McLane drivers

Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by HaulinThruLife, Apr 16, 2015.

  1. HaulinThruLife

    HaulinThruLife Bobtail Member

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    Not sure if this is the appropriate thread location, and apologize if it's not. Any Mclane drivers here? I live about 1.5 miles from their terminal in Minnesota. I have been tossing around the idea of trucking as a career for several years now. I've been waiting for my kids to head off to college, and my youngest daughter is doing just that in June. The last couple years the news here in MN has been doing stories on the trucking industry, and the need for drivers. This seems to be confirmed, with the huge banners at McLane advertising for drivers. They have also continually post hiring ads in the local paper. They are also advertising for "driver training" positions, a stepping stone for new CDL school grad, or those drivers with less than 6 mo. experience. When I looked on their website at the job listing, it stated that the position is a yard spotter, moving trailers around the yard, moving tractors for service and cleaning, and helping secure freight. The posting stated that after 2-3 months in that position, a person can move to a full time driver position. After reviewing their driver positions as well, I learned that they deliver grocery items in refer units, drivers unload freight, drivers have about 24 stops on a route and are home nightly or with the larger loads out 2 days. Like most, I would prefer to drop and hook, and touch freight as little as possible; but I'm not against hard work. I'm 45 yo and in great shape, so not too concerned about moving freight. Anyways....I was wondering if anybody had info on McLane? Does their job description seem accurate? Do you think this would be a good position for a new CDL grad, or would it be better to get experience OTR with another company first? Thanks in advance for any advice or input.
     
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  3. Tonythetruckerdude

    Tonythetruckerdude Crusty Deer Slayer

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    Had a couple of friends who worked in their Concord NC terminal. They both said it was a hard job physically , but it had great pay , benefits , and a decent time off schedule.
     
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  4. Drew352

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    If you wanna do drop and hook freight Mclane isn't the job for you. Foodservice job isn't for you. You will unload the whole trailer and sometimes touch the cases 2-3times digging for what you need
     
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    I'm thinking about their advertisement on tv for drivers in Jessup Pa. I'd like to know what the job consists of. Rotating schedule ? means not having a regular sleep cycle. Means you're guaranteed to be driving when you're out of rest. Unloading a trailer by hand ? I guess that they're going to get more than their 70k a year's worth. I'm driving a crap rig making about 15$ an hour. 50k a year at best. After a year and a half of trucking, I think I'm about finished. It's not worth it. I don't trust any of the truck company's words. They'll get you invested in their job, and then keep adding chores until you're down to about 10$ an hour
     
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  6. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    Food service is horrible when dealing with grocery stores. Rotating schedule is a nice way of saying you arrive at the stores when the store manager wants you there and you better not be late even by 5 minutes or you face their whiney wrath. You'll get sick of hearing "Get a move on driver, we've got to get this truck unloaded and on the shelves before the customers start arriving." Biggest crybabies you will ever deal with are grocery store employees; they're worse than union steel workers.

    That's why tankers is best; you're dealing with people at shippers and receivers that are pretty smart instead of social losers and misfits. Not just anyone can work at chemical plants; they're screened well, but any loser can bag groceries and stand on the unloading dock at grocery stores and whine.
     
  7. Chinatown

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    Con-way pays about $22.00 hr.[FONT=arial,sans-serif][/FONT]
    [FONT=arial,sans-serif][FONT=arial,sans-serif][FONT=arial,sans-serif][FONT=arial,sans-serif]"Pay starts at $21.30 per hour and may also include the opportunity for overtime and an annual company bonus. Benefit plans are based on length of employment, beginning with 401k eligibility and expanding up to full medical, dental, vision, prescription, life insurance and disability. Con-way Freight is a great opportunity for a challenging career with tremendous growth potential and the flexibility to be home every day."

    There's also Quality Carriers, Holland Enterprises[/FONT]
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  8. HaulinThruLife

    HaulinThruLife Bobtail Member

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    Thanks for all the input. Was kinda wondering how it was to deal with the customer/grocery stores. I figured it was a physically tough job. I believe there recruiting video said the drivers unload approx. 20,000# of freight by hand. Again, not new to hard physical labor, and in good shape; but I think like most would prefer to not touch freight. Was thinking that it might be a good foot in the door to the industry with their driver training position...sounds like a ton of maneuvering and backing practice in their yard. Doesn't sound like dealing with the grocery stores would be worth it, if it's really that bad.
     
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  9. Drew352

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    $$ is there if you don't mind the work have few friends working there 4days WK 100K+ yr
     
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  10. Chinatown

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    Grocery store employees will steal off the truck too. A couple reasons for this, it makes their profits look better when they do inventory and they also take stuff home. They call your boss and complain something is missing off the truck, but they were billed for it. The scanner at the warehouse shows the items were put on the truck. Now, the grocery store employee says, "Maybe you better talk to the driver about the missing items."
     
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  11. HaulinThruLife

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    Hmmm...the grocery store employees stealing product isn't something that had thought of.
     
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