I completed orientation yesterday. I actually had a great time despite a few annoyances. My orientation instructor made the class quite fun and entertaining. My classmates were good sports about it all. There was about 40 classmates in total with atleast 7 or 8 of which were experienced drivers. Although in the beginning it was a long, drawn out process; the office staff were good to work with and getting us all set up for the next phase of our employment. The road test wasn't as bad as I thought. My shifting still needs work but I got through it. Just take your time and watch your turns. 2 people went home of their own choice. I assume they felt Swift just wasn't the right choice for them. The hotel was nice. Yesterday was a long day because it was the last day of orientation and most of my class were sent home due to it being Thanksgiving that following day and not having a mentor available right away. The bus station in Atlanta was packed like sardines. I slept most of my bus trip home which was awesome.
One tip: If you have the money to upgrade to your own hotel room I would do it! Me and my roommate got along great but his snoring was atrocious. There is no mere words that could describe his snoring. I learned more about snoring than I ever thought I could in life. His snoring kept me up for practically 2 nights straight. On the third night, my body just didn't give a #### and actually got some sleep.
Second tip: Just go there with a positive mind set and not dwell on the annoyances & nuisances of people, places, and things.
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Discussion in 'Swift' started by madagascar, Nov 24, 2013.
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Totally agree. I had a pretty decent experience with orientation as well and was fairly impressed with it. Given all the Swift hating I expected it to be haphazard and a joke but it was not. We had several people go home before lunch on the first day. Not for nothing, but when I got into driving I spent a lot of time researching what were automatic DQs, what could be a DQ, what to bring, etc. The fact that so many people showed up unprepared baffled me. Congrats and good luck.
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what kind of drug test do they give ya.....
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I start at Swift in Millington dec 9th
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From what I have seen Swift tries to do thongs correctly.
And that is after 3 years with them.
They do not pay at the high end, but I find that I can work with them - most of the time.
Mostly to my satisfaction.
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I start swift january 5th at greer, sc! Im nervous ive been driving an automatic yard dog for the past year and haven't drove since graduating school...hope i can do it! I can bk up its goin forward that i'm worried about! But im all in!
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