ENGLAND OR SWIFT?

I got my cdl permit today. even though I still have a long way to go before I start to think about employment. such as pre trip, skills, and roads. which company would be best? anyone?

I'm partial to Swift and would say join them but then again I drive for them and that's the company that fit me the best. That's what you have to find to is the company that fits you the best. All the start up companies out here are virtually the same. Except for some little things like hometime and let's say pets. But every start up company is going to do the same thing, they are going to send you to school for a couple weeks and then with a mentor from anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months or whatever they require.

When it comes to choosing your first company you just need to pick the company that can fit you the best. But don't totally rely on that company either. Send applications to every company you can get your hands into. Some might not be hiring right now, it is the slow months for freight right now. But again find the company or companies that fit you best and run with it.

Nick I'm from avon Illinois I'm going to schneider national ...they have flexible home times and pair fair for a starter company and have hubs here in Illinois it's a thought for you..prime is decent and so is knight transportation. .my 2 cents anyways

I would go Swift in a heartbeat. Not to derail England, but Swift is pretty sweet with opportunities.

They have an incredible amount of regional/dedicated opportunities. Just look at Logan, he got a dedicated Sears as soon as he turned Solo. That's tough to get! Usually you have to work for a while with a company to get those kind of jobs.

They also have a flatbed division if you're ever interested in that, England does not.

If you want to strictly haul refrigerated then England is a better deal. But besides that, Swift has a lot more perks than England with a slightly higher pay.

I would go Swift in a heartbeat. Not to derail England, but Swift is pretty sweet with opportunities.

They have an incredible amount of regional/dedicated opportunities. Just look at Logan, he got a dedicated Sears as soon as he turned Solo. That's tough to get! Usually you have to work for a while with a company to get those kind of jobs.

They also have a flatbed division if you're ever interested in that, England does not.

If you want to strictly haul refrigerated then England is a better deal. But besides that, Swift has a lot more perks than England with a slightly higher pay.

CR England has refer, dry van ,containers and flatbed though you have to have at least a year to pull flatbed.

I would go Swift in a heartbeat. Not to derail England, but Swift is pretty sweet with opportunities.

They have an incredible amount of regional/dedicated opportunities. Just look at Logan, he got a dedicated Sears as soon as he turned Solo. That's tough to get! Usually you have to work for a while with a company to get those kind of jobs.

They also have a flatbed division if you're ever interested in that, England does not.

If you want to strictly haul refrigerated then England is a better deal. But besides that, Swift has a lot more perks than England with a slightly higher pay.

Well I wasn't going to toot Swifts own horn but what Daniel says is true Swift has many, many options. I was told coming off my mentors truck that I would need 6 months to a year of OTR driving before they would think about dedicated or regional. Then later that afternoon I get a call from my DM asking me how would I feel about running for Sears dedicated. Regional is what I wanted to do. So I jumped right into it.

Daniel is right though there are so many options we got dry can obviously and a small reefer division, flatbed and regional, dedicated and local oppurtunities. Our reefer division might be expanding since we just took over Central Refrigerated I'm not entirely sure how that is going to work. If they are going to keep the Central name or change it all to Swift.

Daniel you hear anything about that before you hightailed it out of there?

I didn't hear anything about the name. But a lot of our terminals closed down because a Swift terminal was nearby that we would now be using instead. A few company policies were changed to Swifts policies. Nothing really big or worth mentioning. I did hear a whopping amount of complaints from Central drivers not happy about the merge, but then again that's truckers for ya.

I would go Swift in a heartbeat. Not to derail England, but Swift is pretty sweet with opportunities.

They have an incredible amount of regional/dedicated opportunities. Just look at Logan, he got a dedicated Sears as soon as he turned Solo. That's tough to get! Usually you have to work for a while with a company to get those kind of jobs.

They also have a flatbed division if you're ever interested in that, England does not.

If you want to strictly haul refrigerated then England is a better deal. But besides that, Swift has a lot more perks than England with a slightly higher pay.

Well I wasn't going to toot Swifts own horn but what Daniel says is true Swift has many, many options. I was told coming off my mentors truck that I would need 6 months to a year of OTR driving before they would think about dedicated or regional. Then later that afternoon I get a call from my DM asking me how would I feel about running for Sears dedicated. Regional is what I wanted to do. So I jumped right into it.

Daniel is right though there are so many options we got dry can obviously and a small reefer division, flatbed and regional, dedicated and local oppurtunities. Our reefer division might be expanding since we just took over Central Refrigerated I'm not entirely sure how that is going to work. If they are going to keep the Central name or change it all to Swift.

Daniel you hear anything about that before you hightailed it out of there?

THANKS YOU GUYS VERY MUCH. I will be thinking this over for sure. I am leaning with non refrigerated more and more .

I didn't hear anything about the name. But a lot of our terminals closed down because a Swift terminal was nearby that we would now be using instead. A few company policies were changed to Swifts policies. Nothing really big or worth mentioning. I did hear a whopping amount of complaints from Central drivers not happy about the merge, but then again that's truckers for ya.

A couple of fairly big changes are coming up on the 1st of February. Central is switching over to Swift's hometime policy, which is one day off for every 6 days out up to 3 days consecutively (Central's policy has been 1 day off for every 7 days out, up to 4 days). So instead of going home every 28(ish) days for 4 days, I'll be going home every 18(ish) days for 3 days. That adds up to 10 more days off per year.

Also, they just back-paid all drivers for any previously unclaimed vacation pay. Under Central's vacation pay policy, it was use it or lose it, but with the switch to Swift's vacation pay policy, they actually back-paid me for all of the vacation pay I hadn't claimed in the 2+ years I've been driving for them. That was a nice chunk of change, lemme tell you.

There are some permitting changes and Qualcomm changes as well, but they shouldn't be anything too major or headachy. There's also a rumor floating about that they're going to turn the company trucks up to 65 and the lease-op trucks to 68, but I don't know how much if any truth there is to that. I do know, however, that there will be a much larger terminal network available for service and repairs and such.

Swift, Schneider, or Knight.