Swift academy no medical treatment allowed while in school

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  1. antoinefinch

    antoinefinch Light Load Member

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    This post to inform any new students to get checked before going to any school for possible medical problems!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    I AM NOT LEAVING SCHOOL, JUST THOUGHT I COULD GET MY TOOTH PROBLEM FIXED WHILE I WAS HERE!!!!!!!!


    I have been at SWIFT ACADEMY Millington TN since Feb 16 2015 till today 02/23/2015 and with the 10 and a half hours your'e outside in the cold,rain.snow and ice have developed a tooth ache asked today if i could go to the Dentist next door to the Hotel to get it pulled was told no!!! if I missed more than 1 hour of glass I would be thrown out!!!!! They offered to send me home and try to get me back in school when possible as my only choice and then would have to start over from day one of the classes!!!!!!!!!!! I would have payed for the treatment my self but That's against Swift policy of no more than one hour can be missed from class period!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Well just thought everyone should know about this before going to SWIFT Academy. We are in school from 6 am until 5 pm (waiting outside for the bus at 5 am leaving at 5:30 am) we get to go inside the building at 9 am to 9:15 am and from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm than again from 2:45 pm to 3:00 pm no matter the weather condition of the weather the rest of the time you are outside. Ever try to concentrate with a tooth ache while standing out in the freezing cold?

    Just check the weather for Millington, Tn between those dates!!!!! But well you have no other choice it cost you 4400.00 for the course?
    ONLY IN AMERICA:biggrin_2559:
     
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  3. Chinatown

    Chinatown Road Train Member

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    That particular terminal had some problems with the feds a few years ago, so probably feel they're under the microscope. They were cutting corners on training and got caught. Actually, it wasn't such a big deal, but the feds didn't see it that way.
     
  4. rookietrucker

    rookietrucker Trucker Forum STAFF Staff Member

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    Check with the dentist and see if you can be seen at 6pm, worth a shot. Swift says anything to you, tell'em to go pound sand..........
     
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  5. Stormdriven

    Stormdriven Medium Load Member

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    This is good training.

    If something is going on.

    Don't tell them.

    Get it taken care of yourself. Some kind of way.
     
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  6. Redtwin

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    Seems like the best option. If the hotel is one Swift regularly uses for students, then the Dentist will have seen students in the past and may be aware of Swift's policy and have a workaround such as limited evening and weekend appts.
     
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  7. RetiredUSN

    RetiredUSN Medium Load Member

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    You would think that a large company like Swift, would have a vendor & services list for situations that pop up like this. I'm sure this isn't the first time some poor guy/gal came up with a tooth ache during training.

    Pretty low class if you ask me.
     
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  8. HomeTownHauler

    HomeTownHauler Light Load Member

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    And to this day I don't understand why people keep going with Swift...
     
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  9. Skate-Board

    Skate-Board Road Train Member

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    I've found that dentists will bend over backwards to help someone out. I've had two personal experiences with them. Give him a call and see what he could do to help. He only needs a few shots, pliers and some gauze. He could pull that tooth while your standing outside in 10 minutes.
     
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  10. MidwestResident

    MidwestResident Road Train Member

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    SADLY, it almost sounds as though Swift does NOT care!

    For every student that is at Swift Academy, there are probably many more waiting to get in for the same training.
     
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  11. iloveatrucker

    iloveatrucker Light Load Member

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    Welcome to life. Put on your big boy pants and suck it up. You always have to make a choice for what is right for you. They don't want you to miss instruction time because they pack so much into a short period of time. They are a business, the way they see it is if they cant count on you to show up for class, how can they expect you to show up for work. And yes, i' have terrible teeth, i know the pain. (My husband tells me i should be planner because i expect him to make deliveries according to google time estimates and dont like him to tell me otherwise...)
     
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