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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,8:44 pm

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I know I'm eligible for rehire but!.. :puke

Swift!..

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,9:52 pm

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Noo thanks! Home once a week?! Are you kidding me? That's why they're looking for some fools to do it for them, cuz they wouldn't ever want to do it. Perfect job if you are in debt to your eye balls and have no life. No thanks!

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,10:05 pm

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I hope that they don't mean an average of once a week!! We are talking Swifty here!! :laugh

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,10:05 pm

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 08 2004,8:44 pm)

I know I'm eligible for rehire but!.. :puke

Swift!..

This is the stuff I was telling you about. Wal-Mart used to own Merit Trucking and their sole purpose was delivering groceries to the Supercenters.

Wal*Mart sold Merit to Swift and has them on a tentative 2 year contract to continue delivering the groceries.

The don't get Wal*Mart driver pay, they get the Swift big bucks. :rotflmao

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,10:09 pm

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Quote (Bullitt Bob @ Aug. 08 2004,11:05 pm)

they get the Swift big bucks. :rotflmao

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,10:28 pm

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Quote (Bullitt Bob @ Aug. 08 2004,10:05 pm)

This is the stuff I was telling you about.

Yeah, keep up, or take notes.... sheesh.

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Posted: Aug. 08 2004,11:14 pm

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Quote (Sleek-Jet @ Aug. 08 2004,10:28 pm)

Quote (Bullitt Bob @ Aug. 08 2004,10:05 pm)

This is the stuff I was telling you about.

Yeah, keep up, or take notes.... sheesh. Â

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,5:21 am

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C'mon now, I was thinking about driving as my next career change. Seems easy enough and you don't have to have any education for it. Swift would be easy to get on with.......

Ok, so that's a last resort. I did send in a Resume' to Arco Arena yesterday, they're looking for an experienced computer tech/Network Engineer. Pay sucks though.

If I can't find a job that I can do making the right amount of $$, maybe I will drive

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:01 am

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Quote (Bullitt Bob @ Aug. 08 2004,10:05 pm)

Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 08 2004,8:44 pm)

I know I'm eligible for rehire but!.. :puke

Swift!..

I know about Swift buying Merit but I didn't know they had a 2 year contract..So what happens after the contract is up?, you guys going to run it??.. :rolleyes

Nobody has the big bucks like Swift!.. :angry

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:04 am

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What does Swift pay? I'm looking for a job since the Doctors seem to think that I can work now and (although I don't feel that it's physically possible currently) I'm looking for a job. :confused

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:28 am

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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:04 am)

What does Swift pay? Â I'm looking for a job since the Doctors seem to think that I can work now and (although I don't feel that it's physically possible currently) I'm looking for a job. :confused

Forget it I worked for them 3 times, trust me you don't want to go there!. :angry

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:48 am

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I can't sit in the same place for that long anyways. Â Sitting gets to me pretty quick and within 30-60 minutes, I'll have shooting pains down my leg(s). Â Maybe driving is a last option for me :rolleyes

Edited by BigBoyToys on Aug. 09 2004,6:48 am

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:51 am

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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:48 am)

If you have the pain going down your leg, that's the sciatic nerve, that's what I had and it was a mdfkr to drive, I'd stay away from that!..

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,6:53 am

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 09 2004,6:51 am)

Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:48 am)

If you have the pain going down your leg, that's the sciatic nerve, that's what I had and it was a mdfkr to drive, I'd stay away from that!..

Yep...I know. And it's only gonna get worse I'm a fearing :rolleyes

Sciatica ain't nothing nice :banghead

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,7:00 am

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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:53 am)

Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 09 2004,6:51 am)

Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:48 am)

If you have the pain going down your leg, that's the sciatic nerve, that's what I had and it was a mdfkr to drive, I'd stay away from that!..

Yep...I know. Â And it's only gonna get worse I'm a fearing :rolleyes

Â Sciatica ain't nothing nice :banghead

Tell me about it, I fought it for 8 years until I just couldn't take it anymore!..

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,9:06 am

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Quote (GoFastRacer @ Aug. 09 2004,6:01 am)

I know about Swift buying Merit but I didn't know they had a 2 year contract..So what happens after the contract is up?, you guys going to run it??.. :rolleyes

Nobody has the big bucks like Swift!.. :angry

Needless to say, but I'll say it anyway is Swift has screwed the pooch ever since they began handling the Supercenter deliveries. Their on time delivery ratio is about 75%, which is well below Wal*Mart's 99.7%.

The company has plans to eventually shift the grocery freight to our own private fleet, but knowing how the suits in Bentonville do things, that will most likely take quite a while to impliment. Some of our fleet is already doing grocery in New Mexico. It won't affect me though because what I do is out of the loop. :good

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,9:15 am

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Quote (BigBoyToys @ Aug. 09 2004,6:04 am)

What does Swift pay? Â I'm looking for a job since the Doctors seem to think that I can work now and (although I don't feel that it's physically possible currently) I'm looking for a job. :confused

Swift is an entry level driving job. They pay about 1/3 to 1/2 of what I make.

Their turnover rate is extremely high because the pay is horrible for the hours put in. However the sad part is, in order to get a decent paying job, you have to work your way through companies like Swift, J.B. Hunt, Schneider to get your time in. :beat

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:32 am

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RRM thought about going 2 truck driving school. Im sure glad he didn't. I would never see him. Im sure it is great money and all BUT Money isn't everything 2 me. I rather have him around then on the road all the time.

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:34 am

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"Money isn't everything " Are you crazy

J/K :rotflmao

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:41 am

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"Money isn't everything " Â Are you crazy Â

J/K Â :rotflmao

Not when your IN LOVE....

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,10:55 am

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Quote (RVRGIRL @ Aug. 09 2004,10:32 am)

No Heather, be very glad Mike didn't go to truck driving school.

Decent paying local work is almost impossible to come by, 95% of over the road jobs pay lousy and any resemblence of a home life is totally out the window :stupid

.

I have a good job, but it took many years of hard work paying my dues to get there.

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,11:01 am

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I wanted to drive for Alpha Beta supermarket around 20 years ago. I worked in a store and in those days, that would be enough to waive the several years prior driving experience normally required. As long as you got your license and already worked for the company, you were in.

They changed the rules since then though.

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,11:03 am

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I can hardly stay awake to drive to the river :sleep

Never could drive truck.

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,11:58 am

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Quote (Bullitt Bob @ Aug. 09 2004,10:55 am)

Decent paying local work is almost impossible to come by, 95% of over the road jobs pay lousy and any resemblence of a home life is totally out the window :stupid

.

I have a good job, but it took many years of hard work paying my dues to get there.

My brother's father-in-law has driven truck all his life (he's in his mid-50's). He drives for one of the petrollium delivery outfits here in Tucson now and loves it. He makes more than when he was over the road, and is home every night (his longest run is from here to El Paso). Knowing what little I do about the transport industrie, I would say he has it dicked.

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Posted: Aug. 09 2004,1:13 pm

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driving you'll make a living - ya won't get rich --

the companies get richer - the drivers get poorer . hours +pay :stupid

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my dad made me get my licence and i still have it drive on weekends ( cause i own a boat ) his words of wisdom - no matter what happens you can always drive a truck ...

single , young , or pure bred truckers - ( old school ) they are a dying breed ... :confused

should not be like that ...

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