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Complaint Review: Werner Enterprises - Omaha Nebraska
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14507 Frontier Road Omaha, 68138 Nebraska, U.S.A.
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Werner Enterprises False Info on DAC Report Omaha Nebraska
Last July I signed on with Werner.I spent three weeks with a trainer who did not tolerate the use of air conditioning and only showered once for the duration.I was only allowed to drive at night.
After requesting another trainer,I was put with a person who was the exact opposite but was an extreme racist.After being authorized to go home midway in training(as the policy option says),I was denied access to a terminal where I could do so.One of the options when you sign on is going home after logging a certain number of hours,then returning to finish.They do everything they can to prevent this from happening.I finally had to insist that they honor their agreement and they allowed me to get to a terminal.
Then I was left at the bus terminal forced to pay my own way.This is breach of contract.My phone calls to try to return were repeatedly mysteriously disconnected.
After another month I got a copy of my driving log and didn't hear from them again.When I tried to get another job,I coudn't even get a response from other companies.
I got a copy of my DAC report and it had an adverse incident statement on it that reads as follows:"Equipment was involved in an occurence or act that produced unintended injury,death,properrty damage of any type,or resulted in the equipment requiring a tow(other than mechanincal breakdown) while assigned to the driver regardless of fault."
This is pure fiction.I constantly got compliments from other truckers on my ability to handle the equipment while I was in the truck.
Thiskind of statement goes on every drivers history that decides they don't want to work for Werner Ent. any more.Other companies do not dare go against such a statement if Werner put it on there.
Hundreds of drivers like myself have had their careers ruined before they ever started by this kind of intimidation.
USIS,the company that holds these employment history reports(DAC),put these statements in your file without proof or verification.I have to conclude that there is an underhanded partnership there.Why else would they participate without proof of such incidents.
I didn't realize that blacklisting was legal anymore,but apparently they are very practiced at it.
Mark
Cherryplain, New York
U.S.A.
After requesting another trainer,I was put with a person who was the exact opposite but was an extreme racist.After being authorized to go home midway in training(as the policy option says),I was denied access to a terminal where I could do so.One of the options when you sign on is going home after logging a certain number of hours,then returning to finish.They do everything they can to prevent this from happening.I finally had to insist that they honor their agreement and they allowed me to get to a terminal.
Then I was left at the bus terminal forced to pay my own way.This is breach of contract.My phone calls to try to return were repeatedly mysteriously disconnected.
After another month I got a copy of my driving log and didn't hear from them again.When I tried to get another job,I coudn't even get a response from other companies.
I got a copy of my DAC report and it had an adverse incident statement on it that reads as follows:"Equipment was involved in an occurence or act that produced unintended injury,death,properrty damage of any type,or resulted in the equipment requiring a tow(other than mechanincal breakdown) while assigned to the driver regardless of fault."
This is pure fiction.I constantly got compliments from other truckers on my ability to handle the equipment while I was in the truck.
Thiskind of statement goes on every drivers history that decides they don't want to work for Werner Ent. any more.Other companies do not dare go against such a statement if Werner put it on there.
Hundreds of drivers like myself have had their careers ruined before they ever started by this kind of intimidation.
USIS,the company that holds these employment history reports(DAC),put these statements in your file without proof or verification.I have to conclude that there is an underhanded partnership there.Why else would they participate without proof of such incidents.
I didn't realize that blacklisting was legal anymore,but apparently they are very practiced at it.
Mark
Cherryplain, New York
U.S.A.
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Mikeinflorida
Niceville,Florida,
U.S.A.
My DAC wasn't ruined...
#2UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, July 26, 2009
I worked for Werner in '06 and my DAC was never ruined. The only thing put on anything of mine from Werner was when I scatched a drivers front fender in a truck stop in Tennessee when he was pulled too far through his spot and I thought I could make it being the rookie super trucker I was then. Only thing I can say is, every big company uses USIS and DAC, but if you can get a copy you can contest it and if it doesn't get erased then you can submit a 100 word report of what happened in your own words. Every company will see your report next to their claim. Also, if you can get any trucking company to hire you as an OTR driver (not even a big company) then that will open your door to trucking again. I have heard of drivers not being able to gain employment for reasons like yours and got employed by a smaller company that doesn't follow DAC as a guideline for hiring because they know the big companies tactics. Once you get that experience, other companies will see you are hirable and have no history of accidents or incidents with the other companies so they will once again take a chance on you. It's a loophole most big companies hope you won't figure out! I drove for Werner for 6 months though and left on my own terms and they tried to charge me with abondonment but I disputed it before the truck left my house because their insurance company refused to let me drive it back to the Lithia Springs terminal, and it was the insurance company that called for the tow. So all in all, nothing was put on my DAC because they sent for it because I had been home 7 days with the approval of my dispatcher but that was when Werner still allowed slip seating and they told me I could come back to ATL when I was ready to roll and get assigned a new truck if mine wasn't available anymore. I told them to shove the truck where the sun don't shine!
Anonymous
Harrison Township,Michigan,
U.S.A.
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#3Consumer Comment
Sat, May 16, 2009
You are entitled to view your DAC report at a minimal cost and can dispute its contents.
