Spressard, Don Fisher, Mike Johnson, Jeff Green, Vern Werner are all very bad people that would lie and cheat their own mother. Do yourself a favor! GET AWAY FROM WERNER NOW!!!! They will eat you up and ruin your career before you know what hit you, don't think it can't happen to you, it can and they will! WERNER IS A RIP-OFF Company! The DOT need to know how unsafe this company really is, I believe the DOT looks the other way because of all the werner money they make off pre-pass, permits, etc. If they only knew that a BIG PERCENTAGE OF WERNER TRUCKS ARE ILLEGAL! Bad tires on trucks & trailers, drivers that drive on each others logs, trailers that are seriously overweight, trucks that would not pass inspection due to mechanical leaks and worn equipment. WAKE UP DOT! Werner is taking advantage of the traveling public, how may more innocent lives of the traveling public will be lost due to politics and money that the DOT recieves from Werner! Werner Enterprises INC. is unsafe and putting at risk innocent americans by ignoring the upkeep on their equipment, they might have been safe at one time, but I know for a fact they now run their tires longer, service their trucks at 4000 miles instead of the 3000 miles 2 years ago, and they continue to allow their dedicated fleet managers to NOT ALLOW DEDICATED TRUCKSA AND TRAILERS GO TO TERMINALS FOR SAFTEY CHECKS! Werner Enterprises is ruining hard working individuals on a daily basis! WHY? Because they can, someone has given them that priveledge & the power to take priveledges away from anyone that might drive or work for them. WERNER ENTERPRISES INC. MUST BE STOPPED! SOMEONE AT THE DOT BETTER CHECK THIS COMPANY OUT CLOSELY WERNER MUST BE STOPPED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!