I called scheider but theyre only hiring teams with an 18 month commitment.

 

I ran for shift too for about a month after their training and quit.The miles they were giving me sucked, even though i give my best on being available so i can get miles.After getting a $200 paycheck and their truck broke down i turned the keys in ,and left home to phoenix.It's not that i didn't do my best ,since around that time my wife was coming from europe and needed a full time job and get married.Luckly i was living with my parents and didn't have to many expenses. Right now i'm independent running for brokers and can't beat that.Don't have to put up with all the BS that comes as a company driver.What i don't regret from swift is their training.That's where i improved my driving and shifting since i got my cdl on my own and didn't experience that much.Swift dispatchers are just a bunch of idiots and really don't appreciate the drivers that actually make that company.Finally i can say it was an experience but wouldn't repeat it again.Goodluck though!

 

Agreed.

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Most are not worth the salt in their bodies. They love to play favorites too. Get out too far from your terminal and you're hosed. If you are based out of a small terminal, like OKC you are double hosed.

They have a nice facility in Phoenix, complete with a restaurant, pool tables, vending machines for smokes and lots of seating space. Unfortunately these qualities tend to fade when you are among 100 or so drivers stuck there awaiting dispatch or an empty, given that they make you drop any empty trailer you have. (they check the computer when you enter the fuel island.)

I went in with 2.5 years experience and got a .34cpm rate, which wouldn't be too bad if I could actually have gotten some miles. Then to add insult to injury I was in one of the oldest trucks in the fleet (a 2003 FRGHT Columbia) while students fresh off the trainers truck are getting 2008 Volvo's. After a while (3 months) they sent me to Memphis to trade in the old clunker. (Needless to say it was prone with problems, given it's age and dumbing down the engine to 65) turns out they wanted me to have a run in the simulator (I guess 2.5 years of accident and violation-free experience isn't enough to not make you play a computer game of your job, not that I really cared.) and take a backing test with a few of the students upgrading to solo status. The truck they had was on old FLD (looked to be an early 90's model easy) that they wanted you to go around and back into a hole about 50% wider than your average slot. It was 5 am and I was on 3 hours sleep in the pouring rain and did it with only a slight pull-up to get it perfectly straight. I gave the newbies pointers on how the FLD handled vs the newer trucks they had been driving and most did pretty well given the conditions. So after effortlessly jumping through the hurdles I was told there was a waiting list for new units and I had to ride back to OKC with all my crap on two people's daycabs. (They were real cool about it though and I had removed most of my stuff in OKC in anticipation of getting a new rig.) After 2 weeks of the runaround I told them not to bother as I'd lost too much money from lack of pay for the downtime. It kinda pissed off my FM and driver services rep because they were grooming me to be a trainer. (the most likely reason they made me take those classes in Memphis) But I simply asked them what I was supposed to do in the meantime given that the bills don't pay themselves.

Maybe some solos do well there, if so I don't know any on the company side. O/O's do okay, but they are not forced dispatch either and seem to have priority for long hauls, as do trainers and teams. My longest run was 1500 miles and it was a JIT load with 3 days lead time.

Long story short, Swift is an okay place to train, but it is not for the experienced driver. They will jack your miles. They will give you inferior equipment and they will not treat you with respect.

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I started with Swift I went to their school and did there training with a trainer. Then Only lasted 3 months with them going solo. I just wasn't getting the miles with them and they wouldn't get me home when i need to. I think it was my dm he was a real ass. The other guys i new who started with did ok for a starter company but they have a moved on to new company now to make more money. ONly thinging is keep your nose clean for that first year and then you can mmove on tho more money.