Swift Interview

Absolutely. I figure if a new driver can get through those they’ve got a shot. Hahahahaha

 

Oh....and DONT kill your trainer.......like one student did at tge Swift Academy on Corsicana , Texas......while backing up.......

 

####. That sucks

 

Yea but was it on accident or on purpose? I know some "trainers" here with my company could stand to be run over.

 

Apply somewhere else. Anywhere else.

 

Swift OTR allows you to stay out 12 days and take 2 full days off. So 11 nights on the road and 3 nights at home. That's about as good as it gets for OTR. I know many starter companies keep you out for a month, but Swift isn't one of them.

 

Hi SeniorTacos....I recently went through the Swift Academy (Corsicana), mentorship program, and have been solo 3 months. I'm a former driver but my million miles wasn't recent and my CDL wasn't current, so I had to begin the whole process anew.

I was very skeptical, and even a bit shameful, of choosing Swift...but I've been pleasantly surprised and am very happy with my decision. As you are probably learning, most of the naysayers are clueless about the company and are just jumping on the hate bandwagon.

It always makes me laugh when people trash today's Swift as it just shows their ignorance. They are the same knuckleheads that hated on JB Hunt a decade after they stopped their training program....they're not bad people, just a little slow.

In short, IMO Swift is a great place to start your career. Good luck to you.

 

I've never ran for Swift. Heard a lot of jokes and bad talk about them. That being said, I would check Chinatowns options. He is very good with that. If nothing else works out, go work for Swift. You have to start somewhere. A year with them wont kill you. You'd probably learn a lot too. You seem a cut above alot of the new guys. You can spell correctly, write complete sentences that actually make sense etc. You'd do fine at Swift then you could move on. What your making for pay right now is awful. I cant imagine surviving off that. You should do much better even working for Swift. Be careful, be safe, and dont always trust your GPS if it looks fishy. Good luck!!!!

 

Thanks for the reply.

I stay out to make money. I also don’t like the negative of taking 4 days off then running into all the zero hours back when I should be on recaps. So then I have to do a 34. My DM gets me routed for 10’s at my house. That way avoid missing my family and don’t have to slow down. My wife also gets on the truck with me every so often while my son hangs with Grandpa. Works well. When I finish my first year I’ll look at options that will allow me more hometime. Doubt I’ll change, I’m happy where I’m at and what I’m making. At least until I want to buy my own truck.

 

DO NOT "BUY' a truck or lease purchase thru a company .it's not set up for you to win.
Even with bad credit you can buy a good used truck (under 500k miles) and with an interest rate of 9%-11% have a payment of roughly 1500 to 1600$ a month, and that includes a 3 or 4 year warranty