Sοmе ancient clips οf Trucking wіth mу friend Gerald whеn hе worked fοr SWIFT. I rесkοn wе wеrе 21 аt thе time.
I јυѕt want tο know a lil more аbουt thе trucking company Swift frοm οthеr trucker out thеrе.
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if u ever heard or Warren trucking lik this..im no trying to get a lot of thumbs up but my dad works there and lik no vids r up about that bisness.
@gu151 Do you know this for a FACT and have some amount of proof of the nonsence that you are telling people by chance???
how much you bring home a week workin for swift after there training school?
Swift is a labor mill and a disgrace to the industry. Their moto is “pay as little as possible, treat drivers like shit, and if they quit then we will just bring more unsuspecting trucking students in to replace them”. Most of their human resource / training / dispatch employees are under qualified trash off the local streets who love acting like they are doing YOU a favor. TIP TO ALL NEW STUDENTS, FIND A DIFF CARRIER THAT OFFERS TRAINING. (Schneider, USexpress, or countless others). NO SWIFT
SWIFT– Two Fucks In White TruckS
HAHAHA YA LIKE I EVER SAW A SWIFT DRIVER THAT COULD BACK UP WITHOUT HITTING SOMETHING XD
SWIFT-Sure Wish I Finished Training
@snowman8983 how much does Swift charge the newbies for the driving academy and is that realistic as to how much money you are making in the 1st month on your own? In any given year starting out I cleared in the low $20,000. That is shit pay for work put in and what one has to put up with out their. Perhaps a starting salary of $30k is more appropriate for the sacrifice of a life and hardship said driver is making. By the mile is not very profitable anymore. I’d stay away from Swift LOL!
@snowman8983 the real story on Swift is that they do miss your expenses on every other trip if you are not looking carefully when you submit expenses and not everyone gets adequate miles or good take home pay. They have also failed in certain business ventures in the past due to their piss poor handling of certain specialized divisions (ask about Volvo Driveaway in Dublin, VA) sometime at their Greer terminal and find out if that division is still running. To my understanding it isn’t.
@snowman8983 LOL, bullshit. You weren’t around when they governed their trucks at 60 mph and on top of the slow trucks and reduction in pay because you can’t max out your miles in any given day, the company did shave miles off trips. Benefits are nothing to right home about. Show me an insurance plan which pays 100%. 80% 20% PPO or 90% 10% you are still paying something out of pocket on top of the crappy pay you are receiving. They are not a good company and will ding your DAC.
@JRtransport379 they underpay their workforce and you don’t get back all the miles driven or get paid adequately for time put in.
Very nice vidio awesome
@plsniper clearly you didn’t read that post the right way
@bigredi444 Chrome and lights? Then buy a truck and chrome it and light it yourself. Don’t beat up on the company truck because it doesn’t have enough chrome or lights. That’s bull sh..
@bigredi444 they cant afford to pay their trivers b/c the they keep wrecking trucks and generally act like retards.
You people on here bashing the pay rate and stuff at swift, where the hell else are you going to get 5 pay raises in the first year; good affordable benefits, a nice truck, and run in a comfort zone of your choice just after driver training??? NO where else in this industry thats where. there a good company except for the ones that should’nt be driving rigs in the first place; think about it.
@throttlehard my last trucking job that paid well was season work hauling the U.S. mail between annexes. As a contractor for a private carrier, I made near $2,000 in about a little over two weeks time. I do still mantain my CDL to this day though the problem I have with an industry is that some companies won’t credit you with time already put in and that is just messed up.
Man as a driver this is crazy.. icant believe this guy, how he lied and turned out to be a swift mark…this was 2008…He states he didnt expect much..in about 1yr and half.. he went through 3 trucks ending up in a new customized chromed vovlo..5k worth of electronics in it, his own show, his own merchandise, and a metal polish he was promoting…and now no longer works for Swift…he must have gotten a better deal…Maybe hes ceo of Werner or JB…
Damn I looked at more of this guys videos…..in less than 2 years hes at a show somewhere with a BRAND NEW custom paint Volvo,,with swift and BIGCAT trucker on the side urging ppl to come to swift…And notice he has nothing negative to say about Swift….Swift…they really think ppl cant think for themselves
Its real simple…as a beginner if u dont know anyone that has a trucking co that can get u experience your going to have to go through the bullshit…ANy company that hires trainees and has more than 1ok trucks is a slave driver..The key is to get 6 months experience..with a clean driving record and then parachute from the Swifts, JB Hunts, Sheinders and CRSTs of the world.. for 10yrs i made 60k and was home everynite…dont believe that cross country crap once u get experience
Everyone has to start somewhere and SWIFT is not a bad company to start out at. I personally started their and besides the pay I did not have any real issues. However, my belief is that you create your own experiences where ever you go, so maybe that’s why my experience wasn’t so bad.
Hey Big cat you seem like an eager person to find out about trucking just like me i wanted to know if you had any luck yet ?Im getting out the army and already have a cdl , thanks look me up on facebook flavio santana thanks
@Tsukasa981 Swift has been known to do bad business. As I recall they broke union lines in Dublin, VA and tried to do a truck decking operation which was a complete failure. They drove their experienced drivers out of that operation and they didn’t compensate fairly for that project to begin with nor did they give me proper training to do the job at hand. At last check that operation was no longer in existence. The company has treated drivers very very poorly.
@Tsukasa981 I did log my miles and there was always a discrepancy between what the computer paid and what I actually drove. Above all your pay is not guaranteed and you don’t know how much you will be making. When one is governed at 60 mph and one is not getting paid all the miles they drive, then there are problems. I also wonder how many more expenses Swift missed (i.e. tolls/showers etc etc).
@Tsukasa981 LOL, you don’t get paid for all the miles that you drive and Swift did that during the time I was there and I knew their system was shorting me miles and their routing software sucked. Swift did shave miles and the icing on the cake is when I caught the company misisng expenses on every other trip. Back tracking 3 mos worth of trips to recover expenses was enough to finally leave and bear in mind I had enough issues when I was handling loads to Canada. Swift does bad business.
swifts is ok company, i like they will do u right in return…
@turbo98gt so… in other words… you were a swift failure..?
how would u know if schneider good company have u work there b4??? >>>>rolls over laughing out loud swift …..u grown make ur own choices at the end dats what u guna do neway swift sucks
@Tsukasa981 u must work for the shitty bastards or something??? well swift sucks ass and u do to swift could potentially be good but too many chiefs not enough indians and trainers are to damn young and nieve think they the shit lucky i had a great mexican shot out thomas at swift but swift is horrible i got no miles there my check was bout the same as my fucking weight 200something. now u mite be asskissing gettin miles but sum dnt do that
@Tsukasa981 (Continuing 2) They do in fact put you out on the road for about a week. I’ll agree, they really could increase the time out on road week. BUT they get you ready for the CDL test and afterwards, you have your MENTOR to teach you everything you need to know.
3) They don’t soak money from their drivers… Yeah, you pay OUT OF YOUR PAYCHECK for the academy. And after a year, they PAY YOU BACK HALF… What the hell were you all doing in the Academy..? Sucking cock all day long? >_>
@Tsukasa981 1) LOGGING. If you log your miles, log your on duty/driving/off duty times, and EVERYTHING ELSE NEEDED TO BE LOGGED, you will not be jacked out of your money. YOU control whether or not you get paid, not Swift… THEY TOLD YOU IN THE ACADEMY…
2) Yes, you drive on the range for quite a bit. Why? Because they don’t want you out on the road, first day, destroying everything in your site… They put you in the range to get the feel of the truck, to learn how to control the trailer…
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