The New Walmart and what you can expect.

Eddiec · Mar 18, 2019

Advertised Current earnings for Drivers in the first year average $87,500. Five Days on 2 Day's off. Resets taken at home.

Aug 16, 2018 - Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is a long-time Walmart shareholder, but in 2016 it sold a large chunk of its stake, then valued around $3 billion. At that time, Buffett cited fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, Amazon and the pressures ecommerce had created in the retail sector. Walmart shares have done very well since then.

Stock price December 2016 - $69.12
Current Stock Price - $99.26

calnca · Mar 18, 2019

Ha Ha Ha.....no sales, I run a branch office of Berkshire, we underwrite commercial auto

Coover · Mar 18, 2019

calnca said: ↑

Ha Ha Ha.....no sales, I run a branch office of Berkshire, we underwrite commercial auto
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And you drive truck for them right

Coover · Mar 18, 2019

Eddiec said: ↑

Advertised Current earnings for Drivers in the first year average $87,500. Five Days on 2 Day's off. Resets taken at home.

Aug 16, 2018 - Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is a long-time Walmart shareholder, but in 2016 it sold a large chunk of its stake, then valued around $3 billion. At that time, Buffett cited fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos, Amazon and the pressures ecommerce had created in the retail sector. Walmart shares have done very well since then.

Stock price December 2016 - $69.12
Current Stock Price - $99.26
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Nah, smoke and mirrors.
Dont let the facts get in the way of the interweb geniuses and their great stories

calnca · Mar 18, 2019

Coover said: ↑

And you drive truck for them right
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Well I do drive a F350 DRW with a 42' 5th wheel, certainly bigger than some day cabs I see running around SoCal, but no I run an office that underwrites trucking for hire risks, so I get to look at mvrs and get to read all kinds of creative writing trying to explain why drivers hit whatever.......it seems it's never the driver who has the accident on his mvrs fault

Coover · Mar 18, 2019

calnca said: ↑

Well I do drive a F350 DRW with a 42' 5th wheel, certainly bigger than some day cabs I see running around SoCal, but no I run an office that underwrites trucking for hire risks, so I get to look at mvrs and get to read all kinds of creative writing trying to explain why drivers hit whatever.......it seems it's never the driver who has the accident on his mvrs fault
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So you do have a cdl, and technically are a trucker.

Ah yes, the old you had to be there, aliens came down and I wasn't wearing my tin foil hat so they scrambled my brainwaves and caused me to crash. No i dont have any proof of this, but ya gotta believe me cuz it's the truth.

I'm sure you've heard more elaborate

Lonesome · Mar 18, 2019

calnca said: ↑

Interesting.....I work for Berkshire Hathaway in the insurance operations. Being an employee I clearly don't see what you think you see. BH is a great place to work, with superior "ethics".....if there is a choice the corporate mantra is to "do it the right way", and it permeates the company including dealing with employees.
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Berkshire Hathaway also owns Forest River, the RV maker. I don't know about the "superior ethics" around there. Sometimes Do It the Right Way seems to be missing.....

foggy · Apr 20, 2019

64_Max_Wedge said: ↑

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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Well, the 38 special is gone but this is still a good assessment of the company, contrary to the blue kool aid drinkers and the paid cheerleaders. I think Chewey said it best..."this is not the company it was and worse is coming but if your bank note, alimony and girlfriend are all 90 days over due...take that gun barrel out of your mouth and apply today)

trucker_hank · Oct 13, 2019

64_Max_Wedge said: ↑

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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This is not completely accurate:
I was just hired by Walmart in Olympia WA. My base pay is .54 cpm plus activity pay.

trucker_hank · Oct 13, 2019

64_Max_Wedge said: ↑

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. ...Thanks for your time.
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This is not completely accurate:
I was just hired by Walmart in Olympia WA. My base pay is .54 cpm plus activity pay. No slip seating mid week as no driver has "his truck" you drive what you get. Thats it.

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