Apr 6, 2008 Swift Transportation complaint |
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
 Quote this article on your site | Views: 176
|
Consumer Forum is another great place to discuss consumer concerns NOT RELATED to this article. |
|
![]("http://www.pissedconsumer.com/templates/pc2/images/spacer.gif){kind=spacer}
Comments
Be first to comment this article
