If anyone is curious, there are videos online of Merle Haggard doing amazing impressions and singing like all of his old outlaw friends. Off topic but fun.
@@WalmartRich you've probably seen it but the video of him getting sheepish because Johnny walked in on him doing one of him. It always cracks me up. He looks like he might get in real trouble lol. On a side note thanks for the videos. I did hifh security loads for 6 years. I got out for 8 while my kids were growing up but I want to get on with walmart. I need to find out from someone if I can make that 30 months in the last 4 years thing go away. I agree I'm out of practice but I'm hoping I can get some sort of answer.
On a side note, is there any hope for a driver with 6 years otr who took 5 years off? I've paid my dues once, I know I could use a refresher but I'd sure hate to have to get a full 30 in at some chump outfit.
I would say of all the driver I talked too 99% do. I think only 2 didn't care for it. 1 still drives and is looking for a better opportunity and 1 quit. The other 300 still like to love it.
I'm a coach at a super center, I was told about the walmart associate to trucker program they have to offer, I've been watching all your videos and gratefully appreciate all the information around this topic, very helpful in deciding whether or not this could be for me, so again thank you for your time.
No you are actually not allowed to touch any freight. You also are not allowed to climb on a trailer for any reason. All repairs even minor are to be done by the shop when possible.
If you're not very proactive at the stores & talk to many managers regarding you having a live unload.. Majority of them they sound off on their walkie talkies that there's a delivery.. One person tells another the other person tells someone else ect ect. One person eventually will get the ball rolling. Oh and now this new " N transit" feature that is supposed to notify the stores when we are 30 minutes out.. Allowing them to get people ready to go when we arrive. 100% of the time if they do see/get the notification they just disregard it. So putting up with the B.S & bad attitudes at the stores is a head ache of it's own.
What’s the situation with DC 6011 Brookhaven, MS? They don’t have a local division there and all I have been told is that it’s a regional DC and they don’t service any stores within 100 square miles that I know of. DC 6057 in Robert, LA does including the store in Brookhaven itself and their local division is with US Xpress. I live closer to the Brookhaven DC and would like to drive for them. It’s about 50 miles from my home.
Let me know if this info on Brookhaven is helpful. Brookhaven is regional OTR the service territory is Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. The major cities serviced is Jackson, MS and Mobile, AL. Average miles per week is around 2300. A typical day would be one to two store loads a day with backhauls going to multiple locations within the region. Brookhaven has 14 opening for external drivers, but they are on hold and might start hiring again in February.
That is the most information given yet. Thanks a lot. If you don’t mind I may use you as a reference. Do you know anything about the driver scheduling there? Also did you find out anything on the onboarding locations. I know they say it’s best to keep your job until onboarding is complete to be sure but I’m not really in a good position for that unless there’s a location close.
“It would be odd for someone to come in and manage that’s never been in a truck” that’s literally every other trucking company. All the managers and safety people at Estes have probably never even sat in a semi before
As I learn more about this program I think Walmart might have the best possible training program for new drivers. Its a minimum of 12 weeks. 8 of that is in the truck experience with a mentor. And not all of them will pass at the end of the 12 weeks. Walmart is doing what they can to bring in the right person. By that I mean someone who respects the culture, the Walmart way, and the people they will work with.
Had an oddball this last week. Left out on my go out day . Out of buckeye I went to Havasu to pick up at sterilite going to Loveland. Ran denver for a day then back to Loveland. From Loveland to Los Lunas, then back to buckeye today for go home. This week went by so fast
There are only 7 locations that hold the training across the nation. The DCs in Florida, however, might not be part of this program for a while, if ever, because so many transfers inside walmart Happen to go to Florida there won't be a need. If possible, you may want to relocate within walmart to obtain your goal of Walmart driver. Unfortunately, the only other option would be to get a CDL and drive for 30 months, then apply. I would advise if you really want the opportunity to stay with walmart and relocate if possible because you keep your pto senority!
What part of Florida? Florida is tough because aging current drivers transfer there. Some people in the north go to Georgia get in, then transfer. As of now there is no official timeliness for any public openings.
@@oscarterr hey Oscar have you been able to get into FT Pierce?? I’m trying to get in there since I like 100 miles south so that’ll be perfect for me. I’ve been waiting over a year and nothing yet… 🤦♂️ #Floridaproblems
I know you are telling the truth. My instructor from the truck driving school that I graduated from today said he drove for them for 6 years and he highly recommends them but for us new drivers we need 30 months of experience so I will look into walmart if this other trucking company doesn't work out.thanks for your honesty not much of that these days lol
Looking forward to an opening in Texas. I tried when the whole news about $100,000 went viral. Sadly I wanted to apply months before that but I heard so many bad things. Well not really bad but just about so much micro managing. I live in Austin Tx. I think New braunfels is the closet one to me.
If there is micro managing, it would be an isolated dc issue. You will hear 100 times that you are the captain of the ship. None of the DC i ever worked at have I felt micro managed.
Walmart drivers almost required to park at a store or DC. You must park in a safe location. No off ramps or unsecured locations. The Walmart stores do not dictate if trucks park there. Its usually a city order that says no trucks. Even still we park in the back of the store if there is no noise ordinance. What they don't want is to do is park at truck stops because bad things happen. I been hit while sleeping 2 times.
@@WalmartRich well, ICB is not “Regionally Accredited.” It’s Nationally Accredited, which means that, by default, a University will likely only accept them if you write a letter explaining why they should. I enrolled in community college and they automatically took 20 of the credits, no questions asked. It fell into the category of “Transfer Credit” and into “Electives.” When I went to Governor’s State University, they took the 20 credits that transferred to the community college because they were a part of the Associates Degree. I then petitioned for them to accept the other 20 with a simple letter and they accepted without any objection. Again, in the category of electives. At Govst, my major was “Interdisciplinary Studies,” which basically means that I didn’t have a specific major; just the appropriate amount of total credits to get a degree. I would recommend going to Govst if you can. It’s in Illinois, but they have online classes. I did all mine online. You need 120 credits for a Bachelors Degree. 1/3 of that was already done by going to ICB. I don’t remember if you ended up finishing the program or not, but either way, ask them for an official, sealed copy of your transcripts so that you can get credit for whatever you completed. The credits are actually itemized. For example, “radio fundamentals” I think was one of them and it was worth 2 credits.
I worked at Walmart DC 6071 for 5 years and I left to get my cdl and drive for them and now I'm finding out they created a whole school for this after I lost all my seniority lol. I'm at 24 months experience now hopefully everything works out and I can drive for walmart it's literally the only reason I'm driving trucks
@@gpolite2000 as far as I know home daily drivers work 2 shifts. Am or pm. Each does 12 hrs or thereabouts. They make a slight less bit of money because you go home so you lose 42$ a day layover
It does but milage pay is less than 50% of the total pay. I get .598 cpm. $42 a night layover. We get paid tonarrive to a stop, drop n hook, live load or unload and so much more. You paid on so many activities. Thats where we make most of our money.
If anyone is curious, there are videos online of Merle Haggard doing amazing impressions and singing like all of his old outlaw friends. Off topic but fun.
I love his impressions
@@WalmartRich you've probably seen it but the video of him getting sheepish because Johnny walked in on him doing one of him. It always cracks me up. He looks like he might get in real trouble lol. On a side note thanks for the videos. I did hifh security loads for 6 years. I got out for 8 while my kids were growing up but I want to get on with walmart. I need to find out from someone if I can make that 30 months in the last 4 years thing go away. I agree I'm out of practice but I'm hoping I can get some sort of answer.
On a side note, is there any hope for a driver with 6 years otr who took 5 years off? I've paid my dues once, I know I could use a refresher but I'd sure hate to have to get a full 30 in at some chump outfit.
Thank you for sharing Rich
I do what I can! You are Welcome
Just started driving for Walmart and I fuking love it.
I would say of all the driver I talked too 99% do. I think only 2 didn't care for it. 1 still drives and is looking for a better opportunity and 1 quit. The other 300 still like to love it.
I'm a coach at a super center, I was told about the walmart associate to trucker program they have to offer, I've been watching all your videos and gratefully appreciate all the information around this topic, very helpful in deciding whether or not this could be for me, so again thank you for your time.
Let me know if I can help
Curious about how loads are dispatched, are they force dispatch, are they blind dispatch, how much say do you have about when and WHERE you go?
Loads are dispatched with the intent you do them. If you do not have enough time or there is a good reason you can refuse.
Great info. I have onboarding next week. In red bluf california
Do you unload the trailers?
No you are actually not allowed to touch any freight. You also are not allowed to climb on a trailer for any reason. All repairs even minor are to be done by the shop when possible.
Great video's been watching for a few weeks, hope to drive for WM one day soon out of Midway,TN
Best of luck!
Well, I'm doing grocery. My average day here is 320$. 2 hours in store to get unloaded is normal thing. Totally sucks
Where is 2 hrs to unload normal? You should talk to a store embassador. That is not close to what it should be.
If you're not very proactive at the stores & talk to many managers regarding you having a live unload.. Majority of them they sound off on their walkie talkies that there's a delivery.. One person tells another the other person tells someone else ect ect. One person eventually will get the ball rolling. Oh and now this new " N transit" feature that is supposed to notify the stores when we are 30 minutes out.. Allowing them to get people ready to go when we arrive. 100% of the time if they do see/get the notification they just disregard it. So putting up with the B.S & bad attitudes at the stores is a head ache of it's own.
What’s the situation with DC 6011 Brookhaven, MS? They don’t have a local division there and all I have been told is that it’s a regional DC and they don’t service any stores within 100 square miles that I know of. DC 6057 in Robert, LA does including the store in Brookhaven itself and their local division is with US Xpress. I live closer to the Brookhaven DC and would like to drive for them. It’s about 50 miles from my home.
Let me see what I can find out.
Let me know if this info on Brookhaven is helpful.
Brookhaven is regional OTR the service territory is Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Louisiana. The major cities serviced is Jackson, MS and Mobile, AL. Average miles per week is around 2300. A typical day would be one to two store loads a day with backhauls going to multiple locations within the region.
Brookhaven has 14 opening for external drivers, but they are on hold and might start hiring again in February.
Thanks man. Also what’re all of the onboarding locations?
That is the most information given yet. Thanks a lot. If you don’t mind I may use you as a reference. Do you know anything about the driver scheduling there? Also did you find out anything on the onboarding locations. I know they say it’s best to keep your job until onboarding is complete to be sure but I’m not really in a good position for that unless there’s a location close.
At 6011
You come in on. 1st day n leave out won't make it back till go home day!!!
Never know where you end up at!!!!
On my 6th year
“It would be odd for someone to come in and manage that’s never been in a truck” that’s literally every other trucking company. All the managers and safety people at Estes have probably never even sat in a semi before
As I learn more about this program I think Walmart might have the best possible training program for new drivers. Its a minimum of 12 weeks. 8 of that is in the truck experience with a mentor. And not all of them will pass at the end of the 12 weeks. Walmart is doing what they can to bring in the right person. By that I mean someone who respects the culture, the Walmart way, and the people they will work with.
How clean are the showers etc at the DC centers?
Every one I been to are very clean. Towels and wash clothes are by a linen company.
Had an oddball this last week. Left out on my go out day . Out of buckeye I went to Havasu to pick up at sterilite going to Loveland. Ran denver for a day then back to Loveland. From Loveland to Los Lunas, then back to buckeye today for go home. This week went by so fast
Do you know when they'll expand the fleet development program to the ochelata DC or know how to find out?
There are only 7 locations that hold the training across the nation.
The DCs in Florida, however, might not be part of this program for a while, if ever, because so many transfers inside walmart Happen to go to Florida there won't be a need.
If possible, you may want to relocate within walmart to obtain your goal of Walmart driver. Unfortunately, the only other option would be to get a CDL and drive for 30 months, then apply. I would advise if you really want the opportunity to stay with walmart and relocate if possible because you keep your pto senority!
I'm 30 months 12.26.22 ......any idea when they might open florida up.....I really want to apply....keep up the good work 👏 🙌 👍
What part of Florida? Florida is tough because aging current drivers transfer there. Some people in the north go to Georgia get in, then transfer. As of now there is no official timeliness for any public openings.
@@WalmartRich FORT PIERCE OR EVEN BROOKSVILLE BUT MY PREFERENCE IS FT PIERCE BECAUSE I LIVE 10 MILES FROM THE DC.
Yeah,I prefer Fort paradise
@@oscarterr hey Oscar have you been able to get into FT Pierce?? I’m trying to get in there since I like 100 miles south so that’ll be perfect for me. I’ve been waiting over a year and nothing yet… 🤦♂️ #Floridaproblems
I know you are telling the truth. My instructor from the truck driving school that I graduated from today said he drove for them for 6 years and he highly recommends them but for us new drivers we need 30 months of experience so I will look into walmart if this other trucking company doesn't work out.thanks for your honesty not much of that these days lol
I do my best. Like I said it does me 0% good to lie.
Do you know what the London Ky DC is. GM or grocery
If I remember right its Grocery
@@WalmartRich thank you sir. I start onboarding January 3rd. And London ky will be my DC
Looking forward to an opening in Texas. I tried when the whole news about $100,000 went viral. Sadly I wanted to apply months before that but I heard so many bad things. Well not really bad but just about so much micro managing. I live in Austin Tx. I think New braunfels is the closet one to me.
If there is micro managing, it would be an isolated dc issue. You will hear 100 times that you are the captain of the ship. None of the DC i ever worked at have I felt micro managed.
The micromanaging is true. I worked out of Marcy. The pay wasn't that good either.
So I hear mixed answers about Walmart Drivers not allowed to park at Walmart stores. Just like with us, some do some don’t. Is that true?
Walmart drivers almost required to park at a store or DC. You must park in a safe location. No off ramps or unsecured locations. The Walmart stores do not dictate if trucks park there. Its usually a city order that says no trucks. Even still we park in the back of the store if there is no noise ordinance.
What they don't want is to do is park at truck stops because bad things happen. I been hit while sleeping 2 times.
Rich, if you were interested in going for a degree, ICB credits can be transferred. It worked for me. 40 total for the whole program.
Seriously? How do they transfer? Math, English? What type of credit?
@@WalmartRich well, ICB is not “Regionally Accredited.” It’s Nationally Accredited, which means that, by default, a University will likely only accept them if you write a letter explaining why they should.
I enrolled in community college and they automatically took 20 of the credits, no questions asked. It fell into the category of “Transfer Credit” and into “Electives.”
When I went to Governor’s State University, they took the 20 credits that transferred to the community college because they were a part of the Associates Degree. I then petitioned for them to accept the other 20 with a simple letter and they accepted without any objection. Again, in the category of electives.
At Govst, my major was “Interdisciplinary Studies,” which basically means that I didn’t have a specific major; just the appropriate amount of total credits to get a degree.
I would recommend going to Govst if you can. It’s in Illinois, but they have online classes. I did all mine online.
You need 120 credits for a Bachelors Degree. 1/3 of that was already done by going to ICB. I don’t remember if you ended up finishing the program or not, but either way, ask them for an official, sealed copy of your transcripts so that you can get credit for whatever you completed. The credits are actually itemized. For example, “radio fundamentals” I think was one of them and it was worth 2 credits.
I worked at Walmart DC 6071 for 5 years and I left to get my cdl and drive for them and now I'm finding out they created a whole school for this after I lost all my seniority lol. I'm at 24 months experience now hopefully everything works out and I can drive for walmart it's literally the only reason I'm driving trucks
Yea its a brand new program
Great info Rich, question do you have any info on how Walmart runs the local side of working at any DC?
Do you mean the home daily or in the actual warehouse?
@@WalmartRich yes the home daily driver positions, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of these throughout the website that are hiring but I do see a few
@@gpolite2000 as far as I know home daily drivers work 2 shifts. Am or pm. Each does 12 hrs or thereabouts. They make a slight less bit of money because you go home so you lose 42$ a day layover
Is there a pet rider policy for 5/2 extraboard runs?
Walmart has a great rider policy but a 0
Zero pet policy
Do Walmart DC's have gyms? also how long do you have to be a Walmart driver to get online schooling for free?
Gas city has a tread mill. Seymour had a treadmill and a bike when I was there. Its not much but they have something sometimes. Better than nothing.
Walmart Fleet Development is based on seniority
Love the videos! Just sent you an email, hope to hear from you soon!
how much per mile do you make nowdays man?does it go up over the time?
It does but milage pay is less than 50% of the total pay. I get .598 cpm. $42 a night layover. We get paid tonarrive to a stop, drop n hook, live load or unload and so much more. You paid on so many activities. Thats where we make most of our money.
Hello sir how are you doing today
I m from Pakistan
My name is Adeel Ahmed
I m driver
How can I help?
Sir driver job help me
What do you need?
Sir I m from Pakistan
Ok? So you like in Pakistan? I don't know what you need?
Hi! Do you know where in Texas they send you to train for 12 weeks?
I applied for a position and it said I would work in Sanger, TX
DOUGLAAAAAAAAASSSS!!!!!!6010
Sounds like a GM is where it’s at. I want to run all over. I heard you won’t go farther than a 600 mile radius though. Is that true?
Yea that sounds right. Grovery stays with 250 miles of the home DC for the most part. GM does tend to go a bit farther but not states away.
Really awesome, I like it, looking forward for your next video, keep it up. Increase your stats = promo sm !!