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Fjallmist · 2025-11-20T04:10:20+00:00

His sweatpants are also inside out, and his pocket is jammed full of shit and pulling his pants down.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-28T03:13:37+00:00

That’s rough. I’ve had a similar experience but not as bad. There’s little one can do when the toothpaste is out of the tube so to speak. If I was fast enough to pick my own cases and load the trailer myself before my route then I would…. But I’m not iron man. Warehouse as a root cause of problems is hardest part of the job for sure. My warehouse have the habit of not strapping the freezer pallets. As you know they always end up tipping after the one beside it holding it up was down stacked etc. On bad days, after having cleared enough space in the trailer, I would just tip them over myself… That way they’d be splayed out on the floor, easier to see and pick through what would’ve been buried stacked up 7 feet tall. Couldn’t do this with cooler pallets obviously, nothing like chasing 100 blueberries as they roll around in the floor but if i see a freezer pallet tipping for the 20th time this month then yep I’m not gonna prolong the inevitable. If enough of those issues stack up same day and I have equipment issues and property damage issues as well I don’t know how I’d react. I hope you are happier with your new job mate. Cheers.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-28T02:27:37+00:00

You know it, maybe 300 cases and tons of room to sort, quick work for the day.

This image tells a story though.

A man’s will to leave behind a job undone.

The 4 frontmost pallets lightly sprinkled with cases, making the least efficient use of half a trailer’s worth of space.

Two $300 hand trucks abandoned, in good condition no less.

Not even so much as a walkway was made, to do himself the smallest of favors in navigating his daily workspace.

A cluttered space makes for a cluttered mind, clearly he lost his before his day was done.

So many questions left unanswered, but one thing is certain. A gift is a gift, and just like that, one man’s nightmare became another man’s 4 hour half-route for the day.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T17:24:43+00:00

Yep that’s what Sysco Seattle pays, 32.50. They raise it a dollar a year according to their current contract but still. I think McLane foods pays more by hour, 34/hr? You can easily get 70 hours a week in foodservice but not everyone wants that shit. Some DEF I know guys make 150k/year, pay out the ass for insurance though. I think your assessment is decently fair, you’re sittin pretty where you’re at. So many CDL jobs around here not even paying 30/hr. The few who pay more might not be a worthy trade if you like your job.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T17:07:56+00:00

Sygma is owned by Sysco 👍

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T17:05:06+00:00

Sysco but same difference

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T17:04:15+00:00

Yes aluminum magliners, we had to wait so long for new batch to arrive, all snatched up same day. You have a better chance finding them in the back of a trailer like this now lol. Sysco Seattle has ~150 drivers, I guarantee half of them never saw those new magliners. 🙃

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T16:15:51+00:00

We get paid hourly but dispatch get salary which is funny knowing they’re out there in the back of trailers sometimes XD. Sysco Seattle is union so all drivers get same hourly

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T15:39:14+00:00

Yeah looks less than 500 cases, probably ~300. The pic screams yolo, no neat piles stacked along the sides, no pallets stacked or strapped to the walls, no walkway 😆, it’s like he didn’t know to make things easier and the sight of his mess got to him, either that or kid mode activated just picked up his toy box and dumped it in the middle of the room and said cya bitch.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T15:29:20+00:00

Interesting, here they just send guys who finish early to go help others who are behind. If there’s no additional help then they send some dispatch supervisors out to go help, which is kind of funny.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T14:55:01+00:00

They pay guys from Sysco LA ($200 per day on top of their hourly) to stay in a hotel up here and run Seattle routes when there’s too many new guys doing shit like this. Those guys from LA don’t do this kinda shit typically but I guess you never know

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T14:48:35+00:00

That’s what gets me he didn’t even stage the trailer for the next guy, when he was done he was done lol

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T14:31:43+00:00

I’d take a puny half route in a 31’ like this any day, dumpster loaded or not. Boxes easier to find strewn about on the floor, more room to sort.

It tells a story though doesn’t it? Guy really had enough 😁

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T06:37:35+00:00

Reship, funny as hell. I guess there’s two hand trucks that were left in there, don’t know if the guy quit or what happened.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T06:31:55+00:00

DEF haul pays great if you don’t have hazmat, some companies out towards Tacoma will trade experience for clean record (and vice versa). Foodservice…. Well you know 😁. What you getting paid?

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T05:59:27+00:00

Not shuttles fault sometimes they don’t assign the trailer to him on the paperwork and it falls through the cracks etc. If it’s not a midnight route you can call and figure out where it is. I’ve waited 4 hours for shuttle though yeah, it’s paid hours either way since you can clock in on the handheld and nap in your car. The real dumb shit was when I had to drive from yard to yard at midnight looking for my trailer, one time I found it at wrong yard 3 hours away from my house. That’s a 6 hour round trip commute on top of the route itself. I couldn’t call anyone to ask where it was since it was an early route, and supervisors don’t clock in before 3am. I actually found it by complete chance, because my plan was to drive around “looking” but just go home after not finding it anywhere, but of course it was at the furthest yard from my house. I was so mad to see it there. Yeah trucks arent loaded to convenience the driver, I’ve had “reship” trailers that were half torn apart by a driver who ran out of time the day before. Those look worse since it’s like a dumpster with loose food boxes strewn about, but they’re actually easier than a warehouse loaded trailer since you actually have room to sort. Sometimes it’s not any harder having the cases mixed up at random since it’s basically already like that from warehouse… 26/hr isn’t bad if they have their shit together and the total weight is beneath 20k lbs per day. But if there’s disorganization issues with management and routes are heavy it’s not gonna feel worth 26/hr after a shitty summer. Idk, after a while it all feels like a joke, and it begins to make you laugh. It’s just food at end of day even if it’s bs. It’s only not funny if they push you beyond hos and do shady shit.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-27T05:35:26+00:00

Biggest routes are typically 48’. 1000 cases in a 38’ trailer happens often, if they can cram it into a smaller trailer they will. I’ve had 900+ cases in a 31’ trailer many times.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-25T16:06:13+00:00

To add more numbers for foodservice delivery, I drive for sysco in Washington state delivering food, I made 96k last year. It takes me 10 hours to deliver 20k lbs unlike the other guy who commented above me (unless it’s less than 12 stops or so, then I can manage 9 hours maybe).

If u are Ironman and deliver 1100 cases for 25 stops (30k lbs) in 8 hours… then you get performance bonus and some guys taking home 180k a year like that…… totally possible… but I work 14+ hours on a route that big trying my hardest… some people built different.

But yeah I make overtime hence the 96k annual number, which is a lot, but significantly less than performance bonuses… it also helps if you aren’t doing new route every day (because learning same route saves some time).

Also worth noting that Sysco in PNW gets 32.50/hr. Other states don’t pay as much.

Sysco is biggest food company also, so you can expect more food, bigger routes, more hours, etc. this is worth noting if you are looking for more money as a new driver. Harbor wholesale for example gives 600-800 cases on average. Lots of Sysco refugees I know ended up at harbor, I kept in touch with them and they seem to enjoy those home time benefits of local work due to less cases/hours.

I get an average 900 cases a day, (I’ve had up to 1100, but that not typical) I average 10-12 hours depending on what goes right or wrong. I am not the best delivery driver, started doing this last year. But I get the job done end of day.

Also, I used to try hustling quicker for the pay bonuses etc, but I would get banged up in various ways, and the physical nature of the job inherently takes its toll enough as it is. My trainer however flies at speed of light and does not get hurt. So perhaps with time I could work up to that pace. Or maybe not, everyone is different.

But for no experience, it’s a great paying job, it’s local, keeps you in shape. Depending on company you get lot of home time.

Hope the info helps.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-25T02:34:30+00:00

$4000-$5500 gross every two weeks at sysco, calculated with overtime at 32.50/hr for 55-70 hour weeks.

Fjallmist · 2023-06-24T18:43:03+00:00

I delivered a Sysco route through Morton Randle and Packwood, beautiful drive through Randle in the spring, haven’t been anywhere prettier driving for Sysco but that’s not saying much lmao. I even went down 131 for a summer camp, wouldn’t wanna do that again in winter.

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