Swift Transportation Reviews

Former Employee – worked at Swift Transportation full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Worked with some really nice people! My dm was good .I miss the family atmosphere.

Cons – you do tend to feel expendable

Advice to Senior Management – make your employees feel more like you care

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Swift Transportation full-time for more than a year

Pros – Pay is decent. Trucks are good.

Cons – Extended time away from home. Living in truck. DM's with little concern for driver. Do not expect to get unemployment compensation under any circumstance. Company does not communicate with driver. They make decisions that effect your pay without telling employee and seem to change the rules to benefit themselves as they go.

Advice to Senior Management – At least treat your drivers as well as you would horses if they were pulling carts. They are the reason you are in business.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Swift Transportation full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – I was on Target Dedicated and made good money. I was home 4-5 nights per week, if I chose.

Cons – Washed up drivers take pay cuts to become driver managers (dispatchers) and they are as bad, or worse at that as they were driving. They like the feel of power and seek every opportunity to make other driver, who are doing well, do worse.
I trained for 3 years and they have absolutely no quality control on who they hire from schools. Their own schools run JTPA students through who never intend to get a job. These paid students are extremely disruptive and make it harder for the real students to drive.
When I told them a student was a danger to the driving public, they just sent him to another trainer with less scruples.

Advice to Senior Management – Read my cons and fix them. That would be a good start.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Swift Transportation full-time for less than a year

Pros – Safety was a priority when I worked there. They had a decent training program. The trainer I had was a professional.

Cons – When you start the pay is always an issue. Some terminals were good and others (Atlanta)not so good. I think the top speed on tractors was 61 when I was there.

Advice to Senior Management – Take a good look at complaints in the terminals that are not the drivers home terminal.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Swift Transportation full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – A good starter company only.

Cons – Low pay, and high priced benefits.

Advice to Senior Management – Show the Driver more respect!

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Swift Transportation full-time for less than a year

Pros – Driver managers kept me moving. Plenty of work.

Cons – Maintenance department personnel could be friendlier, esp. in Gary In.

Advice to Senior Management – need wi-fi at your terminals for driver use. Maintenance needs more interaction w/drivers.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Swift Transportation full-time for more than a year

Pros – Largest carrier out there, dryvan, flatbed, dedicated, regional, intermodal or OTR, THEY have it!

Cons – With ANY large company, you're going to have "bumps in the road" period!

Advice to Senior Management – Better insight into what a driver wants long-term with your company.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Swift Transportation full-time for more than 10 years

Pros – Steady work, always work to do, albeit very repetitive. Depending on which terminal you work out of or who you may know there could be some opportunites to advance or to change job functions but not so at most terminals. Certain aspects of the job have gotten better slowly.

Cons – Long hours, Some Holiday work but getting better. Some days are so stressed filled that when you finally leave for the day you can't think straight.... many aspects of the job are very frustrating. Job burnout very possible. It seems that the better you are the more work is given to you to compensate for those who are not up to par. Although management and Human Resources is working on it there is still favortism for certain employees when it comes to scheduling time off or work assignments.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Swift Transportation as a contractor for less than a year

Pros – Decent trucks, thats about it

Cons – can't fit it in 20 words or less

Advice to Senior Management – FIRE YOURSELVES, avoid this place, i was warned but didn't listen

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Swift Transportation full-time for less than a year

Pros – There are plenty of resources to work with such as terminals, equipment and yes, people. A large company that is a great place to get started as a driver.

Cons – There is no room for improvement. It was easy to come in to but regardless of how well you do there a driver is not rewarded. Platinum driver ranking, -10 safety rating, and 100% on time with a spotless record means nothing in the end. I went dedicated and got paid $200-300 less per week than those in the Distribution Center 100 miles away simply because Swift told me it would be the same. Overall, Swift lies to entice new drivers.

Advice to Senior Management – Tell the truth.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company