"prehired" at swift looking for advice

I would also like to know right now i have the swift and millis in the works. Millis pays alot more but swift sure seems to have more miles....alot to consider, also millis has alot more out of the gate for the training section..again any help would be appriecated.. Goodluck toast!

 

I as well have my "Pre-Hired" letter now for the Syracuse,NY terminal for almost 3 weeks now and no openings in the class! I already have my CDL but no recent experience just from the late 70's early 80's OTR and I call every day to no avail! Makes one wonder about the word SCAM?

Birdeye

 

One of my friends from home is with Swift and is happy as far as using them to get his 6 months Experience, but he is looking at leaving for a better co. soon, He is running a lot of East Coast,
Green bay. Hmmmm I just came through there today, only about 7 inches of snow today, only a couple of rigs in the ditch jack knifed and lots of cars there, I am just north of there for tonight, Last night, down in IN, night before, in Cleveland TN. but I drive for a small Company with only 10 trucks, I love it

 

Do you need glasses you only seen a few bad things about them on here?
If you look on here there will be several hundred if not several thousand bad things about them on here

 

They've also been known to pull the ol' bait and switch. I applied to drive casually for them, at their advertised per-mile rate for a driver of my experience level. After the 3 day orientation, I finally learned that their definition of 'casual' meant 24/7 on-call, and that I'd be paid considerably less than promised.
Fortunately I wasn't desperate for the job, so I just walked out. I can imagine quite a few others in the classroom wouldn't feel as though they had an option, and I have been there before. JB Hunt pulled the same pay trick on me back when I started.
Their advertised starting pay included a performance/fuel economy bonus that you never really got unless you were on a light/flat gravy-train dedicated run.

Ah, well. Live and learn.

 

This is what I got back from Schneider:
Thank you for your interest in a driving position with Schneider National.

We have reviewed your application and compared your qualifications to our needs for our open driving positions.

At this time, we do not have a driving opportunity available for you. We will contact you if a driving opportunity becomes available in the near future.

Again, thank you for considering Schneider National.

Sincerely,

Driver Recruiting
Schneider National Carriers, Inc.

I have sent to about 25-30 different carriers to no avail! Good Luck.....

Birdeye

 

Schneider is concentrating on hiring experienced drivers and will only be running very limited training out of their Green Bay facility. They are not really a starter company any longer.

With almost 3,000 trucking companies having filed bankruptcy this year through September, there are a lot of experienced drivers on the market too.

 

Yes and unfortunately experienced as well as recent CDL holders are pretty much SOL in this economy. Very sad situation for those of us (myself included) that have familys and are losing our homes and cars due to the lack of job opportunitys in all trades....

Birdeye