Going with SWIFT...

I read through this entire thread, and was amazed that after Swift made you wait by the phone for weeks, they finally call and only give you a few hours to call back or it's over? Did I miss one of the comments? If so, that's absolutely crazy, and you're probably better off not being with a company who puts such little value in its employees.

 

Um, let me know when you find a company, in any profession, that places much value on its employees. When you work for someone else you are always replaceable and expendable.

 

I'm thinking there might be something the O/P left out....like perhaps he merely sat by the phone waiting for a call rather than calling them every few days. Communication goes both ways.

 

Good point Injun. I'm notorious for being overly persistant when it comes to calling about a job. And, I've gotten quite a few jobs that way. You have to be proactive. You have to do something to seperate yourself from the other sheep. There's some men you just can't reach. So, you get what we had here last week. Which is the way he wants it. Well, he gets it. I don't like this anymore than you men.......... Sorry y'all. That song just jumped in my head and took off.

 

I think you misunderstand, I was asking the person who started the thread how long that company, Swift gave him to call back.

I'm not in trucking, but stumbled onto the forum the other day, and was curious that's all. I have a great job, and get calls from time to time from head hunters in my industry asking if I'd consider leaving. The company I work for bends over backwards to retain me. So I haven't had that experience. But, I understand where you must be coming from, in an industry like trucking that requires very little education to get started, reduces the value of employees. Best of luck to you, hope you can find a good situation for yourself, where you feel valued.

I do admire the job truck drivers do, and feel bad that their employers don't place much value on them. Anyway, sorry to pipe in before with my question, as it's really none of my business.

 

Don't be sorry nvwp24 all questions are welcome

 

I think if you explained to them what happened they might change their minds. If they don't you don't want to work there anyway.

 

Swift has an 800 number. It can be dialed for free from any land line. At some point in all of this, you had two minutes to rub together to keep them in the loop. I can guarantee they would have told you to take care of business and call them when you are ready. They had absolutely no way to know what was going on without being told.

Yes, yes...I know. Hurricane. I worked disaster relief after Hurricane Katrina struck Mississippi and Louisiana. I was on the ground within two weeks of it having hit. I saw first hand the type of devastation a hurricane can wreak. Entire cities were leveled. Yet, residents were able to communicate with the outside world in some manner or other.

I'm not trying to bust your chops. I'm trying to show others how your situation could have been avoided. It's not all Swift's fault. It is at least half yours for not taking a few minutes to inform a brand new employer why you aren't going to work yet...and why you blew off their first call.

I know you will fall back to the hurricane. But, I'm from the West Coast. I have no idea which town is where without consulting a map, regardless of what's plastered all over the news. There were lines of communication open. Otherwise, how would dispatch have known where to send you on that volunteer ambulance?

They tried to contact you. You didn't return the call. Then, the weather got really nasty. Still, you didn't return the call. Now, your new employer thinks you are blowing them off. Which you actually are. After a few weeks of silence (and perhaps even holding a mentor up who was on line to train you) Swift personnel figured you weren't interested in employment any more and just forgot to tell them. Because you admittedly didn't tell them you were in the swath of that hurricane. So, whichever office person you were dealing with decided enough was enough. You received a phone call with a time limit on it and, because the towers weren't working, did not return the call. From the office standpoint, you changed your mind. From yours, you think Swift should know what you're doing without being told...they should know simply by your location on a map.

Well, it doesn't work that way. You had a chance to go work at Swift. You blew it. Now, it is once again Swift's fault for not being clairvoyant.

Um......okay.