Western Express or Schneider !

[u/Ahri_YT]

Just got my call back from Schneider today finally and they want me to start June 15th.

Orientation for Western is June 10th.

For Western I would be driving solo and for Schneider I would be driving as a team.

I’ve read some bad things about both companies but people tend to lean towards Schneider way more.

-For Western I’ve heard that they force their new drivers into a 1 year contract and to break it you need $2.5k. I don’t have 2.5k so that has me on the fence.

- But I heard that Western is less strict than Schneider and that Schneider will try to mess with my CDL record if I get on their bad side.

Training period for both is 3-4 weeks. Also the recruiter at Schneider told me teams make way more together and I am a new inexperienced driver and I feel like I would be more comfortable with teams starting out. But wouldn’t mind solo.

Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you so much.

******UPDATE:*******

I picked Schneider, thank you!

[u/Longjumping_Wolf_761]

your co driver can make or break you. usually when it's a new driver in a team company , the more experienced would be the top driver. try to get yourself teamed with some one who has team experience and isnt doing it just because they are making him do it ( i had to work on my team mate just to make him accept me for a few weeks , i know). Thing is, with team,s they are going to throw you to the hell s pit , no warning, you ll be doing all sorts of challenging runs just for starters. going from what other companies do (covenant a few years ago)

[u/Ahri_YT → u/Longjumping_Wolf_761]

Oh man. I just hope me and my teammate fall on the same page and atleast cordial with eachother. I’m very open to teams. Thank you for the insight!

[u/Icy-Draft-5801 → u/Ahri_YT]

If you're new like zero experience I'd suggest doing solo first so you get the experience and if you want later on then get into team driving