After being OTR for a month I went on hometime for my son's graduation. During this time the tractor I was assigned was taken out of service and sold I was told this by DM Vic Quintana, and TM Chris Ryan of the Albuquerque, NM Swift terminal. It was not until June 6 that I was called and told they ...
After graduating from Swift Academy in Phoenix, Albuquerque became my home terminal. I was assigned a mentor who taught me nothing, ignored regulations, never washed, smelled bad, and was always on the phone arguing with his wife. He cheated the company and asked me to do the same. After completing ...
My wife and i gave up our bussiness to go over the road with all of the promises swift made;big money, good, newer equipment, lots of miles, school tuition payback, and much more. After three months with a junk truck which we spent most of the time in the shop (no miles, no pay), i complained so ...
If you are planning on going to the swift driving academy DON'T save yourself alot of hassles and money first the recruiters will LIE and say whatever they need to to get you in "they get paid bonus for meeting certain numbers" keep that in mind your just a number to this company. Mine ...
I started my venture into trucking by attending the swift driving academy in lewiston, idaho. This was suppose to be a positive step foward from what i've been doing. I graduated the school and came back to minnesota. Minnesota had no mentors and they said they were going to send me down to texas ...
I've been driving off and on since 1994. Over 1million miles easy. Was a trainer at swift for 8 out of 9 months and it went o.K. At best until x-mas time.in dec 07' i was in ca. Trying to get my student and i home for x-mas and was told to take a load to the northeast and that there was no other ...