Just finished Swifts training academy

so my husband is just not having good luck with swift. he has been out on his own now for about 3 weeks and can't get more than 2000 miles a week. He thinks his dm just has no idea of what he is doing. Everyone else he talks to gets like 3000 to 3500. unfortunetly the money is not good and he is away from home and his family and it doesn't ssem worth it. He wants to look for another company but are they all the same? Please if anyone has any advice anyway he can get a new dm or is he stuck?

 

I was in the same boat. Bringing home $400/week just didn't seem to justify being away from family 25 out of 30 days a month. So I quickly landed a spot on a dedicated account. I immediately doubled my bring home pay and I am at home EVERY SINGLE DAY. I couldn't be happier.

 

6 Days Ago 04.06 PM


They should not of ever allowed pets in company trucks IMO.

About the only thing fouler then getting a dirtbags truck, is getting one that had pets in it.

Then you go to the rest areas and they let their pets crap & pee all over the place so I get to smell it in the hot summer heat on the way to the bathroom. I can not even count how many times I have seen them ignore the clearly marked pet areas at rest areas so that the rest of us get to dodge their excrimate on the way to the bathroom.

I got a truck once that looked clean until you s6tarted looking behind the cabinets and pulling out the filters. What a mess.

Unless you own your truck, pets belong at home. Glad more company's are putting in no pet policys. It's past time.

Another person who thinks all company's drive solo with a trainee? Read the posts and you could of already answered that question.

 

FROM VICS GTO.. THE VERY BEST THING YOU CAN DO IS HAVE A FACE TO FACE AND TRY TO COMMUNTICATE WHAT YOU MUST HAVE (NOT ULTAMATUMS) AND REMEMBER IT TAKES AWHILE TO BUILD A REP AND GETTING THIS DRILLED INTO YOUR DM'S HEAD SO HE REMEMBERS YOU. HE HAS ALOT GOING ON. THE OTHER THING IS THAT HIGH MILAGE YOUR HEARING ABOUT? DON'T BELIEVE IT TO QUICK. LOOK AT THE AVERAGE FOR THE MONTH NOT FOR A WEEKS PAY. I WOULD SAY THAT 3000 FOR A WEEK AT THERE TRK LOG SPEED WOULD BE GREAT. I JUST TRIED TO DO THE MATH BUT THE VARIABLES THAT EAT UP TIME ARE SO MANY THAT I COULDN"T. JUST REMEMBER THAT GETTING A SRAIGHT STORY THAT ISN'T SOMEWHAT BLOWN UP IS HARD TO COME BY. (HINT)ASK FOR A COPY OF THEIR YR TO DATE PAY INFO AND AVERAGE YOURSELF AND SEE IF IT REALLY COME OUT TO THAT, BET YA CAN'T GET ANY VOLUNTEERS. REMEMBER THAT ALOT OF COMUNICATION AT AN ADULT LEVEL WILL GET YA THEIR EVENTUALLY IT TAKES TIME AND STICKING WITH IT AND FREIGHT TODAY IS UP AND DOWN, THEY "ALL" HAVE THE PROBLEM AT THIS TIME OF YEAR REGARDLESS OF WHAT THEY SAY. DEDICATED DOES HAVE IT'S MOMENTS ALSO JUST LIKE THE REST. THIS TRADE HAS NO CRYSTALL BALL AVAILABLE ITS ALL COMMISION THERFORE VARIABLE
\GOOD LUCK

 

He has only been on his own for 3 weeks? Here's the advice of a former Swifty..............
I have a strong feeling that he is regional? Although regional seems nice..... you get more miles if you do all 48. Try to talk him into doing all 48.

He has only 3 weeks on his own..... make him stick to it until he has a little over 3 months, then get him to go with a different company, so he doens't have to repeat going out with a trainer.
Hope I was of any help. You could give me some green dots if I was. J/k.
But I do hope my advice helped.

 

Are all drivers under this DM getting less than 2000 miles? And if you can answer that then my next question for you is "How do you know the individual stats for all drivers under a specific DM?"

I'm not saying this is the case, but it's easy to first point fingers at the DM instead of the driver maybe not knowing how to fully utilize his time so early in his career. Maybe he's still battling that learning curve.

 

thanks for the reply and advice hope everything is working out for you.