Truck Drivers Hate Working For Walmart, Will Their New Policy Change Everything?
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- Truck Drivers Hate Working For Walmart, Will Their New Policy Change Everything?
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I work for Schneider National and I have to follow rules I don’t really have a uniform just wear a vest and steel toe boots and be ready to run I don’t talk in my phone because of safety issues with traffic especially in Chicago I’m new in trucking but my grandpa was a trucker and I want to get my own truck
Made in China
Fighting all the time
Violet crime every day
Yelling
Shooting
Kidnapping
Trash everywhere
Homeless living in the parking lot and using the baskets and the street the store is on .
There no roof in garden on the side so stuff get wet or soak
They fire you for no reason
The stuff they have every has that stuff so sale going to be slow or standing
Around .
People doing pranks to get views
Clock in and out and for lunch
Nasty mangers
One bathroom if you work there that a problem
Rapes
People come up missing
16,000 indents or more each year
Cameras every where
No union
One of the richest family in the world some have 70 billion each and they have the government pay for stuff and there people. over a 600 billion dollar company
And the list goes on and on
Pushing baskets
Got a new career job and the department manager yelled at me and talking trash about the new career job the Great -Recession had already started 5 months later Walmart worker was trampled to death on Black Friday.
5,000 lawsuits
Walmart settles racism 17.5 million hiring of truck drivers
17.5 million dollars lawsuit
_I make $87,360 a year here at Landair doing mostly local LTL loads, the furthest I go is Connecticut and that’s once in a blue, I only do 1% of what Walmart truckers do; deliver the load wait to get unloaded go home, if I stay in the truck and the load is not ready that day I still get paid for that day, and I get $1000 vacation week_
Well on the bright side walmart drivers have a great excuse to not answer the phone when their dispatcher calls.
Most time if they need to get ahold of you they will send you a message on your tablet to call them it doesn't happen very often most of the time you just get your Loads on the truck tablet
@@markpowell1031 it was a joke!!!!!
Sorry boss. Can't do it. Exceeded my 1 hour limit. Talk to you tomorrow.
So funny you say that hate to admit it but realized that's one good thing about working for Schneider so far they have a zero tolerance on phone so you really never talk to anyone. Very hard to get ahold of dispatch. First job I done where I rarely talk to dispatch.
@@kazumakztrucking6514 wasn't being funny I was serious. Talking to a dispatcher that never drove a truck or undstands what we are doing is very annoying, like somehow they can do the job better. Far as being away from home and not being able to use the phone that is horrible.
I drove for Walmart for 9 years, and got fired this past January, for their stupid phone policy. I accidentally brushed a car, that was illegally parked in the Walmart driveway, and I was not on the phone during the incident, but at the time Walmarts policy was you must turn in your phone records for the full 24 hour period. I had a one hour phone call, 2 hours prior to the accident, so they fired me over that, not the accident. Now I hear that I can return to work for them after one year of being fired, next January. My answer is no way, money isn’t everything. I’m enjoying my freedom without all the micromanaging.
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Over a phone call? Two hours prior to the accident? Sounds like they were just looking for an excuse to get you out of the door. That’s call center rhetoric 🤦🏽. Don’t need to work for a company like that. Ain’t worth the money if you’re gonna be stressed to the max.
Good deal
Be free
Dude!!! Tell walmarr they can go fuck their ass🖕
At least you got to run it up for 9 years making good money.
The conversations you have on the road is very important it really helps you get through a 2,000 mile week
2000 miles man? That's all you turning a week? You're right tho, you gotta be able to communicate with the outside world driver. I couldn't not talk to people while on the road lol.
2000 miles a week? Do you sleep more than you drive.
@@weareallbrainwashed5101 are you a driver?
Wally's all regional. Not that many miles to a store. Outside carriers do the real crappy runs.
Hell Schneider’s policy is worse than Walmart. No calling or texting while driving, period. And I personally like wearing a uniform although Schneider doesn’t require it. I’m a military veteran and been OTR for 30 yrs, so I’m used to wearing a uniform and going to customers looking sharp and professional…..it gives a good impression of myself .
Recruiter told me that Schneider requires drivers to wear boots when outside the truck.
Being able to dress relaxed is great. Many others I’ve talked to agree.
At FedEx Express no handheld electronics use while driving . Also no headsets/bluetooth usage while driving. Policy states if you must use any handheld electronic device you must pull over in a safe spot,shut down engine,remove key from ignition and then proceed to use said handheld electronic device. Trucks are on the govenor at 65 mph. Uniforms must be worn which includes steel toe boots. Omnitracs in all tractors and straight trucks. Outward and in cab cameras now standard. Company has major recruiting and retention issues for Class A drivers. Just the way it is for FedEx Express .
@@happycommentator6773 Just crossed those two off my list.
I'm glad that I'm currently divorced and kicked my girl to the curb before I started driving for a company that Prohibits Talking On The Phone.
Driving for me is like Therapy and an Escape from listening to or dealing with Other Folks SHIT.
FAMILY AND FRIENDS INCLUDED!
So now EVERYONE knows..
"I WILL CALL YOU BACK WHEN I GET A CHANCE"
And sometimes that's a day or two or three later.
Before Driving, my phone was Freakin Always Blowing Up, with someone needing this or someone needing that or they needed someone to talk to because everyone else was busy..
(LOL) Well, Now I'm BUSY!
Driving and Staying off the DAMN PHONE!
I usually catch up with family and friends when I stop for the evening or on the weekend.
And guess What? I Haven't Missed SHIT or ANYTHING Seriously Important.
Right Now, I'm Rolling, Clocking Miles and STACKING PAPER.
BE SAFE Y'ALL!
And Keep Your Eyes on The Road!
The company I drove for had no restrictions, other than hands free. Never knowing when you were going to get called, you did your best to sleep. Being stuck crossing the boring Mohave desert at night, a group of us would link up on our phones and B.S. the night away. If not for that, you have to wonder how many would have ended up on their lids ? I support responsible cell phone use.
Learned early on that conversation helps a driver to stay awake, and alert, and reduce the need for stops. It seems to make those miles just melt away.
@@guruoo Yes, those making the rules never drove all night in the middle of no where. And if they did it was only once and the swore they'd never do it again.
@@jakebrakebill Well, I love it. Only regret is that I hadn't discovered it years sooner. Started 4 years ago, and at 67, it's like a fresh career, and retirement job all in one.
@@guruoo That's good to hear, your in a small percentage, most people don't really like their jobs so for you to find something you like, is like hitting the Lottery. Well kind of Lol....
@@guruoo not a trucker but some of the best trips I ever had was out on the road late at night with the trucks.
Ain't gotta worry about some asshat in another car doing usual stupid crap.
When I drove for Wally, it was just that. One hour total phone time while on duty driving, in ten minute increments, and of course, no texting. I got a burner phone just for phone calls....Walmart even sells them. I always used a headset and kept the phone covered so there wouldn't be any damning reflection off the glass. I gave them my main cell phone number but never told them I had a burner. And so did many other drivers at my DC. I had already driven more than 4 Million accident free miles with my old company. So when they started the micro managing with the inward facing LYTX cameras and other sensors that would measure hard braking and turns, then would call you in to counsel you to "improve" your driving, I went off. What in the world are they going to suggest to improve a 4 million mile accident-free driver's skill and technique? And just who in the world is watching those videos at LYTX? Some pimple-faced gamer twerp who drives around in some beat up rice burner with butt cans sticking out the back and neon illuminating the road underneath? My guess is those LYTX guys have never seen inside a truck or have driven or even ridden in one. The most they see of a truck is the wheels going round and round through their side windows. Yet they report my "unsafe" driving to corporate safety who in turn, sends their report and video to my safety manager. Then I get called in to watch the video they captured from the front-facing camera. I must admit that their video is quite good. But deciding whether it is unsafe or not isn't their strong suit. In summary, Walmart treats seasoned drivers just like they would a newbie with no driving experience. It used to be a great driving job...the best sleeper job I know of. You had to have 30 months driving out of the last 36 months to even get an interview. You'd be out four or five nights a week, depending on which program (bid run) you have. New guys usually start on a 5/2 meaning you work five days and are off two, four nights in the sleeper. But you get the same two days off every week so you can plan family events or doctor appointments. But after the Tracy Morgan ordeal, the company did a complete knee jerk and ran off a third of their veteran (five years or more longevity) drivers. They got rid of their best safety people too. The ones that knew what trucking is all about. Then the company replaced them with people who, like the LYTX people, knew NOTHING about being a truck driver. I finally said fuck it, keep your damned green associate's discount card. It isn't worth it. And their health insurance sucked as well. Too high $$ to enroll then too high $$ deductibles with limited coverage.
I would rather buy my own truck.
Sounds like you have a hard time with everything
@@mikeshaffer1406 Sounds like you work for Walmarts LTNX department. Do you have blue lights under your car ? If so check yes to this coment.
@@stevethomas5209 😝😝😝😝😝😝😝😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 yeah check the box please I hate when this young cats try to tell a 2 or 4 million miles veteran driver how to operate a truck, fuck Walmart I will never work for them this sounds like slavery I don’t want to feel like am in Cuba with all these restrictions.
I got fired because I stood up to blind side back into a dock. I had no choice and the people at the delivery site were impressed
But to my company, it was shunned upon SMH. I refuse to work at any truck company with inward cameras
I've been a truck driver for 32 years. Back in 2018 I backed into a fence at a customer. I reported that on a Walmart employment application. Walmart turned me down. So currently I work for Saia LTL freight making 2K per week. I get paid .6950 cents per mile and drive over 2800 miles per week as a System Line Haul Driver. LTL is a great paying job with the right company.
Just like you said "write company's" because I drive ltl for AAA Cooper and we dont get overtime but get the shit worked out of us. I'm sick of their asses.
Is that 2k gross or net? I'm interested in working for Saia and would like to know what their pay is like.
@@samuelsanchez6140 it's gross unless it's line haul i just made a video talking about this subject. Ltl is by far the easiest job I ever had straight up. I go into full detail about the pay and what the job actually does. Old dominion and SAIA is same shit.. basically you make 50 to 75 more dollars at saia though cause they pay over time faster. If you watch my video though I go into full detail
@@samuelsanchez6140 I worked for Saia in Houston that company is sheit. Starting off you will not get a run doing linehaul you will never know what time you're gonna work. You could be starting at 6pm for 3 days straight then 3am the next. Runs are given by seniority so you could wait up to 10 years plus to get a run. I left JB Hunt where safety and drivers come first to go there and make more money but I could only last 2 months with their shitty equipment. I made the" I'm about quit call" to my wife when I was told to drive out all week in a truck with no AC in the heat of summer in Texas!
Damn that sucks my Walmart paychecks were about $4000 gross, per 2 weeks so $8,0000 monthly
I ran Walmart. It's good money, but when you call in at every stop, they ask you what's left on your 11. They don't ask about your 14, cuz they know and only care how much time you can drive. They will run your 14 out every day and just tell you to get to the next Walmart or Sam's to shut down, which is nice, but they maximize your full 14 every day. It's exhausting. You will do 14 every day.
Yup as a Walmart driver I do it everyday 5 days a week for the last 6 years but it pays me well go home forget about the job then after my 2 full days at home go back and do it all over again. Also have about 26 paid days off a year too. Its a good job you just have to put up with the rules.
Walmart private fleet does not have to call in with your hours available you enter it in on your truck tablet
We forgot to tell them it's hub miles pay not book miles. I've been with them almost 30 years my check been good. And my 401 is also FAT!! I have 3 million miles and I have got a out 6 year till I retire
Schneider does the same now.. will work u to death.
Why I quit a big company. 30 plus hours overtime every week
I work for Walmart. The rules, my gosh the rules. And micro management is oppressive. I have been there less than a year and it's hard to stay positive. It's a beatdown. Always changing. It pays well but it kills you. It's like they hire you to fire you. Very punitive.
Update: I left there. It felt like I left an abusive relationship. At my new job one week. I feel like I'm a human again. I completely regret having spent more time there than I did.
Same here I'm here 1 year and it's oppressive as fuck. Actually I probably am going to get fired soon. Accidentally sped through a 25 mph zone
@Collin Lutz I was doing everything wrong. I guess everyone is. Maybe you can show us how it's done. Of 30 people who started with me there is one left. The retention rate after one year is less than 25%. After 2 years it's less than 10%. After 3 years it's less than 4% including management! Who's doing anything right? They really need a champion like you to lead them and show them the way.
Jessie what was your job at Crappermart? BTW when are you posting your dancing vid in white shorts?
I work at Walmart and know exactly how you feel but I need to get out I can't do it anymore
@@claymack1109 there's plenty of opportunities elsewhere. I left and am doing just fine. Lifes to short to be miserable at work.
Ultimately I think it’s about freedom that truck drivers want. Freedom to do hands free calling freedom to take time off when ever needed. Freedom.
pretty soon nobody will have freedom. unless we somehow stop the globalists from carrying out their plan.
I agree 100%. That is why I quit working as a company and got my own truck. I got tired of a dispatcher basically controlling my life. Freedom is the key to happiness.
How in the hell did I truck for 30 yrs over the road without a cellphone, you don’t need to be available around the clock for a phone call.
@@trickmytractor7187 I'm a company driver and my dispatcher knows never to call when I'm taking my 10 hour break.
@@brianshowa45 we can talk on our phones even while we are driving, don't even need to be hands free. Shit I also use a tablet for GPS and our calls while driving. I should say that I drive a tow truck and not a Semi
Been driving for walmart for 27 years, making over 100k with 45 PTO days off! I don’t talk on the phone much so the policy didn’t bother me. Most new drivers have to slip seat truck and work weekends, this is the reason for the big turn over. Guys looking for the big bucks, but are local drivers home nightly and not use to the big change. I’ve got 2 more years till I retire. Stay safe and keep the shiney side up!
I remember not that long ago that it use to be like pulling teeth to get a driving job at walmart. How things change
Great topic! I’m a Walmart driver. Great job to have as a truck driver. The phones are not the problem for drivers leaving. It’s the management and safety guys in the Distribution Centers. We have a great system with the Platform Science on board system. Micro management is the issue here. Drivers snitch on other drivers for brownie points with the safety manager. It’s amazing how they go home at the end of the week to their families with a clean slate. With the platform science system we don’t need someone over your shoulder. I just wish they would just let you work without being personal. Let’s do Walmart business first, if you don’t like me keep it to yourself. The company comes first. Distribution center management are always trying to give a driver a “STEP”. Drivers at Walmart know what I mean. New drivers coming in, there is money here. Stay away from management and the drivers that are close to the safety manager. Walmart is on an honor system. If you do anything there are cameras everywhere, so own up to your mistakes. You will be ok when you tell your side of the issue. “Come on in, the water is fine”! You are coming here to make money not friends.
Thanks for your comment. Would be great if you posted a talking points video on this and get more in depth like what is a “step” etc.
Not sure if they give driver referral bonuses to you but that would be great for all the drivers that come to Walmart based on your comments, and videos.
Peace ☮️
Hey driver I here that,and so right when it comes to other drivers not minding there business the brown noser there’s a few in every company and management and safety I think guys are just miserable 😖 people in a position they don’t belong,safety first always but giving your drivers respect goes a long way.
When you go home is it for a whole two days or is it a standard reset?
And before you walk out of their office they tell you” drive safe” (I am thinking )you can’t even drive a car how the fuck are you gonna tell me how to drive a truck.
I work for them back in 1998 till 2004 out of DC 6815 then 6840,it was a good job I liked what I did and made good money. The problem I was seeing and why I left was management and then the new realignment with the ROC system running all over and not to mention safety lusting in on your CB conversation and recording it.I have friends still working here and they show me the money isn't the same as it use to be.
It really should be $100k for driving & $100k for dealing with all the bs
Everybody is hurting for drivers..
I find it ironic walmart recruits drivers with 30 month minimum experience, but yet have all these policies for drivers treating them like entry level drivers. I have more freedom at my starter company and also is a mega carrier. 80-100k a year with wally not worth it for me.
IMO 30 months is still entry level experience.
Thanks, Creepy Joe.
It's really not that difficult nowadays to make $100,000 with great benefits for CDL A drivers.
@Bill Nelson damn what state you from ? A lot of guys in my state making 80-100k with tanks. But a lot more dangerous here in Oregon
@Bill Nelson lol, that’s your own stupidity
How hard must one work for that 100k? This is the easiest job I’ve had in 28 years with the best time off and 24 paid days off. 👍
Then list the companies. I keep running into chump ass companies that just offer 1k a week and sometimes with the low miles they give.
@@mad_max2112 then what company is it? Yall always talk about how great some of these jobs are and the pay and then never list the company.
SIMPLE: Don’t work for them.!!!!
That simple
I left US Foods for that reason, and others, in the Bay Area. No phones and frontward/outward facing cameras, and make over $100k guarantee. That’s a long time not interacting with people.
Right
People are shit no need to interact for me.
I remember when you pulled out onto the big road as soon as you got your load and met someone to talk to on the CB radio , and the interesting conversation got so good, before you realized it, you were backing into the dock of where it was destined to be delivered. It not only kept you awake and alert, but made life so much easier to be out there. Drivers drive as much at night as they do during the day.. Many times all night to get to where they need to be.
!970's -1980's it was a pay phone. You drivers have to get over it. Our entertainment was the CB Radio.
those days are over
You're missing the point. Even during the 70's, the CB kept drivers in contact with other drivers. I would assume Walmart doesn't want their drivers reaching for a CB either. I'm sure they consider it a distraction as well. Being in complete solitude for 11 hours a day sounds like a prison sentence.
I've been driving for over 10 years and I've always maintained that I could never have driven a truck during the 70's and 80's because I know that I wouldn't have been able to take that much isolation. Waiting to find a pay phone to talk to my family would never have worked for me.
All of the truck drivers I know personally (including me) love trucking for freedom. Truck driving is not your typical job where you have a boss over your shoulder. Companies like Walmart are your normal job where you have strict rules and a boss standing over you. I could never work like that.
$100k a year....
I'd do it if, I'm home every Friday evening, back to work on Monday morning and I can carry my pistol, my knife and my pitbull! I'll need a raise within 3 months, then a year later for the next 5 years topping out around $150k. Two week vacation my first year, 3 weeks a year after. 30 years experienced driver here....
I can't talk right now I'm making 100,000 a year. Bye
@@billdixon9504 do you have your pistol, knife and pitbull with you?
My dad drove for them for 33 years. He’s retired now, he’ll tel you they have changed a ton. They are hiring so much because a ton of the old hands retired from the crazy rules. They’re are way more than just a cell phone policy.
Hell yeah man this is a deeper sludge going on at Wally the phone policy is just a cute way to cover the real bullshit going in that shithole I hate that place, every body so rude in there I haven’t met a nice person in every fucking DC I go they treat us driver like we’re not humans can a Walmart employee tell me why everyone working there are so fucking bitter all the time please I want to know before I die am so curious what’s going on there. Am going to call the make a wish foundation and see if they can make my wish come true.
@@erickfuentes7276 you sir are 100% correct. 2 of my uncles are still there. Ones at 23 and the other 21 years. Both can’t wait to retire. I remember as a kid they use to have family outings at the Dc’s. I met Sam Walton when I was a kid super nice old man. They would have rodeos, I think they called it powder puff for the wifes on golf carts, I mean it was a blast. That’s gone, to be hired as a driver was good old boy. My dad sat on the hiring committee for his Dc with 2 other drivers. Of course that’s how my uncles got on, you had to know someone to get in there. They have a deal on the wall of safe miles. I remember in Bville Dc where my dad was from 94-15 I saw it high as 200 million miles without a accident. My uncle said they don’t even do that anymore because of so many incidents. Now policy’s I could go on and on. It’s the craziest shit I’ve ever heard. I myself own my own company and authority and 5 trucks. Always asked why I didn’t follow in my dad’s footsteps..I wanted to but he asked me not to. He said it’s not a fit for you Brian. You love to ride, you’ll get fired. 😂😂
@@erickfuentes7276 also one more thing! I hope you read this. He retired with 3.2 million safe miles! Not even so much as 1 incident! You know what they gave my dad when he retired??? Not a dam thing. Not a thank you nothing. Ok wayne…wish you the best. He said like they didn’t give a flying fuck. Just like Alan my dads best friend, same miles nothing. Back in the early days they use to let them order a truck of the specs they wanted. Color, model, interior everything. Now you get whatever they are ordering at the time in blue. Big fuckin deal, and by then these guys are so old they drive it one year. Oh and a sticker!! Dude I could blow your mind safety awards. God shit burns me up.
@@jackcack8709 No it does not. It is impossible to put up with new rules and policies everyday and watch it go downhill when you once had one of the best jobs around. I always used to get told out on the road at truckstop, etc, that I was one of the only walmart drivers that would talk to the general public. That is just cause I am human and like having a good time period. I took my ball and went home . I quit, could not take it anymore. Still out here driving everyday, have over 6 million accident free miles and run all trips for my company and do not cherry pock loads. I do not respect anyone that does that. If you ever work somewhere that is great and it crumbles in front of your eyes you will get the answer about getting paid well and putting up with it. Also do not believe the bs on the commercials, they do not really pay like they used to. When you are paying out millions in lawsuits it has to come from somewhere. Thx
@@brianbowman5262 the greedy heirs are 99% of Walmarts problems along with the board of directors. Sam kept them all under control, when he died it became a free for all for their share of the money.
Had 20 plus year veteran who drove at the company I drive for leave to go drive for Walmart that’s been 6 months ago and now he’s want to come back he says it’s definitely not greener at Walmart
Working for Wal-Mart went downhill, after Sam Walton died and the mercenaries took over.
Walmarts over zealous safety standards come from those lawsuits they had to pay out
Mainly with the Tracy Morgan situation.
@@pharoah1200 Walmart paid what their deductible was...probably 2 or 2.5 Million dollars....these companies claim to be self-insured, but ONLY to their deductible. The insurance company paid the rest. Then they tried to sue Walmart for, In their opinion, paying Morgan an exorbinate amount of money before Morgan's injuries were fully vetted. Ohio Casualty, or something like that was the plaintiff in the lawsuit which Walmart eventually won.
@@stevenredman1582 , good enough, but no one, no matter how rich you are, is fond of forking out a couple of million bucks. It's considered as "shrink" nonetheless.
Well, the cost of insurance is a killer.
@@raykrv6a the democrats passed that law. its ginna run owner ops outta business
You can’t be serious. That revised policy is totally fair and practical. What professional would talk during a pre-trip inspection, when you need to have both hands free and your attention to detail at its highest. What professional would allow himself to be distracted and risk missing a critical defect ?
An example from my experience . I have found missing cotter pins in the brake arm pins. If the pin comes out , there’s no brakes. Or how about a crack in the middle of the main leaf spring? Or a camed - over brake shoe? How about a trailer air line that dragged on the road till it wore thru and started leaking.
I was trained by the AirForce to pay attention to detail, but that is just common sense for the drivers.
If you miss something simple because you were on the phone with whoever, how will you account for that when it becomes a major gig and causes a fatal accident?
Our job is not about time for ourselves, it’s about service and safety for others.
And that means discipline. If you don’t want to discipline yourself to the job, then you don’t belong in truck driving.
We are not reckless, we don’t drive stupid. You can be the greatest driver in the world , and if you inspire other drivers to pull stupid stunts, you become a menace , and not just to the public but to us , also.
I’m in favor of a dress code. My company buys us shirts, but we have to launder them. I deliver steel building components to jobsites or retail customers. If you are in your cab, wear what meets your comfort level. Out of the cab, look professional. You are a professional driver.
There is nothing wrong with a uniform. Walmart supplies it. Walmart washes it, if you want. And they supply over 2 weeks worth of uniforms. Don't be the trucker that wears their PJ'S to the shipper and everywhere else. Is that professional. Cut off shirts, cut off shorts and flip flops. Not professional. I would hire you wearing that.
Carhart all the way with keen shoes steel toed of course. Long sleeve for the cooler days short sleeve for the warmer days. That’s my daily wear even when I’m not working. Comfortable at all times of the day and year.
Exactly.. I wear ironed red kap work shirts and shorts and caterpillar steel tied work boots…it’s important to present a professional appearance since you are a professional driver.
@@rightlanetruckinsacramento1039 good thing I'm not working for you
I share that sentiment with you. I like wearing uniforms it's professional and also helps with esteem and pride about work
I can only speak for myself. I am fairly new to Wal-Mart almost two years. I'm glad they changed cell phone policy! At this time I don't have any complaints about Wal-Mart itself. I feel like I'm compensated very well. When it comes to home time I'm always home. I have paid days off if I want to use them. That is important to me knowing I can take time off and not lose money! Having a work flow is nice too! Knowing that in 10hrs you'll have something to do! Not having to worry about not getting paid because you're empty or having to bobtail! Stay safe!
I remember when driving for Walmart was the Big show for a company driver. If you got a job driving for Walmart you were not going to quit until you retired.
I work for Marathon/ARCO in LA and we have forward/ driver facing cameras, absolute zero cell phone policy while the truck is in motion
If the money is worth it I would t mind it
@@jalamela1480 yeah it doesn't bother me i just do my job n go home
Same at FedEx Express.
@@happycommentator6773 i have a buddy that worked for sysco and he got fired for reaching for his handheld scanner when it fell out of his holder after hitting a bump
I've been driving over the road off-and-on before cell phones and I am still driving and a lot of you drivers would never survive only time you make a phone calls when you stop somewhere and use a payphone, the cell phone is not part of your body you can do without but if your cell phone is more important than your job you need to find another job where there's no cell phone rules and get out of the truck
@Lanie Earl that was the good old days of trucking all the drivers work together, and when you broke down in the middle of nowhere you're only help was another truck driver on the CB to stop at a truck stop or rest area to call you some help
And passing an old cordless phone around at the meal counter..after they were becoming popular. Or finding a payphone booth ( you could park a truck at) just to find some dummy vandalized it. 😠
I have been at Wal-Mart for 6 months now and yes the phone policy has just changed. I'm still waiting to hear about this revamped paid cents per mile deal.
I hear it's coming.
Screw Walmart.
Watch Keith Kalfas videos and hustle.
Also, it's Christmas Lights season and if you hustle you can make 50 to 100K in 3 months.
Making 50 -100 what are you keeping from that after taxes and fuel tires truck payments insurance??
@@MegaNorman63 I only work 6 months out of the year, walk away lease, and clear 120k after all.. you gotta know the right Russian people, to make this kind of money.. max 3000 miles a week I drive.
@@weareallbrainwashed5101 sounds good 👍
company sets the rules SAFETY FIRST !!!
It’s their Phone Policy and them listening to what you say inside The Truck, Slip Seating, Micromanaging Your Home Time I wouldn’t care if they paid a $100k, that’ Micromanaging your Drivers is full of BS.
After I saw this , I talked to a Walmart driver at a loves in Mobile , Alabama.
He said that yeah a lot of people weren’t taking the position because of the phone policy.
After they notice all that they took away that policy.
I asked him how he like the job & he said that he loved it
He makes over 100k a year and home 3 days work 4.
Great benefits
20 years of driving for Walmart.
I haul cars and have no restrictions. I stop when I want do what I want and still get the job done. Love my job
I was a Walmart Driver for 2 years and 3 days great job if it fits your life style but i couldn't handle the schedule surrounding predominantly around weekends and slip seating trucks the pay is on point i left on great terms but as a preacher and family time it was not worth it, but i was grateful for the opportunity to work there tho but im an owner opp again and im happy now again. On my 3rd truck bought new almost paid for.
God bless you man!!! Would love your advise on going Owner op!!!!
Before cell phones, drivers were reaching and grabbing for their CB's. I imagine they were reaching for the radio searching for a decent station everytime they got within 45 minutes of a major city because there was no satellite radio.
My point is that drivers have always had something inside their cab that could be considered a "distraction", but majority of drivers know how to drive safely on the road.
I bet Walmart has somebody somewhere crunching the numbers and they are realizing that the few accidents that they will have per year isn't a bigger financial loss than the number of drivers they are losing out on by having this "no phone" policy in place.
Wow never new this? Wow
I look in side one of their rigs and no am/fm radios? Wow
Shitttt, man I'd rather drive for John Menard and his fucked up company with it's 680's but no personal restrictions than have to put up with this Wally-world shit, "Please sign here for us to legally actively monitor your phone usage" yeah you can take that contract and pound sand, there are many more ways for me to make more money with less restrictions even working for other retailers.
Drivers are replaceable.
Best advise is stack that good Walmart pay for a year and get your own truck .
😂😂😂😂 facts
Yeah I can’t do it when you have a family it may take two years
When I started driving in 90, we were paid for fueling, and every stop. There was no giving up 2 hours before you got detention. Layover pay was paid, if you were without a load for a day. Breakdown pay was from the minute the truck broke down, not after the first 24 hours. Then, slowly, the companies started taking it all away.
Trucking has gone to corporate corpse world just like farming, but that was the intention, miss the old days had alot of human spirit
I applied and went thru the 1st interview, then found out I’d be slip-seating trucks for at least 3 years at the particular facility. No thanks. Walmart has the ability($) to have assigned equipment. I declined a 2nd interview and stayed with my current employer.
What’s slip seating trucks
@@oldchineseman7290 it's basically a prostitute truck.
Everybody rides it. You could be switching trucks every single time you go home or even within the same week.
Makes it impossible to bring all your amenities with you since it makes it harder to take all your stuff out everytime you go on hometime.
As you would have to clean the truck completely out every single time.
@@luisloks -yeah, and speaking of prostitutes, there's no guarantee that one wasn't in the truck with the last driver that had it. I'm not joking. I loathed any slip-seat operation I ever dealt with. It's damn gross & even borderline dangerous.
Smart Move!!
I work for Walmart and I do not talk or text on my phone period people just need to learn to put the dam phones down and pay attention to your surrounding the phones can wait even the 4 wheelers need to get of there phone. When driving a car or anything you should have 100 percent of your attention to what is going on around you
Oh so passengers should be illegal too?
Amazon does some crazy stuff with their workers as well.
God bless you truckers you work hard! Thank you !
My buddy works for Walmart. He made 130k last year HOWEVER. He was working 6 days/week which is optional. He’s on a 5/2 schedule
What’s a 5/2 schedule
@@oldchineseman7290 5 days on 2days off
@@joaquinsolis7071 nicee, I’m looking to apply once I build up my experience at prime inc
Just the video i was looking for💯
I used to drive to Walmart warehouse when I found out about this policy yrs ago. Walmart in general is just crazy, it use to take them about 4hrs to unload maybe 2-3 pallets. It was insane literally spent half my day waiting on them to take off a pallet or two. I didn't mind because I was getting paid by the he then
@@brianshowa45 I drove for a trucking company that allowed me to make calls anytime I wanted as long as it was hands free. So I guess it depends on the company forreal.
I work for a LTL trucking company we can b on the phone hands free all day everybody has a headset .. idk what I’ll do if my job turned to this policy
@@brianshowa45 thats not totally accurate. Females are always on their phones throughout the day. Even against company policy. I’ve never heard one them say they were fired for it. Personally I don’t care because I’m rarely talking or texting.
I was with Walmart for 20 years as management.... Side note I left retail to pursue trucking. But I will tell you I can remember always seeing Walmart truck drivers delivering daily to the store cause I would have to open the doors to let them in. Always good people. But i noticed the last 5 years of my career i seen more Swift drivers delivering. And I have seen Averitt delivering too.Truck loads for stores hasnt got any bigger freight wise but they had 5 years ago a big trucking hiring event which I was interested but didnt have exp in trucking so i couldnt apply. To answer the question last 5 years they have been in need of drivers by what I observed.
I live close to the Pottsville, Pa location. They were offering 12k sign on bonus earlier this year. Im not sure if they still are. I know a guy that said he did $149,500 last year but that’s running almost 70hr every week and always sleeping in the truck even when you could get close enough to go home.
After working 26 years for local logging company I hired on with Walmart in Nov 2020. The lack of retirement and health benefits were a major factor in my decision. During onboarding all phone policies, safety regulations, ect, were covered completely and openly. The phone policies are guidelines suggested and encouraged for safe operation of their trucks. I've gotten used to them and use my down time and off duty hours for most of my calls. Six ten minutes calls on the drive line was fine with me. I didn't take this job to talk on the phone. I took this job to deliver their freight. I love it here, it's without a doubt the best job I've ever had, but I've only had 5 jobs in my whole life.
Walmart still Sucks when it comes to Home Time and Slip Seating Trucks, it’ might work for some People
So are drivers allowed to talk on the phone while being unloaded and being on duty but not driving?
@@qriderjoe9793 that's my understanding. Off duty, waiting for load, ect. Drive line means, yard move, road driving, ect.
I'm this year I've had about 15 jobs.
@@qriderjoe9793 No off Duty only and don’t even go online to Sleeper that would get you Fired also
Mad Max here….So glad that you actually got the jest of the video. I’m still amazed at how many still don’t understand the NEW policy. Business is booming and we are hiring nationwide. Store and E-commerce is up. More business means we need more drivers. We have “added” 50+ since I hired on two years ago. Thanks for sharing the video.
Keep the faith Father Trucker!!
87k a year. I used to contract loads in Red Bluff DC. Drivers are treated like royalty. Free food. Showers they never have to chain up. Walmart hires people to do it
You're almost right. Free food. Yes. All this week for driver appreciation week. Other times when we reach milestones. Showers at every DC. YES. Chaining up, that is required to be done by the driver. However, Walmart pays us every time we have to chain. That can be a couple times each trip of Doner. Can we take that money and pay someone else to do it. Sure. But why. It's not that hard.
@@rightlanetruckinsacramento1039 i was with Schneider at the time and in 12/19. Donner pass I80 was closed into CA due to that blizzard. Walamrt had a chain station that chained up drivers. I didnt go through. Just shut down. TA bar at the TA in sparks NV is AWESOME
@@sp4604 maybe they were spoiling the drivers during that storm
@@rightlanetruckinsacramento1039 idk. Ibasked the drivers at the TA they told me that they’ve never had to chain up themselves w Walmart
I've thought about working for Walmart but have been on the fence for sometime. My biggest thing is I'm against working for a big corporation and dealing with their policies. Fuck corporate America.... 😤
Wal Mart needs to lower their standards or they will never keep enough drivers. You have to be almost perfect to even get an interview. If you can't be with your family you should be able to talk to them however long you want.
I am glad to see them change their policy. The one they had was crazy. I used to drive for US Foods and their policy was no phone calls period. You couldn't even use Bluetooth or your CB. They use drive cam with cameras in and out of the cab. You could hit a bump and camera go off and you are busted.
I was going to apply, but this policy is an automatic deal breaker.
What policy? They changed the phone policy.
Try out Walmarts onboarding process and you will see ALOT of the reasons they have a driver shortage issue.
It’s good that way weed out the bad drivers. I prefer that way to keep bone heads out lol.
Why would the onboarding process be so tough all it was was you actually have to know how to do a pre trip backing and a road test it's not hard but unfortunately there are people that do not know how to drive a truck or back a truck that actually hold a CDL
@@markpowell1031 , you're correct, it isn't hard. If you as a driver can't manage to get through the pre-trip, backing drill, or the road test, I wouldn't hire you either.
In Florida if your caught with a cell in your hand while driving you can be pulled over and fined.
It's a federal law for CMV's. What state your in means nothing. The fines run upto 2750$
I work for martin brower,front and outward facing cameras camera monitoring at dc and in corporate levels.I get a txt from supervisor "Hey just an fyi camera went off your driving too close".Even the local supervisors at the DC know it's stupid to micro manage but you know corporate knows best,this job use to be so badass now it's just becoming an office job on wheels.
Im an adult, I dont need some desk jockey telling me how to drive safely, even if I was back in the work force Walmart can kiss my crank shaft
Isn't the CCP a main shareholder in Walmart?
I use to drive for Wal-Mart and this company was buy far the best company I ever worked for. I was with them for almost 4 years. I developed herniated discs in my back and had to let it go. The phone policy was terrible. If I remember correctly a driver that seriously abused his phone time, killed someone while talking on his phone. I can't make much of a comment on the cameras in the trucks . While I was with them they had a select group of drivers testing them out. As far as driver retention goes, I saw drivers messing up and getting themselves fired. Also, Walmart puts out a small booklet every year of all of the drivers that died the previous year. The deaths were in the hundreds. When I was with Walmart, I was completely blown away at how they treated drivers. I hope this helps.
Died from accidents?
Lookin buff 💪🏼 Mai!
I used to work third party’s companies with Walmart DC and they are very strict with their policy but I love working with them very professional personal, always on time delivery
I've noticed companies that have phone policies that is stricter than the law. Always have driver retention problems. Walmart also has driver slip seat. That was the big no for me even before I found out the phone policy. But in reality I think it's they want to micro manage you like a corporation and truck drivers didn't get into this business for that. We wanted freedom and good money.
What’s a slip seat?
@@eddyg305 Its where after your drive shift is over you have to take your stuff and vacate the truck. Then someone else gets in it. Your next drive shift you will have a different truck.
@@cmv8722 oh hell no.
@@cmv8722 that's for day cabs? Or even for sleepers over the road?
@@VicMansaMusa sleepers. Sometimes your switching into 3-4 different trucks during the same work week because of the scheduling. I've had to use 3 different trucks during my work week once before.
I haul fuel at a laid back company... One of the main reasons I have stayed there for 12 years it's because they don't knit pick about things and they are laid back.... There's no way that I would ever work for Walmart with policies such as that. And I haul FUEL!
I was leased on with a company hauling fuel ,anhydrous and, propane because I was owner operator I didn’t have to deal truck speed limiter and could run how I wanted
I hauled fuel for 2 years, and I made good money, but it's tough and dirty work. You're actually doing at least 2 jobs in one. You're loading, driving, and unloading. You're hauling hoses and connections, and not to mention the volatility of the product. So, as a fuel-hauler, you should be duly compensated. Been there, and done that. So, if I can get the equivalent pay without all of the manual output, I'm taking the "clean" route. That's just me.
And no money doing it
A big part of the problem is, they were starting drivers at $80-$85k TWENTY-TWO YEARS AGO!
It just might be time to up that scale a bit.
Weird rules have been around for a long time. I remember back in the 70's & 80's that 'Sam Tanksley' (Shirley Temple) drivers could have a CB, but, NO microphone for it !!!
Steve / W5BIB - OTR 1977-2009 (ex CF Line Haul/Team)
Companies usually get well deserved reputations from the tone they set.. The tides have changed, if Cooperate America has any smarts they needs to rethink the adversarial work relationships. Most people just want to be treated decent and make a decent living. Treating people good and retaining help has to provide some type of return.
Thats why Tracy Morgon. Was Injurd. By another driver? Go figure...
Some People always find something to complain about
While I don't do a lot of talking while driving, I do use my cell for listening to podcasts, audiobooks, and other things to help stay awake or to kill the boredom,
80-100k is not enough from Walmart when there are plenty of companies you can drive for that require less experience, have no camera to record you, no phone policies, and even let you decide which direction/loads you want while making just as much or more. I think these bigger companies like Walmart are only good if you don’t want as many freedoms but maybe want a bit more stability in the company.
Not so. Plenty of companies advertise 72,000 and the drivers are never off and barely get 63,000.
@@michaelchason7863 first problem is joining a company offering 72k, also some companies include all their bonuses and stuff into the calculation so you have to ask. If you have 2+ years of experience there is no reason for you not to make 100k+ depending on how much you want to work. Just have to keep looking as most of the time the great companies are smaller and don’t advertise like the big ones. For example a friend of mine found through word of mouth from another friend a company paying 0.89cpm starting with a couple years experience with 10 days out 4 days home and plenty of miles
@@adambrackston3471 been looking. 2 warning tickets 3 weeks ago. Non moving. Air leak ,glad hand, out of service, incorrect log status.
I been driving 6 years. Writing numbers to call and searching. Just moved my license to Gainesville Texas
Any company suggestions by name, I’m interested
Remember back in the day when there was no cell phones you didn't speak to your family till I got to the greasy spoon I know Trucking is a lonely life but sometimes the phone does get in the way
10-4 i try to minimize it as much as I can.
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Yes, you also didn't have air ride seats and other good stuff. Who wants to go back to that? They need to change with the times. By the way, I hardly talk on the phone but I ll defend those that want to
I sometimes remember those days fondly
@Lanie Earl yes I do
Apple Valley Walmart distribution center... Delivered there for many years...
U did a great job very infrom. I've driven 39 years ,I earn 82, 000. I live in upstate n.y. near watertown,n.y..I hope to go another 11 years of driving .the changes I've see in my life are breath taking. Thank u ,an be safe
Their slip seating policy is what is keeping good drivers from going over there. If you don’t start out with good drivers, you will end up with higher retention. Simple
Great info!!!! Wow the big companies struggling for drivers. I remember how these “elite” carries would turn their noses up to new drivers. Now they need us so bad. I hope they keep looking at their policies and realize the reasonableness to their policies.
Screw all these corporate companies. Would never work for one.
i ran walmart w Welfare Express in Sparks, NV. all the wrecked Swift trucks in their bobtail lot 😂😂
At one time wanting to drive for Walmart is what got me into trucking back in 1998 because I worked for them at a store. Thank god I chose another path and another way of getting started. I don’t think I could deal with such micromanagement!
People would rather be safe than free. Walmart wages and benefits are very attractive to people that want that safe secure high wages job with a good retirement.
I'm good with being an owner operator and stopping my truck anytime I want to freely enjoy retirement activities.
I've seen a lot of people die working for a retirement. Screw that noise, live life now!
Haha yeah im at 48 here I don't even care about working till I'm 65, I'd be fine being done in 10yrs with it all.
I've heard this saying that changed it all.
Work to live ,don't live to work.
Ive got no problem working a hard day, it's fine.
I'm not gonna let my job define who I am, we do that too much in this country and then don't realize what we wasted.
I'm. With. You. 1000. Per. Cent. I. Enjoy. My. 82. Yr. Old. Dad. He. Tag's. Along. Just. Way. Cool. !!!!!
I worked for a mega carrier CR England made over $110,000 a year with no restrictions f Wally World
I got my own truck leased on to a small carrier, I do what I want make as much as I want, work when I want, go where I want. You can’t beat that!!!
Sounds like a State prison job, it’s not for the culture it’s for the insurance for life, retirement & stuff you don’t think about...
Maybe
All the things you don't care about until your old
The 401 we have matches at 6% who eles does that
@@markgoddard3115 that's right. Dollar for dollar up to 6% That's one of the benefits I was glad to see.
It's no where near a prison job.
If they have forward facing cameras , I also believe the cameras are collecting visual and audio data from the driver as well. The price you pay if want to be there… Stay Safe
Way I look at it about the camera is:
It can save your butt or put the bullet between your eyes!!!!
There are folks out there targeting drivers for a lawsuit
I’ve had several instances of being called in and a camera would have solidified it for me. I’m ok with a forward cam but not one on me
Thing is they can’t tell where you’re driving. As long as you don’t get in to a accident you can talk anywhere
It sounds like the hunger games 😂😂
Being a vet all i heard was earn phone privileges by being safe. What's the problem.
No one needs to earn a privilege that's insane my phone is my property
@@blkheavyweight , and I guess that they have rules when you're handling their property.
Ok, not using your phone while your driving is just common sense.
I doubt every call is an emergency.
If you need constant interactions maybe you shouldn't be a trucker and find another job where you interact and talk to ppl all day.
Was... Much Better!! back with Sam & the Cabovers 🚛 worked in Truck shop 88-90
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First load today pray for me. Only 128 miles to and fro, but running for 9pm to 4am.
At the end of the day, an extra 250/week to swap trucks and deal with walking on eggshells is not worth it. It’s not even a culture there… it’s abuse. There is zero excuse why the top paying carrier has issues with retention. Zero.
I just started working for Walmart and heard this is the new policy. I dont talk on my phone much anyway so the original policy didnt bother me as at stood previously. I had plenty of time to talk while I am parked if I needed to talk for long periods of time (if im talking for long periods of time its probably about something serious and I would be better off not on the driveline anyway). I was able to get into a program right away where I didnt have to slip seat and had an assigned tractor so that was a bonus. Peoples ego/pride stop them from being able to make this kind of money here(not saying this is the only place to make this kind of money). I also dont think Walmart is hurting for drivers. They are looking to expand to stop having to pay other freight companies to pull loads for them. I dont represent Walmart by any means and am not defending them just cause Im a employee. Thats just my 2cents.
I'm with you. The policy didn't bug me coming to Walmart. I am glad I don't have to check my phone to see how long I've been talking, when I do talk on the phone while driving.
Sysco got cameras looking at you
I work at a truck dealership and wal mart trucks are always clean inside and out. I have never met a dirty wal mart driver. Other companies need to try the same policies on cleanliness.