Stay at schneider or move on...?

Would you recommend Swift over Schneider?

 

I've already caught shrap on another thread, but personally for being new, yeah. Here's why. Swift may have a bad rap.. Oh well... you don't have to be a statistic. The pay is about equal. @Thull started at Swift (tho he kept that "hush") and moved on to SNI bulk. At least he had six months in with EACH company, and got on with Dupre', which I believe is tank.

Irrelevant, but what are you looking to haul? Also...Swift has a more rigorous training than SNI, so I've heard...which isn't really a bad thing.

Before I got my tanking gig, with almost ten years of experience driving, and 4 of that OTR, SNI (thank Gosh) turned me DOWN for a bulk job here in Ohio, over a seatbelt ticket. IN my PV.

The pickiness of obscurities gave me a bad taste. I know there's plenty of Swift jokes and haters, who cares. It's the logo on your truck; you are the captain of your own ship. The pumpkins get picked on, also. This is just IMHO. Maybe @Moosetek13 and @Lepton1 will chime in.

Swift quit with the driver facing cams, and somehow (not sure) had a merger with Knight. To me, it seems a positivity. Knight has a little known flatbed fleet; called Sapa. Look it up.

Again, this is just IMHO.... and @KillingTime is gonna pick on me forever about this... but if I had to choose between the two; that'd be me.

Sorry for the long wind.....be safe, and good luck in your endeavours.

 

Thanks, I appreciate it. Swift and SNI both have a terminal near where I live but I was interested in SNI for the refresher they offer and then the three week training with 1 week OTR. Surely, if they are considered more safe than Swift they are doing something right?

 

I did Swift's refresher back in 2010 and worked for them for 10 months and did good I didn't let the name on the door jinx me but in 2011 I had to have a knee replacement and I quit and I went back to being a mechanic after a few years of that I had to have a hip replacement so I gave up on working on cement and decided to go back to trucking and sit down for 3 years until I can retire and decided on SNI and I did their refresher course to and it's really a good program much better than Swift's and I ended up doing a dedicated with a 10k bonus.

 

Swift has a longer training program, I would not call it more rigorous.

 

I've driven for neither, but who am I to say, then. My contention is that Swift is more forgiving for rookie mistakes, once solo... and SNI will grab the keys quicker. Again, I'm an outsider... just my observations.

 

High hooking usually happens to everyone, at least once....don't care who says different. Mine was years ago... over 14.... and the 'ole tin can trick, works! (They say coke cans, because Coke, over ALL pop (or soda, LoL) has thick cans because of the causticity of their product, lol.
SNI wouldn't even LOOK at me almost 7 years ago...for a seatbelt ticket in my PV. Told me to call when it was 3 years old (or 5?) don't recall. Was a decent Ohio bulk dedicated gig, too. Glad they said no; i'm with my current gig... and happy. My thoughts were, wow.. if I messed up while under employ, even in my PV... job non'security!

 

and ps: SNI has a NO cellphone policy, unless that changed.. no bluetooths, nada. Swift did away with the driver facing cams, so....yeah. Just saying.

It's not the name on the door, it's "what' inside the tractor" that matters. And whether or not you'll have a 'barn' to come back to, and/or a ride home... just my outtake .