VLOG 6. Why do drivers QUIT food service? Why I STAY!!

Just a brief explanation of why drivers quit and why I stay. 

[@OG113.]

Much respect to you guys. I worked for PFG for about 3 months and quit because I found a dedicated home 4 times a week reefer job and took it. I remember when I was getting trained my trainer showed me his yearly pay. None of them were under 100,000. (TX) These guys make bank. Honestly deserve 150k minimum. I’m trying to get my experience so I can go into tanker since that’s my ultimate goal

[@kickbackkris392]

Appreciate the love bro 👊🏾 You tried out and found out what it was all about! Props to you. Us NC guys hitting that 100K milestone too! With weekends off, home daily, 45-55 hours a week. Man I can’t complain at all. Travel guys can make over 150K 🤯. Stay safe and get that experience and the best part is you know where you want to be 👊🏾

[@otherm-re8tu]

The problem at my us foods is they’ve chopped our times horribly. I used to love this job to the point other drivers thought I was nuts. Now I’m getting stops where I have to do 130 cases in 57 mins, 99 cases in 32 mins, I had one yesterday 82 cases gave me 19 mins. There’s no rules for routing. If they can’t get that route under 14 hrs they just change times. I work at a domicile doing 14-19 stops 700-800 cases ON A PUP. I’ll never leave because the pay is good and benefits are even better but this crap is getting old.

[@kickbackkris392]

@@otherm-re8tuI think my division is doing the same thing as of this week. They released a new Descartes routing system and I have a lot of extra stops. I went from working 45hrs a week to 58hrs this week. 1,700 cases and 13 stops with mixed in pallet drop. I spent 5.5hrs at my first stop (pallet drop) sorting out and rebuilding pallets. (I normally spend 2hrs)… that was a 16hr day. I’ll enjoy my paycheck but I rather have energy and work/life balance. The service time was shortened. Maybe they’re raising their standards from 120 UCPMH. We’ll see how next week goes!

[@hre5183]

your very knowledgeable and have a good head on your shoulders mindset is everything great video

[@LearntoLawn]

People definitely quit because the work can be hard and sometimes stressful. When you can walk in off the street from making 35k and jump to over 100k and you quit the first week that should tell you enough about the work 😂 its not for everybody. I like it because my night flys by.

[@kickbackkris392]

@@LearntoLawn with that much of an income bump I figured people would stay! I did lol. But I get it. Many guys have expressed how intense it was. I’m reminded of how tough this job is when I work while I’m sick. 🤧 I feel like my whole life is flying by so fast 😂

[@LearntoLawn]

@@kickbackkris392 we got a few guys in their 50’s that are absolute beasts, they would run circles around most younger guys. Both been doing this 15 years plus. Not even sure how thats possible.

[@LearntoLawn]

@@kickbackkris392 it can be rough sometimes. Im sitting at a hotel right now waiting on my reset so i can go home. They added an extra stop tomorrow night 35k 1200 cases……….i love fridays lol good thing is ill sleep well.

[@kickbackkris392]

@@LearntoLawn those guys are definitely used to the job! Just as I am going on 3.5 years. I’ve never laid over and that’s one of the perks of working for US Foods! Oh, weekends off too 😁

[@GodOfThunder6789]

I loved doing food service.10 years with one of your competitors. It's a tough job for sure.

[@kickbackkris392]

A milestone I’d like to achieve. 🫡

[@KendalShaw]

I roll beer I get tired of waiting to get checked in. The work ain’t a problem to me I have my road test for us foods Monday

[@kickbackkris392]

@@KendalShaw congrats! You’ll make more money and better time of your day. Most of my customers verify product as I bring it in. Some don’t check at all because they trust me.

[@ivantapia9554]

hated that about beer too, been at PFG for 5 months now.

[@CallShots]

Welcome back bro i love the pov videos since im a new food service driver

[@kickbackkris392]

Thanks! I hope you found valuable information off my vids. The soreness won’t last forever!

[@spookish4167]

Need more of this energy. The mood in r/Truckers about foodservice is so whiny

[@Taylortrucking]

I quit Sysco cuz my start time was 4 am. I’d show up and my load wouldn’t be ready till 7 am everyday.

[@kickbackkris392]

We had it rough like that during 2021-2023 😂 There’s been some huge improvement and now my load is at most late 30mins twice a week.

[@CinnaWhy]

but they pay hourly so you're still getting paid

[@kickbackkris392]

@@CinnaWhy Sysco didn’t pay you for late loads?!?!?!

[@bentabar4544]

I just applied to two openings in Houston. One for US Foods and one for Gordon Food Service. I truly think its a great opportunity. I want to do fuel hauling ultimately. But I did furniture and moving before i got my CDL. Ramps and boxes are no big deal. Im excited to go back to getting some work in. I cant stand holding the steering wheel all day. But the company im at does treat me well.

[@kickbackkris392]

@@bentabar4544 I trained one guy who moved furniture with a CDL. In his opinion, furniture was hard and heavy! But foodservice was lightweight, harder on the body, and faster pace. They’re two different challenging beats for sure! I hope you land a job offer dude! I don’t like driving all day and love being home every day, so the schedule is perfect for me. Depending on the day, I drive 30min-1hr to a city and deliver to 3-5 stops within 15min apart. We spend more time unloading than driving 😎

[@norrrlife]

Bro it wasn’t the physical labor part at all. The warehouse sucks at least when I was at Sysco. The trucks were rarely loaded correctly, the pallets not zoned correctly and the routing was off sometimes and sometimes the trucks were loaded late so it made me late for every stop then I had to deal with the customers because I was late 😂😂😂 it got to be too much so I left. I miss it though not going to lie

[@kickbackkris392]

@@norrrlife that’s rough! We don’t have that bad here. I’ve trained guys who came from sysco and they said the same thing. We got it easier as far as load quality goes. Still.. all the sysco drivers I’ve trained either quit or got fired 😂

[@norrrlife]

@@kickbackkris392 dang 😂😂😂😂 maybe I’ll apply at us foods then.

[@ClemsonNigel]

Did Dollar General for a lil bit and I’m here to tell you it ain’t easy. Those rolltainers you usually see on end caps or in the aisles of the stores sometimes weigh as much as 500 pounds and every store has 9-15 of them along with overflow stuff that goes on u-boats. For me, pay wasn’t even close to enough considering how much they overwork you. I feel that most of these touch freight jobs all don’t pay enough considering the toll you put on your body and the heavy workload they expect you to do on a daily basis.

[@kickbackkris392]

I meant to say Dollar Tree. They use a metal conveyor belt to slide cases down the trailer. I did work for Werner on the Dollar General account for 6 months as my first CDL job. I know exactly how heavy those Rolltainers were! Especially when they’re cramped side by side! Pushing and pulling on an uphill parking lot sheeesh. I thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I only left because it was regional/home weekends. If they had a home daily route, I would’ve definitely stayed. The pay was great considering I jumped from $38K annually to $75K+ with DG. Foodservice and touch freight truckers deserve top dollar for sure. We need to stack up for surgery 😂

[@illwise3664]

Great video

[@paulgarza2231]

Wow 29k step the most I get working for jb hunt is 4k all drop n hoook no walking much

[@kickbackkris392]

😆 I take about 14K steps on my shortest day.

[@paulgarza2231]

I need to be doing what your doing to get more activity in my life

[@kickbackkris392]

@@paulgarza2231 that’s one of the reasons I stay and this job. It keeps me active and healthy!

[@BigTroubleD]

I want to do this, but I’m a 5’2” Asian female. I don’t know if I can handle it

[@kickbackkris392]

@@BigTroubleDit’ll be a challenge but if you like challenges, then come on and try! We also have relay positions that drive at night. Simply drop and hook.

[@nbalive10ver]

So how far you have to drive for your routes

[@kickbackkris392]

@@nbalive10ver my shortest day is a total of 80 miles and my longest day is 234 miles.

[@dumptruckwoo7114]

The warehouse

[@blackwulf8793]

Whats the standard for cases in one day minimum that is expected?

[@kickbackkris392]

@@blackwulf8793 it really depends on the route. The lowest I’ve had was 550 cases. Some guys even had 350 cases at one point. My biggest day is 1600 cases.

[@TradingFacez]

Is dat money sweet over there like they say my interview Friday

[@L0CC2o9]

It is. You just gonna have to work for it

[@TradingFacez]

@@L0CC2o9 💯 we gone see how it go

[@L0CC2o9]

@@TradingFacez first food service job or been doing it before? Just Curious

[@TayTheLocalTrucker]

You do what you got to do and you can earn six figures my guy

[@TradingFacez]

@@TayTheLocalTrucker 💯💯💪🏽

[@maelrodder9091]

What’s you average day like? How many stops and how many cases😳🤨🤔I’d like to know

[@kickbackkris392]

Check out my long video called VLOG 4. That’s my Friday route and I list the cases and stops. Mondays 10 stops. 1,300 cases. Tuesday 7 stops. 700 cases. Wednesday 14 stops. 1,550 cases. Thursday 10 stops. 1,300 cases. Friday 6 stops. 700 cases.

[@horizon6947]

how often you do 5 days?

[@kickbackkris392]

I have a consistent 5 day schedule. M-F

[@antonioking2382]

What time did you go to sleep

[@kickbackkris392]

8pm-10pm

[@koolshep910]

The most irritating thing to me is how the pallets are built other than that it's pretty easy

[@kickbackkris392]

@@koolshep910 yeah I don’t ever see that changing. Even for pallet drops when no digging should be required! It’s either built sloppy which eventually tips over or it’s still mixed with other stops because I have too many cases that day. Either way you gotta appreciate the good trailer loads when you get it 👊🏾

[@koolshep910]

@@kickbackkris392 oh fasho!!! It's like they want us to work miracles and the warehouse can do whatever!!

[@TayTheLocalTrucker]

Triple R baby!! RAW➡️REAL➡️RELEVANT….speaking facts on this one bro By the way yall my bro also trained @TayTheLocalTrucker