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Unless you like working really long hours (14 to 16) per night without getting overtime pay, go to work for this company, freezer very very cold, you have keep running ( working as hard as you can) in order to keep you warm, once you get tired unable to keep working fast paced, for sure you’ll be sick and really tired next day due to the minus 20 degrees fr temperature.They use to pay overtime hours, but not anymore, they play a lot with the system pay, every time they make a change it never benefits you. Only get to work extra, trying to get that little money, as a selector you never get a raise or bonus , and when i say never is never, and i regret a lot working there for to long. They use to have a system called ( Top Performance) In the one you could be making extra money, only if you would be running every day for six months. They don’t have it anymore. I work for to long at that company, because it use to be a little better, on summer time we where able to rest a little, short  hours and still get full pay $125 per day, they don’t have it anymore.They just want you to work harder and harder making the same miserable money, year after year. They pay per case now, not per day, but in case you are hard worker and able to make good extra money,  then they will kill the equivalency on the case, so you will make less money. Hard to get days off, even if you have vacation time. No climate control in the dry side, so 7 to 8 months a year is gonna be hot as F in there. If you like sweating a lot for long hours at night, that’s the place for you. I could keep going and going on the bad things this place have, but am tired. Just make yourself a favor an don’t work there.Don’t  say i didn’t warn you.

Speaking from a management position.Way to little pay for what the drivers have to put up with and do on a daily basis.
You cant expect people to do more work without more pay.

The company is picking up new business every day.
More and more business coming in, but no more pay for the drivers.
The loss of driver turnover was always put on in house management to blame. I felt that my job was always judged by not what I did and achieved, but judged by what was out of management control.
People quit! PERIOD!
But the blame was always pointed  towards management for the high turnover.
Also I felt always unappreciated. 
A simple THANK YOU goes along way.
I worked long hours in management. 
I also felt that I couldn't speak my mind.
That I was suppose to put on this fake profile of myself and the company. But I rejected that. I spoke my mind to everyone.
That's why I feel like I was forced out by upper management.
Anyway. If you see that Labatt is advertising that drivers can make between $60k-$90k. 
THAT IS FALSE INFORMATION!!! NO DRIVER that I know of made more than $81k,but those drivers that broke the $80k barrier had to work extra hours to get that pay and do extra duties. Pay rate is more $55k-$62k REALITY!I know this because I talked to the drivers. I was their supervisor!
Also in house upper management will lie to your face and tell you that you are gonna make BIG/GOOD money. I made $82k my last year there and that's because management was on delivery trucks everyday.
San Antonio corporate decided to give us a bonus for having to jump on the delivery trucks everyday to cover routes. Otherwise I would have just hit $67k as a supervisor. 
 But ill leave it up to you to decide or see it for yourself.

First off I will say this, I have worked in many companies before and there has only been one company that I can really say is a great place to work in and that is LABATT! Their equipment is top notch and their maintenance side is superior to any I have ever seen! Full service maintenance no waiting on tires for 2 hours when your at the yard the guy is there within minutes! Benefits are really good you pay almost nothing for you and your wife plus kids. It is insane. Other drivers there are half and half of course like any other company but overall good attitudes hard working individuals that get it done. Supervisors and Transportation Managers are very understanding and knowledgeable as well as laid back, calm and collective because here is the kicker THEY WHERE ONCE ROUTE DRIVERS AS WELL! The operations Manager I got along with so he was great as well. I cant say more about any of the other managers for I did not see them. Routes consisted more of schools and restaurants, they would go as far as Tyler down to Brownwood up over into the Oklahoma areas and of course down south. But they were all doable routes you would finish it in a day. The job was all day shift of course at least for the drivers side, Monday through Friday weekends always of and holidays during holidays they would have parties and such and driver appreciation lunches more often than not salary was a minimum of $750 a week you would make more of course that was just like for example if roads were really bad and you couldn't drive you would still get paid that day! I averaged out $900-$1000 every week in 5 days! with my weekends off after taxes and benefits. don't get me wrong it is physical but the rewards are far greater. you wont regret it.

Its a decent place to get your CDL. Management is by far the worst I ever worked under. Their routing is a joke they rather make you wait 30mins to an hour to deliver a couple cases. When you can go deliver another stop an come back. You'll drive by some of your stops to just drive right back to them. They'll take money out your check if a product wasn't loaded on your truck or was loaded damaged. They'll tell you take pictures an they will try to get it off but more than likely it will stay with you. They promise you a bonuse but it takes over a year to even get your first safety bonus. So if you come in with your cdl you'll get it after a year from your start date an if you come in as a student or helper an get your cdl then you'll more than likely work 2 years to even get your bonus depending on when they release you. Make sure you have proof If they allow you to skip a stop because they will write you up an tell you they didn't say that. They will also suspend you if you leave earlier than you should. If trailer goes down before you leave for the route you will have to unload it an reload it into another trailer an still have to deliver it with no help. The loaders will also load your trailers awful might have to drive with your dollie inside the truck with you because how  full the trailer is or how awful they stacked it. Be prepared for a pallet test when they hire you which is 3 pallets 1 of 50lb bags of bean a pallet of Cans an a pallet of mustard packets which you have to down stack a pallet an restack it on another. 

I was hired as a night selector and was using this job as a second source to pay off student loans. The job concept is very remedial. You get a list of products at 5pm, hop on your motorized tugger, hook up a flatbed, and grab your products from the warehouse. Repeat all night long until they say it's over, which can result in very long nights most of the time. The major knock on that is you get base pay so no overtime. Most nights will go way past 8 hours. The job doesn't require you to talk to anyone so most people at work will stay to themselves. I'm used to greeting people, and that was not the case at Labatt. They want everyone to work super fast, but everyone is using forklifts, tuggers, etc. That's definitely not a safe atmosphere is you ask me. I almost got hit a few times, simply because everyone is speeding in the warehouse while coming around corners, looking at shelves instead of whats in front of them, etc. Human Resources, specifically at the Houston location is laughable, I'm just going to be honest. It's completely unprofessional, and inexperienced. My day job's management and HR is leaps and bounds over Labatt's. I guess since they have a high turnover, they just don't really care for the employees that much. I've been at my day job for 10 years and will most likely stay another 10 years because that's what employees do when they work for great companies. I would only recommend this job to someone who really needs a job super fast, otherwise I would pass on this one.

You'd figure with as many years in the business they'd have it together, but they are lacking. 
If you're looking to work here as a student driver, to get your cdl, my advice don't. While you're in training you won't get paid for the routes you go out on, and you're on routes more often then not. Some how every Friday they are late loading the trucks. You don't even get to clock in till they are done either so you sit around waiting anywhere from 30 to 90+ minutes. Your route can change without any prior notice, and multiple times in less then 24 hours. Your typical route is 12 to 15 hours long, and if you run out of time you have to lay over. Trainers are more concerned with personal phone calls then doing any actual training or keeping track of it. Some of the drivers are completely nuts and drive aggressively. Trainers smoke in the trucks even though it's against company policy... Great example of what not to be.

In short, I've been there a short time and already want out, I could care less about the sign on bonus I'd get after 2 years.

I start as student driver. Perfect place to learn how to drive a Tractor Trailer. You have time to learn and they teach by phases. They Have 5 Phases (you will learn more about that when you start). They have very good benefits and excellent bonus per year. Equipment are in perfect conditions and when i said perfect i mean it. Trucks are 2019 freightliner cascadia automatic -day cab. They provide uniforms and the dolly, but if you quit after the first year they charge you for that, and the dolly by himself cost aprox $350. Pay for drivers is relative. Every route pay different. The pay by the weight, miles, and amount of boxes that you deliver (you will learn more about that when you start). You can start early as 2 am or 5 am, and get out between 11 am or 2 pm (keep in mind that you finish when you deliver all the cases). The fun part is that you may deliver by yourself ( because not always you are going to have a helper), between 800 to 1300 cases a day. It's a fast pace job. You have a certain time to deliver and remember, you don't get paid by the hour. Other than that, good place to work, very friendly staff and supervisor. Also you have the opportunity to growth in this company. I had fun working here.

Ok so at labatt the driver training is good. they advertise 600-1200 cases a days. its more like min 1000-1600 cases a day unless you run the baby routes but then the pay goes down for the baby routes. it's a good place to work the drivers are good guys but this is a back breaking job. Management is good the guys are really nice people. if your looking into getting into trucking this is a great start. but keep in mind its a 3am -5pm job. you get weekends off which is great but sunday is like not having off considering you gotta go to bed early (before football games start). if you have family and need to stay local to start your trucking career this is a great place. if you're not tied down to staying in town i recommend looking into other types of trucking jobs. (OTR, Regional) overall a good place to work, but dont be fooled its a very very physical job. I jumped into this and thought i would like it. Just waking up way before the sun and working 10-16 hours a days and the back breaking work wasn't a feasible long term job. But again great people there at Labatt.

Former Labatt Driver:
Been at Labatt Dallas for almost 6 month. The only bad thing to say is that the pay is not a enough, however others things balance that. Speaking by myself; got my CDL, didn't have to pay a penny, got a job as a local driver, every afternoon at home which work for me cus I have babies, off weekends, nobody bothers you if you do your job. Not bad benefits at all and you get bonuses just for doing what you are supposed to do,( being a safe driver, not losing cases and not damaging cases )not extra work. That Labatt have to improve  a lots things that's true; but tell me which company don't have something to improve. Everything is just about what you looking for, if you looking to have a stable job that take you home with your family every afternoon and in some cases every morning and give you a nice pay ( NOT GREAT ) Labatt can do that. 

*** Big issue un today's day is that most people worrie about what others say. People mind about your stuff and what affect you, if don't hurt you in some way it dont mind you.****

Also what might be GOOD for me might not be GOOD for you and what might be BAD for you might be GREAT FOR ME !!

GOD BLESS YOU ALL !!

So I get 2 interviews with the company for the warehouse associate position in San Antonio, TX. The first interview was great. The receptionist was kind and polite. So was the gentleman that showed me around. Now the second interview was the one that got to me. The women that interviewed me was more concerned about my skin condition that I've been suffering from the past 5 years. Didn't bother to ask what happened. I would have told her. But as usual, judge a book by it's cover and not my skills. After the interview, I was told that I would get a call within "1" week. That week turn into a month. Call once to check the status of my background check and she claims that it have not been received. Really? Here we are 2 weeks later and nothing. My background is clean. I stayed out of trouble my whole life, so I'm good. So what other reason do you have? I have a sales, collection, warehouse, driver and mover background. You can't say that I'm not qualified. But to judge someone by looks and not skills is discrimination if you ask me. Will be  contacting corporate office regarding the matter. I don't even want the position any longer.

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