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Complaint Review: swift transportation - memphis Tennessee

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I went through school at the ms swift school of b/s in sept of 2001.I went there because i knew someone who worked for ms and thought it was a good co to work for.the school was still concidered to be ms at the time but swift was calling the shots.by the time that i found out swift had bought out ms i was already enroled for one week.

what that means in their world is that you have signed a contract so if you quit you still have to pay a prorated cost of the tuition for nothing.this is one of the ways that they screw you out of your money.

so seeing as though i could not afford to do that i decided that i would have to finish the school and go to work for them.

while attending the school I saw and heard things that were not right by anyones standards!to me when 80+ drivers quit a co in one week there is something really wrong!(and i dont mean with the drivers).

when they send a woman home saying that she was an illegal and wanted by the INS but she wasnt.sounds like discrimination and slander to me.but even if she was how did she make it past the screening process? you also have to remember this was right after sept 11th.

or how about when you are told (by one of the trainers)that swift has told them that if they value their job they had better start passing people.no matter how bad they are!

I saw people get their CDL that i would not ride in a car with much less an 18wheeler!I know of two people who got their licence who didnot pass the driving test.I know this to be a fact because I was told by the instructor that give them their test.

but the real kick in the teeth came after graduation. after you graduate you have to go to orentation.at the orentation they hand you a company hand book with all of their rules,regs,and so called benifits.needless to say everything had changed!"everything SUCKED".but still i was stuck because of the contract.so after the orentation you go home and wait for a trainer.after sitting home for two weeks i called them to find out what was going on.

they said that they didnot have any trainers and that i would just have to wait.by this time i had been off work for two months.

so i told them that i couldnot wait any longer and that i was going to have to find employment elsewhere.they then told me that if i tried to get on somewhere else that they would have my licence suspended.(which they cannot do)but i didnt know that at the time.so in order for me to get another job i took out a loan and paid them 2200$.
and that was with me paying all of my own expenses while attending school.

but even though i paid them off i still dont have a decent job because in order to get a job with someone else you still have to sign contracts for more training!
all that a contract is for is so that they can use you,underpay you,generallyit amounts to slavery!
and unless you have plenty of money they think there is nothing you can do about it.

but there is pleanty of things you can do.best thing is not to do it at all.if no one goes to these ripoffs they cease to exist!

If you have already made the mistake of geting caught in one of these scams do your research.find out if they receive federal money to operate their schools.learn the employment laws from the state that their in.

report them to the BBB,DOT,dept of edc,dept of labor,dept of safty,etc.what ever applys to your case!

I am making it my mission to take down these white collar scam artist.there is no reason that anyone should have to put up with all the crap these co put you through just to get a supposed better job!

I hope this letter stops someone from making the same mistakes I made or at least helps someone going thru the same thing.

stick it to EM I know i am!

sean
jackson, Vermont

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#9 UPDATE EX-employee responds

GO Back to BAGDAD Ed!!!!!!

AUTHOR: David - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, February 23, 2003

WoW ED you did a lot of homework. Now if you could tell us your point? So what if Jerry Moyes is rich. Is that what your complaint is? You were never an owner operator for Swift so I know that cant be your complaint. What exactly is your beef with Jerry Moyes or are you just giving us information about him? You talk and talk and talk about him but never really come out with a specific complaint. Something verifiable that is. You implied boycotting. Did you mean boycotting companys that Jerry has invested in? Oh I hope he has no mutual funds. He may have his hand in everything.

Are you trying to get us all to boycott him because he went from rags to riches and he wont give poor little ED a piece of the pie for doing absoulutley nothing.

You come up with a legitimate complaint about SWIFT and I'll be the 1st one to back your play ED. The truth is your a lasy sack of s**t who has worked for coutless employers and has complained about all of them. You are a parasite to society wanting something for nothing and hate all who work towards the American Dream. Go back to Bagdad where you came from ED

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#8 Consumer Comment

look at who screwed you!

AUTHOR: Ed - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Sunday, February 23, 2003

when you dig and find out who burned you for a buck all the while making sure you never even made one!

well here we go. lets look at who swift is.

swift is,sme industries,inc.
vjm investments,llc. moyes is controlling stokholder. as a matter of fact you will find that moyes is controlliing stok holder of the companies that control stock in swift.

"dont put your egg's all in one basket"
just control all the baskets.

fidelity management&research.
fidelity magellen find.
fidellity american special situations trust.
geode copital investment,llc.
fidellity contra fund.

vjm investments,llc. of wich jerry has majority controll of stock. sme industries, controlling holder of stock.cusip#0870756 10 3
swift ACQUIRES m.s carriers of wich m.s. is leading shares of u.s.&mexican freight and ownes 13% of transplace.com.
acquired navajo freifgt in 96,digby leasing and digby ringsby truckline inc.
moyes is majority stock holder in simon transportation, central freight lines, cik#0000863557, irs#860666860 filed 2001 6 15.
suisse first boston, morgan keegan&company,inc.
now jerry moyes also has worked or wormed into cardinal freight and sub leases also direct freight out of s, dakota who runs a third of the mid west corridoor.

all listed you will find if you are not lazy a link that will show direct control of swift through various other companies of wich jerry turns out to be majority stokholder of.
and theres more but i made my point.

know who to boycot in order to get back at the one who screwed you. jerry ownes insurance companies and one of those things owner operators were required to buy and was not needed was extra insurance that they alreadt had.

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#7 Consumer Comment

driver schools.

AUTHOR: Ed - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2003

i went through a company school once and it was a joke.

if your going to a company school find out if you have to go to the dmv for the pre-trip and drive test.

that way you'll have a compant that knows it has to produce a driver who can operate the truck.

most companies have certified state instructors wich means its a cdl stamp mill.

you dont learn anything.

it costs just under 10,000 dollars to train a driver after all the school time and otr time.

so if you look at all these complaints times ten
then you get the idea of how much money they're losing.

thats about 23,000 dollars say for this site, and thats just those who know about this site.

when all is insured the only thing they can afford to lose is you. but thats changing too.

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#6 Consumer Comment

driver schools.

AUTHOR: Ed - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2003

i went through a company school once and it was a joke.

if your going to a company school find out if you have to go to the dmv for the pre-trip and drive test.

that way you'll have a compant that knows it has to produce a driver who can operate the truck.

most companies have certified state instructors wich means its a cdl stamp mill.

you dont learn anything.

it costs just under 10,000 dollars to train a driver after all the school time and otr time.

so if you look at all these complaints times ten
then you get the idea of how much money they're losing.

thats about 23,000 dollars say for this site, and thats just those who know about this site.

when all is insured the only thing they can afford to lose is you. but thats changing too.

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#5 Consumer Comment

driver schools.

AUTHOR: Ed - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2003

i went through a company school once and it was a joke.

if your going to a company school find out if you have to go to the dmv for the pre-trip and drive test.

that way you'll have a compant that knows it has to produce a driver who can operate the truck.

most companies have certified state instructors wich means its a cdl stamp mill.

you dont learn anything.

it costs just under 10,000 dollars to train a driver after all the school time and otr time.

so if you look at all these complaints times ten
then you get the idea of how much money they're losing.

thats about 23,000 dollars say for this site, and thats just those who know about this site.

when all is insured the only thing they can afford to lose is you. but thats changing too.

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#4 Consumer Comment

driver schools.

AUTHOR: Ed - (U.S.A.)

POSTED: Saturday, February 22, 2003

i went through a company school once and it was a joke.

if your going to a company school find out if you have to go to the dmv for the pre-trip and drive test.

that way you'll have a compant that knows it has to produce a driver who can operate the truck.

most companies have certified state instructors wich means its a cdl stamp mill.

you dont learn anything.

it costs just under 10,000 dollars to train a driver after all the school time and otr time.

so if you look at all these complaints times ten
then you get the idea of how much money they're losing.

thats about 23,000 dollars say for this site, and thats just those who know about this site.

when all is insured the only thing they can afford to lose is you. but thats changing too.

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#3 Consumer Comment

ALL Employers these days are crooks

AUTHOR: Helene - ()

POSTED: Thursday, September 19, 2002

I have been working in private contract security for almost 20 years and I was going to switch to truck driving. I was wondering whether or not to go to school with Swift or Stephens. It seemed too good to be true that you could be trained to drive and that you could earn a decent living afterwards. I am pretty desparate for work and training!

Private security was ok when I started in it 20 years ago. I could make a good living, working lots of overtime. Then, I started realizing what private contract security service providers are up to. The entire "temp" business is not unlike the pimp who puts his hos out on the street and beats h*** out of them if they don't come across with da money!

These sleazebag security company owners put you in a USED polyester uniform for which they charge you a BIG deposit like it was new which you never get back, then they put you on a post which you are supposed to "guard' many times unarmed.(They tell the parent corporate company that they are buying NEW uniforms, make up phoney invoices to submit then buy from a used uniform brokers who buy from security companies that liquidate.

Are YOU gonna die for minimum wage? That's what they expect and then they won't even provide OSHA standards of sanitation or potable drinking water much less a soda machine. No matter how you knock yourself out or ingratiate yourself to the client of the security company, they can still terminate the contract or jerk you out of there and put someone else in. If the contract is about to be terminated, the security company will fabricate something and then fire you for it so they don't have to pay unemployment.

ALLIED SECURITY is famous for this! They really, really suck as employers. When you have been there long enough for a raise and/or a vacation, instead of letting you take it, they will make up an excuse and fire you and replace you with some dumb young kid, maybe a cop wannabe, so you won't get unemployment and then the manager puts the savingsin his pocets.

Private security comapnies have a HUGE turnover. EVen moreso than the truckdrivers that homeboy was talking about in the Swift Trucking compaint he filed. It is a continual bloodfest because the officer who actually does the guard work is treated like crap and the only way to get anyh benefits or consideration as a human being is to get into the supervisory or office. So it gets very unpleasant at times. The only people who seem to play this game very well are retired rear eschelon military types who are almost always males and have it in for ALL women and whatever minority groups they are NOT a member of!
When that king of his own dung pile empire gets taken out eventually, the process begins anew.BY keeping everybody at each other's throat, the owners of the company does not have to worry about providing any benefits for long-term employees and can circumvent most government regulations regarding treatment of employees.

The wages are a joke. Sometimes crooks with no record get into security and get ripped off on purpose. I have personally guarded company fnctions where the security officer was threatened with being fire if he/she drank one cold drink and there were iced down cases upon cases of the, And when you are d**n near broke and there is food in the refrigerator from a recent bash that everyone forgot about ad you aren't supposed

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#2 Consumer Comment

ALL Employers these days are crooks

AUTHOR: Helene - ()

POSTED: Thursday, September 19, 2002

I have been working in private contract security for almost 20 years and I was going to switch to truck driving. I was wondering whether or not to go to school with Swift or Stephens. It seemed too good to be true that you could be trained to drive and that you could earn a decent living afterwards. I am pretty desparate for work and training!

Private security was ok when I started in it 20 years ago. I could make a good living, working lots of overtime. Then, I started realizing what private contract security service providers are up to. The entire "temp" business is not unlike the pimp who puts his hos out on the street and beats h*** out of them if they don't come across with da money!

These sleazebag security company owners put you in a USED polyester uniform for which they charge you a BIG deposit like it was new which you never get back, then they put you on a post which you are supposed to "guard' many times unarmed.(They tell the parent corporate company that they are buying NEW uniforms, make up phoney invoices to submit then buy from a used uniform brokers who buy from security companies that liquidate.

Are YOU gonna die for minimum wage? That's what they expect and then they won't even provide OSHA standards of sanitation or potable drinking water much less a soda machine. No matter how you knock yourself out or ingratiate yourself to the client of the security company, they can still terminate the contract or jerk you out of there and put someone else in. If the contract is about to be terminated, the security company will fabricate something and then fire you for it so they don't have to pay unemployment.

ALLIED SECURITY is famous for this! They really, really suck as employers. When you have been there long enough for a raise and/or a vacation, instead of letting you take it, they will make up an excuse and fire you and replace you with some dumb young kid, maybe a cop wannabe, so you won't get unemployment and then the manager puts the savingsin his pocets.

Private security comapnies have a HUGE turnover. EVen moreso than the truckdrivers that homeboy was talking about in the Swift Trucking compaint he filed. It is a continual bloodfest because the officer who actually does the guard work is treated like crap and the only way to get anyh benefits or consideration as a human being is to get into the supervisory or office. So it gets very unpleasant at times. The only people who seem to play this game very well are retired rear eschelon military types who are almost always males and have it in for ALL women and whatever minority groups they are NOT a member of!
When that king of his own dung pile empire gets taken out eventually, the process begins anew.BY keeping everybody at each other's throat, the owners of the company does not have to worry about providing any benefits for long-term employees and can circumvent most government regulations regarding treatment of employees.

The wages are a joke. Sometimes crooks with no record get into security and get ripped off on purpose. I have personally guarded company fnctions where the security officer was threatened with being fire if he/she drank one cold drink and there were iced down cases upon cases of the, And when you are d**n near broke and there is food in the refrigerator from a recent bash that everyone forgot about ad you aren't supposed

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#1 Consumer Comment

ALL Employers these days are crooks

AUTHOR: Helene - ()

POSTED: Thursday, September 19, 2002

I have been working in private contract security for almost 20 years and I was going to switch to truck driving. I was wondering whether or not to go to school with Swift or Stephens. It seemed too good to be true that you could be trained to drive and that you could earn a decent living afterwards. I am pretty desparate for work and training!

Private security was ok when I started in it 20 years ago. I could make a good living, working lots of overtime. Then, I started realizing what private contract security service providers are up to. The entire "temp" business is not unlike the pimp who puts his hos out on the street and beats h*** out of them if they don't come across with da money!

These sleazebag security company owners put you in a USED polyester uniform for which they charge you a BIG deposit like it was new which you never get back, then they put you on a post which you are supposed to "guard' many times unarmed.(They tell the parent corporate company that they are buying NEW uniforms, make up phoney invoices to submit then buy from a used uniform brokers who buy from security companies that liquidate.

Are YOU gonna die for minimum wage? That's what they expect and then they won't even provide OSHA standards of sanitation or potable drinking water much less a soda machine. No matter how you knock yourself out or ingratiate yourself to the client of the security company, they can still terminate the contract or jerk you out of there and put someone else in. If the contract is about to be terminated, the security company will fabricate something and then fire you for it so they don't have to pay unemployment.

ALLIED SECURITY is famous for this! They really, really suck as employers. When you have been there long enough for a raise and/or a vacation, instead of letting you take it, they will make up an excuse and fire you and replace you with some dumb young kid, maybe a cop wannabe, so you won't get unemployment and then the manager puts the savingsin his pocets.

Private security comapnies have a HUGE turnover. EVen moreso than the truckdrivers that homeboy was talking about in the Swift Trucking compaint he filed. It is a continual bloodfest because the officer who actually does the guard work is treated like crap and the only way to get anyh benefits or consideration as a human being is to get into the supervisory or office. So it gets very unpleasant at times. The only people who seem to play this game very well are retired rear eschelon military types who are almost always males and have it in for ALL women and whatever minority groups they are NOT a member of!
When that king of his own dung pile empire gets taken out eventually, the process begins anew.BY keeping everybody at each other's throat, the owners of the company does not have to worry about providing any benefits for long-term employees and can circumvent most government regulations regarding treatment of employees.

The wages are a joke. Sometimes crooks with no record get into security and get ripped off on purpose. I have personally guarded company fnctions where the security officer was threatened with being fire if he/she drank one cold drink and there were iced down cases upon cases of the, And when you are d**n near broke and there is food in the refrigerator from a recent bash that everyone forgot about ad you aren't supposed

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