Swift A Goner

so true, i think some of these posters believe the garbage they actually spew out of there pie-hole.

 

Some people will believe anything. A company the size of SwiftQuit is gonna just up and shut down tomorrow? It ain't happening, no matter how much the fine. SwiftCo is here to stay, like it or not.

 

With 20,000 trucks and who knows how many private contracters, can you imagine what would happen to the economy if they one day just shut down. All the other companies out there couldn't pick up the load. It would put some companies out of business. Besides, Swift isn't in charge of the DOL third party testers. Just more untrue gossip. Think about it. The government would not let Swift shut down because of the ripple effect it would have on the economy. With 20,000 trucks and drivers they must be doing something right. I don't work for them. Just an observation.

 

They have 20,000 rigs there? I remember back in 1995 they had only around 3500. How that company has grown. Sounds like a success story, and maybe it is, at least for somebody. But ask yourself how many drivers have worked at SwiftQuit in the past and walked away before getting in two years or even a single year. How many drivers have they gone through to get to where they are? Far more than 20,000, I can tell you that. I'd be willing to be that among those who have CDLs today, 1 in 4 have worked for SwiftCo at one time or another.

"Them's ain't good odds."

 

Swift is not even under investigation for that CDL problem. Even the Feds don't fine companies after only 2 months of investigations. Folks out there hate Swift so much they will believe any rumor out there. Even "Big Brothers" can fall for anything.

 

They arent gonna shut down, but they are scaling back their fleet by about 1,500 to 2,000 trucks.

 

This is the third time I've read this here at the site. I now officially believe it.

So when do the layoffs start?

 

That little piece of info was not shared with me. I had originally read something about them laying off or shutting down, so I called the recruiting department and was told they were gonna be scaling back by 2,000 trucks, but, lol, she told me to call back next month if I wanted a job. Nice huh? Gonna lay off 2,000 for a month then hire some more to fill those trucks. I guess thats one way to save a bit o' money in a months time.

 

I don't know about lay offs or shutting down. But, they are buying a lot of straight trucks. Seen that with my own eyes.