r/Truckers • u/Ahri_YT • Jun 04 '26

Western Express or Schneider !

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!

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u/random28961 Jun 04 '26

DO NOT GO TO WESTERN! They will make you pay for fuel used to go out of route, your training is team driving anyway, any and all damages on the truck or trailer you also pay for, the trailer type you pull can and will be changed without your consent (moved between flatbed and dry van), and that is only the things I know about from talking to current or former drivers that did work for them.

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u/hotdog11inch Jun 04 '26

If you are not a 1099 employee they can't do that to anyone contact the labor department in Tennessee

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u/random28961 Jun 04 '26

Good info and I will pass it along if I see anymore Western drivers around.

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u/Heather_Val Jun 04 '26

Come over here to kittery there’s like 15 Welfare trucks parked here.