Why don't I see Walmart trucks at Truck Stops?
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As a former OTR refrigerated trucker the list of WalMarts that I could stop at has shrunken the last few years I was trucking, even just to shop, my local Walmart has done away with all oversized vehicle parking, so RV's are not allowed to overnite because of the vehiclurized homeless.
Because these new drivers are dirty and litter everywhere. They ruined it for the rest of us
Ya the signs that no no semi parking do not apply to us
Can't hardly find any now because y'all throw gallow jugs of piss everywhere,shit in a bag,half eaten food,I don't blame Walmart for cracking down,nobody wanna pick that haz-mat up!!!
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John, you're a Knight of the Road. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Thirty year Walmart transportation manager. I miss my company but retirement is great.
I was a tax professor for 30 years, after that I worked banking compliance consulting in the credit union industry. I was dragged kicking and screaming into retirement in late 2004 but am now glad I retired.
It's a pretty awesome company!
They have tunnels.
They just crash at the store they’re delivering to
Walmart, a long time ago, realized truckers are its lifeline, and treats them accordingly. If only all companies saw their employees this way.
So true
To bad they don't treat there employees the same
@@shanepaul4377Walmart? It’s actually not a bad company to work it’s just the store management can make it worse. Walmart has a lot of benefits and they pay pretty well for the easy work you do.
@@TheBlackAztec3i worked thier for 5 years of my life in illinois. Fuck that company.
@shanepaul4377 the company itself isn't bad to work for. It all comes down to how much of a hell the store management is. The store I work at had a great manager for about 8 years. He then went to a larger store. The next manager was horrible. He was only using our store as a stepping stone. Then him and another manager who got thrown into the position swapped stores and she's a pretty good manager.
My dad drives for Walmart and he has always said he is much happier not having to go to truck stops anymore. He loves driving for Walmart.
Because they sleep at Walmart
I have never had difficulty finding a birth at one of our stores. Moderate day planning will solve any problems with the infrequent store where zoning prohibits parking. Stores are open late and way more reasonable on all items ($) than a truck stop.
@@LoraLillysandra*NO!!!!*
@@rhuttrho88 can we get to know each other’s
@@billware6721 Do you get a discount in the store?
Walmart keeping insurance rates down... staying away from those Swift and Prime drivers at the Pilots.
@victorycousineau4457 hey a super trucker,he don't know math
Before I left Walmart they were hiring those swift drivers
My Sam’s Club is using Swift to deliver from our dry DC now🤣
@pinball2002 and in a year Walmart will hire some of those swift drivers that's what they did in California
And keep esp.away from people like you
At my company I'm shocked how badly truck drivers are treated. No access to washrooms at all. They come in to literally a cage to talk to our employees. The company is international as in border controls but still, it's just nasty.
Because they can park at the Walmart stores. They can shower & sometimes eat at the terminals. Don’t need to park at a piss infested truck stop.
I remember working at a store years ago back before they become super centers. Even then it seemed like Wal-Mart took care of their drivers.
I have total respect for the truck drivers that keep our supply chains working! I hope WalMart is paying these guys what they deserve. You guys are the best!
Walmart pays their drivers really well,100k a year
I have been OTR since 1997, Only 1 driver has ever complained about working at Walmart. I used to take live unload to a couple DC in Kansas. Drop my trailer in a marked spot and park in bobtail. I was always told where restrooms and break rooms were. And I'm not a Walmart employee. I can't believe how many other warehouses offer us an outhouse and 80 percent of the time it's filthy.
Glad you enjoy driving for Walmart.
Walmart associates have access to the store overnight, they even have self checkout open. This also includes Walmart truck drivers.
Now that it’s no longer 24hrs it must feel like their own private clubhouse.
I work for UPS and I avoid truck stops at ALL COSTS. Too many non driving rubes.
You reminded me of not going to Comic-Con any more. Too many people there that never touched a comic book in their life lol. Not like before.
Yup. Last time I stayed at a truck stop some mouth breather backed into me. Apparently it was his 4th accident in 2 months. Rest stops are king.
I should of became a driver. I wasted 14 years in stores and they treated everyone like garbage. Got worse as time went on. I am glad to hear that the drivers are being treated well 👍
I stopped reading at "should of (sic)".
@@PrimericanIdolYou should have specified why you stopped reading. LOL
Drivers generally don't deal with "John Q Public".
UPS drivers now set to make $175,000 per year total compensation after latest union contract. Crazy...
@@PrimericanIdolYes you should've stopped reading when you saw he "should of". Lmao!😂😮😊😅
You would save a lot not buying showers and time not struggling for parking. Also your tuck is less likely to get a hit and run.
I use the GPS.. break nearby... or along route.
I never stay at truckstops because other drivers might damage my truck. Not everyone can back... plus Walmart has cameras ,so if anything happends they got it all. Stay safe driver...
DC 6040
This guy is a real professional driver! I’m pretty sure he is a great employee and and a safe and courteous driver to share the road with!
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Or maybe a real pederast.
I don't drive but found this an interesting insight into your world. Thanks from Colorado.
I never drove a semi truck but I bet it is an interesting job. I did travel the US and Canada in a motorhome in the 80's and 90's and enjoyed it but when my eyesight started deteriorating and I could no longer drive I sold the motorhome. Such traveling can get expensive quickly, there were some summer months (I was a professor and had summers off into the early 1990's) I racked up $1800 on my Mobil card plus a couple thousand on my Visa or Mastercard. Fortunately I could afford it but it added up quickly.
As a regional driver, I loved staying at Walmarts just because of the conveniences, and much better sleep. Truck stops are noisy 24-7.
Truck stops smell like urine
What truck you been going to
Are you on google chat
@@youngchirp12 google chat
Trucks stops are not loud smh
I drive for Walmart and my preference is to avoid truckstops simply because i like to avoid the drama . I dont wait in line at fuel bays. I dont hear people playing smashem crashem. I dont have reptilians hitting me up. For night parking prefer parking behind a store or a rest area.
Hello how are you doing are you on google chat
@@LoraLillysandraLOL
For us non-truckers and non-Walmart employees. Is a DC an acronym for Distribution Center?
Yes
@wills5310 If there weren't so many of you clogging up the roads we wouldn't have to pull out in front of you. ;)
Yes, but there are some differences between the types and areas of the types, like most stores in one area of a state or three states are serviced by that DC, if it holds store freight or frozen etc. There are several that ran teams mostly, like the one in Greencastle, IN. I ran several different types of freight out of there, office supplies, clothing, shoes, sporting goods. It is a Dry Goods warehouse that services many states, as I was sent far side of Wisconsin one day and a few days later I was in Georgia. The starting pay was $70k and when I left I was making $78k, after only 10 years driving for them. And they only made you drive with ONE Log Book and let you take a family member along if you were not carrying another driver and driving alone. ASKED US WHERE WE WANTED TO GO, treated us like Kings! The other DC's we delivered to often sent us out with THEIR store freight, but it was 100% NO TOUCH freight, and, if you want to, they have their own bedbug trailers, (Family freight home movers), that they often use to move managers and bosses house furnishings around with, and you MIGHT like that or hate it, I just never asked to do that, as there are only a few. Mister SAM, the original boss, liked his truck drivers but hated the Unions. He drove an old pick-up and liked to shoot game birds in south Texas, with his dog. They even sent me and Co-driver to New York City 11 days after 9-11, with one of many trailer loads of free/collected Relief Freight, carrying gloves, bottled water, gas masks, etc. The stores all have a monthly charity budget , and I have never worked a place where the company and the workers contribute so much to a Charity fund that they can chose to give out to the local charities, first come, first served; I never worked at a place that gave or encouraged giving so much, they even let us and customers pay out all or some on stranger's Lay-a-ways. It's a shame to see the news shows with the Rioters and Vandalism causing the company to close so many stores. 100 people employed at each store, now unemployed because of the thieves.
Because they can park at Walmart stores without getting booted?😡😊
There are stores that we can get booted at for parking in our store parking lots. There are some cities and towns that pass laws that no truck can park at the store. Walmart does not control that it’s the dicks in the city and towns that do that
Especially in and around Atlanta.
Not all, there are multiple stores that do not allow WalMart truck parking. That is usually a restriction due to local ordinance or the property owner.
You must live in a ghetto. All my Walmart stores around me allow free camping in there parking lots. Along with trucks. They always allowed over night sleeping in parking lots. Every morning there are tons of RVs, and trucks in my local Walmart.
@@wolfcola3401 How did you know Yadik? 🤣
I drive for a Walmart vendor and twice a week do my 10 at the stores. I've considered driving for Walmart but I don't want 70/hrs or to work nights or weekends . I've talked with many of their drivers and it seems like a very good driving job..
I remember working for Walmart and the truck drivers spending the night at the Walmart lot and they would come into the break room make coffee get stuff eat and supplies and talk with us bringing news from other areas. It was neat and I loved working for Walmart back in the day.
I worked out of the DC in Grove City, OH during my first two months at my first company. They said it would be $1000 per week and I'd be home weekly and I could not pass that up. It was stressful sometimes, since I had to park my rig two hours away at the end of each week and had to make sure I still had that time on my seventy, but I did love getting to stay at Wal-Marts when the truck stops were full and the large lots at most Wal-Marts gave me the space and time to get better at backing the truck. Sure, I could not fuel at the DCs as I wasn't one of their drivers and could not shower there either, but it was still nice. I also pulled a lot of loads out of the Washington Courthouse, OH DC, and despite my inexperience they let me pull a few reefer loads, which a dispatcher at the Coldwater, MI DC told me they usually only let certain drivers pull reefer loads. It was a lot of work, but I think in many ways it really helped me get better as a trucker.
Are you on google chat
i dont thing reefer load means what i want it to
Hhmm
@@LoraLillysandraYou are thirsty 😂
@@LoraLillysandra
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I have worked in a pharmacy for 25 years at several different companies. Walmart takes care of us better than any other company. Glad to see they take care of other associates just as well.
#mafia
Walmart is one of the worst companies on the planet ! Like 40% of its employees are on welfare because Walmart pays them so little ! You own Walmart stock or something ?
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@CanadianEbikeoutlet Out of curiosity, what department or position did you work in?
I'm so happy I don't have to stay at truck stops any more because my customers let me sleep in they're fenced in yards so much easier!!!
Are you kidding me? A "Walmart driver" can park at any Walmart he wants....and get an employee discount to boot! Not to mention they only drive from distribution centers to stores! Other drivers deliver to the distribution centers in most cases....
I have had back-hauls from the DC's stores in one northern state to another to sit and wait on a load of pickles, for a day. But in most cases, you try to get to your home DC every 1-2 or 3 days. He's right about the Employee Discount Card, though it's not that great, doesn't give you 10% off on everything. I was one of those "Other Drivers" from a DC that hauled to Menomonie, WI and to Georgia and Marcy, New York and many DCs in between, even went down to Bentonville, AR. once. We were treated great!
I would have thought Walmart Super centers would have a area in the back for company drivers to shower, restrooms etc..
Nope.
I’ve been in the fire extinguisher industry for 12 years and I’ve walked every square foot of 50 Walmart stores in central Florida.
Never seen or heard of a place for truckers to sleep/shower/etc.
No showers located at any retail stores
When I drove. We had maps & that’s it. Sounds pretty easy now. Glad there looking out for you
I drive out of DC 6084 in Los Lunas, NM. It’s 50/50 for me. I park at truck stops and stores. Just depends on how my day went. I’m parked behind a store right now on my 10 hour break which we Walmart drivers get paid $42 to take. I love it here. 😁😎
@twirkrr,If your driving in Los Lunas nm,perhaps I see you in the vicinity. I drive to belen and hagerman often. I stay at truck stop in Vaughn sometimes.
Im a Plainview driver, glad they finally fixed the passenger side fuel pump there at Los Lunas, been forever it feels like 😃
@@spaniardmartinez6896 You can catch me on Highway 60 a lot. I love driving back. It’s peaceful and no traffic.
@@Amarillo_By_Morning It’s about time 😂
@twurkRR,I take hwy 60 once in a while.willard is a cool little town.
Truck on truckers!
Walmart may be hiring, but I promise you and them that they screen out good people with their utter dependence on an asinine computer assessment test, without having a candidate ever meet with an actual human being.
I'm a retired Navy professional with a diverse background and experience, advanced technical training and experience, an advanced degree, a second professional career behind me, and now semi-retired.
I don't need a job, but I thought of working part time to add some more dollars to my retirement accounts and supplement my pension.
I considered applying to work part time in the local Walmart auto center, but their computer test failed me with no explanation and no avenue of appeal. Calls to every phone number on the Walmart hiring website were answered with "Well, that's our system and there's nothing we can do about it."
Some local Walmart employee acquaintances have told me "Well, that's because you answered the questions honestly."
Then what's the point of the test if the only CORRECT answers require you to LIE? AND what's the point of Walmart's inexplicable dependence on it?
If you've taken their test, then you know that those questions are so wide open to interpretation that you can drive an 18-wheeler through them.
So I don't need to work for a company that surrenders its brains and its future to a stupid computer test that is very poorly written and poorly administered.
I have failed many of these tests. And I have just come to the conclusion that it's because I am a free thinker and have common sense. I can not be easily controlled or manipulated and more than likely be a nuisance to them.
They are probably right, but their loss.
I have since gone into business myself.
@@Madvizion Welcome to Walmart! 🤣
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I see Walmart trucks at truck stops quite frequently. 🤔
I rarely used truck stops except for fueling. I took showers at the gym and pulled over at rest areas and exits to rest.
They have a gym membership thingy where you can go to almost any gym in the USA for around $20, I can't remember the name "Walton one pass", maybe.
I stay at Sams Clubs alot as well, they usually have the bathrooms at the driver entrance open all night. At least the ones here my region do. 3 years at Walmart, ive never slept at a truck stop 😂😂
_Alot_ is a town in India. _A lot_ is more than one of something.
Walmart stores are close enough to the DC's that they are able to make it out and back easily.
Yeah. I have seen lots of Wal-Mart DCs and a lot of them are nice. This one in Maine is the nicest I have seen. Beautiful area. Nice showers.
I use to stop at Walmart stores quite often. They actually welcomed truck drivers even if we weren't company drivers. All you need to do is ask. If they say yes, they'll usually tell you where you can park. They know drivers are going to spend money in their stores.
there are less and less out there that will let you park now. it sucks because it makes it hard to get groceries.
I would always take advantage of parking at the DC or store when on the walmart fleet! Much better than ANY truck stop for peace and quiet!
I'm not a trucker, but there is a pilot station about 40 miles from my house that has a fully manned Cinnabon. In fact the only Cinnabon left within several hundred miles I believe. So a couple times per month I make the trip. But I pay extra courtesy to anyone who looks like a trucker. I consider myself a guest in someone else's house. So I try to not act like I own the place.
That's awesome 👌
@@walmartprofessionaldriver I wish other non truckers acted the same way. The showers at UNA at i-94 and 10 mile road in SE michigan was a life saver when I was homeless. You definitely don't wanna act like a dick at these places when you depend on them for basic hygiene. 8 bucks for a shower, clean towels and fresh soap aint bad
Just make sure that the truckers have access to the freshest buns.
If you have any Schlotzsky’s near you, they sell Cinnabon’s since they’re owned by the same parent company. It might save you a trip, but you probably enjoy that special drive.
@@LuckyCharms777 how close is it to 13 mile road and gratiot?, I live in Fraser, SE macomb county michigan
It seems like Walmart created a good trucking company.
From what I heard they watch your every move .
They do but you never hear drivers complaining about pay and being disrespected and talked down to by dispatch Walmart is. A company that everyone knows has strict rules if a person don’t like to follow rules Walmart is not the company for you
@@OneshotMovement I'm pretty sure every trucking company uses GPS antennas on their equipment.
They really did. It just keeps getting better too
A good friend of mine hired on at Walmart 10 years ago, he never averaged $100,000 a year but he quit because management sucked so bad he couldn't take anymore bullshit. And this is a guy that went in with 30yrs experience. So, take that as you will.
Driving for Walmart is more like a job when I was on the road it was an adventure grilling on the weekends, see who was selling what those were the days my friend
I haul for Schneider. Did a month hauling frozen/dairy out of the London KY DC. I really enjoyed it. Didn’t need truck stops.
Walmart is not a OTR trucking company... you don't see Walmart trucks at truck stops because they are all slip seat drivers... there OTR loads are contracted out... I've pulled a few.
We are regional. I'm away from my home DC all week
This is not true at. There’s quite a few drivers that have a sign trucks and they do not slip seat.
@TwurkRR the majority have their own truck. Usually just big DCs with first year drivers have to share. We are working towards a truck for every driver but they supply chain is still back ordered
@@walmartprofessionaldriver I’m out of 6884 in Los Lunas, NM. We’re all on 5/2 5/3 here with 21 drivers.
Thanks for the help, hopefully soon I'll be driving for Walmart.
Lately I’ve been starting to see some scattered throughout truck stops.
Last night at Loves in Monmouth IL I saw a couple. I still find it odd to see Walmart trucks parked with us out there.
Those Northern IL Loves are sometimes better than a Walmart, but not always.
I know theres not a ton in my aera (I work at a store west of Philly) and all our trucks come from a DC center in Wilmington DE. There not a ton of stops and its a fairly short trip so they seem to drop the truck grab an empty trailer and go.
I would say that you follow their rules you are fine. Retired now but the last company I drove for was specialized hauling much different operation. If you are a good driver you can haul for anyone.
Some stores have room behind them and drivers will park back there and not in the main parking lot. 2 Walmarts close to me have plenty of parking behind the store and the drivers utilize it for layovers, swapping trailers, and storage...
And entertaining lot lizards
@@nickchemist723 I parked at a few truck stops over the years when I traveled using a motorhome and never noticed any prostitutes at truck stops. I have seen TV documentaries about them but never noticed one in real life -- and I used to use the services of prostitutes when I was younger.
I don't park in truck stops much either. I'm afraid some goof mega fleeter or clueless foreigner will knock my hood off. It's safer hiding in out of the way places if possible.
I pulled wal mart for Martin transport. Honestly the wal mart guys where maybe 3 mins away from getting me to jump ship and drive with them. Its seriously a good job. Wal mart treats there drivers really well.
Oh and wal mart pay in 2016 was like .68 cents per mile. Witchbis what the industry considered standered is now i bet theses guys are make .75 a mile now.
My dream job is to drive 4 Walmart right now!
I see walmart trucks all the time at 4 rest areas along an iterstate near me. There is also 2 distrution centers near these also. One distrution is food the other is everthing else walmart sells. Garrett lndiana food distribution. Coldwater Michigan everything else walmart sells distribution.
Believe me l see Walmart truckers in these rest areas all the time.
Ole Hairy Paws truckers Like to Camp at the Truckers Den in Jonesborrow Michigan pervs parking lot your choice of lot lizard.😅 Then truck stops up road at Tekonsia Michigan see a lot of walmart truckers in there 76 truckstop, BP truckstop, Shell truckstop.
Whut you talkin about Vern?
I've heard about the goodness of being a professional driver for Walmart!
I don't see many if a few driving at night as well
It's nice to hear good things about Walmart for a change
Seriously...
For us what don't know, DC is Walmart distribution centers . Truckers need a special cap, without a visor for those who 'wear' their caps backwards to be Kool! They used to be called beanies, or skull caps. Ever see a fool shading his eyes with his hands and his ballcap is on backwards?
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I don't understand what exactly you meant, can you be a more precise?? Pls
Just imagine if Sam was still alive.
I would like to have met Sam Walton. From what I heard he cared about his employees, his kids just care about the dollars. I bet they are grumbling about Michigan stores, last I knew the local Wal-Mart was paying stockers $18 an hour and still couldn't find enough of them.
@@mharris5047 I think his daughter has a $300 million yacht. can't imagine he'd approve of what it's become.
Thats also why you never see fed ex at a truck stop unless they doing a swap
Using it as a terminal .p
I pull sets and 53s for UPS and and I stop at 1 or 2 truck stops every night to get a coffee and do a walk around and there are FedEx drivers there practically every night. I drive between Seattle and Portland so maybe it’s a little different where you live.
Or some female FedEx driver is eating a sandwich at the fuel island after take a 20 minute pee and all of it before fueling.@@kennydings3879
@@kennydings3879 Agree! Was leased to FedEx ground for years. Saw lots of other FedEx trucks at the various truck stops. I would talk to the other operators every day.
I see Walmart trucks every once and a while but I rarely see them sleeping overnight.
This guy is obviously sponsored by Walmart 🤣
Wtf is a DC
Distribution center
I find it odd that they won't take someone with less then 30 months experience but will take a kid out of the DC get him a CDL and make him a driver? Why not just take others from schools or less then 2 years exp?
YEAH, ain't that some shit huh?
Cause he already been brainwashed into the cult
I asked them that question when I called about driving for them and they couldn’t really answer me, they said they just do 😂
Because the people working at the DC have already proven track records and they know their personality. We do the same thing at my company. Nobody gets hired without a minimum of 2 years experience unless we pull from inside the building and they've been working there for at least 2+ years. They've proven they have a good work record and they can handle the stress of being a truck driver. We approach them and ask them if they're interested and then send them to school and I get to be the lucky stiff that helps train them in the real world applications that school never teaches anyone. They unfortunately learn more with me in one week then they learn in the whole few months at school. I can also tell my boss that I would NOT think someone is a good candidate for a driver because there is a large customer service aspect to our operation.
They want order followers not thinkers🙄
When you say lay over I am thinking 🤔 I am comfortably sleeping in a room with a shower 🚿 and a bed 🛌..not in my truck 🛻. Definitely I need a toilet 🚽 not a bucket
Makes sense. Considering Wally World is the largest private employer in the United States they have some economics of scale that give them an edge over other drivers.
I bet you ain't got no lot lizards.
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Because they can park at any Wal Mart store why go to a nasty over priced truck stop 😂😂😂😂
IT'S GOOD TO SEE THAT WALMART TREATS IT'S TRUCKERS WELL BUT WALMART TREATS THEIR STORE EMPLOYEES TERRIBLE I HAVE SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT WORKED FOR WALMART AND VERIFIED THIS STATEMENT
Heard they are giving 10k to you if someone uses you as reference. Do you split it with the person if they get hired?
Lol I wish it was that much options even close. And no I don't split. There are sign on bonuses for the new driver at select locations and once they are hired they can also get the referral bonuses
Yep, because at Swift, as long as you have a Sam's or Wal-Mart load you can park at A Wal-Mart
Im at the truck stops daily lol my DC is old and small
I would love to try to make it thru the hiring process to be a driver for Walmart, and I think I might qualify with a squeaky clean record, but I've been driving doubles for 5 years and not sure if they would accept that as the relevant experience needed.
I don't work for them but I would think if anything 5 years pulling doubles would put you ahead because that is an additional skill. Even though it's probably not a relevant skill for wally world, it's a skill that not everyone has, and if anything other that a 48/53 taking more real estate turning, hauling doubles on a dolly or a super B is harder and requires more skill
You are more than qualified. Only need 30 months in last 36 months tractor trailer. Use me as a reference with my employee number. John Dian #37933. You'll be top of the list
That explains why I never saw many walmart tractor/trailers where I worked, and we’d get their work through a roadcall at their DC, which I don’t mind, was usually clean and easy to work in. Of all the things walmart gets wrong, at least they take care of their drivers.
Walmart pay drivers decent? What is the pay
Up to 110k first year plus 21 days paid off and 4 additional paid safety days off
Any jobs in Florida cause I can’t find any
That you friend is a tough market. The filled up a year ago and I haven't seen a job listing since. If they do have an opening it may only be listed for a day. So it's a long game check the website drive4walmart.com often and use a reference like myself to have an advantage over other applicants. Good luck
Thank you for the quick response I got your reference name and thing just in case it opens up thank you
Check it often, but opening are rare, they just go fast., usually right after somebody old dies!@@Jersey_da_Trucker
The DCs are free parking. Generally they can park at the stores, or a Sams.
what does walmart start their drivers at (pay)?
in oct 2023?
is it still100k?
Up to 110 per year I would say there is no way ypu make less than 97k. That's just messing around
They sleep at stores or at home.
Have a few questions. Are you guys paid hourly or by miles? Are there cameras in the cab recording you? Are you home on the weekends? Do you get holidays off? Do you have food allowances (paid meals)? What’s the procedure when you break down? Who services the trucks?
Pay is by the mile and activities so paid for drop, hook, live load, chaining, wait time etc. All that on top of milage. Cameras facing forward only active in an event like hard breaking etc., there are different schedules starting every day of the week. Most common is a 5 on 2 off, they can start that schedule on all different days. Holidays like Christmas they will get you back the day before to go home. Thanksgiving if you want they will run you in the morning then send you home to return the next day unless you requested time off or it's your natural day off. They pay us $42 /night to sleep in the truck no food allowance, but they have catering at least a dozen times a year. We have shops at all Distribion centers that do everything in house. We use fleet net for roadside
Cameras recording you isn’t a big deal. I’m a transit bus operator. There are cameras inside and outside. They actually protect you with evidence too.
I always went out of my way to avoid 'truck stops' because they invite crime...
Any details how or why ?
@@dupajasio4801 ya, my last gf,
them lot lizards....
I used to drive charter motor coach. While I carried fuel cards in my driver's bag, I (we) rarely used them because the coach company I worked for specifically ordered the coaches with the largest fuel tanks that were available from both MCI and Prevost. This meant that if we were out on either a day trip (like taking a high school senior trip to a theme park), or a single overnight that we wouldn't have to fuel because our four depots all had fuel stations and discount contracts for diesel (added bonus, the bus cleaning crew would clean the and fuel the bus so I didn't have to smell like diesel or the toilet). The only time I had to fuel is when I was out for three or more days. You would rarely see one of our coaches in the fuel island at a truck stop. (We had about 120 coaches on the roster at any one time.)
I don’t even work at Walmart and I prefer sleeping at wal mart and if I can’t I’ll park at kohl’s if possible depending where I’m at because they don’t give a damn 😂
Thank you for being a semi truck driver, be careful out on the roads.
another reason is that they don't want you to spend your money somewhere else.
Is it true you guys have to max your clock everyday? Also, every time you hit a dc you have to run truck and trailer through inspection?
You make your own hours. Typically at least 10 per day. And a pretrip before every trip per dot
Seriously, LOl !!!!!!!!!
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This was interesting. Thank you.
Google Maps has "overlays" that can be customized and can be set to private/locked
it should be easy fot Walmart IT department to use app data to make an overlay to show EVERY store, distribution Center, and color cooredinated to show opening times (or 24/7) layover vs NO layover even local non-Walmart resources that drivers may consider useful.
SAM WALTON was pro-driver so if Corporate refuses without reasonable reasons I'd suggest new employers
Pilot+Cinnabon =Genius
Talked to a few Walmart drivers when I was at their DCs and they said why park at the truck stop when we have free parking and showers at the DC. Plus if you run late you don't have to stress about parking. Wouldn't mind doing the Walmart account but Swift and CR England have that sewed up.
Oh, don't worry. The Swift and England reputation will catch up and they won't hold those accounts for long. A swift driver will surely destroy a dock plate or destroy another truck backing in to a dock!
Just come work for walmart. It's way better than just having a walmart account. Drive4walmart.com
That's what I've heard. Werner where I work has Walmart accounts back east in Illinois and Ohio. They're starting to do pop up accounts in different locations due to the need for freight to be moved, don't understand why they need us if Swift and England have the accounts. It's a way for us to get our foot in the door the way I see it. Anywhere west of Colorado it's Swift and England.
@@walmartprofessionaldriver I'm considering coming over there once things get better, would hate to come over and get laid off if things get way worse.
@cassholloway4369 we are no where close to lay offs. We are trying to get rid off all outside carriers touching our freight. Looking for another 6 to 10k drivers over 800 in California alone
I had those lists when I ran on the pop up fleets in the early 2000’s, those things were worth their weight in gold
He's cute!
Probably cause of high value freight...
If I had the choice, I’d fuel up and park at the Walmart away from the noise and nutty drivers.
I see wallmart trucks at truck stops all the time,this guys is just trying to get bonus money to recruit drivers
Yeah it's too bad Sam Walton's family couldn't have followed in the path of Waltons on television which was fiction. If they came up with a reality show with Sam Walton's family on it I definitely would drop my cable service and Walmart could kiss my ass again.