beware of swift

I read things like this which causes me to reconsider committing to Swift. very interested in Swift driver's responses.

 

You failed to mention if your hubby kept his receipts and scanned them or mailed them. Maybe someone from swift can explain how the reimbusement is done. Are p.o.and trip number required? Are tolls paid ? During Training was his income an advance or draw against his future earnings. Something surely does not add up here. Please tell me you have copies of all his expenses so you can file a tax deduction on your 1040A longform.

It's sounds to me like another " I missed that class on expenses and deduction" excuses. But like the traffic court judge reminds us, ignorance is not an excuse for breaking the law.

Good Luck!

 

Interesting to watch as we get from here:

to here:

When I see a conclusion that contradicts an introduction, it always makes me want to pick a paragraph apart. Blame it on my English teacher.

I've had some experiences with Swift, and someone I know just went to work there, so I may have something to add as well.

What is wrong with Swift's school?

If I were going to be a Negative Nancy, I would speculate that your husband wasn't learning anything after a week and the trainer didn't trust him to drive, but, let's don't go there. Instead, let's just say that your husband got a a bad trainer. There are very few good ones out there. Ther person that I know waited three weeks after orientation to get onto a truck with a trainer, ended up stalled in a hotel for a week, and learned exactly what not to do in a truck. So what could Swift do to weed out the bad trainers, since there is already a trainer shortage?

Lost luggage commented excluded. I worked for the airlines...the last thing I want to talk about is lost luggage.

One bad trainer, one good one. This still hasn't said much that reflects on Swift, as a company.

This, I can definitely believe. They seem to have a shortage of company trucks right now.

Well, for a solo lease op, zero dollar paychecks are a way of life. Sometimes they're followed by decent checks, sometimes not. A company driver should do better than that, but 1100 miles isn't much. I would be having a discussion with my DM, if I were not getting miles, and learning some tricks from other drivers. There are a few things one can do to get more miles, but I'm not going to share them, because I need the miles for myself right now.

Just a suggestion...I would take this up with the payroll department at Swift, not on a public forum. I can't really comment on it because I've never had any reason to take a personal advance on my check. I would sell my fair white body before I let myself get that low on funds!

I've never known them not to reimburse tolls, as long as the receipts are scanned properly with the trip paperwork.

To quote Daffy Duck, "This week is next week's last week." It takes them a week to process payroll for the previous week. So if you get paid this week, you're really getting paid for last week's last week, which is the week before last. Next week, you will get paid for this week's next week's week before last.

Umm...that sounds like a lot of weeks! How many is "numerous"? You said:

I'm not good at remembering holidays because mine are different from yours, but isn't Thanksgiving in late November? How many paychecks for $0 and $60 could there have been?

Wow. They let him go home for his son's birthday?

Well, I'm not Jeane Dixon, perhaps (he) will chime in on this thread, but I have to predict...probably not, and certainly not if he stays in trucking.

Tuition reimbursement is something that Swift pays, not something that they take out, but wait just a minute here. What loan company? I don't think we're getting all of the facts. Did your husband borrow the money to go to driving school and then expect Swift to pay for it?

 

There are other Swift posts that describe drivers going through all the training and then being told there are no trucks and to keep calling back to check in. Obviously Swift is not paying these drivers that don't have trucks. Swift has started a new scam that has 'qualified' drivers on stand-by that they do not have to pay.

 

Yeah, that's some "scam" alright. Meanwhile, there is nothing, absolutely nothing, keeping that qualified "standby" driver from applying elsewhere.

I hadn't heard of these pay issues before. Did your husband get Payroll on the phone and go over every single "advance" that was taken from his check? Or was he taking more personal advances than he bothered to tell you about? Company advances are limited to $105/wk and can be taken without explanation. Personal advances can be taken as needed, but must be approved by the company. I'm assuming company driver here. It's very easy to let advances get ahead of you. However, if you are authorized to discuss his pay with Swift, I would suggest you go through each advance individually to be sure someone is not defrauding you and Swift.

I suspect, though, you may find Hubby has some 'splainin to do.

 

Hubby has been with swift for 9 months now. The only issue we have had pay wise, was with scale reimbursements. He'd submit them, swift would deny them, finally hubby found out he needed to put the trip number(?) on them. Once he found out, swift paid for them all. As Injun said, you have to keep all receipts and ck every week to make sure you get paid for them, if you dont, ASK! This is a new venture for most of us and there is alot to learn. A driver has alot more to do then just show up. He/she needs to keep on top of everything, from the miles, the pay, the truck etc. It pays to be pushy. Make sure the dm is doing their job and you are getting paid every penny. And if something doesn't seem right ask ask ask!!!! And stay away from advances, they will eat up a pay check before you know it.

 

I am a new Swift co. Driver. I too had a bad trainer but stuck it out and later filed a detailed complaint against him rather than have it out with him. I finished training Dec 16 and got to spend Christmas with my family. Yes it takes awhile to get a truck. I started on Jan 3. Haven't had any problems with payroll and since we get paid every week I don't feel the need for an advance. Whatever you paid for out of pocket like a Cat scale or something you must scan it and make sure it has your driver code and the trip number written on it to get reimbursed. I'm also guessing the industry as a whole picks up in a few weeks. My complaints about Swift has been a lack of certain info on the pre-plan and the conditions at some of the terminals. I just don't think they care enough in Texas There have been some other tiny issues but they are probably industry wide. I also wish it was easier to get ahold of my dm. I am also of the opinion that the OP needs to get some facts straight.

 

Uh oh...I think the hubby has some 'splainin to do!