Walmart OTR Regional Commute

Sorry dude, trucks stay at the DC. You have to start/end your work week there. That commute would suck since you only work 5 days at a time for wmt.

 

If Walmart only gave drivers a 34 hour reset yeah that commute would suck but on a 5/2 schedule drivers get at least 60 hours off duty. If he gets on a 5/2 - 5/3 then the 3 day weekend will be at least 84 hours off. I'm less than an hour from the DC and would hate to have to do that commute but if I had to it is definitely worth it imo. Most guys with a longer commute opt for the 5/2 - 5/3 schedule.

 

No amount of time off or money is worth a 3-4 hour drive to and from home if they expect you to work a full shift that day.

 

You can if you're up to it but nobody at Walmart will ever push you. If you can't work the full shift shut it down and go on break. That's part of being captain of your ship. And safety. Those are not just empty words at Walmart.

 

I was just looking at their benefits to be a Walmart driver on their website. $42 paid for your 10 hour DOT required break. That is impressive. So in a 5 day week (assuming you take 5 breaks) that is over $200 just for sitting on your duff in that nice cushy APU.

 

5 day schedules sleep in the truck 4 nights and at home 3 nights. A 6 day schedule sleeps in the truck 5 nights. I know of some drivers who sleep in the truck a 5th night on a 5 day schedule after their shift on "go home day" but I'm not one of them.

 

Yea 5/2 drivers get 4 paid sleep nights per week. To put that in dollar perspective, I banked nearly 7k last year just by sleeping in my truck.

 

When you break down the numbers on a 365 day work year it's impressive (imo) the time off Walmart gives drivers. I'm on a 5/2 schedule and counting my 2 non-split weekly off days plus 23 PTO days and 4 safety days, Thanksgiving day and Christmas day off, that's a 133 total (paid and unpaid) days off in a calendar year which is approximately 33% of a year.

That's quality time off for a company driver position especially with just under 2 years at the job. Most OTR carriers won't even come anywhere near to within just half that amount of time off within a calendar year. When I had my own truck for 13 years I worked around 50% or less calendar days per year and it's not far off from that.

Now someone with the same time at the company as me on a 5/2 - 5/3 schedule would have 144 days off in a year's time. And there's always the option to take a leave of absence for even more time off (which does not affect average daily pay negatively). Now for those who want to work more there's a lot of potential to work a 6th day and make bank.

 

Can you make a right turn on a red light?

 

If it's safe and legal to do so, yes.