False Swift Start

Hello. Not sure if I am doing this correctly or putting my post in the right place. My apology if it's wrong.

Took a trip out of town and came home Sunday August 8th, and in the mailbox was a new first-time-ever-with-my-name-on-it California CDL A. It has all the endorsements too (except for passenger). The very next day I had a job interview with UPS Freight. I was never called back for a 2nd interview though probably because I have no driving experience. Wednesday August 18th, I picked up a new TWIC card, also with my name on it; another first. So, now I have a class A license and a TWIC card, but I have no experience.

After spending a lot of time reading on this forum, I decided to look into Swift. There seem to be a lot of people here who dislike Swift (to say the least) but I have to start somewhere, so I contacted a Swift recruiter on the internet, and they called me at home. We set it up for me to start their orientation process on Monday, August 30th. My recruiter said my road test would be complete the first day of orientation. Then I got a call from my recruiter a few days ago saying he needed me to take the road test on Friday (today) because the orientation was going to have a lot of people in it, and they were coming to the terminal from more than 100 miles away. He said to take the road test, drive home afterwards and return Monday morning for the orientation. I do not know what the other peoples distance of "over 100 miles away" has to do with it. A round trip from my home to the terminal is also over 100 miles. Anyway, I did go to the terminal and took the road test this morning as my recruiter had scheduled. I cannot find any other company to start with without any experience, so I decided to do within reason whatever Swift asked me to do.

My appointment was for 9AM, but my recruiter said I might want to get there 1/2 an hour early. I arrived in the office about 8:20, so I was more than 1/2 an hour early. At about 9:30, the person who was to give me the test spoke with me briefly before we went out to the truck for the test. To make a long story short, they said I was borderline, and asked me if I could go back to the school I went to for a little more training on shifting. I called the instructor at the school, and I will be going back next week for a little more instruction. Specifically what I am doing wrong is, I have a habit of putting the clutch all the way to the floor when double-clutching and forgetting to rev the engine to 1500 rpm when down-shifting. Also, sometimes I forget and rev the engine when up-shifting. I was nervous but that is not an excuse, it's my own fault. The mentor I will be assigned to might be an owner-operator, and I sure don't want to grind their gears . . . . and I KNOW they wouldn't want me to, either!

I will not be starting at the Swift orientation on Monday after all.

 

Thanks everyone for the comments/replies, it gives me hope, helps me look at it differently. Your taking time to consider my dilemma means a lot to me!

I decided to try and get on with Swift for whatever reason. The last company I decided to try and get on with for whatever reason -- nothing to do with driving -- I stayed with for almost 25 years.