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Originally Posted by LennyD
Swift really is "that bad".
I've been with them just over a year, and I'll be leaving within a week or 2 once I decide who I want to work for next.
The "training" is a joke.
About 1/2 of their trailers are junk.
Most DM's are scumbags, and could give a chit about any of their drivers.
(and why should they, most don't last more than a few months).
If you aren't on a dedicated account, you will never get ran by home under a load.
There is alot of unpaid work associated with the trucking industry. Working for a company as poorly organized as Swift will get you a lot of time "on the clock" for nothing.
Most days are good days... but they don't make up for the bad ones that come up way too often.
I'm convinced that there are only 3 types of people who work for Swift.
1. The willfully ignorant (including myself) who just hop into the game without doing any research.
2. Dullards who do some research, and somehow still decide that there aren't at least 10 better options who will hire almost anyone.
3. Billy Bob company man... the middle-aged morons who proudly wear Swift hats, t-shirts etc... completely oblivious to any other company for whatever reason, or, a driving record so bad they can't get hired anywhere else.
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If you are so bitter with them it is good that you are quitting because no company needs a driver with a bad attitude or for that matter a person with a bad attitude driving a truck.
Swift or any company for that matter does not hire just anyone with a bad driving record, so get your facts straight.
Every company has its good and bad, maybe some drivers are the bad and others are the good.
If a driver is unhappy, you are free to go elsewhere, no one is holding a gun to your head, holding you hostage. Move on than.
If 1/2 the trailers are junk it is because 1/2 the drivers don't care about the trailers they are hooked up to and pull it with missing, non op lights, tandems off tracking, doors screwed up, etc. etc. and never report it when they are in a terminal or tell anyone it needs to be fixed. Don't blame the company for defective equipment, if the company doesn't know it's bad how can you expect it to be fixed?
Add another type of driver to the list,
1. One that doesn't give a chit, so why should anyone give a chit about you? You only get as much as you give in this world. If you give chit out, that is exactly what you are going to get back, chit.
2. A O/OP, (not lease purchase) with Swift for five years who doesn't own or buy any company logo shirts, hats, etc. and gets the job done, 100% on-time deliveries, has no tickets, nor preventable or unpreventable accidents and gets the job done with out bitchin about it. I don't care what company name is plastered on the side of the trailer because they suit my needs. If it ever gets to the point where I am unhappy with them, then I'll move on and I'll chalk it up to experience, but so far it hasn't been the case.
I had the same DM for over a year, and the one before that would still be my DM except she relocated to a different state, but was my DM for three years.
So basically in the world of trucking you have your Professional CDL (Crybaby Driver Loser) holders who bitch and moan on the CB, truckstops and terminals how unhappy they are and this and that and how their GF or wife ran away with Sancho, but still stay with the same company because it's the companies fault I'm here BS. Wah, Wah, Wah,
Simply said, If you are unhappy in whatever you do or wherever you're at, either lose the attitude or leave.