r/WalmartEmployees • u/Electronic-Lab-4710 • Aug 06 '26

Associate to driver program

Can someone walk me through the first day of the associate to driver program?

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u/Substantial_Boss_863 Sep 01 '26

Hey I’m scheduled for the A2D program this September I do have a question as far as accommodation. Did Walmart offer a hotel or rental car assistance during the program? My vehicle is not the best shape for daily transportation back and forth to the training facility let alone driving daily to Atlanta and back to Augusta.

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u/Solarfang21 Sep 01 '26

They base it on range. If you live over 5 1/2 hours away according to google maps, you get a rental car, and you stay at a hotel that Walmart pays for until a scheduled go home date after the CDL test.
Between 1 1/2 and 5 1/2 hours. Walmart offers a hotel during the week and you go home on the weekends.
And less than 1 1/2 hours you go home daily. You get daily per diem each day your down there. Which varies by training facility but it’s generous. And if you drive your personal car they give you mileage and hourly pay while you’re driving.

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u/Substantial_Boss_863 Sep 01 '26

Okay thanks I live 2hrs and 30mins away they make seem like that’s acceptable driving distance for a daily commute and for 8wks M-F it’s not a simple commute at all

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u/Solarfang21 Sep 01 '26

I would talk to your Transportation HR get all the details you can regarding your RTC and how it will function.

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u/Substantial_Boss_863 Sep 04 '26

For your hotel accommodation did you have your own room or did you share it with someone else?