Questions about Frito Lay

I worked for them for years until they closed my plant and hauled out of Pulaski and Fayetteville. I guess it is Fayetteville you are applying for. It isn’t the job it once was, but top drivers still make over $100,000. It is mostly hand unload with 2 wheeler or unload loaded carts at stores. Most runs are to several grocery stores and company warehouses and are turns. They do have some layover runs. The pension and insurance have changed since I was there. If you don’t mind working and working your way up the seniority board you probably will like it. If you want to just drive you won’t like it. I still talk to a couple drivers who transferred there years ago, so I can ask them any detailed questions you may have.

 

We had a family friend years ago that was a local driver for them for a long time and he loved his job. He passed away 15 years ago but retired there.

However, from the way he talked things were changing and not for the better before he retired. He was glad it was his time to get out. And judging by the way they are ALWAYS hiring in some areas, it appears they have a lot of turnover.

I’ve been told the interview is odd and consists of them trying to trip you up asking situational questions how you would handle things. And I’ve heard a lot of times they offer big $ and promise this and that and it ends up being part-time and you have to beg for runs/hours, which may also explain the constant “now hiring” signs.

That’s all I know about them. It may vary by location.

 

It is full time now most of the time, but with any seniority job it won’t be great to start. However a brand new driver should make close to $1,500 a week to start. $2,000 plus is doable with time.

 

Light loads!

 

With your background, have you looked at tanker jobs in your area? @Chinatown i'd be lame to say I even knew if there were any, but for somebody starting his career and fulfilling with 'maybe' Prime... there's gotta be SOMETHING better than hauling chips. But for the bennines; I LOVE FRITOS~!!

 

I am currently a FL driver and this is how it is at our plant. However we had a driver transfer in from Fayetteville TN and he was saying something about the bottom 10% of the board couldn’t bid because they were considered like an extra board. You might want to inquire about that. Not sure if that is true or not, it doesn’t work that way at our plant. One thing I can promise you are going to unload almost every trailer when you start out and there is a bunch of cases in a 53’ trailer. It is a very physical job and that accounts for the high turnover. Good Luck if you apply!

 

When I was at Mclane I would stack my 2 wheeler with boxes of Frito lay chips. I was thinking to myself I could do this all day compared to a wheeler full of Pizza Hut dough. Frito lay im sure has boxes of dip to unload but compared to US Foods, Sysco, Mclane etc probably night and day easier.