Swift Transportation

Training for almost two months on and off while mentor was milking the $200 per week by telling me there's no load. Drove most of the time for training except mentor was lazy about teaching backing skills and just told me where to position truck and trailer in order to be able to finish faster rather than teach. Second mentor I've got for four days was more enthusiastic about teaching backing skills even though we had long days. My only complaint about second mentor was that there was really no real "meal break" had to eat a sandwich while driving "unsafe" for trucking. I tested twice for backing and failed twice and was terminated inmediately by Swift Transportation after my second failed test. I wouldn't recommend this company at all for training. Nobody seems to know what they are even doing at the driver qualification office and they are not aware that mentors are just terrible and don't really care about teaching new cdl holders.

Plenty of showers, parking, the Jake Brake Cafe is cool and reasonably priced. Full gym, free laundry machines and overall really clean well equipped place. Only downside is as a driver you don't get to use the facilities much being over the road but that's a position issue and not a terminal issue.

SWIFT overall I have had a bad experience. I keep not making money with SWIFT, I have done so many 34hr resets is ridiculous not too mention I still have hours on my 70hr clock but they keep getting me these ridiculous appts next day with short miles or live loads or unloads that takes 10+hrs to unload like Walgreens in Jupiter, FL or Nestlé waters etc.

Cool place to work if going owner operator, otherwise company driving is a hassle. Facilities all over America, outdated but working

The training in Richmond is good but most of the success relies on practicing things on your own. (Pretrip ofc, youtube videos on backing if class confused you etc) They need more mountain training!! The mentors need to be evaluated before being allowed to train. They provide hotels and transportation up until you are driving and then all of a sudden the company is broke. Hometime is nonexistent unless your lucky enough to live in a town where a DC is located. Then 9/10 the dispatchers have flaws. All around I’m only here because of the need to gain experience in order to work locally.

it's Ok, good place to get your feet wet, pay is decent for running up north, they do lack empty trailers. for the most part, it's pretty laid back, how every, I do think they give all the drop and hooks to lease drivers.

Overall swift is a good STARTER Company. So yet you’re experience and scaddle!! Good miles tho, but that all depends on your DRiver leader and planners.

Nothing special, just like any other company! Work for less than you're worth! Don't care for the east route! Some terminals are just nasty, need to do better with that

Good company, but like other mega carriers the load is what’s important. Home time and family isn’t a priority. If you find a local gig, might be worth staying. Communication isn’t the greatest especially on weekends.

Swift is a great company for starters. I would recommend anyone coming into the trucking business to give them a try. However be aware of some of the DL they can be frustrating at times.

Pay is low and other drivers love crashing. Consistent problems with pay on route. Had one driver leader that was excellent but left the company and I intend to Follow suit.

It was okay for a start but you're worth is elsewhere, consider getting experience and moving on to something that pays better, I didn't make a lot of money personally

Honestly it is a good gig for drivers starting off but it does get difficult at times not in the work sense but communicating with your managers,planners,dispatch etc in my experience I’ve been stuck many times starting out because of mistakes my DM and the planner have made. It is kinda discombobulated and unorganized so if you are expecting to be home at a certain time do not get your hopes up this place operates on broken promises recruiters will lie to you and reel you in just to get told on the day you actually start working what you will make or how long you will actually stay out so if you are fine with all that I say go ahead get the experience as for me I decided to go local

As most trucking companies for otr. Not paid what you deserve for staying out away from home living in a truck. Was fun seeing the country that is about it.

A good place to begin your career. After 6 months guaranteed money ends and you may not get the mileage. I wanted to stay until get the reimbursement after 13 months of service but you must have a good driver leader to make it that far. They know most people wouldn't stay under the conditions they offer. They really don't need you...Your on-time and no accidents doesnt really matter. You can replaced overnight with new gullible graduates looking for experience.

I would recommend anyone to find a dedicated, local or regional account to join if driving for Swift. The quality of life and work environment I found massively improved when I left OTR. Get to be home every week, 3 days of the week and I make more than I ever did OTR working 60-70 hrs and not being home for 2-4 weeks at a time.

Ruined me financially thanks to the debt they dont give you time to fet ready for after training 9k and you have to pay it back oh and they expect 500 a month and dont care if you over draft each month or have to go homeless to pay them i highly advise to avoid this company

Swift is pretty cool. The pay can be rough sometimes dude to miles. I’ve never had a bad dispatcher. Equipment is generally kept up with. Swift is overall a great place to drive.

I was surprised how well I was supported after hearing so many negative reports online. Pay could be better but is a good company if you're starting out and need experience. Supervisors and support for me have always been available and eager to help..

Pay is not that good. inconsistent paycheck if you try to balance out your home time and time on the road. Great terminals but sometimes you sit a lot without receiving loads

My experience with swift was actually fairly well, it was my first real trucking company I've work for. And I felt like I got more leeway than I should've. That give chances, and let you make mistakes. Really wish I had appreciated the opportunity more and stayed on top of my work. The pay was the standard 56cpm with a minimum of 1000 as long as you were never willingly sticking in one place.

Good company to start out with and get your experience I had a good dm when i was with them so things were good for me But if you need experience good place to get it

It was a decent company to gain experience but had to leave because I would be waiting around to get a load for too long. Was only making around $600-700 a week. Not worth it when you’re away from home for 3 weeks.

Good miles on my dedicated account, office from Account Manager to FL and DL are all great people. Consistent loads and miles, always kept me moving and had preplans.

Great company keeps you moving great place to get started in trucking then advance to better company's to make more money. Swift brand new trucks for drivers is a plus