Werner Enterprises Headquarters | Tour of the Terminal

Join us at the Werner Enterprises Headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska. We'll give you a walking tour of the terminal and show you all the truck driver facilities. Is this the best?
February 18, 2022
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[@michaelrains2268]

Interesting tour , thanks 😊 🚛

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

:-)))

[@dave.lawrence.3894]

Nice tour, lots better than Schneider National.... 🙂

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Green bay is tiny. Atleast for the drivers

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL. That's what we heard!

[@thedale2112]

I need a Werner hat!! I'm hopin all works out that I start with Werner in January and get a chance to go to Omaha and beyond!

[@samfonov]

What they paying?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

I think you'll get a hat at orientation. Otherwise you gotta know someone. ;-)

[@MrBluess1]

Sending some love from nova Scotia Canada enjoying the videos and adventure

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Awesome! Thank you! We travelled the Maritimes in our RV a few years ago. LOVED it!!!! Kevin is from Ontario and I (Tanja) lived in Canada 12 years. Where do you live in NS?

[@MrBluess1]

@@TheJoyofTrucking I live in lower Sackville. About 15 minutes from Halifax. Yes its beautiful here. I have family from Ontario.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@MrBluess1 Nice! We really enjoyed our time in Nova Scotia!! So much natural beauty and so many cultures and history!! Glad to have you along with us!

[@MrBluess1]

@@TheJoyofTrucking glad to be along

[@benjaminsutherland6945]

First whhoooo made it at 13 seconds

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL!! Congratulations!! You get the gold star for the day!!!!! Thank you for your enthusiasm!!!

[@tamariodumas6895]

Nice! That is something to enjoy on your downtime

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yes!! Would like to have gone to the salon! Maybe next time! LOL!!

[@FPVace]

Wonder why they can't pay their drivers better.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Good question. Despite all the increases they still lag behind many other carriers.

[@jonathanferguson8280]

It's a mega company they always don't pay drivers because your a number not a name

[@abathens]

Membership has its privileges. Looks like Werner is a first class company!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Yes!!! That's it!! LOL

[@ryann5102]

I shop in that store about every day

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL! Yes...very convenient! Sadly, we weren't there long enough for me to get inside. Darnit!!!

[@samfonov]

Free hats? Free swag? Or do they expect employees to spend $$$ in the company story( I owe my soul to the company store....)

[@roymashburn1553]

Employees pay, I work there too, but there fairly cheap

[@truckingwithj7202]

Gotta pay for the swag. But they offer payroll deduction so you don't notice how much you spend 😂.

[@samfonov]

@@truckingwithj7202 i sold my soul to the company store.. haha 😂👍

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Gotta pay for what you buy in the store. But...they do have Driver Appreciation days when they provide lunch and swag for free. But...you gotta be at a terminal that day to benefit from it. And at orientation Kevin got a couple of things too. I think hat and a really good water bottle.

[@truckingwithj7202]

@@TheJoyofTrucking the company I'm with now sells shirts and things. Every year they give us a free shirt. Orientation they gave everyone a shirt, choice of hats, an insulated cup, and a pair of gloves.

[@glennfoster8707]

Missed watching u2 videos,,haven't seen on here much..pray all well u both.. this is greatest channel on you tube..❤Kevin is great professional driver,n Tonya is great to explain videos,n great wife n friend to him..may God bless u both be safe n keep posting. Always an enjoyable n relaxing, very interesting to watch yalls channel❤from your number 1 viewer,,foster.

[@dangregg3189]

Hi K&T. Thanks for the tour. It's super nice. Is Werner known as the elite fleet? Or was it another carrier? Have a great time out there and Truck Safe.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

We don't know if there is some official Elite Fleet designation. Glad you enjoy the video tour!

[@truckingwithj7202]

Besides the addition of the gym and all of the fitness posters, looks pretty much the same as when I drove for Werner 22 years ago. I think they had the same video games even 😂

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL!!! That game might have been there since the 80's as I recall playing something like it in my youth! LOL! But it shows what we always say, "Werner takes good care of their equipment!" LOL

[@truckingwithj7202]

@@TheJoyofTrucking lol yes. 👍🏼

[@truckingwithj7202]

The company I drive for now only has 1 terminal, they provide food free for the drivers every day, and have a couple of showers and rooms to sleep in if you want to get out of the truck. Also free laundry, indoor parking, and a place to leave your pet for awhile if you need to. But I only get through there once every few months.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Wow! Those are some nice perks! Which company is it? Where is the terminal?

[@truckingwithj7202]

@@TheJoyofTrucking Holland Enterprises. Fargo, ND

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@truckingwithj7202 Oh wow!! No wonder they offer indoor parking! Lol! I have family there.

[@bostarbird5282]

Omaha's terminal is nice and has a good cafe. But if you're ever able to tour primes terminal in Missouri do it. It is massive. The Lakeland terminal in Florida isn't anything brag about. It serves it's purpose but that's about it. The old terminal in Allentown Pa was hideous. Glad it's gone. Thanks for the memories.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Didn't get to the cafe since it was the middle of the night. Kevin has been. We like the Werner Terminals. Good to hear Prime has a nice terminal in Missouri. We think it's interesting to see the different facilities. We did a tour of Swift Headquarters in Phoenix. That was pretty impressive too.

[@hildegardsgoat6776]

Yes. I agree about the pay, that it should be competitive. I conducted an experiment today. I called Werner to find what they would pay me with fifteen years of experience. .52 cpm is what he told me. Wow. I am making .65 cpm in my current job. An old co-worker of mine, over at Old Dominion--.78 cpm. Of course, that is hauling doubles. Really not a big deal. I used to do it. I have been offered several otr jobs at .71 cpm.--I am happy where I am though. The difference between .71 cpm and the rate, I believe you are at... .48 cpm? With a modest average of 2,500 miles weekly is between 25k and 30k more gross yearly, over what Werner is paying. This really concerns me. I have been studying this for many years. How is it okay that these goliath, starter companies, that are kind enough to take on students, cannot pay a reasonable rate? Between their low rate of pay and all the nonsense they engage in--their drivers are hovering around minimum wage and a little above, when hours worked are calculated into the equation. Our time has value. We all work so hard out here and our pay should be commensurate with our sacrifices and hard work. I had a similar experience with Conway--nice, flashy terminals with all the bells and whistles, terrible pay and terrible treatment of drivers when it came down to it. Something I have noticed with big companies like this that exploit fresh drivers is that they load up on "selling" the driver on the company from orientation forward. It is a type of indoctrination to try and garner the driver's sense of pride and loyalty towards the company--in order to try and hold onto the driver for as long as possible. Investment in a trucking terminal in this way looks really good on paper and looks good from appearnces; but really, how much use are the actual drivers getting out of these facilities? How often is any one driver able to use these amenities? Who has got the time? At the end of the year, what really matters is the quality of our lives on the road and how much money we earned for the time we spent working. Our time has value. The best companies out there don't operate like this. They don't advertise. They don't invest multi-millions in nice, shiney terminals. They just pay and treat their drivers well. Their reputations precede them by word of mouth from one driver to another. I am glad you are enjoying your time and I am glad your truck is doing well. Just some food for thought. All best.

[@geddon436]

good post. i'm not a driver, i've been thinking about getting a cdl, but the more I read........for a short term job, maybe it's worth it.

[@rickyhawkins7407]

You sir are 100 percent correct. I started with this company after I retired from a career in Law Enforcement. I did orientation in Georgia and honestly was turned off on day one. The instructors were disinterested, cocky, and condescending. The facility was Ok, but this crap of putting strangers in a motel room for days. And because I was new to this life, I had no idea o would be sharing a room with an unknown person. (I ended up spending my own money to rent a room without a cohabitant) Then listening to the sales pitch about salaries and the truck leasing option (so you can be an O/O is a lie. By the time you factor in expenses, and time you are working and not being paid, you are basically making minimum wage. Now, I am not so much bashing this company, as a lot of the mega carriers are the same. I was more annoyed with the staff at the Georgia site and the dismissive way the dealt with the new people. If I was younger, or more forgiving in nature, I may have stuck it out. But the straw the broke the camel’s back for me was when I was picked up by my trainer and driven directly to another hotel in another state because he was taking a few days off. So here I was again stuck in a hotel, faced with sharing a room with a 19 yr old I did not know and who barely spoke English (his choice, not due to birth) so more money out of my pocket to have my own room for three days. After a conversation with my wife I decided to come home. I was dropped off at the airport and I flew home. I am glad K&T are enjoying their time with this company. I am sure there are good things about this company that I did not get to see. And the pay issue was not a factor for me, I get a decent retirement pension. I just could not get past the way the staff in Georgia treated us.

[@truckingwithj7202]

@@geddon436 trucking as a short term job is not worth it.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

WOW! Sorry to hear all those disheartening details about your personal experience!!! That would definitely discourage us too. Sad it worked out like that for you. That's why EVERY person in a company matters. One bad recruiter, instructor, trainer, or fleet manager can sour the entire experience and cast a shadow over the whole company. And we had not heard of anyone having to share hotel rooms. We thought everyone got their own. Hopefully, you will find a better alternative that works out great for you!!!!! We believe that everything happens for a reason. So the universe must have something better in mind for you!!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Trucking with J....I would say it's all relative...

[@c.l.freeman7654]

Schneider has a couple chairs and vending machines at their headquarters pol

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Hmmmmm?!?! That's too bad.

[@Opahmayjohnson1918]

Show the Atlanta showers lol

[@roymashburn1553]

No please don’t, that’s bad for buisnesss

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL!!!

[@roymashburn1553]

Lake City is nice and Huuuuge, I’m at Phoenix terminal today and only one I haven’t seen is California and do not want to see that state either. I used to work for secure Molina Health care opening offices in 17 states and corporate was in Long Beach. Keep up the good work kids. You might not see the Lake City one. I see it because I live in Miami.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

Lake City is the only one left! And we are determined! I like working on a good list. LOL!

[@roadhammer7543]

Maybe, I'm late to the party on this one, but is Kevin from the great white north? The sweatshirt, accent and past comments about friends in Canada make me wonder.

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

LOL!!! Yes! Indeed!! He was born in Barrie, Ontario and lived in different parts of Ontario. Came to St. Croix, US Virgin Islands in 2000 where we met in 2001. :-) I had spent 12 years in Canada earlier in my life. In the meantime, he has become an American Citizen. Are you watching from Canada?

[@roadhammer7543]

Hi. Takes one to know one I guess! Am in eastern ontario, but am from Montreal. Keep up the great work!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

@@roadhammer7543 lol!!! I went to McGill. Love Montreal! Kevin has family in Kanata. :-)

[@coreyriskowski2520]

You guys still in Omaha?

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

No…sorry…we’ve moved on. Are you there?

[@coreyriskowski2520]

@@TheJoyofTrucking yes. I have a free cb radio for Kevin. Like the ones that he was looking at in past post

[@Ayo-l2f]

I got an idea kevin

[@youngsiles17]

Bottom of the barrel Werner. We can’t settle for less or else these companies will never change policies & pay rates. If they go bankrupt because they don’t want to pay us (the money makers) are desired we’ll hard earned salary then that’s to bad for them!!

[@TheJoyofTrucking]

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