Complaint Review: Swift Transportation - Phoenix Arizona

I have never driven for these people however, whenever econommic times get tough, these folks come down from the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are to recruit and I have a couple of relatives who are considering driving with them. I WENT THROUGH ENOUGH LYING, STEALING,PAYCHECK SKIMMING FOOLS in the private security industry not to let anyone in my family work with someone who does things like what you describe. I drive but you have to be very careful when you drive! Standing outside a rickety guard shack in the pouring rain and it is about zero degrees or d**n near and being disrespected by all and having your own people skim your paycheck while refusing to hel you get affordable insurance is all the encouragement I need to be very,very careful with the truck. I can't say who I do work with but it is NOT SWIFT and after what you told me about them IT WILL NEVER BE THEM! THANKS FOR THE HEADS UP!

It is easy to get a local job in Phoenix with a clean Class A CDL. Companies like Mobile Mini, and others will hire you without a problem as long as you can provide a clean drug test. I worked for them after a bad deal with another company where I was terminated for refusing to operate outside of legal HOS, and got the DAC retaliation report. Companies are crying for drivers right now. They lower their standards to fill the seats. I think you were over reacting a little saying your career is ruined. I also feel that you simply were not trained PROPERLY before being put out on your own. Swift has the worst training available. They are the blind leading the blind, after all, at Swift, a person with only 6 months experience can be a trainer! That is VERY scary! There is NO WAY a person with only 6 mos exp can train anyone! Don't be offended, BUT, You might also want to take a night class on English grammar and spelling to get a decent job. Your spelling and word usage is terrible! Image is everything when applying for a job. You need to go back to school or something. How did you graduate high school without being able to spell? This offends me as schooling is available for free to everyone. There is no exuse for someone to graduate and be illiterate. That is the real rip off here.

If you're determined to want to drive a truck for a living, you CAN find a job. It will simply require you to work a little harder to find one. The fact is, you did have an accident, as minor in nature as it was. The entry on your DAC Report is valid. It's typical of Swift Transportation to lie to people in the manner you were lied to. The thing you need to do first and foremost is to sit down and remember the accident as it occurred. You need to write this down and condense it into a small letter of explanation. Take responsibility for it. Accidents are going to happen, and they are especially going to happen to people who are not familiar with the dynamics of operating a tractor-trailer combination. The immediate concern you have is that you don't have a great deal of driving experience, combined with the fact that you were terminated due to an accident. You never made it solo, so that's going to limit your prospects a great deal. Applying to most companies that require minimal experience will be a waste of time. If you submit your letter of explanation with each application, along with the attitude that your desire is to overcome this obstacle and to become a good driver, to those companies that offer driver training, you will eventually find a company willing to give you a second chance. This might mean however that you will have to start from the ground up, with at the very least, some time in the second seat of a truck for more road training, but at least you have your CDL. So the time needed to get you back up to speed will be minimal. Don't give up, if you're determined to drive. Hit the web and look for training companies that hire in the Phoenix area, and start applying. You're only going to be limited if you don't try.