Western Express Any Good 2024-2025

Hello everyone I was wondering if western express is a decent company to get my experience i start orientation on 1/13/25 I’m hoping they are willing to give me a lot of loads instead of sitting I know it’s a second chance company but most megas wont accept me because of criminal record and or work history gap since I didn’t know what to do with my life when I was 19-22 I am currently 25 years old and in California if anyone went with western express recently how was pay and home time and your experience thank you in advance.

Honestly, if they are willing to give you a chance when nobody else will, I wouldn't be worried too much about what others have to say about them.

Your options are limited don't get picky, or listen to others negative experiences and go in with a crappy attitude.

Get a year of safe driving in and more doors will open in the future.

Old School got his start with them, after a very long and arduous search with many false starts.

He unarguably has a wonderful career NOW. The only way you can impact wether you sit or not, is be efficient, safe, and reliable.

With a dented past, your options are limited, as you can see. Take what is offered, spend your time learning how to manage your clock, how NOT to hit other things, and how to be a good driver in general. Then, you either stay put, or look for another position. They are willing to take a chance on you, are you willing to take a chance on them?

NaeNaeInNC hit the nail on the head...

The only way you can impact wether you sit or not, is be efficient, safe, and reliable.

Alejandro, I understand your concerns completely. Everyone going into trucking reads all this garbage online about trucking companies. Then they start believing there are "good" companies and "bad" companies out here. Everyone wants to land at a good company so they can get off to a good start.

It's all a bunch of nonsense.

So much of what is posted about trucking companies is written by people who don't even know what they're doing yet. The name on the door of your truck is meaningless. That name has little to do with your success. I tell a story in My New Book about one of my fellow drivers at Western Express who sat all the time while I was constantly moving. I explain how we approached the job differently and it resulted in completely different outcomes.

You will determine your own level of success at this. The trucking companies want each driver moving. That's how they make money. What happens is they start recognizing the drivers who understand the job and have proven themselves efficient. Those highly productive drivers start gaining priority for loads. The malcontent nonproducers begin getting shorted until they are complaining online about how terrible the company is.

Driver are their best and worst advocates. Take the job at Western Express and prove yourself a champion in a very competitive environment. That's how this game is played. You don't have to be on the best team, but you do have to be the best player. There's a world of opportunity out here, but don't count on it being handed to you. You'll earn every victory, and you'll be improving yourself all along the way.

Alejandro. What Old school said. Period.!!!!! I am a flatbed trainer. I had this exact conversation about productivity and sitting with 2 of my adopted rookie drivers this past week. You have to be willing to… To be willing to learn. To Be productive. To be dependable. To be efficient. To be ready for what next load is. To communicate.

Name on the door doesn’t matter. It’s what you make of it. I drive for Swift. I hear all the jokes. We swift “flatbeds” also get a lot of compliments from other drivers for not being like the average swift rookie dryvan driver. I currently have a former western express flatbed driver that is with us now, I adopted him and he calls me about every other day, he was there at WE for about 15 months to prove himself to the industry with his checkered past. In the past 3 months I have helped him go from about 1800 miles a week to 3000-3200 miles a week.

Thanks to everyone who replied i know western express is giving me a shot. I was just hoping for some reassurance I am going to go in there with a can do attitude and just hope I get enough miles to support my wife and child. I just got spooked with all the bad reviews online but I also know not everyone with a good experience will leave a positive review.

Alejandro has Halloween all over again:

. I just got spooked with all the bad reviews online

Old School says it best:

So much of what is posted about trucking companies is written by people who don't even know what they're doing yet.

Why are there so many "bad" reviews? Where are the"good" ones? I agree with O.S. - the babies want to cry about how they were screwed, when they barely know how the trucking lifestyle works. The people who learn the business are too busy making the bucks to go back and post how well they are doing.

Every so often someone posts on this forum "I've been doing flatbed for six months. Ask me anything!" The regulars here have to laugh them off the board.

For you, Alex, hang in there, and never think you're done learning how to "Trucker Bro"!