Swift Transportation VYC

I agree with @El Hueso . One thing you have to learn on ANY job and this includes trucking, is that no one is really your friend nor are they looking after your best interest. I'll share some of my story here and hope it coincides with yours. I worked in the oilfiled for a family member up until last year. To say scrutiny was rampant isn't the word. I couldn't even piss without being watched and they would call my boss to which I would receive a stiff tongue lashing. This company was a joke all the way around. I remember last year where they claimed that I didn't send in a BOL when I remember doing it before even leaving the plant. So they put me on hold from driving while I was home having to move and tend to my wife who'd just had retinal re-attachment surgery. They called me up until the time it was time for me to go back. Mind you, I had to leave my wife and drive over nine hours back to their terminal in Longview, Tx from Corpus Christi.

Before leaving, I'd called to make sure that we were squared away to which I was told that we were. After showing up, I got in my truck and was told to wait for a load. I got the load, but was told to turn the truck around and return to the terminal as I was STILL on dispatch hold. That's right friends. The ######## lied just to get me to drive nine ####ing hours just to trap me up there over that same load we'd discussed before. Apparently, they didn't get the photos of all of the week's past BOLs even though my phone showed sent. I even proved it to them and showed them the sent message while their phones showed absolutely nothing. The ####### of a fleet manager then requested to see my phone and proceeded to go through and pick a random photo to send to himself. Mind you, I had intimate photos of my wife in there and I'm glad he didn't land on one of those. I'm guessing that this was his way of catching me in a lie as THAT time, they did receive my photo. It took everything I had not to cave the ####er's skull in. So I turned around and made a phone call to the sand plant that I'd picked up the missing load from. The lady on the other end was more than happy to send me a copy of it to my phone and personal e-mail. Even after I'd given them the document, they kept me on dispatch hold anyway. So there I was trapped in Louisiana with no money (moving and driving back to work took my entire check) and ### out. Thankfully, I took my car up there and DoorDash was rampant as all outdoors while I was still up there.

I will continue to say that the greatest day I had out there was when the truck broke down and I was sent away due to there being no more O/Os that I could drive for. I'm back home in Corpus now doing a job I was used to doing over a decade ago. My finances are slowly recovering, but that's just life. I'm home every night of the week and still have my side gigs where I can set my own hours. I was offered to come back to the oilfield, but I refused. I don't think I'm going to be returning to truck driving for the foreseeable future. That last job was what effectively killed my love for the industry and while I miss feeling those engines rumbling in front of me and smelling diesel smoke, I feel like I'm better off. As for you @CatesCube , take this as a lesson. No matter how "family oriented" a company claims to be, you really have no one but yourself in that career. I learned that the hard way.

 

I thought Swift Transportation was a reputable organization?

 

Pretty wise actually.. I NEVER post where I work on any social media platforms

 

You were "oversharing". You shared your real identity, then told them what you REALLY think. It's what we used to call "Dutch courage"....They didn't want to hear what you REALLY think; they just wanted to find out who the toadies were!

You MUST be kidding!

Hey, I think rocky mountain oysters are rather tasty, especially with a little gravy....

 

Opinions are like genitalia, you don't go around showing them to people unless you want a whole bunch of trouble. Use them in private around the few people you are sure you can trust.

 

Eww

 

We used to have to do "Command Climate Surveys" which where supposed to "help the Commanders" guage policy. They were "ANONYMOUS"...but you had to have your ID card in the computer to complete it. No one trusted it.