Walmart here I come!

Going to have to pray each time you reach to change the radio station something don't cause you to trigger a critical event. Notice a lot of these safety people working for us never driven a truck but they sure as hell can tell you that you should be a robot that doesn't need to sip on water or change a station for 2 hours.

Not sure how many of you guys take advantage of the 6 calls a day policy, but I wouldn't even touch the phone once the cameras are in.

 

Congratulations!

 

This really irratates me!

 

They only go back 5 years

 

Did you receive any pay for the few days you worked for the waste collection company 9 years ago? If you did and it was reported to the IRS & SSA, there is a record of this, so it would be best for you to let the HR manager at the DC you will work at know before orientation. This would not disqualify you at this point if nothing occurred during those few days worked, such as an DOT recordable accident or failed drug screen.

Best to be as open and honest as possible. It can be understandable considering it was 9 years ago and it appears to have not caused a gap in employment since you returned to your former employer right away. We are all human and can make some mistakes, especially when filled with excitement about a new job. There does not appear there was any intent to deceive in order to improve your chances at being hired.

My best to you and welcome aboard.

 

Forward facing cameras are great. I have used them for years and even have one in my car. As recording technology has improved, I have continued to upgrade my equipment to always have the best camera recording features possible.

When it comes to driver facing cameras, that to me creates unintended consequences that do more harm than good. The video from the driver facing camera will certainly be misinterpreted and adversely affect how the driver does their job are 2 reasons against such driver facing cameras, not even counting any driver privacy issues when sleeping or changing clothes. These are 2 prime reasons why airline pilots opposed a similar proposal by the NTSB to use cameras inside the ####pit of airplanes and the FAA shelved the idea in 2009.

When you are among the safest fleets on the road and seek to hire the best drivers, putting driver facing cameras inside the cab will not prevent accidents, but will certainly contribute to more accidents occurring when your drivers are more worried about what a camera is showing than paying complete attention to the traffic around you.

If the main argument is to try and avoid large insurance claims due to accidents, then maybe it is time to outsource the fleet completely and let those headaches be someone else's problem.

 

I understand your dislike of the cameras it's a pretty popular stance, but to say they will certainly contribute to more accidents is a pretty big leap.
To outsource the fleet completely would pretty much go against WM's whole; low cost, save money, yellow smiley roll-back, business model so that is much less likely in my opinion than for those cameras to be released fleet wide in the future.
Of course everyone is going to throw statistics at you saying how much they've improved driver safety by XX%, but at the end of the day the cameras are going to be a CYA measure for walmart to protect itself and possibly even vindicate some drivers, but there will also be some painful terminations and a lot of coachings along the way.

 

I passed pre trip road test and physical Monday checked status today online it said post offer checks complete.Does that mean offer is next? If so that was quick.I did see my background check said eligible for hire

 

I don't think the cameras are so much to prevent accidents, rather they will be used in a " he said, she said" circumstance where the fault is not readily determined. Also they can be used to discourage frivolous claims and lawsuits. The truck ran you off the road? Look at this video, it shows our driver was clearly in the right and you caused the accident.
Can we outsource the fleet? I've always said, In some back room in Bentonville, there is an accountant saying, well private fleet LOS is 99%, swift is 90%. For the money we save, maybe we can live with 90%.

 

Yes, you're in. May take awhile to be contacted as everyone else has to get to this status before they can set an orientation date. Mine took 2 days, I was contacted about 2 weeks later and orientation was 6 weeks after that. Kinda long stretch as a few guys had to drug test again because it went more than 60 days since their prior test.