Used to drive a side load beverage combination semi in north carolina. Got paid a “day rate” (8 hours pay at an hourly rate, basically salary, even though they told me in the interview it was hourly plus comission) plus commission on sales. Literally back breaking work for less than $20 an hour when you considered how many hours you were actually working. Management routinely made it known that they expected you to work 10 hours a day even though you only get paid for 8. They'd monitor your clock-ins and if your average day was closer to 8 hours they'd follow you around to your stores and find little technicalities and tell you you're not working enough. Gas stations are always understaffed so they won't fill their coolers, and Management expected you to fill the product you took in today PLUS whatever you already had in the store from last time. Gas stations took advantage of that and just didn't bother stocking because they knew you'd do it, for free. If you didn't they'd call management and theres a write up. They'd charge drivers for cases of product that the drivers were shorted because the warehouse didn't put the case on the truck- basically getting paid twice for the same case. EXTREME favoritism. Management would adjust routes and give cash cow stores to people with no seniority if they were buddies, and also ignore when those people returned at 6 hours let alone 8. Constant unpaid meetings where management would circle jerk each other on performance, and your day would turn into 12-14 hours. One time they made this huge deal about how since we hadn't had an accident in a long time we would be getting a company breakfast. Talked it up for weeks. Well the day came and what we got was a mcdonalds sandwich- not even coffee or anything with it lmao. Can't make it up. Really a shitty company to work for, just a toxic environment of cliques, terrible worn out equipment and management that breathes down your neck, micromanages and drives out anyone worth keeping. Equipment used to break down at least once a month and it would turn into a 14 hour day of which you weren't compensated for other than your 8 hours and commission. I'm in a totally different job now and not making quite as much money but much better conditions. Not sure if they pay hourly or not now but I can guarantee if they do, their policy is only stock product you take in today and forget the rest. Whole company is toxic as hell- ceo makes over $10 million a year exploiting the labor of young men who don't know any better. On all of the receipts that you give customers they used to automatically print this big paragraph about how we honor and serve God in everything we do. And in training you have to watch videos about your purpose with God and all kinds of whacko shit. Has a real cult-y vibe to it.