Anybody on a Walmart account?

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EstablishmentHot9557@reddit

The trucking company I’m in now pays $1500 a week guaranteed I still get paid on days that I didn’t drive due to reasons such as no loads or canceled loads and I’m home daily. Last week I only worked 4 days maybe a little less and still got the $1500

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

Tell me more

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Horror-Cabinet-8979@reddit

Heads up from an old Walmart employee that's now a trucker. Do the few minutes ring then go up front. While mine was a smaller store, no one should be in the backroom during the night, all night. We're on floor most of night. 4am or 5am was the switch at my store where there is a dedicated person at the door.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I understand not being able to be in the backroom, but that bell is loud and obnoxious, surely someone can hear it to COME to the backroom.

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Direct-Attention-712@reddit

I absolutely hated this crap until I became a union driver and got paid for every minute. $48 an hour and $72 an hour on OT. Their dime.

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Fluffy-Caterpillar49@reddit

What company?

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Clarimeister@reddit

Probably UPS. That’s really the only company, especially union that’s making mega bank. But they do work long long hours so the company gets their use for them. But yeah it’s good pay for sure.

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sweatynut@reddit

At this point, don't believe drivers when they tell you how much they make until they show you their pay stub.

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KingGT2@reddit

Lol sounds like you just have had too many shitty jobs. I've had no issue showing my pay stubs. I feel like a driver isn't going to lie about what they are making. Either they are paid well and happy about it, or the pay is shit, and you'll hear about it.

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sweatynut@reddit

Good for you. That's pretty awesome you never encounter liars in this industry.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I need this

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No_Potential_323@reddit

Ive had better experiences with Walmart than Arizona, I waited 8 hours to even get called to dock, then another 8 to get loaded.

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12InchPickle@reddit

Because they’re paid shit and don’t care.

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

Disagree walmart pays more than some trucking company's around here

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12InchPickle@reddit

I meant their employees inside. Not their drivers.

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Fluffy-Caterpillar49@reddit

Their employees inside make more than 99 percent of mega carrier drivers

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Mr_BinJu@reddit

15$ day and 16$ nightshift. I really hope no mega carrier pays less than that

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Fluffy-Caterpillar49@reddit

Brother if I average 1000 a week and work at least 65 hours a week that's 15 an hour ( not including overtime pay which Walmart workers make)

A wallmart worker working 65.hours would get 1162 at 15 an hour for the same time worked....

And in reality to get 65 hours of logged work then you know as well as I do that I'm working 75 to 80 actual hours a week if not more

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Mr_BinJu@reddit

You need a better job. You should look into other OTR jobs. TMC is flatbed and they pay very good but that's all I know.

You may want to look into some local that's hourly because that's what I'm trying to do now with a propane company

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

Night shit is like 24$ here.

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Mr_BinJu@reddit

Where is "here'?

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

Southern Illinois

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Mr_BinJu@reddit

I'm gonna call total BS now.

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

That's fine I don't even know you why should I waste my time proving a point to a random. Have a good one.

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robs104@reddit

At the distribution centers they do. They sure don’t at the stores.

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ChrisTheMan72@reddit

Depends on one area but my exroomate was making 20/hr doing nightshift stocking in an area with a minimum wage of 15\hr. He had no prior experience.

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Bubba-Fett163@reddit

U so not lyin bro

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Violet_Apathy@reddit

The employees working inside the store. Not the drivers

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Fluffy-Caterpillar49@reddit

Yes... the employees inside the store make more than otr mega carrier drivers..... What part are you not understanding?

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ComprehensiveDark814@reddit

I talked to a forklift operator at a Walmart. I don't remember the specifics of his pay but I remember it was pretty decent for only working 40 hours. It wasn't much lower than my pay working 70+ per week at a mega.

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ParticularArrival111@reddit

I meant store employees around here they make 20-24 hrs I know trucking company's aroundhere that barely pay 20

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azziptac@reddit

I'll take a Walmart DTC over Target DTC every day of the week. Ever spend 12 hours waiting for your trailer to unload? That's an average Target DTC live load, experience. A driver of mine did 16 hours one day.

Shamrock & Sysco be giving Target a run for their money here in PX, AZ tho. At Sysco, a while back some dumbass was there for 3 days lol.

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AcanthocephalaNew791@reddit

I was at a target dc down by Atlanta for 8 hrs for 4 pallets

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JankyMark@reddit

Target is the worst

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Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit

Yup Fuck Target, The distribution center in Phoenix fired guys that got deployed to Iraq. I was notified by my wife that i lost my job due to Job abandonment 3weeks into Deployment. I was told when I got home that they were fined by the Government and everyone from HR down to the Warehouse manager got canned for that shit. I had put in the right paperwork before I left for Pre Deployment training so Hr signed off on it and so did the warehouse manager. Needless to say 3 weeks into Pre Deployment training I got a call from my wife saying that target had called and said I was fired. At the time it was one of the best jobs around. 4 on 3 off 3 on 4 off. 6pm 6am.

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JankyMark@reddit

damn that’s sad, was you otr?

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Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit

No at the time I was working in the Warehouse as loader.

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JankyMark@reddit

Oh that’s nice

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Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit

I got paid well. 8800 a month plus Full Pier Diem. 57 a day for food and 149 a day for housing. Our pier Diem was a separate deposit every two weeks.

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JankyMark@reddit

sheesh that’s good, you still get paid every week too?

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Unfair_Fisherman_605@reddit

No I was paid Bi Weekly 4400 then my per diem as well my per diem was 2884 up top of that. This was Military Contract work. The only time I was paid like this was as a Civilian Contractor in Iraq 2008-2012 at 133k a year.

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JankyMark@reddit

Oh damn yeah I’m definitely not familiar with how they get paid but it definitely sounds like a good gig

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Clue-Just@reddit

Can confirm. I wasn't even the one waiting. I was only yard dogging and they would be waiting a long as time

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homucifer666@reddit

And they always seem to damage the product during unload, which they then blame on you. I think I've gone to one Target DC without a cargo claim; and I know it's them because this never happens at Walmart, Kroger/King Sooper, Publix, or Food Lion/Adusa.

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Dently@reddit

I run reefer dedicated walmart. Always live unload. Some stores i'm in and out in minutes. Some stores 3 hours for 4 pallets. I do have a radio and recommend it. They are mostly all on channel 4. I don't often have to use it, and sometimes the store doesn't use them or if they do they don't listen to them.

I don't hate it.

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spallaxo@reddit

I did it for a summer cause they were short, with Swift out of PA mostly did NJ. I'd call if they were taking a long time and if they didn't answer(very often) I'd walk around.

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Airstrikeayers@reddit

I was on a Walmart dedicated for 3.5 years. I give them a few minutes to answer and if they don’t I walk around to the front and go in and find people and let everyone know I’m there. Overnights they have one door unlocked for safety purposes, just pry open entrance or exit door. I’ve become a pro at getting in and getting shit off my truck

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Nearby-Border-5899@reddit

exactly, i at some point i stopped ringing the bell and just went through the front and grabbed the manager.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I do but shouldn't have to. I ring the bell like am obnoxious ex and they still don't answer. Some of the Super centers here in Fl are big af so walking around (yeh yeh good exercise) is a pain

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Airstrikeayers@reddit

I only did Florida Walmarts. So you must be on a swift dedicated. I came out of Cocoa. Job comes with walking, it sucks I know but load pay motivated me to walk and get unloaded faster. I also did Sams clubs as well.

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RepresentativeAd560@reddit

Someone did this when I was a mop jockey for Walmart. They played the moistest sounding porn. I died laughing. Went on for weeks. At some random point in the day the radios would become useless for hours as the only sound to be heard was what sounded like a horse cock dildo being violently shoved into a five gallon jug of Miracle Whip accompanied by the fakest moaning and "Oh yeah"s.

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ItsSugarbear@reddit

This is the way

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buddhathebard@reddit

Why wouldn’t you take the lock off and back up if all you needed was to take the lock off?

Otherwise, yeah, you’re right. They suck.

Put in your time and move on to private fleet. Not that you won’t still wait but you’ll get paid to wait.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

Needed a signature and a definitive empty. Working on the latter

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buddhathebard@reddit

So you sign someone's name and pull the other trailer from the door (after peeking in to make sure all the doors are closed) and check to make sure it's empty.

As someone who was on an account with Swift and then directly for private fleet, it'll be fine. No one looks at the seal cards or cares. JUST ALWAYS MAKE SURE THERES NO ONE IN THE TRAILER BEFORE YOU HOOK UP TO IT.

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Megalodon7770@reddit

Fuck no

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PlantsNCaterpillars@reddit

I helped out with the dedicated Walmart account with Swift for a while. Aside from getting in and out of the DC in Eastvale, Ca that was some of the easiest work I did but I may have been very lucky.

Pick up a loaded trailer from a DC, take it to a store, and leave with an empty back to a DC or haul a trailer full of pallets to a yard. 30 minutes isn’t bad.

Right now I do dedicated for Target and it’s a fucking shit show. 14 hour days are the norm and you’ll definitely be doing a 16 hour day once per reset because those fuckers will just straight up ignore you indefinitely. It’s faster to just walk all the way around to the customer entrance and walk to the back of the store and start prepping for the unload at half the locations I delivered to. Then, once the unload starts it’ll be one person unloading because everyone else will scatter like cockroaches. Every single store that was suppose to be no touch freight I ended up helping out the one person actually doing their job just so the stop wouldn’t be multiple hours.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I do about 13-14 hrs a day. It is simple af just annoying

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Mr_BinJu@reddit

I used to work retail for a clothing store and whenever we'd get trucks bringing stuff in, they usually had to call them store because no one here's the bell. In the back and 95% of the time none of us are back there to hear it because we're doing our jobs IN the store.

That's probably the case for the not responding to your bell. As for the slow unloading, it's Walmart bro, they get minimum hourly.

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brown_leopard@reddit

you can call them prior. never had any issues.

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theblackoctopus23@reddit

It's a pain but there's ways around it. If they dont answer the bell within a few minutes, I call. And yes...if they don't answer the phone I'm taking the walk. If you go to the same walmarts just get friendly with them and ask them what's the best way so all the waiting doesn't happen. My accounts I know the best times to show up, and who to contact immediately if the door isn't answered. I shouldn't have to do all that but I don't wait like what you're describing anymore.

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ahowls@reddit

I used to be on the account out of Sterling Illinois.. it was like 15° the first time I delivered to a Walmart.. walked to like 3 different doors , no one answered. Ended up having to walk all the way around to the front of the building and find a manager.

I was pissed

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grimcake12@reddit

My homedepot account was like this, I gave it 10 minutes after rininging the bell I'd walk to CS and tell them I got your truck ready to swap, or if this was the same store and it was becoming a problem I call my dispatch and they raise hell for me.

5/10 I'm walking around tho.

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Independent-Fun8926@reddit

Lol bro, I FEEL you. I’ve seen them hanging out outside, by the time I dock and come to the door, it’s locked, and nobody answers for 30 minutes.

I’ve had them unload a daycab guy I let go ahead of me (poor guy said the office runs him ragged AF, said he shutdown the day before with literally seconds left on his clock). They then dick me around for an hour, and all I had was two pallets!

I called my office a bunch of times over it. Got used to going around to the front and having them page receiving. Sometimes even that wouldn’t get them moving fast.

I’d have early appointments for Sams that wouldn’t open receiving until almost an hour late. You better be there first, on the dock, and hopefully no Walmart driver shows up before they start on me. The other venders would show up and start circling like vultures lol. Drove me nuts how some Sams could have 5 dock doors, one is broken, the other 3 have empty third party trailers, so there’s only one receiving door. Or you bump the easy and open dock, go inside, and find out that dock is blocked my actual mountains of product and bullshit lol. So now you gotta move.

I had one store take well over an hour before they finally answered. Calls to the office, pounding on doors. Ringing the bell. Yelling. Nothing. Another vendor finally broke in someway and got them going lol

Did it for Crete out of Cheyenne. Anything south into Denver was a crapshoot. Going north wasn’t so bad. Was actually a good time all things considered

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jmzstl@reddit

Another vendor finally broke in someway and got them going lol

The secret that retail stores don't want you to know...the front door is usually unlocked so employees can come in. They just turn the automatic door sensor off, so you have to manually pry it open with your hands.

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DrivingToMilwaukee@reddit

One of their drivers showed me (if it's not a live unload) just drop the loaded in a empty door bol in door handle or swap.➡️ look behind the trailers for a trailer that's got the door closed, no seal, no lock. 9 times out of 10 that's your empty or maybe full of pallets they give you a pallet move for. I got tired of waiting 30+ minutes too. Once the "empty" had returns I just took back to the DC.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

Thing is my company requires signatures and shit

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DrivingToMilwaukee@reddit

Oh that sucks at first I was getting signatures and some of the managers would be like " dang I haven't signed one of these in a long time"

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Break_Street@reddit

I use to be a manager at a Walmart If you’re asking about delivery, 10/10 they hate the unloading process and dealing with drivers at every store I’ve been at Unless you’re a driver for Walmart these guys get the high ranking priority in and out less than 10min All they gotta do is call the store manager directly And mountains are moved But if it’s warehouse yard than idk how it is on that side

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I'm referring to the stores. I used to work at a Walmart store. Did both grocery and gm in my tenure. Grocery unloading (which is what I deliver) is cake af especially if it's a "remix" pallet. They don't even have to pull it to the floor. All I needed to do was drop the trailer get my lock and grab an empty. They didn't even need to unload it then.

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TruckerAlurios@reddit

Bud I'm a WM driver, if we even could call these SMs it'd be a week till they stopped answering.

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Break_Street@reddit

You’d be surprised My sm use to blow up our phones about who’s getting the driver unloaded But every store is different every store manager is different

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TruckerAlurios@reddit

Fair. I deal with them directly occasionally for anotherpart of my job. I will say most of my market is awesome but a couple... theres a reason they get new management often. Though we also have a few so bad that you could take a nap while waiting for the door.

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CaptianBrasiliano@reddit

30 Minutes? Fuck. You're living the dream Brother. Come try Kroger...

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

Damn, that bad? Lol

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Tasty_Explorer_6910@reddit

Walk around front

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

I do. I shouldn't have to but I do

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J-Rag-@reddit

If nobody comes after a few rings of the bell and a few mins, call the store directly. Customer service will answer, tell them you're a Walmart driver at the dock for a delivery. That does the trick 95% of the time.

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Vic_Gatsby@reddit (OP)

They never answer! Every single time I call they don't answer. I always have to walk around

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Uncle_Jerome_Saint@reddit

It's been years since I've done it but I used to do Walmart account hauling produce from the west to east

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redsn0w10@reddit

I was on a Walmart account out of Missouri for a year. There were a few times I had to call the store or go inside to find a manager to let them know I was there. If I showed up at a neighborhood market before 4, I’d had to wait for someone to show up. Sam’s club and super centers someone was always there.

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