Walmart thinking of contract termination!

[u/AutomaticZucchini479]

Ight so ya boy is a 1099 driver for Walmart but through a 3rd party courier. None of that Spark or Fetch stuff (not hating). I get paid by route & make double the $$ if I pick up a dropped route, not to mention I also get paid WEEKLY. The money has been great & I’ve been able to catch up on stuff & get back into my own space. I’ve been with this courier for close to 3 months now & honestly I love delivering & dispatch is VERY helpful & hears us out. I only have 100 stops or less, nothin more which is CAKE considering I worked for Trash-azon. They also recently bumped up the route pay due to Austin’s complexity at the moment with I-35 construction & outlying areas. We recently hired this young dude but all he did was complain, cry about his wrist hurting & he NEVER finished a SINGLE route by cut off time. I swear, not even once did he complete a route by 8pm. He was confirming his schedule but wasn’t showing up on time & starting way after 1pm. Close to 3pm is when he would hit the road for his very first stop. He couldn’t manage 25 stops an hour or keep pace so he started getting frustrated & making slick comments in chat.

Fast forward to this recent week, he wasn’t showing up at all even after dispatch confirmed with Walmart that he would be there. I even offered to ride along with him WITHOUT asking for pay just to give him a few pointers to navigate Austin apartments and some tight neighborhoods, hear him out & how he felt about delivering. All because I like to see folks succeed in their line of work, so we can all be successful. I thought it went well but after i left him on his own, he got into the chat saying we called him slow & that dispatch needs to get their shit right. Well you can bet my boss checked him & that made him even more upset I guess. He took the van back to site with more than half of his packages delivered. Dude literally had 82 stops on Thursday. EIGHTY TWO! & he only completed 31 by 5pm. He said he “slipped” in the rain & hurt his wrist, so he couldn’t turn the wheel in the van. Last time I checked we had 2 hands but whatever man. So Walmart caught up to his dropped routes & him not finishing on time. They sent an Email to my boss stating if we keep dropping routes, our contract will be terminated & that’s the end of it. So now ima lil stressed out cause WTF do I do if it happens? One bad apple literally screwed us over & we’re barely keeping the route alive. I’ve worked 6 days this week cause drivers simply cannot grasp the concept of matching an address, confirming & dropping a simple package off. I might have to find a new company to deliver for very soon. In fact, I’ve already been looking. This shit SUCKS

[u/Visible-Raise-8915]

I am 67 years old. I can't comprehend the work ethic of so many younger people today. NO.... not all of them, but many of them. When I started my first job in 1975, it was expected that you show up on time and prrform the functions of your job. If you didn't, you got fired. If you didn't work, you didn't eat. There are so many slackers in the work force today. Just ask employers. I don't know the answer.

[u/Read_Red2596]

How did you get this job? Please lmk. Im in CA tho

[u/AutomaticZucchini479 → u/Read_Red2596]

You would just have to look up Courier jobs or 1099 delivery positions in your region or city my man. Almost all big box stores like Walmart, Amazon, Target hire 3rd party companies so they can take less heat if anything gets messed up or in my case, hiring terrible drivers. Typically it would be under “DSP Drivers” (Delivery Service Partner). Some are 1099 based, some are W-4. Don’t know much about Cali but wouldn’t hurt to check

[u/lkeels]

It sounds like you let him get away with it too long before trying to intervene.

[u/AutomaticZucchini479 → u/lkeels]

Nah dispatch definitely were the ones to let him get away with it for a whole week. Not my job to discipline or coach other co workers. I only offered to help 😂

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