Complaint Review: Swift Transportation - Nationwide
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Swift Transportation very little home time, pay and lots of sitting without pay RIPOFF Phoenix Arizona
*UPDATE Employee: You are a PUTZ
*UPDATE Employee: You are a PUTZ
*UPDATE Employee: You are a PUTZ
*UPDATE Employee: You are a PUTZ
*UPDATE Employee: little planning, lots of whining
*Consumer Suggestion: Most large fleets work the same. If you're unhappy with one, the rest won't be much better.
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I started swift training academy in Feb 2005, I was put on a trainer truck and lasted three weeks (woke up in the term one night to fine him watching porn and smoking crack out of a soda can). I got another trainer and he was excellent. We drove the hell out of his truck and I got a lot of miles and good training.
In May 2005, I was 'upgraded' to my own truck. I was excited and not ready for the caos the followed. I don't know who said it, but I read in this forum that Swift doesn't send new drivers with high value loads or into the mountains. Well, my third load was from Dell computers out of Austin. I received several HV loads in the 6 months I worked there.
Swift never ever got me home within three weeks and when they did get me home, I was there sometimes not for 24 hours before dispatched again. I never received the home time they said I would. Maybe I was not ready to be a truck driver, but I was very disappointed with them. I hate to sit if I am not at home.
I quit them twice. The first time they called me back and wanted to reinstate me. I went like a fool. The second time I quit was because I sat for three days with no load 200 miles from my house. It was over labor day holiday. I asked my DM if I could get a load going to the house before the long weekend because I had experience with the 'slow freight' but because I was only 10 days out he said no.
After much complaining over the QC-they got me a load going straight to my hometown (a load that had sat in their computer all weekend). They are very unorganized. When I did quit, I left their truck at their term in Lancaster Tx (not under dispatch-but shop status) because after sitting all weekend, they now wanted me to get the trk serviced. They said my DAC would say that I abandoned vehicle and or equipment. They put a load on my truck after I turned my keys in the the dispatch window.
Anita
temple, Texas
U.S.A.
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#6 UPDATE Employee
You are a PUTZ
AUTHOR: Heather - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, June 02, 2006
Did common sence ever tell you that maybe sence you were only out 10 days, home time was not earned yet?? You never mentioned telling you d/m when you would be at the closest terminal for tcall?? Did you stay around long enough so your DM could trust when you could be @ a spacific place? I think not. Your entry is a example of the classic work ethic the Transportation industry is working with
#5 UPDATE Employee
You are a PUTZ
AUTHOR: Heather - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, June 02, 2006
Did common sence ever tell you that maybe sence you were only out 10 days, home time was not earned yet?? You never mentioned telling you d/m when you would be at the closest terminal for tcall?? Did you stay around long enough so your DM could trust when you could be @ a spacific place? I think not. Your entry is a example of the classic work ethic the Transportation industry is working with
#4 UPDATE Employee
You are a PUTZ
AUTHOR: Heather - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, June 02, 2006
Did common sence ever tell you that maybe sence you were only out 10 days, home time was not earned yet?? You never mentioned telling you d/m when you would be at the closest terminal for tcall?? Did you stay around long enough so your DM could trust when you could be @ a spacific place? I think not. Your entry is a example of the classic work ethic the Transportation industry is working with
#3 UPDATE Employee
You are a PUTZ
AUTHOR: Heather - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Friday, June 02, 2006
Did common sence ever tell you that maybe sence you were only out 10 days, home time was not earned yet?? You never mentioned telling you d/m when you would be at the closest terminal for tcall?? Did you stay around long enough so your DM could trust when you could be @ a spacific place? I think not. Your entry is a example of the classic work ethic the Transportation industry is working with
#2 UPDATE Employee
little planning, lots of whining
AUTHOR: Douglas - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Monday, April 10, 2006
I have been with swift for 7 1/2 years and while
I have had the occasional problem, it has always been resolved thru reasonablness and rational dialogue. I would suggest that in the future whoever you work for to try planning your time off weeks, if not months ahead (for holidays). if you think about it if its really that important to you maybe "you" should put forth more effort to be sure that your intentions are understood. Try telling your dispatcher or dm the day you leave out, what day you want to be home. Be reasonable.
If you have no pressing business like doctors appt. family wedding or the like, work one extra
day too get home. Be firm about yourself w/o out
whining. And before you ask, yes I am a driver for them. The better planning I do the easier it
is for them to do there job, and get me home when I need it. Remember there is a difference between "wants", and "needs". good luck .
#1 Consumer Suggestion
Most large fleets work the same. If you're unhappy with one, the rest won't be much better.
AUTHOR: Paul - (U.S.A.)
SUBMITTED: Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Swift does have one of the lowest driver satisfaction ratings in the industry. But, I can tell you from experience that the rest aren't much better.
About the only chance you have is to get in with a small company. But, usually they won't hire anyone with less than two years experience.
No matter how you add it up, trucking isn't a very good job for most people.
All you need to do is look at the job turnover to see that for yourself. Happy people don't quit something if they're making good money at it.
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