Reality of Swift: How to get screwed
Discussion in 'Report A BAD Trucking Company Here' started by Sandman 660, Sep 12, 2017.
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Well, thats why the Teamster union exists. Thats why OOIDA exists. All it would take is some driver from inside Swift (or any company for that matter) to call the local union office near them.
I have worked for union companies (in fact I do right now - USF Holland which is part of YRC), and I have worked for non-union companies. A well run company that treats its drivers well has no need for the union. In my opinion. A bad company should either die a painful death or go union. In my opinion.
But the truth of the matter is this: the US is short about 1 million CDL drivers. And dirtbag companies like ANY of the rookie companies (Swift, Werner, CR England, ect ect) are necessary. Lying to people to get them in the door is one way to get people in the door. Rookies are going to make mistakes that cost the company money. They are going to have accidents that is going to cost the company money. The companies only recourse is to pay them less to make up for what they are going to cost the company in mistakes and accidents. And this mean that those drivers, if they survive the first few months will take their skills elsewhere, but remain in the CDL workforce. Those that dont will go to McDonalds.
The industry is so short on drivers that even LTL companies have begun to resort to training their own drivers. I know YRC, USF Holland, and Estes at the very least are doing it (training their dock guys to drive). Know that for a fact. And these are companies that can not afford to have accidents and mistakes, but they have gotten to the point where they have to accept those losses just to get the bodies in the door. -
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My problem mainly is not giving truckers the proper time off. To prevent accidents, companies should overhaul days off and EOD hours.
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Depending on what you'd be doing and where you are located I'd suggest it. Where you at? -
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Their legions of poorly trained dimwits, the shoddy training & safety practices and philosophy of keeping massive turnover numbers while perpetuating the lie “we have a driver shortage” have all but destroyed this industry’s reputation.Last edited: Jan 16, 2018
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