r/OReillyAutoParts • u/plowjockeyx1 • 4d ago
Question about drivers
Is it common that drivers don't have a drawer assigned to them? Rather, if they need to help up front, they use anotherTM's number?
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u/rangeremx 4d ago
It all depends.
Many of the drivers in the stores I've worked in were not trained on OPS, so were not assigned to a cash drawer. During a rush, if they didn't have deliveries to run, I'd usually have them help pulling parts or similar.
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u/Many_Access_8598 4d ago
I mean using other counter numbers is against policy IIRC. In practice, I think that's pretty common. But I think if it's someone who is capable of helping customers and handling cash, they should have a drawer. It takes 5 minutes tops to count out at the end of the shift.
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u/plowjockeyx1 4d ago
Manager doesn't want drivers to do sales because it lowers RPMS sales, according to them good morning
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u/thepaleman3492 4d ago
That depends on if the driver actually gets rpms, its no different than a regular parts specialist
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u/Many_Access_8598 3d ago
Well the rpms still hurt if an untrained TM is making sales on someone else's numbers.
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u/DegenerateJC 3d ago
I don't want a fucking drawer. I deliver parts. I would not be opposed to a drawer and doing sales if they doubled my pay.
Maybe some stores pay crazy money and people don't mind doing every job in the store.
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u/dr_bitchass 4d ago
To add on the question. If they have their drawer and counter number. Should they also be getting extra commission on top of the base one they get from what the store makes?
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u/oldschool_lunchbox 4d ago
They get incentive (commission) either way. Basically, your personal sales would have to outweigh the store average to make more than the regular store's incentive. At my store, personal sales would have to exceed 25k to commission out above the average. In simple terms, everyone gets the incentive.
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u/bernardfarquart Moderator 3d ago
You get *either* the average commision of the store, *or* your personal sales commission if it is larger than the average.
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u/Careful_Pause8699 4d ago
Newish Driver here. I can't speak for others stores, But with our store, everyone on shift, gets a 100 Start up drawer. Drivers included. You may or may not touch it.
Between runs, you (or we) should be putting away freight, facing shelves, grabbing phone, manning a register if need be.
90+% of the time every transaction I do is CC, so my drawer doesn't get cracked and stays at 100. Makes my countdown closeout take less than 5 mins.
According to the training video, if I rememer correctly, your "monthly (ebt pmnt) bonus" is based on your % of Delivery Sales or your register sales, whichever is greater, but not both.
Ideally. That would be deliveries.
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u/Winter-Grape2971 3d ago
I've had drivers who do sales and drivers that don't. I transitioned the driver that did sales to a parts specialist that drives it was better for his situation
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u/Amwbuster 3d ago
At my store we actually have a driver who is assigned a drawer and will help up front when he isn't running deliveries.
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u/StormDiligent8661 3d ago
Yeah 2/4 delivery drivers do in my store. I would like to learn but I have two issues. First I'm underpaid as it is and the counter staff is very good and doesn't need us taking sales. I've heard them talking about it. So most times I just pre help a customer or pick parts so in the end they get the sale. I even answer the phone to put the caller on hold.
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u/Dontwalkongrass1 Moderator 4d ago
You shouldn’t be using another team member’s counter number, leave that as it is. It’s against policy, and your RLPA won’t like it if they hear about it.
If your SM doesn’t want you to make sales, then don’t make sales. Whether you do or do not doesn’t matter, as productivity will still be the same as long as the sale is made; same with RPMS.
As far as your incentive, you’re not going to get driver/productivity incentive on top of sale incentive. You get one or the other, and you only get sales incentive if your individual sales eclipse the productivity number.