Needing Company Reviews!

My husband is about to get his class A through a truck driving school and we are looking for a pretty particular job. We must be home (central OK) on Tuesdays by 7 p.m. and if it's regional driving, we need semi decent steadiness in mileage. We don't need to make a whole lot of money, two grand a month and were covered. Werner acted like they were gonna be exactly what we needed (working thurs-Mon, 500 a week training and 32 cents a mile after averaging at least 700 a week, our dog and myself could travel with him) but I've read reviews and am very skeptical now.

Oil field is down which is where he had planned on driving originally but now we want to stray as far away as possible. Were trying to find a good company to work for that mainly can have us home on Tuesday nights. Local or regional. I know wanting certain days home in this industry is a long shot but we want to find anyone to work with us. Like I say, we don't need a lot of pay, Just tuesdays night home!

Reviews on any company are welcome!

I believe you are looking for a needle in a haystack. Most large companies don't have any guarantee days off. The trucking industry moves 24/7 365. If Werner Is able to accommodate you than it may be your only option. Now as far as negative information I will say that you won't find one large company in this industry without disgruntled drivers. In fact if you read some of the posts lately on TT you will see how experienced drivers pick these complaints apart at the seams. If Werner isn't going to work I suggest looking at regional work off of Craigslist or indeed. The hard thing about these positions are most of the time they are looking for at least one year experience or more.

Thank you for the reply, most of the complaints seem legitimate to me (recruiters lying about pay and home time mostly) it's just a struggle. The training is 6 weeks long and hate to waste any time on them if they can't pull through with mainly that Tuesdays off deal. Were looking at more local companies but with oil field down it's hard!

Yeah, that's a really tall order in trucking unfortunately. There are tons of jobs that can get you home on the weekends. And if you have a little OTR experience there are plenty of local jobs that get you home every night. But finding a local job without experience is tough.

I would lean more toward driving a dump truck, logging truck, or hauling goods for local farms. There are also good paying jobs working for companies like Waste Management hauling dumpsters to the landfill and also good paying jobs hauling beverages locally for companies like Pepsi and Budweiser.

Sysco foods is another one that can get you home every night hauling food locally to grocery stores and restaurants.

There are a lot of small companies that are leased on to Fedex Freight and do home deliveries in the vans. They're home every night and the pay is pretty good.

I don't think you're likely to find many jobs that send you out of state but will get you home on a Tuesday.

Werner acted like they were gonna be exactly what we needed (working thurs-Mon, 500 a week training and 32 cents a mile after averaging at least 700 a week, our dog and myself could travel with him) but I've read reviews and am very skeptical now.

most of the complaints seem legitimate to me (recruiters lying about pay and home time mostly)

If a company will put something in writing then you can count on it. If not, then you know they can't guarantee it. Rarely will you find a company that guarantees getting home by a certain time. What if they say they'll guarantee you'll be home by 5:00 on Tuesdays and at 3:30 your truck breaks down? Life happens. There are no guarantees. Even local jobs will rarely guarantee having your day finished by a certain time. They need flexibility in their scheduling because freight, traffic, and weather are all unpredictable.

Don't waste your time reading complaints against companies done by random knuckleheads like "JohnnyHotDog" and "Tommy1283" in trucking forums. You have no idea who these people are, nor do you have any way of knowing if they're being honest, nor have you heard the other side of the story. The last thing you want to do is start making career decisions based upon what "BatmanAndRobin69" says about a company.

I completely understand what you are saying. Things happen,same as when he was welding, and sometimes you have to work late. That's not a problem with me. With werner you choose between otr , home every night, and 5 on 2 off. From what I read though, the 5 on 2 off isn't treated any different that otr Nd those 2 days off were just a scheme to get you to sign on with them. Its frustrating. thanks for the help guys