Mbm foodservice

Just wondered because it is in the job description. I wouldn't mind running some routes, but I can see this being abused, especially if you're still getting the yard driver hourly which is less than the delivery drivers.

In fact, I see a lot of opportunities for yard drivers to end up doing all the work that nobody else does whether it is picking up trash, cleaning trucks, picking up lunch for the office, etc. But it may be worth it to be home every night or day, or it may not.

Job Description:
Yardperson

Job Function
Places trailers to proper doors for shipping and keeps trailers clean for shipping. Pre-cools trailers for loading. Monitors TK temperatures during the loading process. Monitors TK and tractor fuel. Notes damages to trailers and tractors to management. Shuttles equipment to and from fleet provider. Periodically cover routes, make special deliveries and pick-up local backhauls.

 

I was under the impression it was just a jostler job.. My bad

I know our jostlers would never touch a box ( =

If you want a very boring job with a surprising amount of responsibility, maybe being a yard dog is good for you...

No way could I do it.. I gotta go go go or I want to rip my hair out when I'm working. I like to go because it makes the day fly by. I relax at places other than work to make that time drag ( =

 

You will regularly run routes.

I don't know how routes are paid, as the yardman falls under the warehouse pyramid. The whse mgmt is always tweaked, because transportation steals the yardman and he's the warehouse's employee. Somebody has to cover jockeying trailers and it's usually a whse supervisor.

When a company can't keep drivers, there's always a shortage. I've only seen one yardman not run routes, he was simply too old (68 yrs young and super-nice) and frail to do it. They got rid of him.

Janitor picks up trash. Employees get their own lunch, as they're not on the clock (paid by the minute, BTW).

 

I worked for MBM out of lakeland, FL back in october 2006. I only lasted 2 weeks, here's why.

My first day I ended up doing a 15 hour shift. I get back to the terminal and as i'm Fueling the vehicle, I get a phone call. It's the dispatch who's in charge of routing people and assigning loads. He asks me if I am ready for my next load, I'm like "sure what time". He goes on to tell me that I have to leave in an hour.

I'm thinking "wtf, how? Don't I get a 10 hour break? Don't i NEED one?" Nobody at MBM ever told me how to do my log book, i guess i'm supposed to just "make it work". Well I demanded my 10 hour break, and I could tell dispatch wasn't happy, but they gave it to me. I came in 10 hours later and pulled the load, it was a 16 hour day by the way.

My 2nd week there, I did a 20 hour day, a 24 hour day, and the very last straw for me was a 27 hour day. I came in at Friday 9 pm and did not get off work until Sunday 12 am. I gave them the keys back and I didn't give any notice, I couldn't. I didn't keep a single honest log the entire time I was there.

I refused to work for a company that disobeyed the DoT regulations to such a degree, and in my honest opinion it's a hazard for a driver to run so hard without a break. This is not just driving either, it was hard work delivering frozen french fries and boxes of meat into Hardee's, Checker's, and Arby's. All that physical labor and then the driving.... it was just so much.

I don't know how the other drivers did it, for the money? Yeah it was good money, and I don't mind doing some freight lumping, but I just can't fathom staying up for a 24+ hour shift.

Maybe it's changed since then? Maybe the other terminals aren't like that, this was the Lakeland terminal in 2006.

Just my 2 cents....

 

Threads got some traffic since I last posted - was up state playing in the snow.

hey, Gigity Gigity
if you think it will better your life go for it - use as stepping stone though.
Diff DC's may run better than where I am - any company is only as strong as it's management - my experiance - weak management= poor work environment.

Wages vary greatly - the ones I posted are union scale but there be change on the horizon.

$10.50/HR to haul heavy equipment - err don't sound right.

I made that 20 years ago.

Btw, one post says your fit then in another thread says your fat and smoke - which is it?

If hostler's are delivering freight at a reduced rate - hell AT ALL - may be time to talk to a union rep.

That is just taking full and complete advantage of a worker.

I can't wait till I get to play with some steel again.

 

Ya, I wouldn't take a hostler job that would put me on a route very often at all.... Unless you great the extra money with open arms.

Can't believe they have the hostler doing that...

 

Welcome to the big dog world is all I can say....

I work for Sygma and you won't see us cooking the books if Sygma knows it... They'll fire you on the spot and we're all computerized, so they know.

Just got sent to another state to train some guys and I had a few 30 hour days by putting myself into the sleeper and continuing to help while the other guy used his hours but I made well over 2k for that week.

14+ hour days are pretty common in the foodservice world.... Run out your 14, park it and then spend time organizing your trailer, then eat/shower and go to bed for the next 14+ hour day when you're on a layover route.

The first month or so is HELL, don't get me wrong.... But once you get passed it, you feel great and begin counting weight as money and begging for more work.

 

I work for MBM at this time. I love it. Hard work? Yes but if you work smart and dont get in a hurry everything is fine. I work 4 days a week and will make over 60 my first full year. Yes we slip seat but hell. You cant expect a company to let a tractor sit 3 days a week while I am at the house. Ryder fixes everything I have ever wrote up. Dirty truck?? I stop at a truck wash and get it washed. Boss will give you a com check or reimburse you after you turn in receipt. Lots of cry babes in the trucking profession. People cant handle a little work so its a bad company. Yes we have a couple ########## in the office but thats life. I get ill sometimes about things for example sometimes you get a load thats loaded wrong oh well. Not going to quit over that. I run out of Montgomery Al. Ask me any questions I will help if I can. Want a job I will be happy to get the 1000 referral bonus. Not ashamed to call my self a MBM man.....

 

I was thinking that Lakeland was a Darden DC, too. Hmmm.

As mentioned, every DC operates differently. Montgomery is known to be one of the better ones.

I ran across one of your drivers at an Arby's. He saw the truck I was in and said there was no way he'd drive it. Slip-seat can be setup where the same drivers share the same trucks each week. It's a simple system, but, it takes effort on behalf of the mgmt. Also, there has to be accountability held on the drivers and their caring of the equipment. Again, thtat takes effort on behalf of mgmt. BTW, some DCs have assigned equipment. And, their trucks sit while they're off.

The aforementioned driver said he didn't have to run to make his route, either. Most drivers, from other DCs, say they have to. I'd be curious to see your dispatch sheets, to see how your routes are setup.

Lastly, you've only been there a year. The first year, or two, is always seen through rose-colored glasses. My first years were great. But, once I started having health issues and mgmt's attitude changed toward me, that was it. I started seeing MBM for what they really were. In addition, I've met an awful lot "carcasses" from that company.

 

I interviewed for the Yardman job and was told I would be out running routes maybe 3 days a week and would get route pay.

But I didn't get a call back today so think I did not get it. I'm thinking it is probably just as well. I don't mind hard work, but depending on the circumstances, I might rather just be out on the road.