Delivering Food? anyone?

What state you live in? I made $26/hr with sysco, for 15/hr I'll do pop/soda work cause I made atleast 20/hr doing that and easier than food. It's physically demanding. Image breaking down an entire pallet into your 2 wheeler and bumping it up a flight of stairs. Max I did was 300lbs on a 2 wheeler up/down a ramp, downstairs/upstairs. Rain/snow/heat also plays a factor since you'll be outside a lot.

The work doesn't bother me I like being active. But the problem was the times, you need to hustle and run each stops. That trailer needs to be empty at the end of the day.

Also the tight space you have to back trailer in. Between dumpster or parked cars. Alley ways/alley dock are major headache.

 

Not to mention the places where you just can't park off the street. You find yourself blocking a lane, or perhaps, if you are lucky, parked in the safety zone between lanes. Both of which can get you a ticket. And those stairs! Those stairs can't be emphasized enough. It is bad enough when they are inside the customer's building, but when they are outside, you have to fight ice and snow in the winter. Not wonderful with a two wheeler loaded down with heavy freight.

 

Everybody is different when it comes to pay. Honestly for the work I did, 15/hr not worth the back pain nor being out 14 hours a day. I can find a forklift job and get paid 15. Is the company helping you get your cdl? If so, then it will be worth it than paying 5 grand on school.

If you're young, fit and active, maybe still live with parents then go for it. Once you get your cdl you can do way less work and better pay

Oh big Don don't you just hate going to a customer and they wanted downstairs in the basement? Then realize the stairs are WOODEN? Every drop I'm like workers comp here I come

 

In that case, I'd say "GO FOR IT!"

 

I got my cdl on my own and went to a distribution company and have been with them ever since. It's not technically a competitor of Sysco since we do cigs and tobacco. But we do have reefer's on every trailer and we do handle some of the same products, just not as much. We aren't paid hourly but i will make more money for my first few years of cdl experience than if I had gone over the road. And I'm home every day. I would recommend taking the route youre thinking of long before I would ever consider going over the road. If you do go this route, you will make money and you will be home often. Great way to get the experience you need. If they're gonna get you your cdl, even better. Good luck and best wishes.

 

yeah take it for tbe cdl for sure, just wait a month prove you can do it then remind them you want to step up into a bigger truck. Then evey month after untill they do. Dont need to be a ### about it just keep reminding them. Then after you have it, find out what comparible work goes for in your area and push for equel or close to equal numbers. The whole time doing your job without complaining. If they wont step you up you have a legit reason to look elsewhere

 

Run as fast as you can!!! Too many opportunities out there that pay better. No reason to sacrifice your knees and back for a foodservice company.