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Area904 · **^ Top** #**681** 06.15.2008

I live near a US highway between Jacksonville and Ocala (there's a Swift terminal in Ocala). Fully HALF the rigs I see on the road here are Swiftys, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time in a convoy. They obviously have the loads and they are hiring! If that makes them desparate, then more than half the companies out there are desparate. The first school recruiter I talked to (Friday) represented three companies (Swift wasn't one of them) and any of the three would subsidize my training if I start class TOMORROW or whenever! I'm not that ready yet, but soon.

The jobs are out there when you're ready. Don't get in a hurry, do your research, and figure out what's best for you after separation. DON'T forget to use your G.I. benefits from the Montgomery Bill, which can be paying for your training even before you get out, or after. They will most likely pay for all or most of your training at a local community college or PTDI certified company school (most schools aren't PTDI certified). I used up my G.I. Bill benefits decades ago (for electronics), before the time limit ran out.

Soldier! Thanks for serving your country! I put in my time in the Navy during Nam, but didn't see combat.

dbook · **^ Top** #**682** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by nerok9

I was wondering is swift in need of drivers? I put in a request for info at a CDL school, just info, and i got a call from swift to be hired. I told the lady that i was in the military and was looking for info, not a job. I still have a little time left in and not looking to drive yet. But i have talked to ATS and when i get out i WILL be going with them. I have researched for about 2 yrs now and im not impresses with swift. Nothing against the drivers but don't like how they run the company. But back to my question are the desperate for drivers?

Nero

Thank you for serving OUR county and protecting us so we can live the way we want and work for who we want. - a big thank you to you and those you serve with.

dbook · **^ Top** #**683** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by Area904

I live near a US highway between Jacksonville and Ocala (there's a Swift terminal in Ocala). Fully HALF the rigs I see on the road here are Swiftys, sometimes 2 or 3 at a time in a convoy. They obviously have the loads and they are hiring! If that makes them desparate, then more than half the companies out there are desparate. The first school recruiter I talked to (Friday) represented three companies (Swift wasn't one of them) and any of the three would subsidize my training if I start class TOMORROW or whenever! I'm not that ready yet, but soon.

The jobs are out there when you're ready. Don't get in a hurry, do your research, and figure out what's best for you after separation. DON'T forget to use your G.I. benefits from the Montgomery Bill, which can be paying for your training even before you get out, or after. They will most likely pay for all or most of your training at a local community college or PTDI certified company school (most schools aren't PTDI certified). I used up my G.I. Bill benefits decades ago (for electronics), before the time limit ran out.

Soldier! Thanks for serving your country! I put in my time in the Navy during Nam, but didn't see combat.

Thank you also for servig in Nam. I still wear my POW bracket for those not found yet.

nerok9 · **^ Top** #**684** 06.15.2008

thanks to all of you for your replys and recongniation of my service, but i love what i do and i want to THANK ALL THE DRIVERS OUT THERE. You are the ones that make the country roll, eat, drink, sleep. If it wasn't for truckers the country would fall apart. Again THANK YOU for your dedication and drive.

Nero

desert_son · **^ Top** #**685** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by nerok9

I was wondering is swift in need of drivers? I put in a request for info at a CDL school, just info, and i got a call from swift to be hired. I told the lady that i was in the military and was looking for info, not a job. I still have a little time left in and not looking to drive yet. But i have talked to ATS and when i get out i WILL be going with them. I have researched for about 2 yrs now and im not impresses with swift. Nothing against the drivers but don't like how they run the company. But back to my question are the desperate for drivers?

Nero

I wouldn't say they are desperate, some terminals are in need of drivers some are not. I have been told that Fontana was not hiring and others have told other terminals also are not hiring.

doubledragon5 · **^ Top** #**686** 06.15.2008

I know from experience that here in Desoto TX, they have anywhere from 100 to 150 each week, in orientation. By the time it is all done, they loose almost 75% who attend..

Tip · **^ Top** #**687** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by pawpaw

Sounds like a lie based on many of your other posts that you are on strike and won't drive truck again. It is one thing to go to another OTR trucking company and succeed but to quit OTR trucking and go somewhere else just proves you were not cut out to be an OTR truck driver.

And I don't need to add a thing. Others are catching on your BS, Paw, and the others like you. Keep on keeping on. It's fun watching the inevitable happen. The inevitable being "all cheerleaders will be exposed, sooner or later."

Tip · **^ Top** #**688** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by quickdodge

And that's only because of the "really cool guys" like yourself that they do. I can't imagine the time you have on your hands to be able to come up with awesomely cute little pet names and Shakespearean-esque poems for the company. You must be a sad and lonely person. If you have so much hatred for them, why not erase the company from your mind? Why talk about something so much that you despise so much?

I'm not taking up for Swift because I work for them. I just don't see the common sense involved in your Romper Room tantrums. You sound like someone still in 4th grade that didn't like their previous teacher.

Another one jumps off the cliff of conclusions.

And what is your point in all this ad-hominem business?

Come on. Surely you have an argument in you somewhere.

I thought so.

Tip · **^ Top** #**689** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by danc694u

And mine was directed at you. I've read many of your post that come from the same mentality. But chose to ignore them and see it as unjustified. While your age and experience may gain you respect with some. It only holds water, within your trained area of expertise. Which by your own admission, is not trucking. The majority of your post read like a recruiter. Or at the very least, a person used to being in a management position. And dislikes anyone who would make waves or challenges his authority.

This isn't the 50's or 70's. We don't have to work for anyone that treats us like dirt.

While I can admire a man who can stay with one company most his life. You'll find few within trucking (other than teamsters) who have.

Even within this forum, you'll find post from the "lifers/teamsters" who got canned. Because they thought they knew their job, along with it's rules.

There won't be any need to respond. As I will be placing you on my ignore list, to prevent further debate on this topic..

...Have a good day sir.

Good to see somebody else taking the reins and putting these guys in their proper place.

Tip · **^ Top** #**690** 06.15.2008

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Originally Posted by pawpaw

That post was specifically addressed to one individual.

Sounds like that individual owns you and everyone like you. Sic 'em, boy.

I don't know what kind of throne you guys think you sit on, but here you're just like anyone else. Got it? The only throne you sit on with me is the porcelain one. The one that leads to the septic tank.

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