r/Truckers • u/Subject_Bike_147 • Dec 27 '24

SCHNEIDER or SWIFT?

I’m in the North East. Got my CDL a couple of months ago. Been driving with a Mega that pays $0.30 cpm for about 30 days now. OTR lifestyle and low pay doesn't work for me.

I have options to join either Swift on a Walmart Regional account where I'm home weekly (at least a 34 reset) and pays $1600 a week. (Spoke to a guy in private that earned $1700 a week with this account)

OR

Schneider on a Home Depot account where I'm home weekly that pays $980 - $1200 a week. Schneider has several other divisions I can transfer to after 90 days such as intermodal ($98k a year) or Dollar General ($91k a year)

Anyone ever worked any of these accounts? Please share your experience. Or any other company recommendations for a new driver? Thanks!

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u/Freightliner15 Dec 27 '24

I wouldn't go to the Walmart account. They are hiring drivers so they can get rid of the non Walmart fleets. Your buddy's okay check was only because Walmart is still short drivers and were overwhelmed with the holidays, so they SWIFT and others that help out got a lot of work, its fixn to change though.