MY Swift mentor has gone missing

rookietrucker · Dec 16, 2010

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Little info about me::

Back in the early 90's I drove OTR for two years for Burlington Motor Carriers. Got off the road and got married and have not been back out there since.

Contacted Swift back in October and they told me I would have to go back to school for three weeks. No problem went to school and completed the training.

Four weeks ago I completed the orientation and was handed a driver code. I was sent home to wait for my mentor. Last week one called and said he would be picking me up.

Then he called back and told me truck was in shop and it would be a little while. The next day he said I would need to call driver services and get a new mentor because his truck would be in the shop for awhile.

The next day I called and let them know what happened to the mentor. They had no idea. I suggested that I wait until my hard copy of my license comes in because my paper copy was about to expire and would make no sense to go out and have to be routed right back here in a week.

Driver services agreed call me as soon as you get it in your hand. I called the license department and my hard copy was already in the mail and arrived here Tuesday.

I have been trying to call them back but have been immediately put on hold each time. I have been left on hold for hours and still today cannot seem to get through to them.

Finally I have left a message with my recruiter hoping he may be able to do something for me.

I do not mind if I have to sit here past Christmas if that will make easier for them to find me a mentor but I have been sitting by this phone for four weeks now and it is hard to go about your daily business if you never know when the phone will ring and your mentor has been found.

Anyone currently going through this with Swift?
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How it does not surprise me to hear this. I would say that's a warning sign about the company.

walstib · Dec 16, 2010

Skip the mentor BS all together, come to Watkins Shepard!!!!!!!!!...Your career shouldn't hinge on someone else's inability to do their job...

AF461 · Dec 16, 2010

walstib said: ↑

Skip the mentor BS all together, come to Watkins Shepard!!!!!!!!!...Your career shouldn't hinge on someone else's inability to do their job...
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Hey there buddy, don't give my job away...HAHA

Allow Me. · Dec 17, 2010

Forget about communicating over the phone. Get on down to the terminal and get in their face. Politely of course.

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