Western Express reviews

3.2

57% would recommend to a friend

(1,287 total reviews)

Paul Wieck

66% approve of CEO

60% positive business outlook

Western Express has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 1,287 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Western Express employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Transportation & Logistics industry (3.4 stars).

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1K reviews
1.0
Sep 15, 2014

Stay far away

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Pros

The only reason I stay is because of my DM she is fantastic . The safety Department is top notch too

Cons

Sliding pay scale , BREAK DOWN department leaves you on hold for forever and try's to make you run illegal "thank god for safety" , driver trainers are only in it for the money and don't have any experience them selfs there min requirement has just been upped from 3mo to 6mo " just recovered a load from driver who didn't know about weight limits and how they work " short home time , don't give a crap attitude from other drivers about leaving trailers with DOT VIOLATIONs "average broken trlr 3-4 a week always carry spare parts and hopefully it's just a light " you are a target for DOT and bully drivers this company is not just at the bottom of the barrel it's the sludge . I can keep going but I encourage you to see for your self !

1.0
Aug 21, 2014

Shiesters!

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Pros

In 2002-2008,I could take up to 29 days off. Not to exceed 30 mind you.

Cons

Watch your toll & scale receipts! You'll be paid one week. Only to have it taken the next,from the previous week!!

1.0
Aug 17, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Best dm ever. Everything else sucks.

Cons

Slow trucks 63 mph. Current safe stat csa score 99.9 worst possible score. Mandatory inspection on three different levels. Junk trailers. Bad tires, brakes, frozen slack adjusters, holes in floors and roofs. No grease, frozen cam lock bars etc. company wide 40 rollovers in less than six months. I had 12 inspections in one year total. No lie. .75 a mile only for short runs less than a hundred miles. Tons of super short runs. 200 miles to 300 etc. pay cap .35 no more bonus program. No more short haul pay. Gone. Mandatory fuel and ridiculous route solutions you must follow. Fontana terminal is a joke, you get to clean your assigned truck, no more truck washes at terminal. Terrible load planner in Fontana ca. Terminal mgr is a joke and a twanger and looks like a girlscout. Lots of Fontana to la or long beach when you get to hard. Tons of hay loads. Trailers consistently rejected by shippers. Be prepared to get pulled over just while driving down the road for poor safety rating class. Just look at the junk equipment as it passes by you. Stay away from this place, I lasted only because of my dm. I never made more than 25,000 per year here, I swear. Also they have speed guage on trucks, a tattle tale speed logging system for Eobr and speeding. Trucks are programmed and set to pull hard to right so if you fall asleep your truck will go right and not left into or across incoming traffic. Truck rpm limited to 1500. No pre pass, company does not qualify. Up to two hour holds for road breakdown.

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