The New Walmart and what you can expect.

haz-matguru · Apr 10, 2018

Cat sdp said: ↑

Walmart sucks anyways.....

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Wtf????

ovosquad · Apr 10, 2018

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Hello people, I'm a tenured driver with Walmart with just over 30 years with the company. I am not going to bash the company, but will give it to you straight, not soft ball it and try to help you make your own decisions on whether this is the job for you. For us old private fleet hands, most of these recent schedule changes are absolutely not what Sam Walton would've done if he were still alive. For many of you, these changes in our fleet operations might very well be just fine. I have done very well over the years with Walmart and used to recommend drivers who possessed the necessary skills, personality and work ethic to try and get on board here. Several personal friends hired on around the same as me and most have had rewarding careers over the years. A couple guys retired recently because of these big changes happening, 2 others are still here trying to hang on, one's on medical leave and sadly the other passed away. It was well known in the trucking industry this was a job you retired from, not out right quitting. Since these changes were announced on Oct. 1 2017, Walmart drivers have been quitting in droves. Some quit right away, some are trying to figure out how to deal with these changes and hang in there, and others getting ready to retire or quit before these schedule changes take effect. If any of you have doubt in my words, I encourage you to ask any Walmart driver the true skinny as to what's going on these days. About 5% of the drivers, most who've been hired in the last 5 years will tell you this job is the greatest ever. 95% of the tenured drivers who've been with Walmart over 5 years will most likely tell you to run and don't look back! Please, start asking before applying so you can make a very important and informed career decision. Let me give you a brief rundown of whats happening.

A Walmart driver hired after 10/1/17 will be paid .38 cpm as opposed to the .54 cpm I make as a 30+ year driver. When I started, all drivers under 15 years tenure were paid the same mileage rate with those over 15 years receiving an extra .01 cpm. Activity pay was completely the same rate for all drivers and the layover pay also the same. New drivers activity pay is not quite as much as mine, but it's still pretty decent and layover pay for 10 hour sleeper is equal to mine. What's sad is the .38 cpm mileage may never go up for the new guys as Walmart's recruiting campaign only stresses activity pay. The more you drop & hook, the more multiple live load or unloads means the more big money you'll make. The drop & hooks are great but the reality of the live load or unloads can kill your day. I'm not going into specifics because the pay can get complicated here. You will earn money for arriving and if the load or partial is ready, your good to go. However in many cases, stuff isn't ready and you will wait. You must wait for 45 minutes before detention kicks in @ $14 per hour. If this happens, and it does, you're really not making what you should be making. A new driver's gross pay will look pretty good, but reality is a ton of hour will be put in to make that money.

All Walmart offices begin the new schedule on March 24th. All offices have different schedules but for the most parts regular weekends off for everyone are gone. The new schedule also means no assigned tractors for everyone except those driving the blue 3 Million Mile tractors. Walmart wants the entire fleet to be a full slip-seat operation.

The new schedules are as follows;
5-2 for drivers driving 5 days per week for a senior guy like me who wants a somewhat normal schedule. In almost, not all of the entire fleet, 5-2 drivers will begin their shift on Sunday, Wednesday, Friday or Saturday. At end of the week's shift I will have to clear everything out, including all bedding, food, drinks and all personal items. It will be mandatory to fuel, wash the truck, clean the interior, vacuum & deodorize if needed and clean all the windows. On my own time, not company time! A checklist confirming these duties must be turned into management before I leave out on first load and before I go home. These procedures will be performed by every driver in the fleet, regardless. The driver using my truck on my days off will need to repeat the same procedure before he moves over the a different truck. Unfortunately he's going to spend a lot of unpaid time moving and cleaning.

5-2 and 5-3 means 5 days on, 2 days off on week one. 5 Days on, 3 days off on week 2.

6-3 means 6 days on, off 3 days.
These 2 schedules mean you will begin the week's shift on a different day every week with a Saturday and Sunday off when rotation rolls around

Extra means you'll work whenever needed and may end up driving whatever truck is available.

Another new deal is our shops will not inspect any more trailers on the yard for lights, tires, brakes, dents & tears in the roof or sides. If you don't do a proper inspection and fail to notice defects, you will be held accountable. Same goes for the tractor, anything defective must be reported because if your load is ever late or get a ticket in a D.O.T. inspection for something you missed, the crap will hit the fan. More New Walmart.

Walmart trucks used to handle store loads & back-hauls in their own distribution center's assigned area, but not any more. Just because your office is in southern Calif. for example doesn't mean you'll stay around that area. You may end up in Phoenix & run their loads all week, or Salt Lake City, or the San Francisco area before coming back home. Good luck finding a place to take a layover in an unfamiliar location when you're almost out of hours. Violate your logs, you get written up. Enough violation, you are gone, plain and simple. Again, ask any Walmart driver how stressed they get looking for a safe legal place for the 10 hour break every single day. We can layover at our stores, but more store every day forbid it due to local ordinance.

I'm tired and need to get some sleep so let me conclude. If you want a job that pays pretty good, provides security, insurance, uniforms, decent equipment and you don't mind being micro-managed, treated like a grade school student in every single aspect of your job, not getting Sat. & Sun off every week and being the unpaid maintenance man every time you slip-seat, you will be very happy here. I was, not so much now.

Again please talk with any Walmart driver to confirm my words. Walmart's advertising campaign does not tell you all of what you need to know. We have seen many new drivers with high hopes to start out here and end up regretting coming here shortly thereafter.

I will answer any questions here when I can respond, but please make it a reasonable question. I will not argue with someone just because they don't like what I say. Thanks for your time.
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just be glad you aren't working inside the stores I feel like they treat the people inside worse than the drivers.

THE ROOKIE · Apr 10, 2018

radioshark said: ↑

Just looked on their website. 35 different locations hiring. I don’t ever remember seeing more than 5 or 6 at most.
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Where I have lived these past 13 years the dc in Lagrange has never been hiring. Not only are they hiring they are actually advertising.

Coover · Apr 10, 2018

Cat sdp said: ↑

Walmart sucks anyways.....

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Highly doubtful that a store manager actually posted this sign on the dairy case. Who's to say who hung it up.

Walmart said managers did not post sign discouraging truckers from shopping in NC store

drvrtech77 · Apr 10, 2018

Coover said: ↑

Highly doubtful that a store manager actually posted this sign on the dairy case. Who's to say who hung it up.

Walmart said managers did not post sign discouraging truckers from shopping in NC store
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Wow Walmart will never come out and admit that it was one of their people that did it... It could simply be One person in the store that doesn't like trucks and just threw that up there...

radioshark · Apr 10, 2018

drvrtech77 said: ↑

Wow Walmart will never come out and admit that it was one of their people that did it... It could simply be One person in the store that doesn't like trucks and just threw that up there...
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This story was from January 2015

Northeasterner · Oct 7, 2018

Coover said: ↑

C'mon driver seriously..... As bad as it might be, no better than swift? Anything is better than swift.
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I gotta disagree... Swift upped their pay to 43cpm starting... national reefer, 2500 miles a week... Wallyworld starts at what? 38 now?!

Northeasterner · Oct 7, 2018

STexan said: ↑

I just can't see it that way. Online shopping is definitely increasing but it's not ever going to eliminate the need to have well stocked stores within 5 miles for the average person. Online shopping is mainly to obtain those unique items you'd have run all over town trying to find.

It makes no sense to by macaroni and soup online, and go to the store to buy meat, eggs, and milk.
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The graphics card, headphones, used panties, and replica akkadian tablets come from the interwebz, and the soup, bread, and fish come from wallyworld!

Coover · Oct 7, 2018

Northeasterner said: ↑

I gotta disagree... Swift upped their pay to 43cpm starting... national reefer, 2500 miles a week... Wallyworld starts at what? 38 now?!
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No, good luck at swift though.

OLDSKOOLERnWV · Oct 7, 2018

Waiting to get my heavy on....

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