My Swift Adventure

so you run with the guy for a year?

 

ooo got ya,good gig for that guy...lol

 

No mentor is going to put up with you for that long.....maybe a week or so!

I think the experienced drivers are assigned trainers and lengths of time depending on the amount of prior experience they have. Since you've got a good number of years of prior experience, you'll probably only be on a trainer's truck long enough to learn "Swiftstuff".

 

actually mentors will see 1 cpm for every mile a student stays with swift AFTER 6 months. up to $120/mo max. Which, seeing how swift has such a high turnover, odds are, you'll never get close to $120/mo. So you pay for your student to be on your truck (.05 cpm...basicly paying their paycheck) then you have to wait 6 mo. to get that cent per mile.....IF the student stays with swift that long. So you really arent seeing any bennies from training except getting extra miles.

the guy i was talking to, who has a 2010 KW 900, is a trainer. When i said, "so you're a trainer...you getting 6,000 mi a week then?" and he said, "yeah i sure wish". so you do swift the favor by being a trainer, but dont see any 'reward' for it. You notice, in swift yards, the "mentors" who wear the shirt seem to have a different walk to them? LOL

 

semi bow legged? lol..well if i do go with Swift at minimum i want to try and stay a few years.i need that experience to get a better job

 

Good job! Hope to hear very soon that you've completed orientation and have been assigned to a trainer's truck. Good luck!

 

congrats. Yeah...dont forget a box of cheez-its. =) You know what they say about guys who drink alot of Mountain Dew, don't ya?