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i have read alot of the stories here, i too have been thru alot with swift so to say, i started the accad. in kansas city in nov. 06 during this time i was told i would get christmas home with famliy, i had to go to the hospital one evening for my face being swolling they told me i had an absested tooth and was admitted the next morning the dentist came in and noticed it was draining he told me "if u would have waited another day u would have been blind and deaf on ur left side" then they wanted to remove me from the school for missing a half a day (my instructor came and got me) he also stood up for me along with the range instuctor saying it would not hurt me one bit (and didnt) i spent christmas in the motel i had some chicken paties and the guy down the way had some mashed potatos we teamed up and had a christmas dinner when it came to new yrs we (students) were invited to a party with the instructors by the guy that ran the school we got to the party where we were promissed food and punch and we got told "come back and u can have what we dont use"MENTORSHIP - jan. 07 - mar. 07
this part was almost great i loved the guy i was with he showed me the ins and outs he had been with swift for 9 yrs (god bless him) and was a company driver great guy up to this time i had rode a gray hound a total of 22 times between school and trying to get a mentor i could never get the lady that was supose to be in charge of me to answer the phone or qualcomm messages (that was a drag)
SOLO DRIVER - mar. 07
things started out ok so to speak i learned the "system" from my mentor so i was friends with saftey and stuff (helpful) on my second trip out my transmission went out on sandstone moutain during this time i found out from the tow truck driver (the wobbling i had prev. complained about to the shop) the drive shaft was loose and he didnt have to have a wrench to remove the bolts they were less then finger tight once at the dealer (volvo) i found out that swift had replace the radiater when the truck hit a deer (before i got it) and didnt hook up the transmission coolant lines correctly causing the gears to weld them selves together (this was at 168,000 miles on this truck) later the driver manager refused to boost the out of route mileage i had a 322 mile trip that was really 456 and he wouldnt change it they refused to pay me back for the cabs to get to the grey hound station and back (to get a loaner truck) later i join a dedicated route (P&G) and new (second) DM this was a great thing then my new DM went back to his planning job
Third DM
she ran the P&G fleet with a few otr's during this time miles started to drop i was doing local work for he bargined .34/mi. i took (famliy leave act) due to my fiance having our second child i got a letter in the mail saying that i quit and i owe them money i rejoined swift within the 30 rehire period i lost my dedicated route and found out that my DM quit
Forth DM
he was ok (i guess) i ended up losing a wk. of running cause i went to get a b-service (oil change) done and the found some loose hoses and a half flat tire i fixed the hoses and went in and asked them to fix the tire and id be on my way they refused and told me (come back and see us in 4 days) i called on-road services and they told me its cheaper to have it done there well it ended up costing me and my famliy 7 days down and swift refused to pay me back for over $200 in motel fees
so i started looking for another job well i got word one day that they needed their truck back cause i was at risk for abanding it, so i accepted my last load towards the house (indianapolis, in. - springfield, mo.) i was 100 mi. north of indy and got this load it was a load from columbus, oh. to iny with a drop in indy then drop it in the drop yard i had been fired already and still doing pittly stuff they refused refused and refused to let me have that load :( i got back home to missouri 4 days later (indy to st. louis, mo.) NO JOKE thats really how long it took well i got home and got my stuff out of the truck and they wanted me to run a load back to kc, kc. but ended up leaving me stranded in st. louis 80 miles from home i had to have my mom come out of illinois and take me down home my whole famliy hates swift and has pulled their bussiness from swift, i hope fed D.O.T. shuts them down i found out that swift shut down their Kansas City, mo. school, this school was by far a asset to swift with 3 instructors alone having over 100 yrs expir. i was angry they should have fire the guy that ran it not everyone well they starting shipping the students to memphis, tn. and now no one can get a cdl there so now i guess all they have left is phoenix and maybe richmond but anyways
MY ADVISE TO SOMEONE LOOKING AT SWIFT
think about what ur doing and make sure ur famliy isnt counting on a paycheck each and every week swift cheats their employees and customers they think about how much money can we make today u cant idle ur truck at all they dont have anone in a shop that cares about keeping their trucks going it was a bad expir for my famliy and i
Nick
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| 1. Written by JOPA-81N, on 14-01-2010 18:27 sure sure we consider that the company is great ,yeah!! ...well it is a grea compnay BUT after many years is very sad to see a fellow driver walking away after many years in his pocket dedicated to sacrifice and been there for the company for which the company have to change a little the laws of accidents ,incidents ,apointments and more they messure a rookie with a driver with experience their law says is the same , one O/O with a daycab in the city who is in the line of fire every single day sorry for all the dedicated goodd driver that Maybe ,maybe Mr .Moyes doesn't know why the company is loosing good ,goooood drivers that after many years all they say is nothing but a tear.....thanx 2 u all |
| 2. Written by petebuilt4life, on 04-10-2009 00:02 was a trainee for swift barely in third week of training... every check I only get back 250 bucks... instead of the 450 minus the tax. swift is full of crap and keep changing mentors on me. I quit and got a local trucking job and make 1800 net every pay... way better than swift and I'm home at 3:30 every day. if your too dumb to research other jobs before signing to swift. than you belong with swift. |
| 3. Written by wamblii, on 03-08-2009 00:28 I have had 2 job in my life,both in the machining industry,I was recently layed off at previous job of 25 years,I am planning taking the driving academy thru swift.I would like like to hear some of the positive comment about swift trans.I feel that if you do job right for any company they will do you right,I intend to make the third and last job that I will work before retiring.From what I am hearing the good far out weights the bad.Hope to get to meet some of the honest and hard workers out on the at some point or another. |
| 4. Written by C.C.Davis, on 24-06-2009 14:34 If you think Swift is a cheat,try working for C.R.England.They are masters at robbing drivers,They invented highway robbery.You drivers better not leave on bad terms with Swift or they will bury your driving career with your DAC report. Don't let some lying two faced D/M force you to quit,chances are they are on their way out the door and want to take as many drivers with them as they can.Don't let your situation and your temper get the best of you.Be smart and think twice before you make what might be a career ending move.Good luck and God Bless |
5. Written by iggy, on 02-06-2009 13:09    All of you people must be the kind that are lazy because I believe that any company you work for will take care of you if you do your JOB. Yes, you actually have to work. haha |
| 6. Written by BRONCO, on 22-04-2009 02:59 I DONT UNDERSTAND ?WHY ALL THE HATE ABOUT SWIFT THEY PAY ME GREAT AND I GET MILES.MY D/M IS ONLY A PHONE CALL AWAY.I GET HOME WHEN I WANT TO GET HOME.BUT I ALSO HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 12 YEARS AND IM NOT A LITTLE BOY IN A MANS WORLD . MAYBE ITS YOU AND NOT SWIFT! TRY STOPPING THE AN MAN UP AND JUST DO YOUR JOB !! SWIFT IS A GREAT PLACE TO WORK |
| 7. Written by Roadhog, on 18-04-2009 12:32 It is true, Swift Transportation will do whatever it takes to cheat you out of your hard earned money, I constantly have to check and recheck my pay as it is always corrupt. I go back to my driver manager every week with another discrepency. You would think that they would get tired of this also. My only guess is that they want me to quit so they will not have to pay unemployment. This company is a nasty place to work. |
| 8. Written by mark, on 14-04-2009 19:35 If anyone had to be retested for their cdl 's please contact me at |
| 9. Written by lonewolf, on 10-01-2009 22:16 mike7608 you are a moron, and clearly don't have the slightest clue what you are talking about, so stop, and save everyone else the brain cells from your stupidity. |
| 10. Written by mike7608, on 06-09-2008 10:10 clowns why did you start there to begin with ? didnt you do any research before to started with them? thats your own fault idiots |
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