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
3.0
Nov 25, 2015

Westerns good for some exp

Recommend
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Pros

2000+ miles a week- weekly hometime/ what most people do is get they're experience and get out but it is a company you can stay at

Cons

It's not called welfare express for nothing, some weeks I've gone home with 300 bucks and others I've had 1000 dollar checks

1.0
Nov 29, 2014

Terrible Company

Recommend
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Pros

Great trainer. Hands on training👍. Lots of loads all over the USA.

Cons

Lack of support and communication from company to driver. Left driver stranded in another state and went home before getting driver setup with a hotel. Hotel staff called company to help driver out and was yelled at for explaining the situation.

1.0
Oct 15, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

They will take you with little experience, they don't even require a road test. They will feed, house and pay you during orientation.

Cons

Driver trainers are angry broken people and will be personally offended with mistakes you make and many you don't make, like you wanted to make them or you did it just to anger them. Then they will berate you nonstop until it causes you to make more mistakes. Then threaten to fail you if you don't have a sunny disposition while they are doing this. .The company says they want you to report safety issues but use your best judgement there. I don't know how anyone makes any money, no one knows where empty trailers are and they give you loads that are already late so you spent 24 hours on a parking lot waiting for a new dock appointment. Shippers have lost respect for the company, I saw a memo on one of their whiteboards that said "give your old loads to Western". They take advantage of nice agreeable drivers and give them the crap runs because they know they won't complain. IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER OPTION DO THAT.

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