Too much for what you are paid - Class A Truck Driver DHL Employee Review

1.0
Jul 7, 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Weekly pay, reimbursement for personal miles at orientation

Cons

Too much work for pay, I would not call this job light touch. You are literally unloading a trailer full of big huge boxes however there are engines, transmissions and converters that are huge and heavy. Then you are reloading transmissions engines and other huge heavy parts. Then you have to open and close gates in each dealerships, opening and closing doors at the dealerships, setting and unsetting alarms. Way too much! No matter how many hours you work, you will get no more than 1100-1400 a week. I had the opportunity to do 2 different routes and the other one was no better. I was asked to drive 2 hours to meet another driver a loves to swap doubles and then drive 2 hours back on top of going to 2 different dealerships that's adds 2 hours more of Drivetime to your route plus unloading and reloading a trailer! The benefits have a very high deductible. No thank you. Also, training was not good at all!

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DHL Response
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Hello, Thank you for your detailed and honest review of your experience as a Class A Truck Driver in Doraville. We greatly appreciate your feedback and take your concerns seriously. We're sorry, that you found the workload too high for the pay. Your detailed description of the physical demands and additional tasks provides valuable insights. We take your criticism of the compensation structure, long working hours, and insurance benefits very seriously. Your note about improving the training is also important to us. Your suggestion for hourly-based compensation will be considered in our efforts to improve working conditions. We thank you for your dedication and candid words. Your feedback helps us rethink and improve our processes and working conditions. We wish you all the best in your future career endeavors! Your DHL Team

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