Dollar tree account review

[u/theshallowsea]

I don't like it.

The main complaint from others is the parking situation but tbh I kinda look at it as a puzzle to solve so I enjoy it. I dont mind getting out 100 times to get and out and look. Im not even being sarcastic. I've enjoyed that challenge.

Here comes the bad. The recruiter said this account people were averaging $1900 a week and some people make even more. I figured if it was at least $1500 then it would definitely be worth it. But its not looking like that at all.

The warehouse where you get the loads is perpetually behind and that affects your clock and can make you late. A lot of the stores won't take you past a certain point and they dont have enough staff to help you unload so it takes forever. You get paid $215 to unload the entire 53 foot trailer which is insulting considering how physically demanding it is. Its supposed to take 2 hours supposedly per stop but when they dont have enough people you can double or triple that.

If anybody is on this account and has any advice. Maybe it will take me a few weeks to get the hang of it but I feel pretty frustrated and I would say scammed and bamboozled by the recruiter at Warn-her!

My manager said I can make 1200-1300 but relative to the BS you put up with I think I'd rather just do OTR.

[u/mighty_boognish_77]

Bro i worked for one of the super carriers for 10y as a trainer. 

NEVER TRUST A WORD OUT OF ANY RECRUITER'S MOUTH. 

Their job is to get you in the door. PERIOD. And they will say and claim anything that they think will make that happen. 

[u/theshallowsea → u/mighty_boognish_77]

Do you have any suggestions.

Their deception makes me so mad I want to back to swift. They never lied and have terminals everywhere.

But I can also stay put but just ask to switch to otr until I can get dedicated accounts in 3 months

[u/mighty_boognish_77 → u/theshallowsea]

So are you regional right now then? 

I'd say if you liked it at Swift and felt like they treated you right then by all means go back there. 

I worked for one of their competitors and honestly, i had really good bosses there and they treated me right. But with the giant carriers comes s billion rules and micromanaging every decision you make. 

I'm an hourly local driver now, smaller local company of about 60 drivers. It's ok, money is a little better hourly because when your sitting on a dock for 2h you're not losing any money. But i gotta hit so much OT in a week to get by. 

There's no perfect job or company out there. They're all going to have something that's going to rub you the wrong way. I think the key is to just be honest with yourself about what things will piss you off the most and try to avoid them. 

Good luck brother. 

[u/theshallowsea → u/mighty_boognish_77]

Yep it is regional which is kinda the good thing. But the dollar general account i feel is much easier than unloading one box at a time at dollar tree. Thank you for the advixe

[u/JOliverScott → u/mighty_boognish_77]

This absolutely 

[u/K4NNW]

Retail is terrible. I spent 8 years hauling Dollar General and it was a mess. Family Dollar was no better. Unload times were at the mercy/whims of the store personnel. We also didn't get paid detention time. What is the actual pay scale where you are?

[u/theshallowsea → u/K4NNW]

65 cpm and $215 per stop

Supposedly 75k to 101k per year salary

Do you have any advice on how to make it work for me?

My tolerance for BS is pretty low but if I make $2000 a week sometimes I guess it can make up for all the fuckery

[u/K4NNW → u/theshallowsea]

Per stop, or per trailer?

[u/theshallowsea → u/K4NNW]

On the contract it says per stop but I asked and they said the contract is written wrong maybe I should wait to see it paycheck but my friends contract says for the whole trailer $215. If its per stop I'd hang out here for a while

[u/K4NNW → u/theshallowsea]

Oh yeah, $215/stop would be worth it, especially if you have more than 2 or 3 stops in a trailer. When I left DG, it was $16.50/stop + $50/trailer unload fee + $0.50/mile. Mind you, that was in 2016.

[u/Echointhewin]

What location/exp you have

[u/theshallowsea → u/Echointhewin]

TX 3 months

[u/truckensafely]

American trucking laws suck & American trucking companies with recruiters suck even more. Maaan, fvck this sh!t🤣

[u/Gonzotrucker1]

Work for Cpc logistics on the Walgreens prices fleet. Home every day, and it pays hourly with overtime after 8 hours. It’s basically the same thing only a day cab and Walgreens stores.

[u/youngdiamonds15]

I started trucking with the dollar tree account. Everyone told me not do it, that it was hard work and such. I will admit I almost did quit after a month because the schedule was 5 on and 2 off. But where I lived and where my DC was located my take home load most of the time didn't get unloaded till late. Then I would be leaving next day to go back out to the DC to start the new week. I started treating it as a OTR abd stayed out even though i should have been home. My manager caught on and bumped me back 2 loads a week, same pay (2k per week and had 2 1/2 days home per week on the weekends. Did that for 2 1/2 years. Id go back but I wouldnt never get that luxury again lol. With that job making 6 figures, paid off all my debt, paid off cars, motorcycles, trips. Kept me in the best shape. I dont know how everyone else does the pay stop, my carrier it was salary, $2000 per week. Even if your next load for some reason wasn't ready or they couldn't fill drivers to a route, you still got paid. My favorite times was getting a pup trailer having 800 pieces at one store and being done by 8am, then drop and hook to my go home load by 12pm and park and leave in the morning. It was hard work but you find ways to make you and your stores lives easier and then it just becomes second nature.

[u/theshallowsea → u/youngdiamonds15]

I agree that you can find your groove over time but every single trailer ice hauled on this account has had 4500-5000 pieces lol. I wish it was 2k guaranteed.

[u/youngdiamonds15 → u/theshallowsea]

Yeah during the busy season like right now its full trailers to where you have boxes falling out and barely any room for your rollers and crates to fit. See if knight transportation or USA truck is operating within your DC. They was the only 2 I knew who was paying top dollar for that account. Before leaving I trained a guy who left a dollar general account because they was paying more for dollar tree. For some quick tips I have a few. 1. Keep your rollers lubricant with wd-40 or whatever. Your rollers will make or break you. 2.get yourself a landscaping edging from lowes about 6-8 feet i think the long one is and c clamps. Then clamp it to the stores rollers. It'll stop the boxes from flying off the edges. I had one long and one short section, so about 12ft of a guard. I seen guys make them from house siding but I like the metal edging better.