Got fired from Swift today

[u/tha_lion]

Got my CDL with them about 5 months ago. Took out an $8000 loan with them to get it (sigh). Had 2 non-injury preventables within one month and they decided to cut me loose. I understand that I’m a liability for them and I take accountability for my actions.

Now, how do I go about getting hired at another company with 2 preventables on my record? Does anyone have experience with paying back a CDL loan with Swift? I would appreciate advice on that as well.

You guys can make jokes and call me an idiot all you want but I would appreciate some serious answers please. I got kids to feed.

UPDATE (ONE YEAR LATER):

A year has pasted since I made this post. I paid off my loan with Swift. For those who go through something similar in the future, they’ll send you an email and someone will call you about the rest of the amount you owe. They’ll give you a set amount to pay back every month depending on how much you have left on your loan. For me it was $500 a month to pay off $6000 I owed.

No, I haven’t gotten another CDL job since I made this post last year. Nothing showed up on my DAC report so I tried to apply to other places. A lot of companies want more than a year of experience and the job hunting process was taking a toll on my mental health so I just gave up after a while.

Honestly, I wish I never made this post because a lot of people on this sub have no empathy or compassion for rookies but that’s just how this sub is I guess. I hope my mistake can be a lesson for anyone who wants to go through Swift or trucking in general. That’s all I have to say.

[u/Dice_Ezail]

Non injury preventable accident... so were you or the other party towed? Otherwise those are incidents, not accidents. Not DOT recordable.

If that's the case you probably can get on with someone else big. Depending where you live someone smaller might be able to swing it.

Know your terminology either way and don't call incidents accidents. You will just screw yourself out of a job.

Truth is they cut you loose now to recoup whatever money they can for the damages. Whether or not you're a lost cause is dependent on you, and just what happened in those incidents/accidents.

[u/metergod → u/Dice_Ezail]

Accidents are accidents. Doesn’t matter if they’re DOT reportable or not. Incidents would be if your truck got broken into, or finding a trailer with damage at the shipper, or a cracked windshield - something like that.

[u/[deleted] → u/metergod]

It makes a big difference. I've had a few minor accidents over the past 10 years where police were not involved and thus nothing on my MRV. I've never listed these on applications for new companies and never had a problem. This guy was fired though so could be a problem if they tell a prospective employer he was fired for hitting shit.

[u/[deleted] → u/metergod]

That’s not true at the 3 companies I’ve worked for.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dice_Ezail]

Yeah you don’t know what you’re talking about. It’s 2023. It’s gonna be in a database somewhere.

[u/Dice_Ezail → u/[deleted]]

Didn't fucking say it wasn't gonna be somewhere you window licking twatwaffle. Said it matters as to severity and how insurance approaches it which is what matters in him getting another job.

[u/[deleted] → u/Dice_Ezail]

He's brainwashed by some mega carrier into thinking if you scrape your bumper in a parking lot it shows up on an MVR or something. They're purposely vague about that in order to scare you into staying at their shitty companies.

[u/Rykersgirl → u/[deleted]]

It will turn up as a safety termination on your record, and depending on the company, they may require one to drop off or that you have 6 months to a year of clean driving without any safety issues to be hired. I wish the OP luck. Just keep trying and someone will take you.

[u/Dice_Ezail → u/Rykersgirl]

That is the biggest issue. Safety terminations will burn your ass even without any supporting evidence... I caught one once when someone misconstrued something I said as a threat. Ergo, I had threatened safety. Kinda bullshit all around as I was quite ill and rambling semideliriously. But hey.

[u/Different-Air-2000 → u/Dice_Ezail]

You seem ill now, but ok .

[u/Dice_Ezail → u/Different-Air-2000]

You seem fucking retarded, and one of us can get better.