How about Lowe's?

Veg'nGo · Mar 25, 2017

Mattkujata said: ↑

I got hired at Lowe's as a delivery driver in 2008. The only reason I got hired was because of my CDL. I started at around $12/hr and this was in the north east quarter of Ohio. You don't need a CDL to drive Lowe's box trucks, just their flatbeds.

I'm still employed by them, though I work in a different department now. I still run their flatbed frequently, though. In fact, my 8 hours flew by today because I drove around the county doing a few deliveries.

This is a particularly interesting thread to me because while you're considering getting into Lowe's, specifically in the delivery department, I'm getting ready to get out. I'm "pre-hired" with Roehl, and may very well be going with them in the next month or two.

One thing I enjoyed when I started working there in deliveries was the fact that; when deliveries were done, I was too! Sometimes that meant a 4 hour day, other times it was 10-12 hours. As a part timer I averaged about 30 hours a week my first year and a half. After a while, when I started getting some bills built up, I started looking for more steady hours. On very short delivery days, I would work in receiving, or out on the floor moving stock or whatever.

Lowe's delivers anything they sell. Appliances is a big one. They don't just deliver them, either. They install. One thing that sucks about that job (to me, anyway) is having to completely dissect a 28 cubic foot side by side refrigerator in the back of the truck on a freezing day, then have to also take the doors off someone's house just to get the thing in there, then put it back together... and hope it works. There are also some nasty, nasty... nasty houses. "Emergency deliveries"... Huh? This guy ABSOLUTELY needs this dishwasher!? Now?! At 6:00pm? When I've been here since 7am and I was about to leave? Ugh...

My benefits are ok. Blue Cross / Blue Shield, 401k, 2 weeks paid vacation, etc... Annual raises seem to diminish a bit each year. I'm not a ton better off now than I was when I was hired.

It's not all bad, but I got tired of the delivery job, and moved into sales. Oops... I hate retail, what was I thinking? Now I'm getting ready to change careers, and make a serious attempt at OTR driving. Lowe's as a company is solid, and a good place to work. I am fortunate to work at a store with good management and I get along with all the people I work with. I just don't like my job anymore, and I'd sooner go OTR than back to hauling 300lb washing machines up and down staircases all day.

I know my post wasn't all inclusive, but hopefully it provided some insight. If you have any questions, please post. I'll try to help out with any info.
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Hey Matt, I hope your OTR is working out for ya!! I did have a question for ya about the hiring process at lowes, if you're still on here, after all these years..lol.

x1Heavy · Mar 25, 2017

jennyrjd said: ↑

Hi ya'll,

Here is the deal...my hubby got CDL without going to school and has worked (technically is still working for) since July of this year for the same small company. The last time he went out was the week before Thanksgiving. He got his check from his "trainer" and the guy said he would call him about the next run but he never called. Hubby finally got ahold of him the night before they normally would start their run and "trainer" said ....man don't you know? This is between you and "office mgr" all I know is you aren't riding with me so you need to come get your things off the truck by 11pm because you are not riding with me. Hubby called office next morning and they laughed and said they didn't know why the guys don't just want to say I don't want to ride with you but that this was the case and right now the company has no more trainers available right now.

Hubby puts in lots of apps and goes with Schneiders and makes it thru last day of experienced driver orientation and does not pass the road test. They said he was not experienced enough. I told him to ask about not being hired if it affected his DAC and they said it would not because he never hired.

He has a pre hire from USA Trucking with orientation in Little Rock, AR on the 3rd of January, 2011 and he has apps still in with FFE, Maverick, and also many other companies. Some have told him they won't hire because he didn't go to truck school and the others we haven't heard back from but they may still be checking his past employment, driving, criminal history etc.

With Lowe's he has made it thru three interviews and a pre employment drug test.

finally my question? what do ya'll know about Lowes and where to go from here if that doesn't work out? Do we keep trying to get prehires?

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Whoa talk about a dead horse. This thread was created 7 years ago just bout.

freebeertomorrow · Mar 25, 2017

i inquired about a lowes delivery job here (midwest) requiring a class a cdl. i got as far as...starting pay $13.50/hr. that was all i needed to know.

Wooly Rhino · Mar 25, 2017

Update

The OP has been living in a nursing home for the past 2 months. Her husband died back in 2013. Her kids never come visit and she is slow fading away. Lowe's is still going strong but you need to be multilingual to work there.

MACK E-6 · Mar 26, 2017

Big Don said: ↑

Revived kind of an old thread, but it looks like for a good cause! Delivery work for an awful lot of people, is just too much "work."
Now I have a question for you here. When you were delivering appliances, just how far did you go. Did you drop them in the driveway or at curbside? Did you take them in the house? Did you actually set them up for the customer?

The reason I ask, is because I used to work for an LTL outfit that delivered a bunch of appliances for Home Depot. We had some pretty strict policies on delivery. NEVER go into the home. NEVER go up or down stairs. Drop the appliance at the crub, driveway, garage, or OUTSIDE the front door.

There was one jack wagon salesman that promised the customer that the delivery "people would put it where you want it, and set it up for you." Seriously! I heard this from way too many customers to believe they all got together and cooked up the same lie....
Don't know what happened to that salesman, but ----- --- and his horse too.
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The rules are different for an outift like Lowes that's actually transporting their own product. They actually do have to take it in the house.

Of course, I'm sure their insurance also differs greatly from that of a freight line.

MACK E-6 · Mar 26, 2017

Wooly Rhino said: ↑

Update

The OP has been living in a nursing home for the past 2 months. Her husband died back in 2013. Her kids never come visit and she is slow fading away. Lowe's is still going strong but you need to be multilingual to work there.
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That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

I think I'd rather take a .45 cal Tylenol than have to go out that way.

Big Don · Mar 26, 2017

MACK E-6 said: ↑

The rules are different for an outift like Lowes that's actually transporting their own product. They actually do have to take it in the house.

Of course, I'm sure their insurance also differs greatly from that of a freight line.
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That's why I never would have even considered working for that type of store. Or a retail furniture outfit.
Moving those king-size mattresses is a young man's job. Not to mention some of those high dollar appliances that weigh in around 1500 pounds.
Particularly up and down stairs...

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