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<p>[QUOTE="SavageMalloy, post: 3376837, member: 113899"]OOPS, maybe spoke to soon. My mentor and I got the call for a load ready to pick up. The International Prostar he drives wouldn't start. Just kept turning over. Called for roadside assistance and the person said he new what the problem was, the computer needed to be reprogrammed at a dealership. So now we are sitting in the Flying J waiting for a tow to the nearest dealer in So. Minn.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is OO and his truck needs a new clutch from all the students. Plus he has depleted his maintainance budget. I feel bad for him. He is a real Swift advocate, doesn't like me relating the problems I read on this post. Let's just say he doesn't tolerate any negative talk. But, I can see he is feeling the pain now, as he sits in the 90 degree truck waiting for a tow truck.</p><p><br /></p><p>My attitude is still sky high. Swift seems to be trying hard but a big company like this gets too compartmentalized and everybody has their agenda. I have experience working with big companies and as my mentor says if you learn how to manage the Qualcomm and work the right people (planners, DM's) you can make enough and stay relatively happy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SavageMalloy, post: 3376837, member: 113899"]OOPS, maybe spoke to soon. My mentor and I got the call for a load ready to pick up. The International Prostar he drives wouldn't start. Just kept turning over. Called for roadside assistance and the person said he new what the problem was, the computer needed to be reprogrammed at a dealership. So now we are sitting in the Flying J waiting for a tow to the nearest dealer in So. Minn. He is OO and his truck needs a new clutch from all the students. Plus he has depleted his maintainance budget. I feel bad for him. He is a real Swift advocate, doesn't like me relating the problems I read on this post. Let's just say he doesn't tolerate any negative talk. But, I can see he is feeling the pain now, as he sits in the 90 degree truck waiting for a tow truck. My attitude is still sky high. Swift seems to be trying hard but a big company like this gets too compartmentalized and everybody has their agenda. I have experience working with big companies and as my mentor says if you learn how to manage the Qualcomm and work the right people (planners, DM's) you can make enough and stay relatively happy.[/QUOTE]
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