Driving for Swift......Take 2

With things not going well at the job I left Swift for (no loads.....sit at home a lot), a Swift recruiter caught me in the right mood at the right time...... (250 bucks a week is not something I can support a family on, and I am not going to wait and see if the local freight improves). Recruiter seemed shocked I said yes. Apparently that is a word he is not used to

Then I told him I want a truck governed at 75, paper logs, classic Pete, O/O pay in a company truck, and a kegerator installed in my truck, and my old driver code, and since I left as platinum, start back as platinum.

"Well, I can get you a Volvo that does 62.......and your old driver code"

We had a laugh, then started the rehire process. Mind you, it took the first time around 2 days for everything to come back to get scheduled for orientation. This time, it took less than 2 HOURS. Yes....hours. The DOT required reference from the job I was leaving was done over the phone.......(and I was in my bosses office at the time, turning everything in, and being told I always have a home there, and he totally understood.......my boss said lots of nice stuff about me to Swift)...I thought they send off that form for that.....not this time.

According to the recruiter that called me, Swift just bought 400 more trucks.......and they don't have enough drivers to fill the ones they have right now.

My wife and I had been talking about me going OTR again, (much better insurance and she doesn't have to look at my ugly face.....plus the money) so she was happy with it.


Hopefully, I can request the DM I had when I left. She was awesome.