Academy vs Orientation?

there is no more seating fee. I am at the Richmond academy now. However they are pretty strict here.

 

They do not cut you any slack. They do not hesitate to fail you. You can always ask questions but come test time you pass or fail no middle ground not extra chances

 

They can afford to be strict more than not.
For every opening there are at least 10 applicants, and for every job granted there is a risk.

For every mistake, there is a cost. In CSA points, in equipment damage, in status, ... sometimes in lives.

Swift is often referred to as a 'bottom feeder'. But that is not really the case.
They are a training company, and as such take in the new drivers.
But they don't just take 'anyone'.
Ask anyone, from any orientation, how many were sent home after the first or second day. Even some that graduated the academy didn't make it.

Swift is big on safety, to a fault.
It can be a pain in the back side sometimes, and it can save your backside at other times.
That includes who they put behind the wheel.

 

Getting the info up front can be difficult. So many secrets...

But if you are clean, you are clean. Period.

In this industry, honesty is ALWAYS the best policy.
Because even if there is something bad in your background, many will work with you if you are open and honest from the start.

 

at times the instructions are very lacking. Most of the time you are told how to do something once, then guided though it once then you are on your own.