I know many of you people out there need jobs and willing to go to the depths of hell for one, but take my advise and dont go to Swift Trucking school. I am looking for people who went to Millington for their school and witnessed the 4 man hotel rooms, the herding to and fro the training area and the nonsensical classroom training you had to ebdure. The entire time in the 4 weeks of training I actually drove a truck was for about 45 minutes to an hour. The entire time was devoted to backing up which would have only taken me one full day of practice to pass in a truck on my own, but instead of having one full day on your own you have 2 or 3, 7 day weeks struggling to even get a chance to get into a truck and then having to switch with others every 15 to 20 minutes and get back in the truck 3 hours later forgetting what you did right or wrong the last time.
I had my Class A already so they basically just passed me in everything and gave me literally zero training, otherwise I would have gone straight to the orientation and saved myself 4400 dollars.
After I had completed my training I was sent with a dedicated driver mentor who did about a 6 to 8 hour run every 3 days. The truck was stationed in the middle of nowhere in Lake City next to a Huddle House. That was to be my new home while the mentor lived in a campsite with full amenities like "a shower". The truck broke down the first day so I was put up in a hotel for 8 days doing NOTHING- wasting time. Then it was back to the truck with no shower facilities and into the Huddle House to shave etc. (This was not a truck stop folks). Anyway I requested to be with someone over the road because at this rate I would not have my own truck for around 6 months and be in 100 degree weather with no shower.
I got with another trainer after waiting nearly 2 weeks this was by the direction of the driver MGR. She told me she was getting me a new mentor so I told my current mentor and he told me I had to leave now and then wrote that I couldnt drive unless I had a shower every 12 hours (lie).
The new mentor was a complete idiot, he told me his brother was in the CIA and killed people for a living and because I asked questions he couldnt answer he decided he was going to screw me. He drove me all the way from Atlanta to Memphis when I was supposed to be driving and then told me I didnt have the "basics" to drive a truck.
Now I am in debt 4400 with interest and kicked out because I didnt have the basics when I had a 95 in the school. I explained that I didnt have time to be thrown around like a rag doll and that my other bills were building up and could not go back to a school I already passed with flying colors. I know it was not because of my driving ability with either mentor, but when someone can use any excuse to dump you, they could do that to you forever. If a mentor claims that I dont have the Basics to drive a truck than Swift owes me money and not the other way around.
Looking for a good lawyer and others who had similar problems with Swift...and I know there are many.
Rick999
ROCKLEDGE,#2Author of original report
Tue, January 06, 2015
Of course they will fire you because they just put you nearly 5 grand in debt and got literally no training. They are cheats and I am looking for people who want to file a class action lawsuit.
Lonewolf
Yucca Valley,#3UPDATE Employee ..inside information
Tue, January 06, 2015
James Reed Sharp Driver code shajar
I drove fro swift transportation from 2001 to 2004 the training i got was bad i was put on a truck with a trainer who was methed out. i reported it they did nothing but threaton to fire me. they foreced me to stay on this truck putting my life and others people out on the road in danger. they did not care. what kind of company allows this. this was 10 years ago i want in after 3 years with them thats not all theres lots more report it they fire you
James Reed Sharp Driver code shajar
DisasterMaster
Florida,#4UPDATE Employee ..inside information
Mon, January 05, 2015
I have inside information in regards to the training academy in question here.
If someone can figure out how to get through to me I would be more than happy to share this information and to help with any lawsuit that may come of it.
The training that is provided at this training center is less than adequit by any sense of the word and something needs to be done to correct the matter before it gets someone killed or seriously hurt.
I am not sure how direct contact can be made here but if someone can do it feel free to contact me.