Starting Swift Training Academy in Phoenix

Texbill I started with swift about 11 years ago. Of course I'm not with them now nut my aveage take home was about 530.00 weekly but that was running like a chicken with my head cut off.

 

Tmax, congrats on your new career in trucking. As a fleet owner I am here to tell you. As you know with your work history and RULES OF OPERATION a company has to be strict and hard on employees for many many reasons. Employees have no idea or either don't care about what their employer has invested in just to supply a job to make money for themselves and for the worker to make a living. You are a military man and you know all too well about chain of commands. In other words so many drivers have made it bad for someone like you that has a good work ethic and a positive outlook. They will not care about how hard you work and will not care if they have to let you go. This is all companies including mine. They look at as this is what you're supposed to do cause you need the job to take of you and your loved ones. Sure it goes a long way and your driver manager may look out for you cause you're dependable but he or she has only that power. The power to keep you running. It makes his or her board look good. So my advice to you is get a year in buy your own truck from a real truck dealer not one of those wanna be lease operators and buy a reefer trailer and get some real pay.

 

I myself will be starting swift school in millington tn sometime in aug and i already have my cdl which i got in 08 and the recruiter didnt really give me a good answer on what was the duration if i already had a cdl (i still need to call her to get more info on some things) but the way she explained it that i would come there late on Wednesday instead of Monday.Got any ideas how it works and are they taking people straight out of class to flatbed if they want to do flatbed?thanks

 

I have never said this on here " But this is BS ". These big companies are treating people like pond scum. So you are saying it is my fault when I started with Swift that another employee that was a total racist and DM did nothing about it that it is my fault. Also I should be grateful they gave me a job and kiss there butt that they crapped on me. They pay 3rd world country wages just to line there own greedy pockets.

 

Swift and other starter companies all realize that the majority of their employees are only there to gain more experience to move on to other carriers that pay more.

I did a lot of research before choosing Swift, because from talking with the people who had gone through the training and the few years here, it seems that this company is more of a "pay your dues" one (as they ALL are) instead of "getting uncessessarily crapped on" like some others.

EVERY starter company will have its own BS...it just depends on what flavor of it you can stomach. FWIW, I've been through the academy here in Phoenix about a month ago, and I've had two issues so far that have been solved in a very quick, timely manner.

 

Sorry about the "anything that breathes". They hired me, so bears out point. Sure you will do well with them. Good luck.