Swift Academy Licenses Suspended

$.25 a mile?!?! How in the world did you get that? When I started out with swift I was getting $.27 a mile when i was supposed to be getting $.26. No wonder why they took the pay scale off the internet for company drivers. There's no way to challenge on what you are supposed to be paid.

 

I really get tickled at newbies who think they know it all. No one, not even someone that has been driving for 30, years knows it all. Do you really think that how many miles you get is all that matters? How about how they treat you as a person? Lying to you about loads? Not paying you for all of the work you did or all legitimate receipts? I left Swift after 9 months. I didn't owe them a dime when I left because I was financially able to pay them the full amount up front so I got my money back after 6 months in one lump payment. Swift had some good people working for them but they also have some ########## who work around the clock to cancel out those good ones. None of that has anything to do with the matter at hand though. The fact is that the school and Swift trucking are two different entities. The fact is that I paid Swift $3,000 to attend their school and come away with a valid CDL-A. They broke that contract the moment my CDL-A was called into question due to Swifts non-conformance to Tn regulations concerning 3rd party examiners. The state of Tn was also negligent for not monitoring their approved 3rd party examiners to ensure that they were in compliance. I live in SC and have until Sept. 1, 2009 to retake all written tests, pretrip, and road tests. I do not have to retake any of my endorsements ( tanker, hazmat, doubles/triples) as they were administered by the state of SC. To date I have retaken and passed all written tests( general knowledge, combination vehicle, and air brakes). The state of SC was at least gracious enough to not charge me any fees for these retests. What worries me is being able to get an appointment to retake the road test. The local DMV office only has 3 appointments per day and from what they tell me there are a lot of drivers having to retake this test and also you still have those who are taking it for the first time.
VanNelle, I think the gentleman has you pegged correctly. You are an internet troll. I notice that you are listed as a rookie driver, and have only recently joined this forum. A word of advice to you. Read more, and make sure you have an actually constructive point to make before spouting off. Many of us do many things we don't neccesarily like to support our families. But when that is coupled with the fact that you are actually losing ground doing it and not making headway, it's time for a change.

 

Nikon, I think if you can't get an appointment before your license is revoked and/or suspended, that you can file an extension as long as you have a set appointment date. My wife and I decided to not worry with getting retested as the costs associated with it would be prohibitive. I don't know any o/o's, and renting a truck, someone to drive the truck to the appointment for me, on top of having to pay for the entire licensing process will be expensive. My state has informed me that there is no waiving of fees for me.. I havent called around tho to ask different people about it, because according to the letter that the state sent me, I have one person I can talk to about this, and only one person. Good luck to you tho.

 

Ok sthw77 and dawan2004,
I am not sure what the problem ist, sethw77 started out with " I left swift even though they gave me plenty of miles because the wouldn't pay anough the mile" ok that was not word for word but that is what it meant.
So even though I am a rookie in trucking, I am a man with 41 years who takes care of his wife and his 5 kids!!! So and again in times like this I call that a dumb move, especially when you have a baby on the way!!!
So and let see at that contract.
Do you really wanne tell me that you did not understand that contract???
See, as you can see in my writing I am not a american, I am a german, and guess what even I understood that simple contract. And I am sure they told you and everybody else very clear what it would mean to you if you would leave before the end of one year.
But if you are only here to hear how sorry everbody is, well then I understand that you don't like what I have to say.
See you will never see me crying about something what I did to my self.
I never did and I never will.

 

Also not everyone is in the situation, where they can afford what it costs to retest. With me in the state of Ohio, with lost wages, renting a truck, costs of tests was around 1500.00 bucks. Set me back some, but hey im lucky in a way I guess for this. Im single, I live by myself. I don't have a family and children to support. And it was still hard for me. I still drive truck, but I drive a gas tanker and you cannot test in a haz-mat vehicle so had to rent one twice. Since I failed my 1st time out. So im not a firm believer in suing over things. But I am in this situation. Swift owes some money back to people they screwed over.

Best of luck for everyone that is dealing with all this crap. And Happy 4th of July. Everyone please say a prayer for all the Americans that have served, and died for our Country! Where would we be without them!

 

I noticed that you mentioned you are German. Did you come to America for a better life? I'm thinking you did. At this point, I can only assume. Now you're getting on someone else's case about wanting something better for themselves? You didn't exactly "suck it up" in Germany, now did you?

 

Ok TruckersWife,
I don't even know where to start, your comment shows me that you do not know at all what you are talking about, but you are right, how could you.
For starters, I left germany not for a better life ( i'll tell you later about it)
I left germany for a women and only for a women!!!
In Germany I am a Registered Nures, I went 4 year to college for that.
I worked almost 9 years in a ER are and 5 year in a hopice.
I had 5 weeks paid vacations every year (every employee in germany has that some more some less depending on your AGE).
I was 100% Healthinsured dental and vision of course included ( and again everybody has that even people without a job) and the best thing was I got paid full wage when I had to stay home because I was sick (I know you guessed it, every employee in germany has that)
I had 2 very nice cars and a fat boy in my garage.
I lived in a very nice apartment and had no financial worrys at all with 29.50 an hour. And please truckerswife do not come with "at least we are free" trust me we can do alot more in germany than you are allowed here in the USA.
I know you'll say "why are you not going back", and again I came here for a women, now I have kids here, I pay taxes just as anybody else, and do my job just as anybody else!!!
And now i'm sucking it up here in the United States.

Now back to what that whole thing started with me. All I said was that it was a dumb move to leave a company when you you get plenty of miles, no matter how much they pay (even though he knew how much they would pay) In times like this you should be greatful for any job.
If you don't think so TruckersWife............fine........that is your opinion.

See sometimes it takes somes tougher words for somebody to learn.

And now we should leave it at that.

 

So you came here for women. Weren't German women good enough? So you found someone "better". But I don't know what I'm talking about? You sound alot like someone else that used to post on this forum. He married an American too. But he divorced her and is still living here in the USA. His was a marriage of convenience (i.e. he expedited the process to move here).

I'm glad that you are contributing to our economy and pay your taxes. Kudos to you. Sounds like YOU had it made in the shade over in Germany, why on earth would you leave that? If I had it as good as you did in Germany I'd be insane to give it up. Do you see where I'm going with this?

Are you allowed to change jobs/plans but no one else can? I do agree that with the economy we should all keep the job we have, but when that job doesn't pay the bills, one has to go out and find something that will allow them to sustain their lives. Why begrudge them that choice?

Now I'll leave it at that.

 

I know where to start. I'll start with the fact that T'sW has far more experience with the industry than you do. Then I'll move on to your sexist condescension. That doesn't cut it around here lil buckaroo. If you want to be a sexist pig on this forum you're going to have to have a GREAT deal more experience in the industry and garner a great deal more respect from the women of this forum before you whip out your he-man club and start prancing around.

What happened? They have no women in germany? Or you just couldn't get a date? Not insulting...just asking.

Well whoopdeedoodaw! You're just the whole german package aren't you? Welcome to America cowboy, now go home.

Nothing that's come out of your self-absorbed, self-impressed tapping little fingers has impressed me yet. I respect men, not little boys who stand on stools bragging about their alleged toys.