Swift driver leader pushes drivers in inclement weather

Googles Swift Driver Leader qualifications. Found a listing for DRIVER LEADER LEVEL II.

Experience Required: One year of leadership experience or a minimum of one year driving experience required. Four year college degree can replace experience required.

So someone with no seat time can walk through the door with a 4 year degree in hand and get the job.

Swift Line Haul is looking for a great DRIVER LEADER LEVEL II.

 

Snow packed haul road. Another day in the office.

 

Well im not up north so my point still stands, im captain of the ship and decide when its safe. No one else.

 

As long as the heat works in the cab , it is 70 degrees wherever i go lol i think some drivers forget we work inside . Its not like u have to be out in the snow all day. Enough to put chains or socks and roll

 

We all know that there are some bad driver leaders at Swift, just as there are some bad drivers.

Personally I have never been in that situation. My driver leaders have always said to shut down if I don't think it is safe to drive. Driver leaders, fleet managers, terminal managers... all have had the same opinion of driving in those conditions.
Shut it down, because no load is worth the risk at any level. I get those messages all the time.

If I got a message like that on my QC I would be sending back a flame message to that DL, and reporting it to my TM.

 

Lmao.

 

I'm shocked and appalled.

 

A lot of these problems are solved by picking the right company to work for. You CANNOT randomly select an employer and then expect to change them into the place you hope they will by by waving the green book in front of their face.

If the company equips, TRAINS, you for certain tasks they have a right to expect you to do what you can safely do. I've lived where a forecadt of flurries next year is enough to shut roads/drivers down. I've been to places where 6 inches of snow is not and end of driving. The driver is the one at the location and must decide what he can do. But I suspect the lazy terds that REFUSE to park a truck in a real parking spotcare also the lazy terds that will park a load of groceries due to a mild possibility of ONE snowflake.

 

I've got no problem with someone saying they don't feel comfortable running in the snow just so long as they make that clear before they are hired on. And I've got no problem with an employer expecting drivers to chain up. Just depends on company policy. If the company's policy is you sit it out when it snows then fine. But if not, you can put on chains and safely keep on trucking.

In my neck of the woods hauling fuel or oil you never get to wait out the storms. If it snows you put on chains and keep going. That is made clear before you even take the job. When the weather is bad we will chain up every day, multiple times a day, for days on end.

 

Now swap his tires for all seasons 22.5 see how that works lol