Swift Vs Werner?

What Company is better swift or Werner? I just got my cdl this Tuesday and trying to find out who is better swift or Werner. I am planning on going to Werner terminal tomorrow to check them out. So far I was told that Werner would be a better place to work then swift because swift Records Conversations in the truck from what others told me on truckers report.

When you said truckers report enough was said. We have lots of Swift Drivers here. Ask and they can tell you the truth.

Jordan is hearing things:

So far I was told that .... swift Records Conversations in the truck from what others told me on truckers report.

What Patrick said was if you got information from TR, take it with many grains of salt or just don't believe it.

This recording business is rooted in the conversations we've had about driver facing cameras. NO COMPANY ROUTINELY RECORDS VOICE/SOUNDS OR VIDEO IN THE CAB. The cameras do record when a "critical incident" occurs.

You're over thinking your choice. You know about our Trucking Company Reviews. First write down the things that are important to go, like home time plans, APUs , pets, operations area, etc. Then look their the Werner and Swift reviews for yourself.

APU:

Auxiliary Power Unit

On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.

Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.

APUs:

Auxiliary Power Unit

On tractor trailers, and APU is a small diesel engine that powers a heat and air conditioning unit while charging the truck's main batteries at the same time. This allows the driver to remain comfortable in the cab and have access to electric power without running the main truck engine.

Having an APU helps save money in fuel costs and saves wear and tear on the main engine, though they tend to be expensive to install and maintain. Therefore only a very small percentage of the trucks on the road today come equipped with an APU.

Truckers Report is where you heard that? That's like getting all your news and current events from the National Enquirer,...and believing every word of it.

Chances are the originator of that information never drove for SWIFT. The only time anything gets recorded is if the camera is triggered by a significant event like hard braking, fast cornering or some sort of impact. They don't care about what you are saying, only how you are driving.

Both companies are good choices with similar opportunities for entry level drivers. Depends on what you want. I suggest reviewing the link Errol provided to you.

By the way, where did you go to school?

Thank you!! I went to a school near me so I would not be force to work for a Company for a year or so. California career Scool is the school I went to. I had a recruiter that came to my school that told us truckers report is a good place to look up to trucking companies and get a opinions from truck drivers.

You really need better sources. I've heard that Werner Trucks take automatic blood samples every 24 hours while you are sleeping. They say you never even feel it! My friends cousins girlfriends brother told his neighbor that!

You really need better sources. I've heard that Werner Trucks take automatic blood samples every 24 hours while you are sleeping. They say you never even feel it! My friends cousins girlfriends brother told his neighbor that!

That's hilarious Tractor Man

I went to a school near me so I would not be force to work for a Company for a year or so.

Ok well now we're going to recommend that you do indeed force yourself to work for a company for at least one year. That's one of our most important strategies for new drivers.

See, when you're new you have so many things working against you:

• You don't know how to handle the rig
• You don't know time management
• You haven't learned to manage your life on the road
• You haven't had the opportunity to develop a great reputation and trust with your company
• You don't know how the trucking industry works
• You don't know how these major companies operate on the inside

....and a million others.

So the idea that you're going to jump into this industry and start jumping from company to company in an intelligent way that's going to further your career is almost zero. All you're going to do is give yourself a terrible reputation as a job hopper, cost yourself a fortune in lost wages, and force yourself to start over from the bottom and try to work your way up over and over again.

See, you don't get the best miles, the best freight, the best equipment, or the special favors that the top tier drivers get until you prove yourself to be a top tier driver and that takes time. When you're brand new you're no kind of driver at all, really. So it takes a few months to start getting the feel for what you're doing and several more months of fantastic performance before you'll be elevated to that higher level within any company. That's when things start going really well for you.

So if you keep jumping ship before you've established a strong reputation and developed a good relationship with dispatch then you're never going to get anywhere. You're just going to jump from company to company, skipping along the bottom unknown and unproven, wondering why you're not getting the same treatment and opportunities the company's experienced veterans are getting.

So sticking with your first company for a minimum of one year, especially when you're new to the industry, is critical to establishing yourself as a top tier driver that gets the best treatment at any company.

I had a recruiter that came to my school that told us truckers report is a good place to look up to trucking companies and get a opinions from truck drivers.

What company did this recruiter represent?

Jordan wrote:

I had a recruiter that came to my school that told us truckers report is a good place to look up to trucking companies and get a opinions from truck drivers.

They were half correct, you'll definitely get opinions form truckers, the extent of the information being useful, truthful and reliable is highly questionable. The recruiter meant to say; "Trucking Truth" is the best place to visit for looking-up trucking companies.