My experience so far.....................

Because I thought it sounded like 'good' money and i ignored that nagging little voice of common sense in my subconscience? and I thought I could deal with it? When I started and was all starry-eyed , I think it woulda been cool to have someone reaffirm what that little voice was sayin. So, not meaning to be abrasive, just thought maybe someone would be as interested in the discussion as I would have been .. Carry on

 

Swift is doing much better. All the miles I can handle, and even dedicated routes I can get on to get me home for 34's. Dm's are easy to work with on a you prove yourself, and basically if you can trip plan, and not hit anything, you're going to make money. Every once in a while I run into someone who says they only got paid 400 for the week. Do you realize how bad you have to #### up in order to only get a 400 paycheck? I have no sympathy for those fools. With 18,000 drivers out here, yes there are idiots, yes some of them are only getting $400 checks. But they are well on their way to washing out. Yes you will see seift drivers doing dumb ####, but the vast majority of us are doing fine. If you have an iq slightly higher than that of a corpse you will be able to do well.

 

I didn't read through everything, are you going out of the greer terminal?

 

I started at swift and made .25cpm. I put in the 1.5 yr before moving on. I worked for a swift O/O who was an Illegal from Mexico -- I had to contain myself numerous, numerous times (my personal politics) in exchange for experience. Looking back, I would NOT want a truck that wasn't governed 62, and I DON'T care how many of you harassed me while i was stuck in the passing lane because there was a car going 50 mph.

Although I frequently bash swift, thats only because they are Cheap, I do respect their approach to training new drivers. SO, no you're wrong, swift is not the bottom bigdogpile....

 

Platinum status. Based on mileage and lack of service failures. Your Driver Development Coordinator will go over rankings during orientation.

 

It's all good. It just takes time. If you can drive, you'll do fine. Back as often as you can. The more complex the back the better. You'll go crazy when you're out with your mentor, wanting to go solo, but your first solo load most likely you'll miss having that second set of eyes with you. Then just go from there. After a few months you'll look at your own progress and be pleased. Just set new goals and attain them.