Complaint Review: Swift Transportation

I wouldn't be surprised if "Wolf" was a company plant, attempting to repair the unrepairable reputation that Swift Transportation Co. has amassed.

As Rodney offered, Swift's Millington, Tennessee location was approved as a third party testing facility for the State of Tennessee, and indeed operated as a third party skills testing facility. The licenses were not issued at the facility, but those who performed the testing signed off on a sheet of paper that was exchanged for a valid CDL at the Tennessee Licensing Facility on the south side of Memphis.

Make no mistake. The people who did the signing off on the forms, and who were supposed to be conducting full skills test assessments were none other than employees of Swift.

The actual number of people who went through that testing facility, and who's CDL's are set to be revoked if they are not re-tested at an approved facility remain to be counted. The estimates are that at least two thousand drivers, most of whom have moved on from Swift to ther companies, were affected and will be required to immediately re-certify.

More than 5,600 people were supposedly tested through that one facility during the time that Swift had third party testing authority granted by the State of Tennessee.

The bottom line is that those who worked in the testing facility cut corners, failed to test all applicants under the same criteria, and even signed off on some with absolutely no road test having been performed, as is required under the FMCSR's.

When Swift was busted early last year, a company spokesman released a statement claiming that "Swift was not the target of the investigation", and that was absolutely true. The patsies were those whose name was on forms claiming that skills tests were performed on each and every candidate, when the fact was that the criteria for testing was not followed in most of the cases. Those people that WERE the target of the investigation were Swift employees, and they were thrown to the wolves.

The untold story is that those employees were urged to cut those corners, to speed up tests, or told to sign off without testing, in order to get more people through the process and to collect those fees, but that aspect of the case was harder to prove.

The State has revoked Swift's third party testing authority, and now all those who go through Swift's Millington, Tennessee facilty must take their road tests at the State facility in Memphis.

Those that trained through the facilty from 2005 to early 2009, and who's CDL's are poised to be revoked if they are not able to find a way to retest in their home states are not receiving any assistance whatsoever from Swift, despite the fact that this was absolutely Swift's fault from start to finish.

This issue is just another in a long line of reasons why this company is not worth working for at all. They run a sweat shop in each of those trucks, they pay far below prevailing rates, exploit the unaware and ignorant for profit potential, and they will leave you twisting in the wind at the drop of a hat.

Unfortunately, because of the present economy, people are probably signing up in droves at the moment, and the complaints about this company in the coming months will most certainly escalate. Most will not seek out this site, and others, to get a feeling of what this company is all about. They will be misled, lied to, and coerced into making decisions that will only make their life situation worse by the time that they realize the facts surrounding this awful company.

Don't take my word for it. All you have to do is to Google the company name. You will have hours of material to read. This site alone has hundreds of complaints lodged against them.

You can ignore one or two complaints, but it's very hard to overlook hundreds upon hundreds of complaints. Where there is smoke, the fire is right there too. Consider yourself warned.

I wouldn't be surprised if "Wolf" was a company plant, attempting to repair the unrepairable reputation that Swift Transportation Co. has amassed.

As Rodney offered, Swift's Millington, Tennessee location was approved as a third party testing facility for the State of Tennessee, and indeed operated as a third party skills testing facility. The licenses were not issued at the facility, but those who performed the testing signed off on a sheet of paper that was exchanged for a valid CDL at the Tennessee Licensing Facility on the south side of Memphis.

Make no mistake. The people who did the signing off on the forms, and who were supposed to be conducting full skills test assessments were none other than employees of Swift.

The actual number of people who went through that testing facility, and who's CDL's are set to be revoked if they are not re-tested at an approved facility remain to be counted. The estimates are that at least two thousand drivers, most of whom have moved on from Swift to ther companies, were affected and will be required to immediately re-certify.

More than 5,600 people were supposedly tested through that one facility during the time that Swift had third party testing authority granted by the State of Tennessee.

The bottom line is that those who worked in the testing facility cut corners, failed to test all applicants under the same criteria, and even signed off on some with absolutely no road test having been performed, as is required under the FMCSR's.

When Swift was busted early last year, a company spokesman released a statement claiming that "Swift was not the target of the investigation", and that was absolutely true. The patsies were those whose name was on forms claiming that skills tests were performed on each and every candidate, when the fact was that the criteria for testing was not followed in most of the cases. Those people that WERE the target of the investigation were Swift employees, and they were thrown to the wolves.

The untold story is that those employees were urged to cut those corners, to speed up tests, or told to sign off without testing, in order to get more people through the process and to collect those fees, but that aspect of the case was harder to prove.

The State has revoked Swift's third party testing authority, and now all those who go through Swift's Millington, Tennessee facilty must take their road tests at the State facility in Memphis.

Those that trained through the facilty from 2005 to early 2009, and who's CDL's are poised to be revoked if they are not able to find a way to retest in their home states are not receiving any assistance whatsoever from Swift, despite the fact that this was absolutely Swift's fault from start to finish.

This issue is just another in a long line of reasons why this company is not worth working for at all. They run a sweat shop in each of those trucks, they pay far below prevailing rates, exploit the unaware and ignorant for profit potential, and they will leave you twisting in the wind at the drop of a hat.

Unfortunately, because of the present economy, people are probably signing up in droves at the moment, and the complaints about this company in the coming months will most certainly escalate. Most will not seek out this site, and others, to get a feeling of what this company is all about. They will be misled, lied to, and coerced into making decisions that will only make their life situation worse by the time that they realize the facts surrounding this awful company.

Don't take my word for it. All you have to do is to Google the company name. You will have hours of material to read. This site alone has hundreds of complaints lodged against them.

You can ignore one or two complaints, but it's very hard to overlook hundreds upon hundreds of complaints. Where there is smoke, the fire is right there too. Consider yourself warned.

I wouldn't be surprised if "Wolf" was a company plant, attempting to repair the unrepairable reputation that Swift Transportation Co. has amassed.

As Rodney offered, Swift's Millington, Tennessee location was approved as a third party testing facility for the State of Tennessee, and indeed operated as a third party skills testing facility. The licenses were not issued at the facility, but those who performed the testing signed off on a sheet of paper that was exchanged for a valid CDL at the Tennessee Licensing Facility on the south side of Memphis.

Make no mistake. The people who did the signing off on the forms, and who were supposed to be conducting full skills test assessments were none other than employees of Swift.

The actual number of people who went through that testing facility, and who's CDL's are set to be revoked if they are not re-tested at an approved facility remain to be counted. The estimates are that at least two thousand drivers, most of whom have moved on from Swift to ther companies, were affected and will be required to immediately re-certify.

More than 5,600 people were supposedly tested through that one facility during the time that Swift had third party testing authority granted by the State of Tennessee.

The bottom line is that those who worked in the testing facility cut corners, failed to test all applicants under the same criteria, and even signed off on some with absolutely no road test having been performed, as is required under the FMCSR's.

When Swift was busted early last year, a company spokesman released a statement claiming that "Swift was not the target of the investigation", and that was absolutely true. The patsies were those whose name was on forms claiming that skills tests were performed on each and every candidate, when the fact was that the criteria for testing was not followed in most of the cases. Those people that WERE the target of the investigation were Swift employees, and they were thrown to the wolves.

The untold story is that those employees were urged to cut those corners, to speed up tests, or told to sign off without testing, in order to get more people through the process and to collect those fees, but that aspect of the case was harder to prove.

The State has revoked Swift's third party testing authority, and now all those who go through Swift's Millington, Tennessee facilty must take their road tests at the State facility in Memphis.

Those that trained through the facilty from 2005 to early 2009, and who's CDL's are poised to be revoked if they are not able to find a way to retest in their home states are not receiving any assistance whatsoever from Swift, despite the fact that this was absolutely Swift's fault from start to finish.

This issue is just another in a long line of reasons why this company is not worth working for at all. They run a sweat shop in each of those trucks, they pay far below prevailing rates, exploit the unaware and ignorant for profit potential, and they will leave you twisting in the wind at the drop of a hat.

Unfortunately, because of the present economy, people are probably signing up in droves at the moment, and the complaints about this company in the coming months will most certainly escalate. Most will not seek out this site, and others, to get a feeling of what this company is all about. They will be misled, lied to, and coerced into making decisions that will only make their life situation worse by the time that they realize the facts surrounding this awful company.

Don't take my word for it. All you have to do is to Google the company name. You will have hours of material to read. This site alone has hundreds of complaints lodged against them.

You can ignore one or two complaints, but it's very hard to overlook hundreds upon hundreds of complaints. Where there is smoke, the fire is right there too. Consider yourself warned.

I wouldn't be surprised if "Wolf" was a company plant, attempting to repair the unrepairable reputation that Swift Transportation Co. has amassed.

As Rodney offered, Swift's Millington, Tennessee location was approved as a third party testing facility for the State of Tennessee, and indeed operated as a third party skills testing facility. The licenses were not issued at the facility, but those who performed the testing signed off on a sheet of paper that was exchanged for a valid CDL at the Tennessee Licensing Facility on the south side of Memphis.

Make no mistake. The people who did the signing off on the forms, and who were supposed to be conducting full skills test assessments were none other than employees of Swift.

The actual number of people who went through that testing facility, and who's CDL's are set to be revoked if they are not re-tested at an approved facility remain to be counted. The estimates are that at least two thousand drivers, most of whom have moved on from Swift to ther companies, were affected and will be required to immediately re-certify.

More than 5,600 people were supposedly tested through that one facility during the time that Swift had third party testing authority granted by the State of Tennessee.

The bottom line is that those who worked in the testing facility cut corners, failed to test all applicants under the same criteria, and even signed off on some with absolutely no road test having been performed, as is required under the FMCSR's.

When Swift was busted early last year, a company spokesman released a statement claiming that "Swift was not the target of the investigation", and that was absolutely true. The patsies were those whose name was on forms claiming that skills tests were performed on each and every candidate, when the fact was that the criteria for testing was not followed in most of the cases. Those people that WERE the target of the investigation were Swift employees, and they were thrown to the wolves.

The untold story is that those employees were urged to cut those corners, to speed up tests, or told to sign off without testing, in order to get more people through the process and to collect those fees, but that aspect of the case was harder to prove.

The State has revoked Swift's third party testing authority, and now all those who go through Swift's Millington, Tennessee facilty must take their road tests at the State facility in Memphis.

Those that trained through the facilty from 2005 to early 2009, and who's CDL's are poised to be revoked if they are not able to find a way to retest in their home states are not receiving any assistance whatsoever from Swift, despite the fact that this was absolutely Swift's fault from start to finish.

This issue is just another in a long line of reasons why this company is not worth working for at all. They run a sweat shop in each of those trucks, they pay far below prevailing rates, exploit the unaware and ignorant for profit potential, and they will leave you twisting in the wind at the drop of a hat.

Unfortunately, because of the present economy, people are probably signing up in droves at the moment, and the complaints about this company in the coming months will most certainly escalate. Most will not seek out this site, and others, to get a feeling of what this company is all about. They will be misled, lied to, and coerced into making decisions that will only make their life situation worse by the time that they realize the facts surrounding this awful company.

Don't take my word for it. All you have to do is to Google the company name. You will have hours of material to read. This site alone has hundreds of complaints lodged against them.

You can ignore one or two complaints, but it's very hard to overlook hundreds upon hundreds of complaints. Where there is smoke, the fire is right there too. Consider yourself warned.

First of all wolf, Millington is a third party testing academy. You being a Swift trainer should know that as well as the Phoenix academy being third party. Oh yeah, a Swift trainer, let me break it down so you can understand. Third party means that the employees ( instructors) at the school administer the test and certify the students for a CDL. Second, you are the one who makes your company look bad. Getting on here and wishing someone to fail because of lack of intelligence when you show you are clearly lacking some yourself by not knowing how your company operates. I went round and round with upper management on the issue about third party testing only for my concerns to fall upon money hungry ears.

Now it is biting them in the a*s just like the numerous law suits you drivers work so hard to pay for. Their latest payout.....23.5 million for a fatal crash in Tucamcari, NM, in 2006. Oh yeah, the driver tested positive for meth. Dec. 2007, 36.5 million for another fatal crash. 5 million settled for head on crash in 2005 and the list goes on. 95 million dollars for three suits in a period of two years. That is only three lawsuits, who knows how many more are pending...oh I bet Jerry does!!

Any ol hoot Wolfie, please rebut and continue showing just how intelligent Swift mentors are....I am looking forward to a good laugh.

First of all wolf, Millington is a third party testing academy. You being a Swift trainer should know that as well as the Phoenix academy being third party. Oh yeah, a Swift trainer, let me break it down so you can understand. Third party means that the employees ( instructors) at the school administer the test and certify the students for a CDL. Second, you are the one who makes your company look bad. Getting on here and wishing someone to fail because of lack of intelligence when you show you are clearly lacking some yourself by not knowing how your company operates. I went round and round with upper management on the issue about third party testing only for my concerns to fall upon money hungry ears. Now it is biting them in the a*s just like the numerous law suits you drivers work so hard to pay for. Their latest payout.....23.5 million for a fatal crash in Tucamcari, NM, in 2006. Oh yeah, the driver tested positive for meth. Dec. 2007, 36.5 million for another fatal crash. 5 million settled for head on crash in 2005 and the list goes on. 95 million dollars for three suits in a period of two years. That is only three lawsuits, who knows how many more are pending...oh I bet Jerry does!!

Any ol hoot Wolfie, please rebut and continue showing just how intelligent Swift mentors are....I am looking forward to a good laugh.

Swift does not issue CDL's. People like you make Swift and other companies look bad. I hope you fail due to your lack of intelligence. I do train Swift Drivers and I have no trouble with them. Maybe you failed to take your test and now have to renew something. Why blame Swift school ,when they train they do not test or certify you. Also the agreement you signed says if you do not pay for your school as agreed if you leave early they will not release your records. Did you fail to pay the school or pay attention to the contract. Or maybe you just failed. Remember you are Dealing with a State regulation not with a school deficit. Some of the state testers where under criminal investigation all across the state not Swift. Testers are State people not Swift.