Swift At It's Finest................

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Though he may be in good standing on the boards, and be honorable and a all around great guy. I have found terminal managers in my experiences to be disconnected from their drivers and more concerned with bean counting and self preservation.

It's not the individuals at Swift that need to change , but how they operate that needs to change. They need to start acting like a real trucking company and not one that just trains drivers to work elsewhere or get out of trucking in disgust.

 

sorry if I made your thread off topic...

What you see in Phoenix (I have been there 3 times in the past week) is because of the school.

Memphis School was shut down until further notice, so ALL the students Memphis had and all the Phoenix students are now all in school there. I dont know what Knight and Werner do, but Swift has those STUDENT DRIVERS clearly marked on all those trucks and trailers. Seeing and knowing that you should know that that guy has driven that truck less than a week and steer clear...BUT they have to learn somehow right?

I dont know that insides of why Swift will hire who they do, but like any company they need drivers. Sadly we hire alot of drivers that have no business in a rig, but out of those few we get some that can drive and do drive responsibly.

Here is some news you might enjoy though if it helps you sleep at night....In 2007 Swift grounded and sold off 1200 of their company trucks. 2008 projected to sell off 2800 company trucks. The plans on the table now is a projected 65% Owner Op / 45% Company driver fleet by the end of 2009. Maybe then when there are more O/O's out there that are alot more careful with their trucks because its there dime you guys will lay off us. Kinda sad though I spent 6 years on the military Special Ops dodging bullets and now I have to dodge 80,000 pound bullets from drivers with some sorta of grudge

And dont get me wrong....I dont LOVE Swift, im sure there are better and better paying companies out there, but in our case when you have a good thing going why screw it up? They have never done us wrong and we like it that way. I enjoy my time here and have no complaints.

 

Well said Brad. Unfortunately the Swift comments will most likely never go away because people just like to put others down to make themselves "appear" better. Mature adults know how to get along and hold conversations without having to put others down.

 

t200ISx, do you drive to FL? I could have sworn I saw you if you did?

I think Swift has its perks like every other company you see. That is the bottom line. There is a driver here who told us that the flatbed division is holding the company up. I do not know if that is true or not, but with all that is going on, I tend to differ.

Kinghunter

 

I'm tired of hearing how SwiftQuit is 'cleaning its house'. Oh yeah? They still have over 150% turnover. This tells me they still have a lot of cleaning to do.

"Oh it's the drivers' fault. They're trouble-makers with attitudes." Well, Swifty hires these guys, so the real fault lies with the outfit.

Stay away from the 'Quit.

 

And what is your source for the turnover numbers? Why not list it here so we can validate your comments. I have not said it is all the driver's fault, but neither is it all the company's fault. And I am not just talking about Swift. There are always TWO sides to every story and all we get here is one side and that most often from disgruntled former employees. Many companies (trucking and non-trucking) hire people hoping they will be good employees. After all, who is going to interview for a job and say, "I am a no-good scumball who just wants to make a buck and go home"? People try to paint a positive picture of themselves because they WANT the job and know the only way to get it is to impress the hiring individual. It is after the hiring is done that companies find out what kind of employees they have hired and employees find out what kind of company they chose.

Bottom line is to research a company prior to hiring. If they fit your needs, go with them. And the best source of information about a company is to talk to current employees. After all, so many here complain about how unfair the DAC report information is that trucking companies record about them. What makes this site any different? In fact, I would imagine the whole reason behind the beginning of this site was someone got ticked off about what they found a former company had put on their DAC report and figured this would be a great way to get back at them and any other company people want to complain about.

Let's put it this way, you and others have given your feelings about this and other companies so GIVE IT A REST. Quit hashing over the same old stuff. You didn't like them and your posts are available for all to see. So MOVE ON!

And by the way, as has been asked before and left unanswered, what is SwiftQuit? They were obviously good enough for you when you started off.

 

well i am in trianing with swift. i have 2 weeks left. while ill agree there are alot of bad swift drivers who shouldnt be on the road. there are also alot of good drivers at swift. now in the last four weeks i have driven around 10,000 miles. ive seen alot allready. i seen a gordon truck do some stupid stuff the other day. ive seen all kinds of bad and good drivers. i tend to stay away from most swift terminals unless i have to use the bathrooms. all i hear from them is crying and ######## and #### every other word out of there mouths. trucking is what you make it. i try to drive as safe as i can. swifts hirings standards suck we all know it. ive seen some real scumbags at swift and with other companies. i tend to stay away from most drivers anywhere. because i like to stay to myself. most of these drivers have nothing intelligent to say. but being the biggest company out there with #### pay youll see why the turnover is so high. now if they would pay they would get drivers and not resort to the lowlifes they choose. just my opinion.

 

missed my whole point. SWIFT is a training company they make there money off the trianees like myself.