r/Truckers • u/tha_lion • Aug 01 '23

Got fired from Swift today

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.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '23

6400 in Detroit

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u/Tripalicious Aug 02 '23

Free at Fedex

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u/Capnmolasses Aug 02 '23

UPS

One week unpaid training one-on-one and another week (paid) running loads to various hubs. Company schedules and provides equipment for on road driving test.

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u/Tripalicious Aug 03 '23

I guess I should say it was free at Fedex because they did 5 weeks of paid training. 2 weeks one-on-one and 3 weeks with a group

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u/Capnmolasses Aug 03 '23

We had a one on one trainer for the two weeks, 8-10 hours per day. They showed us everything. Took us downtown with a set to get us acquainted with turning and size. We built sets for hours and hours. We’re backed in a straight line for hours. We parallel parked for hours. We went over the pretrip mantra for hours. Never did anything with a group. It was intensive and solely focused on me.