Swift pay is it legit?

$1,800 per week is running some serious miles, especially if you are just starting out at the bottom of the pay scale.
Since freight is generally slow these days, I don't think it is likely.

But, you could do the math for yourself.
What cpm would you be at, and how many miles would it take to gross that much?
If you were making 50 cpm you would need to run 3600 miles.
That would be averaging about 515 miles per day, 7 days a week.

That simply will not happen in the real world.

 

Here's another thing.

If you are regional out of CA it means you are in the western 13 states. It would be doubtful if they could get you home for every 34. That seems more like a local or close in dedicated type of thing.

If you are regional and running hard enough to require a 34, it is taken where ever your hours run out.

 

New driver isn't going to average $1800/week anywhere. You'll be lucky if you can average $1000/week.
Recruiter words are always misleading. Make recruiter put you in contact with a new driver on the same account & ask him the describe pay, conditions, schedule, etc.

Ignore company web site & recruiter. It's like asking a pimp if his working girl is goodcat her job.

 

How would anybody want to work for a company that crawls up your intestines and lives their? JHC, you get points, penalized, get your birthday taken away? Goodness gracious me. I refuse to believe drivers put up with this.

 

I applied to CA Swift days ago with 4 years of experience. Said $1500-$1700 a week. Then sent me this number in pic. I calculated it as $18/h. Base mileage rate $0.43/m

 

@mav100 --

Your pay as a new driver is based very largely on your experience as a driver (or the lack thereof).

Thus -- it's very likely that your paychecks will be rather lackluster for a while -- until you later build up some real "seat time".

It's just part of "the grind" of being a new driver -- your experience will pretty much suck for the first year to 18 months -- no matter where you drive (or what carrier takes you on).

This is especially true in the current freight market. It also explains in part why the first-year dropout rate for new drivers is so high (80-90%).

Suggestion: with all due respect -- you may well have to "embrace the suck" for a while (to borrow an expression from the military).

Don't feel bad -- I had to do the same....

Also: job-hopping as a brand new driver will very likely not yield the desired results you seek.

Carriers right now are tightening their hiring criteria.

Unless you are fired or furloughed -- best to stay put, if at all possible.

Footnote: I don't just talk the talk -- I walked the walk. I stayed at my first employer (Schneider) for a bit less than 2 years.

-- Lual

 

Yes considering a Swift truck is limited to 62 mph assuming the truck speedometer is close to 99.9 % accurate that's a max of 682 miles per 11 hour day x 5 = 3410 miles that could only be achieved by running hard all day with very few breaks, this is based on you doing a 34 hr reset per week. @ .50 per mile that's only $1700 before tax is taken out. So would love to know how someone at Swift is getting $1800 in the hand after tax.