Is Western Express a good company to work for?

Western Express has an overall rating of 3.2 out of 5, based on over 1,373 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has increased by 40% over the last 12 months. 57% of employees would recommend working at Western Express to a friend and 60% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Western Express have been left by employees working as Driver Trainer , Driver Manager and Trainer .

Does Western Express pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Western Express employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Western Express. This rating has improved by 57% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Western Express?

57% of Western Express employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Western Express 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Western Express?

Truck Driver (264) , Class A Truck Driver (138) , Driver (104) , OTR Truck Driver (77) , Company Driver (65) , OTR Flatbed Driver (56) , Class A Cdl Truck Driver (27) , Recruiter (22) , Driver Trainer (21) , Driver Manager (20) , OTR Driver (20) , CDL Driver (18) , Owner Operator (17) , Trainer (17) , Lease Purchase Driver (13)

What are the pros of working at Western Express according to real employee reviews?

"Great for people with driving points or criminal records" ((in 31 reviews)); "Good driver managers and terminal" ((in 27 reviews)); "They provided good training for the role." ((in 22 reviews)); "Decent benefits" ((in 11 reviews)); "The staff are friendly and helpful" ((in 10 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Western Express according to real employee reviews?

"Starting pay was low paired with low mileage (1800 miles a week)" ((in 106 reviews)); "Bad management , driver mangers do not care to much about new hires" ((in 19 reviews)); "can't get in contact with anyone DM has bad communication un steady pay feel like I've been lied to too come here." ((in 17 reviews)); "long hours and some Saturday's." ((in 13 reviews)); "Driver managers have no clue what is going on half the time." ((in 6 reviews))

What are the top reviewed Western Express locations?

Nashville , Bethlehem , Richmond , Bloomington , Plainfield , Allentown , Fontana , Ashland , Fort Dodge , Atlanta , Philadelphia , New York , Los Angeles , Memphis , Hartford , New Haven , Las Vegas , Nash , Pittsburgh , Chicago , Falls Mills , Fayetteville , Raleigh , Dallas , Houston , Nashville , Chattanooga , California City , San Bernardino , Annapolis

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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

Ratings by category

3.6

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

3.0

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Work/Life balance

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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Nov 29, 2014

Terrible Company

Truck driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

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.

2.0

Nov 22, 2014

The orientation is pretty good after that things pretty much goes down hill

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Overall the orientation was great for flatbed. They get you right into a truck less then a week and they are switch all their trucks to automatically, could be a challenge for those who get hired and might go to another company that has manual trucks.

Cons

With no experience you going start off make a little over 200$ a week for 4 weeks with your trainer, then your trainer can be anybody, Mines can't drive for nothing in the world, he is a good person , but not a good trainer. He doesn't know his left from right . Plus he got a ticket in my first week of training. Then the dm is kinda off track . They sent us to New jersey. Just to tell us why are you in jersey the loads supposed to going to new jersey. They pay is not good for anybody. I'm on my way out. This is not the company for people who like to get paid and exactly know how to drive and want to put the miles in. Then for flatbed you start off making .27 cents a mile putting in average 2500 miles or more in otr.

1.0

Nov 11, 2014

worst co ever to drive for

Truck driver

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good news they pay on time every wk

Cons

they lie from day one and never stop , cant make any money, u will never get a sign on bonus , and the pay is 32cents a mile thats it unless u can prove u drove for 30yrs , there trucks r crap , trlr too if u can ever find a empty if u come in to the yard in fontana u r going to run 2 to 3 short little runs like ur local spend all day getting loaded or un loaded no money if ur smart u can find a better driving job than this any place

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