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Hobby Lobby reviews

3.8
(6)
$577 - $16,346/week

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$577 $2,605 $16,346
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Ratings and Reviews

Current Employee - Jul 14, 2022

By far the best company my wife and I ever worked for. We almost didn't come to HL because of some bad reviews, like cargo container runs with no air ride ( thank God we don't sleep in the trailer) we can't tell the difference if we have a container of a air ride trailer. HL gives you a route after 2 weeks. This is great I know when I will be home so I can plan things. We run over 4800 miles off on Thurs. night go back Sun. morn. Alot of home time for OTR drivers EVEY WEEK. Making between $1650-$1800 gross a week. I can't believe anyone would say bad things about this company. They are always asking if everything is ok, how are you liking it, any problems they can address. We have been here 6 mths. And plan to retire here. I put 4 stars because you don't want to over look this review.

Pros

Bonus check $1100 plus every 3 mths. On site doctors, company van to go to the store for truck supplies. Great atmosphere Great people to work with. Drivers lounge has Italian leather couches. Showers, laundry free, they fuel your truck and wash the windows, want a clean truck 3 onsite wash bays 2 of them they hand wash you truck. You don't even have to get out of your truck. Mechanics that want to get you fixed quick and rolling, break down, detention, weather pay. Everything is in writing.

Cons

Can't find one thing bad to say about this company.

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Current Employee - May 12, 2021

Yeah. Can't believe any driver would give a bad review. This company goes beyond to accommodate drivers. Dedicated routes. Delivery to HL stores. No touch freight. Hub miles. Stop pay. Breakdown, detention, weather delay pay. Quarterly attendance/safety bonus. (Recently raised to .03 cpm every mile you run for that quarter. Stop here and take a second to add that up 5k miles per week for 12 weeks.).401k (80% match when you save 5%). Paid holidays. Christmas bonus. Great insurance. That's just the pay! Best maintained trucks. All automatic and refrigerator/inverter in each truck. (Has the on dash gear selector. Might scare a few drivers afraid to take their eyes off the road for a second. Or you could just let it shift. Automatically. Bc it's an automatic.) Container runs are unfortunately built in to some routes. And if you don't like doing them at the beginning of your week, they'll work with you and you can do them at the end of the week. Incidentally, if you're not happy with your route they'll get you a different one. Possibly a route without containers. Might take a few months, but this company does everything within reason to accommodate drivers. On site clinic FREE to all employees. Real doctors and MRI machine. FREE. They stay busy but drivers can walk in and they'll do their best to work you in. All the little things. Free bottled water. Enormous drivers facilities. Exercise room. Covered parking. Just best company I've ever driven for.

Pros

Too many to list here.

Cons

Team is where the money's at here. If you're a solo driver they will find you a partner. Sleeper curtains make great neighbors.

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Former Employee - Oct 29, 2020

Running shipping containers to Dallas from OKC and back is horrible for a team, containers have no air ride, co-driver gets no sleep, Probably the number 1 reason for driver turn over, the trucks are slow for team work 68, get a ticket the truck gets turned down to 66 for 3 years, slow trucks don’t make better drivers, Auto-shift on the dash is super dangerous, you have to take your eyes off the road a lot should be auto stick , No driver seniority. PPTO is good but not setup for OTR drivers, doctors note or you don’t get paid, HL has its own doctors office on campus but no walk ins, it’s biggest problem is no real world experience in Transportation management.

Pros

Grate Dispatchers, hub miles, trucks, steady loads, paid holidays, paid vacations insurance, 401k, safety bonus,

Cons

Upper management DJ needs to try a sleeper after work for few weeks on containers runs, if you don’t want to do containers they will fire you, Auto trans on dash, Slow trucks, no driver retention policy, single drivers pay low,

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Current Employee - Sep 17, 2020

Hobby lobby transportation is based out of OKC, transporting to around 1000 stores all over the country, hiring drivers from all over except California,

Pros

Nice trucks, nice Oklahoma City shop, paid all miles, paid vacation and ppto, paid holidays, 401k

Cons

Slow trucks, if you get one ticket or warning it will get turned down from 68 to 66, no warnings, almost all teams must take shipping containers to South Dallas rail yard from OKC so you start your week off with two tired drives no air ride on containers, low low starting pay, usually work on holidays, 2 or 3 hours to unload then pickup for brokers need doctors note for PPTO or you don’t get paid so if you can’t get in to see a doctor but your to sick to drive you don’t get paid and the doctors

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Current Employee - Oct 16, 2018

Excellent everything, this is a company you would retire from! For friendly staff, treated as a person not a number!

Pros

Pay Home time Benefits Equipment

Cons

Really no cons to this company, it’s a drivers dream job

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Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Burleson, TX on Dec 1, 2023

$2,115 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 3 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Lynchburg VA on Jul 14, 2022

$16,346 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in DFW on May 12, 2021

$2,115 per week

Current Employee

Yes

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oakhurst, CA on Nov 23, 2020

$1,039 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Oklahoma City, OK on Oct 29, 2020

$1,154 per week

Current Employee

No