Riding with a Walmart Driver Mentor & Walmart rumors with Shawn Burt
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- Many have asked what happens after Walmart "bootcamp" or onboarding?
Do I sleep in a truck with a driver?
If I am female do I get a female Mentor?
What about covid?
Shawn is now a member of management and can not bu used as a referral.
Rich Warne
drkaraokedj@gmail.com
Www.thatsyouropinion.com
Recently finished onboarding in Delaware with two thirds of the original candidates making it through the process. They weed out the drivers with bad habits and inexperience. I am now a private fleet driver.
Congrats
Just finished onboarding Thursday. Shawn was one of the CDT's. He's a cool cat!! I enjoyed the culture and am very glad I made the switch to Walmart!!
Congrtas Walmart Driver!
World needs more folks like Shawn! Keep up the good work guys.
He's the best!
Just passed on boarding and it was 💯 percent wonderful every trainer was great and the people I met I never will forget get them 12 out of 13 passed!!!
12 of 13 is great!
Congrats! Where did u attend on boarding?
How long was the on boarding class?
Thank You So Much Rich, Stay Safe!!
This some good information. I’m going through the application process now so I hope I’ll con go on boarding🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Waiting for my on boarding class, great video. I look forward to working for Walmart.
Wow awesome video Rich and Shawn..I'm sold 👏 👍
Another great informative video. Thanks.
What an excellent video. I was accepted by Wal Mart today and they are offering me on boarding 8/15 in Seymour. Gotta admit I am pretty jittery even though I’m a 34 year accomplished OTR driver. I will be leaving a good paying job but I literally live on the road and it comes with nothing. Drive and get paid. Haven’t had health insurance in 20 years
Well if you are looking for more home time and button insurance Walmart is definitely a great place. If you're worried about the kind of money you're gonna make look at my paycheck video I posted my actual paycheck so people could see the kind of money you make.
@@WalmartRich yes, just viewed it. I’m completely sold. I’m sure I’ll be making less cash wise, but everything else is very valuable with the 401K and insurance, and off time, which I have none of right now. I’m super excited, thank you for sharing these experiences
Great information. Thanks!
What a great video. And for Deshawn to put his cell phone number on TH-cam or anybody that needs help. What a stand-up guy. Thank you both for this video
Good video I’m here waiting to get in board 🙏🙏
Hey Rich - just saw this video. This is kinda something I was thinking of doing on my channel. Good info bud. 👍
I have more on the way. Walmart wives, cut, gtm, adp breakdown and more. Thanks
Been watching a ton of your videos recently. I am currently a store associate in Western NY and they have opened up a new round of the Associate to Driver program. Last time they opened it up your store had to be within 50 miles of the Transportation office you would be trained at. They have now upped that distance to 250 miles of the TO. Just submitted my application and took the necessary assessments, so I am hoping to hear back at some point in the next few weeks. Training to get my CDL would start in early November with graduation in January.
Good luck! It not easy to get accepted. Don't give up! It is a life changing opportunity.
Email me at drkaraokedj@gmail.com I have some notes for ya
Man, I just filled out my background information. It’s been a couple weeks now, I really hope they contact me I just turned 40yr and I’m ready to sit still and grow with a good company like Walmart. Thanks for this man, I’m in TX BTW and applied for Sealy TX. And a couple areas closer to Dallas TX.
Email me at drkaraokedj@gmail.com i have a number for you.
You should have heard back within 3-5 days for an interview or background info request.
Hey Rich good content . I can relate. I worked for Silverline/Anderson windows and doors.
@@RastanZion I was un Lansing il
Great video !
this is good news,great info. appreciate it, thanks
I do want i can
Gave that number out like Mike Jones 😂
I'm going to onboarding here in 2 weeks, very excited to start this new chapter in My career.
Let me know how it goes
Very informative. Thank You
I do my best
💪🏾 keep it up guys
I am really looking forward to meeting Shawn next Month 😀
I see you guys in Buckeye all the time.. I'm like 5 days in a truck day-and-night 24 hours a sad so sad.. I'm home every night..
Great information!!!
I do my best to help. Backing video coming today.
@@WalmartRich watched it good job I’ll keep you posted on my journey to join the ranks
Had my first interview today so got to do the next steps
1st interview? There's usually only 1 unless you're doing A2D
I put in an application for Sutherland, VA on Feb 1 2023 morning, later that day I had a woman text me, and the next day I setup a appointment for an online interview 9 days later. Seems like a long time for a interview, but I guess they are busy. We will see what happens, its a 50/50 chance wont break my heart lol. I got 9-10 years experience mostly local, only about 10 months OTR in the total 10 years. Clean driving record, no accidents, no speeding tickets. Cool video, well see what happens in the future.
The 7-10 days is normal. Its so they can clear all or most if the background checks. Before this new company we waited 30 days and even then some guys got let go while with a mentor because of background xhecks.
Well, I've got no criminal history, so all should be good there... What does the phone interview consist of?
LOL, heres a follow up story on my application a complete joke after waiting nearly 10 days for the first phone call for an over the phone interview, they said we have shut down hiring we have filled out quota for hiring the first quarter. That's won't what they told me week and a half ago they said they were hiring for my area. Don't be surprised if it happens to some of y'all. They tell people they are hiring and then shut everything down once they meet their quota they didn't even interview me i waited a week and a half for the interview phone call, never made it to the phone call only a text saying all positions have been filled. That's the true reality. BIG CORPORATE.
appreciate the video! I am going to onboarding next week! 5/9/22
Where at? Did you use anyone as a referral?
Good luck Tomorrow
@@WalmartRich sorry for the late response onboarding was rough!! lol I was at Searcy Ar and my domicile is Palestine Tx!
@@marcopolo_7429 did you make it and why was it rough?
Nvm question answered in awesome video thanks
Been driving 8 years I've applied had my interview filled out my background and everything have my orientation date I'm pretty excited. I work at a place. It's basically just a zoo and I. I want some structure and I'm looking forward to it
You will be shocked how much you can chill here. Good luck at onboarding
@@WalmartRich Email sent… thanks
I've driven for 25 years and was backing my dad's rig around the farm at 14 I would rank up there as far as driving or backing with the best but hearing about this pre trip post trip and only 10 out of 30 passing I'm scared to schedule my interview I'd be in a state of depression for a year if I went and failed 😆
I just did the backing video. I think you will be just fine!
You can do it
you just failed. now figure out how you're going to pass. Break the pre-trip into compartments, write it out, make it into your own short hand.
Tractor: Front: lights, windshield…
Sides:mirrors, steps, door frame, window
Underneath hood - components, safety(leaks, wires, loose/broken nuts, warped metal), linkage
Back - fifth wheel, exhaust, cross beams…
Back of cab: exhaust, connectors, leaks, wires…
Below vehicle - leaks
Fifth Wheel area, cross beams
Tires: nuts, pressure, integrity of tire,….
Trailer: Underneath, brakes landing gear
Sides
Doors
lights
reflectors
You failed again. Streamline the process, flow from one area to the next, streamline the process better.
6 years later, you've been doing this 6 years everyday before you head out, get gas, feel the need, go on break,
retire for the day.
In my newest video I mention how they now have a finishing school. If you are close to passing they have you practice for an extra week then your in. Passing rate is now 90% so far
Cool
I put my app in next week
Shawn is my favorite for pretrip. "This thing right here is properly mounted and secured." Ask him what that is 😅.
Yea he is awesome
Hope I get a mentor like Shawn.
Sent you an email Rich.
Walmart 👍🏾 Transportation trucking division
Walmart👍🏾Mentor program is an program
When you are out of those Indians locations, do u ever have to do chains? I am from chicago and Indiana and I don’t think being in that part of the country you ever have to do chains but I also know Walmart doesn’t always have snow shovel trucks clear the back of the store. And if it’s full of snow and ice you will get stuck backing into dock. Do you guys ever have to put chains on before backing into dock?
We dont even carry chains in Indiana. I know out west they do. Walmart is huge on safety. If it snowing so bad or the store is not safe to back into. Call a mgr, park the truck, and get paid for weather stoppage or take your 10hr break and get paid the layover pay. You are captain of the ship
2000 miles a week.. You guys should come over to Is shamrock foods... Some of our drivers are making 3800 a week..
😮💨new hire baby let’s go!!
You passed onboarding?
How do you apply for Walmart? 22 years of experience but mostly port work, some long haul experience with jbhunt
What kind of schedule are you on with the mentor, is it m-f or whatever schedule they already work?
You work what they work. You stay local and stay in a hotel at night.
After u fill out the background how long to it take to get the call back for onboarding
If you had an interview and everything is complete 12-48 hours. If your waiting on an interview depends on a lot of factors. Do you have a referal? Is there an opening? How many? Etc
Driving a different truck every week is still slip seating. If you don’t get to keep your stuff in the truck and have it set up for you, that’s slip seating
Correct. Thats why I used air quotes when I said "true" slip seating. Many guys think of slip seating as drive 500 miles. Stop. Get a hotel or in a new truck, and change every day.
@@WalmartRich oh I gotcha. I didn’t see the air quotes. I was only listening, not watching.
@@WalmartRich so when can you expect to get your own assigned truck? I live in Noblesville, so if I went to Walmart, I’d be going to one of the Indiana DC’s like you
Hey thx fir the quick response. I just got hired with Walmart out of buckeye Az. What’s the d.c.’s for chicago and northwest Indiana? I want to transfer there at some point down the road.
I live in NW Indiana. There is no DC in NW Indiana. Closest to Chicago is Sping Valley, IL
If you're on the bigger side does Walmart require someone to do a sleep apnea test?
That would be up to the dr when you get your cdl. The dr in Seymour did ask ne too but I just brought my test paperwork showing I did not have it
pre trips is the hrasdits to do
They now give you an extra week called finishing school if you need extra help
so... what about the microphone? what about slip seating? do you sign you cleaned the truck? 5 yeras to get a decent run?
Im not sure what you mean by microphone?
Slip seating at walmart in Indiana is you get a truck on your start day, clear out on day 5 when you go home.
Decent run, is not really a thing. Doesn't matter if your day 1 or a year 5 driver. We all run the same locations. The only thing you get with senority is the possibility to pick a better schedule (weekends off) or a truck you don't slip seat each week. Even the schedule is not a big deal. I was here 2 weeks and got a 5-2 5-3 schedule. That means I work 5 off 2, work 5 off 3. So on a week I work 5/3 (equals 8 days) so my start day moves up 1 day. I get a whole month of weekends off about every 3 months. Some want a straight 5-2 so they have same days off each week. There is also 6/2, 6/3,5/5 and other schedules you can get.
Shawn had his own truck with a 5/2 schedule in less than 3 years. He went from a mentor to now he's a CDT as of last week.
How long do you get to fill out background ( first advantage ) ?
Im not sure. Does the workday system say? At most maybe 7 days?
@@WalmartRich no I got them to send it I started it , came back to it and it says access deleted or cancelled
His driver number is my hometown’s zip code.
I've got a phone call coming up with a recruiter I'll be running out of Seymour
You will see Mr. Burt!
What is the difference in the blue and white shirts? I know someone asked this already but I don’t understand it.
Las Vegas, there is no difference. Every DC will give you about 3 different options of shirts and also options on either jeans or workpants. You have many since the juice brown when it comes to the type of uniform that you wear.
Thank you for the response.
Hey Rich i am anirudh from india can apply for walmart track driver ....?
N thanks good infomation
Looking to apply to wal mart been driving 28 years just not sure if I would be good at wal mart
Well if you want you can email me and we can discuss pros and cons. For example a guy messaged me and said he could make 800 a day as an owner op. He doesn't need or want PTO days or insurance. I told him if you don't need weekly home time, insurance a 401k match and all the other benefits Walmart offers and your chasing the money. Go owner op. But as an owner op its far more risky. Does the extra money outweigh the risk. If so Walmart may not be for you.
Is it all over the road or do they have local work to?
They do have home daily positions. Some DC is easier to get than others.
FYI. WAL MART GRAVIOUS BLUFFS FENTON MO IS CLOSING & TURNING IT N2 A FEMA DEATH CAMP RIGHT NOW 6/27/2022. ANY INFO ON OTHER LOCATIONS??? SORRY ALL CAPS CAN'T C SMALL LETTERS ON KEYBOARD BUT THIS WARRENTS IT.
I have no information on any of this.
@@WalmartRich THERE IS 1 VIDEO IF WAL MART N FENTON MO STATING SOMETHING WAS GOING ON ABOUT 8 MTHS AGO. BUT I WAS N THERE 2 WEEKS AGO & I SAW FIRST HAND WHATS GOING ON. DEFINITELY TURNING IT N2 A FEMA DEATH CAMP
If you get called do they pay for you to get to onboarding how does it work
Yes they pay for your flight to and from or they pay mileage. Also you get paid 24$ per hour for onboarding
We are doing onboarding in Seymour, but Washington Court House is our home DC. Where will our mentor be out of?
After 1 week at Seymour, you will go back to your home. DC for orientation, mentor and everything else.
Awesome. Thank you!
When you are in the 2 week mentor program for 2weeks, are you given a walmart shirt until your uniforms are ordered?
Yes you may have to wait for the correct sizes but many are given a shirt to use while they wait for theirs to come in.
@@WalmartRich hey i meant to ask you, is day one orientation just in the class room or we start testing (driving pretrip backing)? I start monday, just wondering because it rains monday.
Onboarding is the skills testing and teaching. Day one is mostly classroom and some oit side instruction. Once you pass that you go to orientation. That is mostly classroom.
@@WalmartRich ok cool,
And to be clear on onboarding for me, everyone there had their own position available to them right? No one is competing for the same position? Its just a week of showing up can drive, back up, and know how to pretrip right?
@@WalmartRich one more question,
Would i know my off days or schedule i can pick that is available during the 2nd week of orientation? Or after the 2weeks of driving with a mentor?
6010!!!
Im interested in walmart will they even look me if i have a accident on rec?
Depends on the accident type, who was at fault, and how long ago it happen. Worst you could do is apply and see what they say. Each case is different.
@@WalmartRich my fault n yes dot recordable..
I just got hired
Congrats! Hope you enjoy your new job.
Dang bro you threw your trainer under the bus. Talking about he didn’t do anything.
Lol you missed the point. We talked about his technique of "not doing anything" as you put it. He did that to show you can work slow and not rush yet still make money at walmart.
Shamrock foods...
Hello. Once your on your own, does Walmart allow dogs with you?
Pets no, spouse or family yes
@@WalmartRich thanks for the response. I also emailed you earlier. Thanks for the test sheet. I was the one that joked about the bonus cut for me. Will be applying tonight
How long is the onboard?
1 week
Are the truck manuals or automatics for the test
I been told everything is auto except the truck for the road test.
@@WalmartRich aww man I been driving automatics since I got out of school. . I need some touch up
@@WalmartRich is it a 10 speed?
Are they cameras in there trucks
yes but they only record outside not in the cab
Are all drivers required to chain up?
This would be a good question for @20 Plus Trucking
If what I'm told is true, yes at times in the rockies you may have to chain. They pay $60 when you do it.
I am in Indiana and I am not required to chain. When weather is bad I can shut down my truck and take the $15 an hour weather pay till its clear again.
Yes specially in the western
I could if u are a rookie..u need to ride with a mentor...but ur a 30 year veteran..I could not ride with another driver..maybe local...not on the road..
You don't stay in the truck together. You stay local while learning walmart paper work and software.
Ive been driving 28 years start at orientation on July 11th .Please dont tell me im going to be with some1 for 2 weeks
Yes. Everyone goes out with a mentor for 2 weeks. You won't stay in the truck overnight. You do runs during the day the go back to the DC and stay at the hotel. Its more so you learn about stores, Computer systems, etc
@@WalmartRich How much does that pay you full wage i cant go to ling without top pay im leaving a job that pays me 2700 a week
If we figure it out quickly. Can we do just one week?
I believe you have to have 5 days of driving but ill ask shawn.
@@WalmartRich thank you! I have a phone interview tomorrow and hopefully they take drivers with automatic restriction 🤞🤞
I just talked to Shawn and he said all drivers have to drive with a mentor for 2weeks. Ill be honest you will learn a lot and I feel I'm a fast learner. It also about building habbits
18:54 just curious, what 5/2 5/3
5 on 2 off, 5on 3 off
Does Walmart have a driver recruiting number?
1-844-378-4968
@@WalmartRich Thank you!
Does Walmart take drivers with automatic restriction?
That I dont know. I knkw 90% of Walmart trucks are auto so it possible but I don't know. Let me ask
Yes we had 3 in our class
Hello,! If you can't shift you ain't a real truck driver....you just a place holder.
If you can’t bang gears you ain’t a truck driver. You’re a steering wheel holder
@@MrHunt916 bang gears? Haha 😆
I call it as i see it hes no mentor hes a trainer been driving for 30 years n no way in hell im driving with a trained.
Maybe if walmart would take a day out of their weeklong onboarding BS n show ypu how to work the computer you wouldnt need to drive with anyone
You would be surprised how many people struggle. Maybe your smarter than the avg person?
Thanks for the video. Can you sent me a copy of your pretrip? On boarding 5-29-23 (second request)
I just saw this comment. I'm sorry I didn't see it sooner.
It's member time
Sorry not sure what this means
I drove for Walmart 22 years I was never a company person you can tell a real company person by the sucking noises Walmart had a large number of kiss asses what they dont seem to realize when they mess up Walmart will fire there ass as fast as anyone else .!! I watched so many of them come and go lol best thing I ever did was Retire over 42 years of driving truck if I had it to do over again I would have never sold my truck a went and drive for Walmart ,out of all the drivers I worked with 96 percent wound up in divorce and 98 percent of the drivers left Walmart they all got fed up with the lies .
Gladly everyone has different experiences. Things today are not like they use to be. I also tell some people Walmart isn't for everyone. You also could have left Walmart at any time. You stayed so it must not have been all bad. As for divorce rates, that's extremely common amongst drivers.
If you watch the video I did with my wife you would see she is extremely happy with our current situation.
As for Walmart firing people. As you said that happens as fast as anyone. If that happens, it would suck, but ill find another job. In the mean time I'll do my job the best I can and keep a position that I enjoy!
Enjoy your retirement driver!
@@WalmartRich ity was great in 1995 about 2005 it started going down hill by 2009 it sucked bad only reason I stayed longer after my divorce it didnt matter I was never home we spent 80 percent of the time in Los Angela's doing multiple pickup live loads the favoritism to the suck sses got real bad when I fell in the wash bay and broke my back Walmart really tried hard to get me to quit giving nothing but garbage loads where you had to wait hours for a live load in los Angela's but they didnt want to pay full wait time parking in LA is time limited everytime you had to move your wait time started over they got so bad everyone started quiting I had to have back Sergey so I just retired and got out because they got real bad.
@@dewaynemiguel3349 Maybe things are different in CA. Also you can't suck up for routes anymore (from what I hear and been told) Now that you don't bid on routes and most loads come from the ROC, the suck isn't as affective. Thanks for your thoughts.
@@WalmartRich let me give some advice watch your back Walmart has alot of drivers that think they get brownie points by trying to get other drivers in trouble, I actually had a new driver that I didnt know trying to get guys in trouble I called him out dragged him in the office and explained how he was hurrasing drivers they had to straighten him out but theres alot of them.but at the same time Walmart did have more drivers that were great guys just watch your back.
@@dewaynemiguel3349 I appreciate that. I have heard that happens a lot in CA. Holly said the same. Maybe I'm lucky I work at a small DC in the middle of nowhere. Lol
What is a 5 2 or a 5 3
The schedule you can choose. 5 days on, 2 off. 5 days on 3 off.
The have (5-2) (5-2/5-3) (6-2) (6-3) (5-5)
The days rotate each week
6-7 weeks you get weekend off
It is 3 drivers to two trucks
Your pay will not stay the same bc your days off will fall at end of pay period
Why do you have a three year driver training? Why don’t they have 20 or €25 year drivers training
They as you have a minimum 3 years experience
Sam Walton is a lost vision walk there stores and see. Bunch of thugs and trash from in store operations, but they also don’t make 100k a year so different beard.
There are aome stores when Sam's spirit still lives.
I mack 3000 a week. Home
Every day..
Congrats!
Not to be mean but how are you obese guys passing a DOT physical. No way here in michigan would you guys pass
Not to be mean? Although you didn't ask a question, and did nothing but be passively aggressively mean, allow me to clarify.
I will tell you, we might look a little bigger on camera. Shawn wears a vest and is not near as big as it might seem. Most people think he's a cop when he walks through a store.
Myself, yes im bigger. I Dr apt in April for a gastric bypass. Which is why any referral I get helps me. I am using the money to pay for whats left after insurance, time off, etc.
Even though I am bigger it doesn't stop me from crawling under a trailer if needed,, twisting lugnuts, or any other aspects of my job. I took and passed all the DOT requirements INCLUDING the sleep apnea test. So rest assured we have no problem doing our job on a federal level. (That includes Michigan, a state we are in almost daily!) Thanks for your concern!
What does being obese have to do with passing a DOT physical?
You sound super ignorant.
@@WalmartRich Good luck with that procedure.You sound like a great guy.🙏🏽
@@WalmartRich That Dan Musgrave appears to be some type of work if you ask me. You have your medical card and still driving for Walmart so obviously you PASSED your DOT physical. He's not very bright. I enjoyed the information you two put out. Shawn seems pretty cool.
To be honest! Alot of guys in the trucking industry are BIG. Often over time they just get bigger and more health problems! That's the real!!
Do they allow OT for local guys? Or is that frowned upon?
Local as in home daily? Thos guys get paid by the mile and activity just like Regional Drivers. The only difference is they do not get the $42/day layover pay. They can work as many days as they wish as long as there are loads and they have hours
@@WalmartRich that's crazy, the facility down here is advertising 26.70 an hour for "walmart city driver"
@@FactsOverFeelings69I got offered 30 an hour
If anyone works out of Ft. Pierce, FL please contact me
Onbording is a jock.
I just need @address that's it.
I'm not sure what athletes have to do with anything.
Educational and training is never a bad thing for a quality driver!
I sleep in my own bed every night and make $3000 a week. Why would I live in a truck?
Congrats. Some people don't and Walmart is an option fir them.
Triple,s for 35 years no accident.. that's @ man.
Congrats! Someone get this super trucker a cookie please!
Walmart drivers drive like They're terrified to lose their jobs paranoid.
All the missing phone, how great thou art. Would you might want to know? As we can save, the bonus is every quarter and pay days off every quarter. And we're not in a big hurry or drive, like jerks like some of the other drivers out there! So that being said, we like our safety bonuses. We like our pay days off. We'll drive a little slower and actually be safe on the road. To keep those things have a great day.
Walmart mentor, I’ve watched allow your videos you have email? I’d like to talk to you.
Drkaraokedj@gmail.com
Thanks for the video. Can you sent me a copy of your pretrip? On boarding 5-29-23 (second request)
I cand send files through TH-cam. Please email me at drkaraokedj@gmail.com