Comments By Jessica A-M

Good job on that permit test and good luck with school. Definitely keep us updated. I agree, the high road training program is amazing.

I leave next Friday for Prime. You want jitters, I've got enough for the whole forum. I'm also a security guard and have been for the last 4 years just about. You'll be fine. Tanker sounded fun too after I get some experience but I'm going reefer first.

Scream it from the truck hood! You did great! I'm really proud of you and can't wait to be yelling about it myself. Good job and keep us updated.

Awesome! There's a link when you go to make a post that says Photo. Just upload your pic somewhere and grab the link.

I think formatting all the pictures and getting good ones was the biggest piece. A labor of love!

I agree that none of these companies are banks. You commit to going to their school, you might as well commit to completing your year with them as well. I personally wouldn't want to train, switch, mess up, and be a leper to the trucking industry after that. You research, commit, complete. Then again, I can put up with a lot of BS and have a world of patience, maybe able to put up with too much BS. I can see how someone would want to quit the minute waters start to look rough when, look over at these other calm sparkling clear waters. But, all grass is different shades of green and all water eventually becomes calm again if you ride it out.

Generally, if "terminated with cause" an employee must complete any financial obligations unless forgiven these obligations by the company. This applies to most companies so I doubt trucking is different.

Brett, I think Tazzy's situation might be different. It depends on Swift's contract.

An example from my current job contract. In the professional security business with national large security companies, non compete clauses are popular. My last company and my current company had non compete clauses. The clause was even on a separate page all its own detailing that I can only perform security for X company and I had to sign and date it. But, I've also worked for two smaller security companies and they didn't have those clauses. Size doesn't matter in concerns with CRST and Swift for trucking but, it sounds like Swift doesn't have one.

I assume CRST has one because it's either stay and work or you're screwed until you pay, assuring that the driver can't get a second job or a different job as long as they owe CRST something or work for CRST. This way it's more desirable to complete the obligation for CRST. I assume once the owed amount is paid, the contract would be complete.

I just turned this into a hard copy for study. I managed to get it down to 22 double sided pages. Sheesh.

Why not get the pre-cooked bacon you can toss in the microwave? I eat it all the time and it's quick, 30sec's and wont smell up the truck. Plus it would be a lot safer. They also make pre-cooked sausage you can pick up for 1.00 for a package of 8.

Safety? Did you pretrip that microwave before you used it?

thanks for the reply. I was sent home from an orientation with Swift on the second day and was told I was under contract with another company (crst) from 2012! I was thinking what does that have to do with anything. Then I was told that I was basically "owned" by crst due to this unfulfilled contract and that that crst wouldn't release me. Made no sense so instead of push the issue, I just left. Wouldn't wanna be part of a company that operates like that anyway. And I use to wonder why Swift gets a bad rap. Now I see.

Companies get a bad rap from people who want to blame the company for their problems like you've done here.

When you got the contract for CRST and signed it, there was a "non compete clause until contractual obligations are completed" in that contract. In the contract you signed. No trucking company is going to hire you with that in there unless they are too underfunded or lax in their background research. And Swift didn't force you to sign it.

Call CRST, you've probably gotten collection letters by now if you never paid, and ask how you can get released from the contract.