Received notification a few months ago that settlement checks would be mailed out but have yet to receive any payment or updates. Has anyone?

Uh oh. I was just hired by them. Is there something I need to know? Thank you.

@Char Brown wrote:

Uh oh. I was just hired by them. Is there something I need to know? Thank you.

No, this is if you worked for them a few years back.
They weren't paying O/T,etc.

@Candy607 wrote:

Received notification a few months ago that settlement checks would be mailed out but have yet to receive any payment or updates. Has anyone?

No, I haven't and my computer crashed and I lost all my emails from the attorney about the suit.

The attorney undoubtedly still has all of the info. Do you remember the name of the attorney?

Yes, I have it written down, someplace.

Just google Driveline lawsuit, that might jog your memory.

Would you work for them again/at this time?

@Candy607 wrote:

Received notification a few months ago that settlement checks would be mailed out but have yet to receive any payment or updates. Has anyone?

Got this email today From Attorney Richard Meyers:


Dear Driveline Clients,

Many of you have e-mailed and called to ask what is going on with this settlement. On January 9, 2020, we filed the uncontested motion for settlement approval with Judge Anita Brody. Since the motion was uncontested, we expected that Judge Brody would rule on it quickly, even though the motion and memo of law were fairly lengthy (26 pages) and there were another 50 pages of exhibits. After 6 weeks, I sent an e-mail to Magistrate Judge David Strawbridge who mediated the settlement with Driveline to ask him what was going on and if there was something that we could to speed things up. After a few days, on Wednesday, February 26, 2020, Judge Strawbridge he said that Judge Brody would refer this case to him if the parties would agree. Driveline agreed and we filed the consent that day. Today, March 3, 2020, Judge Brody signed the Order placing Judge Strawbridge in charge of the case. We do expect things to move quickly from here on in. We would be surprised if Judge Strawbridge does not rule on the motion within the next two weeks or so. After Judge Strawbridge rules, we will send you another e-mail because we should have a much better idea of the timetable for this settlement. We very much appreciate your patience.


–Rich Myers

@Char Brown wrote:

Would you work for them again/at this time?

I would not. Where I live they only pay $8.75 hour now.
When I worked for them from 2003- 2016 I got $11 hour.

That's crazy, I would never do merchandising for that low rate.

Well I’m new at this. What is a good rate?

Try a different company, actually $10-$12 is decent for a new person.

Driveline is paying $11 here.

From my experience, merchandising companies seem to pay lower hourly wages in heavily populated areas because there are more people that apply for their positions (it's an employer's market). That's why you will see such disparities in wages paid. You would think that merchandisers in metro areas would get paid more due to higher cost of living, but it doesn't usually work that way with merch companies.

The downside to working in more sparsely populated areas is that, although you get a higher wage, there's less work, and the work is spread out across many, many counties.

@merchmerch wrote:

From my experience, merchandising companies seem to pay lower hourly wages in heavily populated areas because there are more people that apply for their positions (it's an employer's market). That's why you will see such disparities in wages paid. You would think that merchandisers in metro areas would get paid more due to higher cost of living, but it doesn't usually work that way with merch companies.

The downside to working in more sparsely populated areas is that, although you get a higher wage, there's less work, and the work is spread out across many, many counties.

In Idaho Driveline only pays $8.75 hour, I noticed most merchandising companies pay low wages here in Idaho. The Treasure Valley which is Boise and surrounding area has a high cost of living these past few years and keeps getting higher.

Got paperwork today for the lawsuit. The first page tells you how much you will get. Then there is a page at the back that you have to sign and mail back so that they receive it by July 1. It is called" Release of claims for (your name). and the other side is an exclusion/opt out form if you don't want to be paid.
The envelope says "Driveline Settlement Administrator"
Mine was mailed from Philadelphia on May 7.

I never knew this lawsuit was happening. I wish I could have gotten in on it.

I'm not surprised that they're being sued. Driveline is one massive screwup.

They have some ridiculous fiasco nearly every year.

A few years ago they undercut a sock reset so badly that all the reps were only paid for half our work. There was no notice of a hard stop time limit on the project either.

My current DM tries to lay the blame on the previous DM. I know good and well it wasn't his fault because I have a friend in another state who said it happened there too. It had to be nationwide.

Then a year or two after that they leaked everyone's private information and tried to smooth that all over by offering one year of free identity protection through Allclear ID. One year doesn't mean anything. Once your social security number and other important information is leaked it's out there forever. Identity theft could happen years down the way.

This information leak caused me to have to prove my identity to the IRS the following spring before I could get my tax refund.

The IRS wouldn't allow me to take care of this matter by phone and I had to schedule an appointment with the IRS office over an hour away. The soonest they could see me was three months out! Driveline cost me a whole day out going to see about this mess and delayed my tax refund for over three months.

I wasn't alone in this. I know others who encountered the same thing. One lady had to drive an hour and a half one way to her IRS office to prove her identity before she could receive her tax refund, all because of Driveline's leak.

What did I get for compensation? Only that one year free of Allclear ID, which I wouldn't have needed in the first place had it not been for Driveline!

Last year's fiasco was with their payroll company. In August they withdrew my paycheck about a week after they deposited it. I had already used it to pay bills. This caused me to have a $25 overdraft fee.

I wrote payroll about it immediately. Do you think they could get back with me? Not until November they didn't.

They took until December to fully straighten out that mess.

Now this year we have COVID-19, which no one can help, but Driveline's handling of the situation has been abysmal. They offered me time off for it. I got tired of being in stores where customer were coming in coughing and not covering their mouths. So I took the time off.

I made the mistake of telling HR that I had diarrhea for a few days and needed time off anyway. Never ever tell Driveline that. I thought I was covering myself in case I had caught something in the workplace. Lesson learned. Keep your mouth shut.

I also stated my thoughts on their stance about women's cosmetics resets being "essential." Randy Wilson, the CEO himself, replied to my letter to HR very shortly after I sent it. This was on a Sunday no less. He informed me that women's cosmetics were indeed essential because they had already been sent to the stores before this all took place. I stand by what I said and I'd say it to his face.

This was all as the rise in cases in surrounding counties were exploding and before Driveline was sending their generous $5 for reimbursement for REUSABLE gloves. Yeah… because I want to bring the germs home with me. I never got the $5 by the way because I took leave before they issued that.

Right now I'm waiting to see if they will accept a letter from my dietitian as a "work release" and proof that I don't have any "work restrictions."

I know people who are with multiple merchandising companies and they all say Driveline has handled this whole thing the absolute worst of any of the companies they're with.

At the rate things are going it wouldn't surprise me in the least if Driveline would discriminate against me for having sought consultation from a dietitian instead of from a medical doctor. I don't go to medical doctors and Driveline doesn't need to try to remove my personal choice for health care from me.

I wouldn't recommend Driveline to anyone unless you
1) want to be paid for half your time
2) want your paycheck withdrawn instead of deposited
3) want your social security number leaked, delaying your tax refund by months
4) want to work for a CEO who believes that Dollar General's women's cosmetics resets are more important than your health just because the store had already received the new items and fixtures before COVID-19 happened.

P.S. This lawsuit explains why the district managers are telling all of us reps not to go over 40 hours a week and repeating that like a broken record.

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All of that is absolutely true! I almost forgot about them withdrawling paycheck after it was deposited. It was a couple days after it was deposited too. My bank acocunt went under and was charged THREE overdraft fees for things that were pending from the few days since paid. Driveline put the money back in but then told me i had to talk to the bank about getting the overdraft charges taken care of. They took off one. ONE. So I lost out on $60 becasue each overdraft is $30.

I had to drive an hour and half away to an IRS office. This was on my day off i had to go. Plus I had to pay another day of childcare because I was told only i could enter the office and i had a baby with me. I was not allowed to bring kids in with me. It was a complete mess. It held up my taxes for months. I had to show my tax return i filed, my ID, birth certificate AND social security card and get looked up and down like I'm trying to steal someone's identity. It's a horrible feeling when you have to try to PROVE who you are.

Would you like Randy Wilson's email address for thise other overdraft fees? I'll happily give it out.
Driveline is such an honest company I'm sure they just got overlooked. *sarcasm*

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