I would have to say the PTO and the home time or schedules in this case might be my favorite. Definitely one of the major things I like about being at Wal-Mart. Running A 5-2 5-3, when I get that 3 day home time it's unlike anything I've ever had since I've been trucking in over 10 years. great video!
For years I loved my 6-3. Secret to that schedule is having great partners you share the truck with that you get along with. It's really like having three and a half days off because you can't work that full six day usually.
@@20plustrucking Just passed onboarding and I'm praying the 6/3 is available to the reasons you said. On paper I think it's a great schedule for people like myself who live a couple hours away.
@@MrFriday83 the 6 3 is a pretty popular schedule so being a new driver you may not get it but you never know you might. I know this sounds crazy but working a five on five off isn't a bad deal because they're always desperate for people to work so you can work all your days off as long as you can put a 34 hour reset in between each week. The only downside is you'll be sharing a truck with someone so you'll have to get into a different truck on your days off. I've been working most of my days off throughout the summer because I plan on just working five on five off this winter when the weather gets bad plus take time off in addition to that.
@@20plustrucking the 5/5 is the one I truly want. But kind of assumed I wouldn't have a chance to score such a heavenly schedule off the bat 🤣, in your opinion would I have a better shot at the 5/5 than the 6/3?
I feel as if your spot on with your 5 reasons & I haven't applied yet. Super excited to though, but my local DC said it'll be about another month before they are hiring again. Just as nervous about the on boarding process & passing as I'm excited though. Lol. I've only worked with 3 companies in my almost 5 years of driving & thus far Prime Inc. has been the best. The equipment, pay as a lease operator and people/work culture was phenomenal. But, it was really designed to run for weeks at a time and no pto as a lease op. Second best has great equipment, gets me home more often, has free health, dental & vision. But, being spot market driven hasnt been the best of experiences & still out a couple/few weeks at a time. One week of vacation time & you have to take it all at once also. Last job had top pay, home weekly. But the equipment was poor, and though the local terminal employees were good. The companies overall at the other terminals were extremely poor. I hope someday soon to be able to work for Walmart & check all 5 boxes.
No doubt it will happen. Even if it doesn't work out the first time they're totally cool with you coming back and trying again. Just make sure you get through the onboarding and you don't have to deal with all that. I think the number one reason people fail is because they don't take onboarding seriously. It's kind of like when you went to go get your CDL at the DMV. Make sure you pass and then it will be in your past.
@20plustrucking I'll absolutely be taking it seriously! I'll practically be in the same position as when I got my cdl, which was through Prime Inc. I left home (Maine) & boarded a bus to Springfield, MO. It was sink or swim where I quit my job back home & with hard work, I passed all 3 (Pre-Trip, backing & road test) on test day. But I get you too. There were many people including my roomate during training that didn't take it seriously & found themselves on a bus back home.
@@hphilbrick1625 It's like I always say in my videos they'll pay you over $100,000 a year but they're not going to just give it to you. After the first year you realize just how cush this job is lol once you start working here the statement will probably be it's really great to have a life again lol
I live in Ringgold Georgia and would love to hire onto Walmart. I'm short on experience. I only have 26 months driving OTR and I think Walmart requires 3 years. Thanks for the video.
Another great thing, and this may be different at each DC, but at Garret, IN, They pay you out for whatever unused drive time you have left over at 10% of your ADP per hour. My buddy just got back on his friday and had 5 hours drive time left. Didn't have anything for him, so he got 5 hours of pay added on and went home. Do all the DC's do that?
@@20plustrucking Yea I haven't heard of any others that do that. Someone was telling me it's because all the stores we service are a bit of a drive to get to. So when you only have a couple hours left, they compensate you for it since they can't send you back out. How true that is, who knows? lol
If you only worked your work days and took all of your days off you would only get about $65,000 for the year. I work on some of my days off in late summer and early winter and I made $100,000 for the year. If I wanted to go full time like 5 on 2 off then I would make around $130,000 to $140,000. I'd rather have the time off than make a bunch of money. Life is too short :-)
How is the onboarding?? I’ve heard mixed things about it. Some say its easy and some say it’s ridiculous and they unrealistic expectations (obviously they failed). Also heard Walmart wants you to have your hazmat endorsement but if you don’t have it they will help you get it. Is this true??
I haven't done the onboarding because when I got hired they didn't have that. I do know from speaking with a lot of people that have gone through it it's not easy but it's not impossible either. The key is to just do exactly what they ask you to do and they show you how to do it. It's no surprise it has everything to do with people need to follow instructions and pay attention to the example. From what I hear drivers that have drove for a very long time that have an attitude of I know what I'm doing and I'm not going to be told what to do generally don't pass. Also yes you need to have your hazmat and they will help you get it. I think they give you 120 days after being hired to obtain it. Considering what Walmart offers to new drivers all of this is definitely worth it by far compared to most other jobs.
Man, I would love to work for Walmart, however, 5-6 years ago Walmart wouldn’t even hire me as a greeter because of my felony smh so I doubt they would hire me as a truck driver. Wishful thinking on my part I guess.
I’m not positive on the rules for a felony. You would have to check out drive4walmart.com to be sure. I know there’s plenty of felons working as third party carriers that pull for us.
@@garrettrickard Smithfield private fleet. Not CR England Smithfield dedicated actual Smithfield crazy good benefits. I’m on vacation right now making $40 an hour eight hours a day for five days and I still got two more weeks to go later this year
@@briancallahan5673 I get 30 something to almost 40 days a year at my ADP. Right now my ADP is $493 a day but remember I've been here 15 years so I am probably getting more than most.
I don't do that personally. I go to work stay in the truck for 5 days then drive home. Then I'm 5 days off. If you run to day cab you can go home every day.
@@20plustrucking ok I just used you as a referral.. I check all the boxes to get hired but here’s the thing… While doing the application I didn’t see anywhere to put in my trucking companies I work for…. Is that normal?
@@iloveGodWBU no that doesn't seem normal at all. There has to be a record of where you worked and not just that but also what you were doing even if you weren't working. The DOT requires it. I'm sure if you get an interview they'll be getting that information from you at some point. By the way thanks for putting me down as a reference I do appreciate that.
hey man.how are you doing.i wanna to ask that i live 2.45hrs away from the dc.i live in spokane valley nd dc is in grandview washington state.so my question is if i apply do they hire me from here.its 160 mile from my house.2nd do i have to go to dc everweek to start my week ?or do they swap trailers at some specific locations?thanks man.your reply would be appreciated.
I live over two and a half hours from the DC in Red Bluff California and it's not a problem at all. You go to work once a week and then come home at the end of your week. Starting and ending your week at your home distribution center is the only option.
If you're new they're probably just utilizing trucks that are not being used for like 2 days because someone's on their days off. If you're in a program like a 6 3 then that is different. In that case they're getting the maximum use out of two tractors with three drivers. The trucks never stop moving and are used every single day. I'm sure they would rather give you a truck for six days and not be assigning different ones because if you pay attention to what the ops manager has to do to set you up in a truck you would know right away they don't want to do all that work because it's a lot of computer work and checking things to see what's available and for how long.
@@Glide-vd5we yeah it would seem that way but we've always had slip seating in the beginning of your journey with Walmart and back in the day we had less than 3% turnover.
I got hired at walmart. Haven't went to onboarding yet. I'm been trucking 32 years. I have a job now gone monday thru Friday. Off weekends paid Hollidays. Still haven't decided if I should goto walmart. Please give me feedback .. looking for help from Walmart drivers to make my decision. Thanks. Yall stay safe out there
Well it's really based on what you want the most. If working Monday through Friday and getting weekends off means the most to you then Walmart may not be what you want because that will take a while to get to that. Although there are multiple schedules to choose from and you can work into one that best suits what you'd like to do after 6 months to a year. If money is your thing then The thing to know is Walmart does say you can make up to $110,000 your first year working here. I believe that is true if you work full-time because I've seen plenty of the new guys do it for sure. This isn't a hard job at least I don't think so. What I like about working here is I don't have to sit and drive all day long like I'm driving cross country meaning that I get a chance to get out and move around multiple times a day so there is a variety of things we do. Also for me I like the no stress of having to hustle all the time because I'm worried I won't make a good wage. I will say this if you've been driving 32 years this is actually a great way to retire because like I said not as much hustle and we have schedules that can back you off from trucking and ease you into retirement. A good example is like the schedule I have where I work 5 days on 5 days off. We also have a schedule that they don't advertise but they have it where you only work one week a month but if you do that you can only get benefits for you and not your wife. It's really hard to help someone else make a decision on what they want because you know better than anyone else what you want out of a job so I can only give you examples of some of the stuff I like about working here. If you have any questions or concerns that you can think of later you can always email me at don@20plustrucking.com
If you're a new driver you will for a little while depending on what DC you work at. I've heard of some guys getting their own truck pretty fast. Also it depends on what schedule you go with because some schedules you share a truck with another driver or two. I think usually if you start out and have to slip seat it's only like once a week maybe twice a week at the most. When I started working at Walmart I only had to do slip seating for about a month and then I had my own truck after that.
Slip seating sucks I have been here a few weeks hoping I get used to different truck every week no guarantees last week truck was dirty I got into didn't appreciate that.
Why do people make such a big deal about slip sitting? Don't you have a home to go to? How much stuff do you need to haul? If you're the type that wants to live in your truck then why not just buy your own truck?
@@seldomsceen I agree. I have my own truck and nobody else drives it but I still take my stuff home every week. If you get the right bags and pack it correctly it's really not that hard. I do it with three bags. The only thing I leave in the truck is a case of water and my coffee maker with coffee pods.
I believe they can't have more than 10% of the driver's off at one time so if it's available you can take it. Also you need to give them at least 24 hours notice.
Basically the west coast states but mostly just California Oregon Washington Utah Idaho Arizona and Nevada. Majority of the time it's just California Nevada Oregon Washington. I'm based out of Walmart distribution Center 6026 Red Bluff California.
Funny,i make over 100k i dont slip seat,im home every night, i dont work weekends,new truck every 4 years, bosses are great.and most wallmart drivers dont make 100k lers be honest!
Actually the last thing you said isn't exactly being honest about most Walmart drivers not making over $100,000 but I am curious where do you work. Like I said in my videos they're other jobs out there that can make over $100,000 but you're not normally going to have all the benefits that we have (like the amount of PTO) and makeover 100,000. So anyway where do you work and whereabouts in the country do you live? I guess you live down in LA. Jobs that pay over $100,000 a year down in LA are plentiful compared to the rest of the country.
I would have to say the PTO and the home time or schedules in this case might be my favorite. Definitely one of the major things I like about being at Wal-Mart. Running A 5-2 5-3, when I get that 3 day home time it's unlike anything I've ever had since I've been trucking in over 10 years. great video!
For years I loved my 6-3. Secret to that schedule is having great partners you share the truck with that you get along with. It's really like having three and a half days off because you can't work that full six day usually.
How many hours you guys work a day
@@20plustrucking Just passed onboarding and I'm praying the 6/3 is available to the reasons you said. On paper I think it's a great schedule for people like myself who live a couple hours away.
@@MrFriday83 the 6 3 is a pretty popular schedule so being a new driver you may not get it but you never know you might. I know this sounds crazy but working a five on five off isn't a bad deal because they're always desperate for people to work so you can work all your days off as long as you can put a 34 hour reset in between each week. The only downside is you'll be sharing a truck with someone so you'll have to get into a different truck on your days off. I've been working most of my days off throughout the summer because I plan on just working five on five off this winter when the weather gets bad plus take time off in addition to that.
@@20plustrucking the 5/5 is the one I truly want. But kind of assumed I wouldn't have a chance to score such a heavenly schedule off the bat 🤣, in your opinion would I have a better shot at the 5/5 than the 6/3?
I just finished onboarding and I'm excited and honored to start my career with one of the best private fleets out there.
Right on that's awesome! I guarantee you won't regret it except you might regret not getting here sooner LOL
I'm about to start CDL school and I'd love to work for Walmart in the future. That 5-5 schedule sounds like heaven. Thank you sir for this video!
That's awesome! 30 months experience will go by quick you'll be here before you know it.
To me, schedule is very important. & of coarse good pay.
If it wasn't for the choice of schedules that Walmart has I wouldn't have stayed here this long.
I am going to onboarding next month looking forward to it enjoyed your video
Right on that's cool! Send me a message if you have any questions.
I feel as if your spot on with your 5 reasons & I haven't applied yet. Super excited to though, but my local DC said it'll be about another month before they are hiring again. Just as nervous about the on boarding process & passing as I'm excited though. Lol. I've only worked with 3 companies in my almost 5 years of driving & thus far Prime Inc. has been the best. The equipment, pay as a lease operator and people/work culture was phenomenal. But, it was really designed to run for weeks at a time and no pto as a lease op. Second best has great equipment, gets me home more often, has free health, dental & vision. But, being spot market driven hasnt been the best of experiences & still out a couple/few weeks at a time. One week of vacation time & you have to take it all at once also. Last job had top pay, home weekly. But the equipment was poor, and though the local terminal employees were good. The companies overall at the other terminals were extremely poor.
I hope someday soon to be able to work for Walmart & check all 5 boxes.
No doubt it will happen. Even if it doesn't work out the first time they're totally cool with you coming back and trying again. Just make sure you get through the onboarding and you don't have to deal with all that. I think the number one reason people fail is because they don't take onboarding seriously. It's kind of like when you went to go get your CDL at the DMV. Make sure you pass and then it will be in your past.
@20plustrucking I'll absolutely be taking it seriously! I'll practically be in the same position as when I got my cdl, which was through Prime Inc. I left home (Maine) & boarded a bus to Springfield, MO. It was sink or swim where I quit my job back home & with hard work, I passed all 3 (Pre-Trip, backing & road test) on test day. But I get you too. There were many people including my roomate during training that didn't take it seriously & found themselves on a bus back home.
@@hphilbrick1625 It's like I always say in my videos they'll pay you over $100,000 a year but they're not going to just give it to you. After the first year you realize just how cush this job is lol once you start working here the statement will probably be it's really great to have a life again lol
I'm starting off with DOT Transport doing their 4 on 4 off shift. I might apply for walmart after a few years.
You won't regret it It's a great job
I live in Ringgold Georgia and would love to hire onto Walmart. I'm short on experience. I only have 26 months driving OTR and I think Walmart requires 3 years. Thanks for the video.
They require 30 months. So looks like four more months and you're good to go.
Consider McKee Foods in Collegedale. The money is good and you can't beat the time off.
Another great thing, and this may be different at each DC, but at Garret, IN, They pay you out for whatever unused drive time you have left over at 10% of your ADP per hour. My buddy just got back on his friday and had 5 hours drive time left. Didn't have anything for him, so he got 5 hours of pay added on and went home.
Do all the DC's do that?
No I don't think we have that at my DC that's pretty cool. Now I'm kind of jealous lol
@@20plustrucking Yea I haven't heard of any others that do that. Someone was telling me it's because all the stores we service are a bit of a drive to get to. So when you only have a couple hours left, they compensate you for it since they can't send you back out. How true that is, who knows? lol
$110K would be awesome! Do you get that with the 5-5 schedule? If not, what's the pay look like on that schedule?
If you only worked your work days and took all of your days off you would only get about $65,000 for the year. I work on some of my days off in late summer and early winter and I made $100,000 for the year. If I wanted to go full time like 5 on 2 off then I would make around $130,000 to $140,000. I'd rather have the time off than make a bunch of money. Life is too short :-)
@@20plustrucking Gotcha. Thanks for the info and timely response.
I'm in background checking status right now
Hope it all worked out for you
How is the onboarding?? I’ve heard mixed things about it. Some say its easy and some say it’s ridiculous and they unrealistic expectations (obviously they failed).
Also heard Walmart wants you to have your hazmat endorsement but if you don’t have it they will help you get it. Is this true??
I haven't done the onboarding because when I got hired they didn't have that. I do know from speaking with a lot of people that have gone through it it's not easy but it's not impossible either. The key is to just do exactly what they ask you to do and they show you how to do it. It's no surprise it has everything to do with people need to follow instructions and pay attention to the example. From what I hear drivers that have drove for a very long time that have an attitude of I know what I'm doing and I'm not going to be told what to do generally don't pass. Also yes you need to have your hazmat and they will help you get it. I think they give you 120 days after being hired to obtain it. Considering what Walmart offers to new drivers all of this is definitely worth it by far compared to most other jobs.
Would they hire with a 7 year old reckless driving that doesn't specify the reasoning for it on mvr?
That I'm not sure of. You could go to drive4walmart.com and see what it says for the requirements but you might have to call and ask someone.
Man, I would love to work for Walmart, however, 5-6 years ago Walmart wouldn’t even hire me as a greeter because of my felony smh so I doubt they would hire me as a truck driver. Wishful thinking on my part I guess.
I’m not positive on the rules for a felony. You would have to check out drive4walmart.com to be sure. I know there’s plenty of felons working as third party carriers that pull for us.
I work for another private fleet. Just curious what your paid days off are. We get $40 an hour times eight hours same with holidays
We have what's called and ADP average days pay. Basically it's our average day pay over like a 12-week period.
What company do you work for?
@@garrettrickard
Smithfield private fleet. Not CR England Smithfield dedicated actual Smithfield crazy good benefits. I’m on vacation right now making $40 an hour eight hours a day for five days and I still got two more weeks to go later this year
@@briancallahan5673 I get 30 something to almost 40 days a year at my ADP. Right now my ADP is $493 a day but remember I've been here 15 years so I am probably getting more than most.
Do you have to drive in bad winter weather or can you shut it down.
You can shut it down if you feel it's unsafe. I exercise that right every now and again when things are really bad.
Do you go home every other day for your 10 ? If I live in the same city the DC in?
I don't do that personally. I go to work stay in the truck for 5 days then drive home. Then I'm 5 days off. If you run to day cab you can go home every day.
@@20plustrucking ok I just used you as a referral.. I check all the boxes to get hired but here’s the thing… While doing the application I didn’t see anywhere to put in my trucking companies I work for…. Is that normal?
@@20plustrucking I was expecting to add the trucking companies I worked for the application only took 3 to 4 minutes to complete….
@@iloveGodWBU no that doesn't seem normal at all. There has to be a record of where you worked and not just that but also what you were doing even if you weren't working. The DOT requires it. I'm sure if you get an interview they'll be getting that information from you at some point. By the way thanks for putting me down as a reference I do appreciate that.
hey man.how are you doing.i wanna to ask that i live 2.45hrs away from the dc.i live in spokane valley nd dc is in grandview washington state.so my question is if i apply do they hire me from here.its 160 mile from my house.2nd do i have to go to dc everweek to start my week ?or do they swap trailers at some specific locations?thanks man.your reply would be appreciated.
I live over two and a half hours from the DC in Red Bluff California and it's not a problem at all. You go to work once a week and then come home at the end of your week. Starting and ending your week at your home distribution center is the only option.
Ill be doing onboarding in redblufff in a few weeks myself
@@Walt450 right on that's awesome. Good luck to you and I hope it works out for the best.
Why in the world if you spend six days in a truck with Walmart you are slip seating does not make any sense I personally find it very unconvenient.
If you're new they're probably just utilizing trucks that are not being used for like 2 days because someone's on their days off. If you're in a program like a 6 3 then that is different. In that case they're getting the maximum use out of two tractors with three drivers. The trucks never stop moving and are used every single day. I'm sure they would rather give you a truck for six days and not be assigning different ones because if you pay attention to what the ops manager has to do to set you up in a truck you would know right away they don't want to do all that work because it's a lot of computer work and checking things to see what's available and for how long.
@@20plustrucking thank you for that information much appreciated just hoping eventually I am in my own truck
@@20plustrucking this is probably why they have so much turnover with their drivers I was in a class with 13 of their drivers only three remain
@@Glide-vd5we yeah it would seem that way but we've always had slip seating in the beginning of your journey with Walmart and back in the day we had less than 3% turnover.
@@20plustrucking hey just wondering how long do you slip seat before you can get into your own assigned truck
I got hired at walmart. Haven't went to onboarding yet. I'm been trucking 32 years. I have a job now gone monday thru Friday. Off weekends paid Hollidays. Still haven't decided if I should goto walmart. Please give me feedback .. looking for help from Walmart drivers to make my decision. Thanks. Yall stay safe out there
Well it's really based on what you want the most. If working Monday through Friday and getting weekends off means the most to you then Walmart may not be what you want because that will take a while to get to that. Although there are multiple schedules to choose from and you can work into one that best suits what you'd like to do after 6 months to a year. If money is your thing then The thing to know is Walmart does say you can make up to $110,000 your first year working here. I believe that is true if you work full-time because I've seen plenty of the new guys do it for sure. This isn't a hard job at least I don't think so. What I like about working here is I don't have to sit and drive all day long like I'm driving cross country meaning that I get a chance to get out and move around multiple times a day so there is a variety of things we do. Also for me I like the no stress of having to hustle all the time because I'm worried I won't make a good wage. I will say this if you've been driving 32 years this is actually a great way to retire because like I said not as much hustle and we have schedules that can back you off from trucking and ease you into retirement. A good example is like the schedule I have where I work 5 days on 5 days off. We also have a schedule that they don't advertise but they have it where you only work one week a month but if you do that you can only get benefits for you and not your wife. It's really hard to help someone else make a decision on what they want because you know better than anyone else what you want out of a job so I can only give you examples of some of the stuff I like about working here. If you have any questions or concerns that you can think of later you can always email me at don@20plustrucking.com
Is it true that drivers has to slip seat every week?
If you're a new driver you will for a little while depending on what DC you work at. I've heard of some guys getting their own truck pretty fast. Also it depends on what schedule you go with because some schedules you share a truck with another driver or two. I think usually if you start out and have to slip seat it's only like once a week maybe twice a week at the most. When I started working at Walmart I only had to do slip seating for about a month and then I had my own truck after that.
Slip seating sucks I have been here a few weeks hoping I get used to different truck every week no guarantees last week truck was dirty I got into didn't appreciate that.
Why do people make such a big deal about slip sitting? Don't you have a home to go to? How much stuff do you need to haul? If you're the type that wants to live in your truck then why not just buy your own truck?
@@seldomsceen I agree. I have my own truck and nobody else drives it but I still take my stuff home every week. If you get the right bags and pack it correctly it's really not that hard. I do it with three bags. The only thing I leave in the truck is a case of water and my coffee maker with coffee pods.
@Collin Lutz Thank you problem has been corrected Appreciate the feedback.
Are they strict on when you can use your pto?
I believe they can't have more than 10% of the driver's off at one time so if it's available you can take it. Also you need to give them at least 24 hours notice.
What geographical area do you drive?
Basically the west coast states but mostly just California Oregon Washington Utah Idaho Arizona and Nevada. Majority of the time it's just California Nevada Oregon Washington. I'm based out of Walmart distribution Center 6026 Red Bluff California.
Funny,i make over 100k i dont slip seat,im home every night, i dont work weekends,new truck every 4 years, bosses are great.and most wallmart drivers dont make 100k lers be honest!
Actually the last thing you said isn't exactly being honest about most Walmart drivers not making over $100,000 but I am curious where do you work. Like I said in my videos they're other jobs out there that can make over $100,000 but you're not normally going to have all the benefits that we have (like the amount of PTO) and makeover 100,000. So anyway where do you work and whereabouts in the country do you live? I guess you live down in LA. Jobs that pay over $100,000 a year down in LA are plentiful compared to the rest of the country.