What's Really Going on at Knight-Swift Transportation?
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- Опубліковано 31 січ 2023
- We invited trucking UA-camr, Mutha Trucker, to get an exclusive behind the scenes look at the Knight and Swift facilities in Phoenix, Arizona. President/CEO, Dave Jackson, and President/CFO, Adam Miller give him a tour of the terminals and show him what it's really like to work here.
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I worked there 3 years it was good always paid on time I stayed busy and the dispatch and manager alesys remembered my name and helped me every way they could
As a 35-year veteran, in my opinion, I would say the two companies are on the right track for success in a positive direction.
Now, the current and prospective, drivers are gonna have to meet the company halfway, by stepping up their game to meet the demands of being a professional driver in today's industry.
You can see the positive improvements between the two carriers since their merger.
Nice work, Mutha Trucker
I with Knight at the moment and so far they are super friendly and driver oriented! 10/10 for me…I’m with Ports
It’s been so far 4 months into Knight Transportation and what I can say that is that I learn so much and grew so fast with knowledge and to see where I am now it’s a whole blessing. I love when things are improving at this company and I see that they are working on that much more, and that brings a smile and knowing other drivers happy as well.
Do they still have a sliding scale type of payment ?
Yes thay do
I like the fact that they are very driver oriented and that they are just regular people that u can relate too. I’m glad I’m going to knight transportation next week. I’m excited to drive for them
Are you working for knight now? Can you be honest about your experience?
@@leroybrown1152 yes I’m working for knight right now. My experience has been a good one. It’s a headache at time but what job isn’t. I just try to soak up as much info as possible. I messed up couple times and I learned from it. Just know ur gonna make mistakes just learn from it that’s all
Lies
@@zavettataylor2882 how are those lies? Are u driving for them?
@@Bam_Bam007 I quit after having an accident and to avoid paying for a hotel, they told me to call my mom to pick me up instead of paying my way back to the terminal in Carlisle.
Beautiful facility! I applied a couple of days ago. Hopefully I’ll hear back. I’m a new CDL holder and need driver training. 🤞
As soon as I get my CDL permit I'll be getting ahold of Knight. I'm ready for a change for sure. Uber is not cutting it for me.
This has to be the most amazing video I came across hat off to Murtha trucking for clearing the air about knights and swift transportation I think this helps me decide what company I wanna grow with... also absolutely thanks to swift and knights transportation for making drivers feel like part of the family
I went to CDL School at USTDS Right there in the SWIFT Phoenix Terminal in 2001. The First set of Buildings you went to at Swift WAS the School and the Dorms associated with it. The Parking lot right outside was our Practice paddock for basic skills and backing. The Jake Brake is STILL there....but back then it was an actual Cafe with a grill and cooks making food to order. And yes...the OLD Swift was real shitty about "Drivers" being in the "offices" area. And Dispatch? WAS a HUGE room full of call center robots...with a walk up window for the drivers to handle biz through...HAPPY to see the Changes!!!! Now I'm just waiting on my Birthcertificates...and I can start it ALL OVER AGAIN with Knight...THIS time around I think it will be a MUCH better experience...
I left Swift in 2009…never looked back. It’s 2023 and I’m going to orientation as an experienced driver 5/30/23 😎
Big improvements since 2008 for sure.
Been at Knight going on 4 years and as long as they are willing to have me I will be there. Could care less how other companies treat their drivers Knight has treated me good!
How much are they paying you per mile if you are doing OTR?
I worked for Knight refrigerated twice, evidently, I was a glutton for misery ! The first year was great then went to hell in a basket!
The second time, was put on a dedicated grocery account making STOP pay and daily pay. Knight switched terminal managers AND let my DM leave because of the way the new TM, the terminal director of safety and others CUT out our STOP pay AND Cut our DAILY pay with only a two day verbal warning and also stated that ANY DRIVER that comes off the account back to OTR, will take a .10 cent per mile decrease from what we were making before the dedicated
On Numerous attempts to contact HR, with ABSOLUTELY NO contact, the terminal made top sales ,the drivers that took the cut in pay, recieved a hat pin!!!
We still have the video audio of the paycut
What an awesome video
I drove for knight as a lease operator f or 5 years out of Phoenix yard befor I retired may 2020. Great people.
This video is why I have highly considered and am going to apply.
I quit that company a couple of months ago. I can tell you the truth about that company. It’s a great company to work with but it has some major flaws too
What flaws are you talking about?
Explain the flaws.
What flaws you lying they’re the best there’s no flaws maybe some issues at times stop defaming the company.
I worked for knight just under 3 years started in 2019 and i had an awesome experience with them. Obviously there will be some minor issues but they were always resolved in a timely manner for me.
@a007x3 Every company has flaws that they can better themselves. Don't get butt hurt over someone being honest.
Seems like a great guy! If I was a driver I’d definitely be at knight.
That is so great what knight is doing and the options they have at the terminals also how friendly they are I tried to join but seemed like didn’t work haven’t tried for knight yet and love how it is a training company
This is the location in Phoenix AZ. None of the other locations across the US look anything like this. Most have 2 showers, a table, and a couple of seats, with a tv, and that's it. The guy they're interviewing basically got canned because the company is losing money and the stock went down because of it. Also, these execs dont even work at this building. They have their own secluded offices nearb, and trucks/drivers never go there. As a driver, the only reason you're ever here is to have maintenance done on the truck. And since the shop takes 2 days for a simple PM service, you're basically sitting in the driver lounge for 2 days waiting. This building was an open warehouse for years, and its taken them many years to finally finish it. It's mostly office staf, and drivers can only go in that area during office hours and only to talk to someone for a few minutes. The rest of the time youre in the driver lounge. The offices hold all Phoenix terminal and SoCal terminal office staff.
Now, as far as starting your career here as a driver, its not bad. I would recommend it. They have a CDL school on the back side of this building, or you can go to a school on your own beforehand if you want. But remember, this is still a mega carrier. They take advantage of new drivers. That is their business model. The cpm sucks and there are so many instances where they are supposed to pay you money for layover, breakdown, TONU, being sent out to hunt for empties, etc, and they do not have an automatic mechanism to pay you for these instances. You have to tell them, otherwise they manage to forget to pay you. Even when you tell them, they manage to forget. You have to write everything down and fight for the money they owe you every week. Also, they pay zip code to zip code, and not actual mileage. So you are getting shorted every load. Write down the mileage you actually drove and compare, and you'll find out you're losing out on thousands of dollars. There's a reason this company makes billions in revenue every year and can gobble up other companies all the time. They take advantage of drivers left and right. Dont even get me started on the safety bonus and the cameras in the truck that record 24/7. They magically steal your bonus just a few days before the end of the month, all because someone else cuts you off, and you didn't step on the brake hard enough. There's also the ridiculous fuel bonus and the hoops you have to jump through like a trained money to obtain.
Bottom line...get your experience and get out. Move onto a company that pays you what you are worth without creating an environment where you have to jump through hoops for low pay.
Wish thay do something to Chicago tirmal and the shower just went down hill shower Gros no parking 😒
Yea that terminal is nasty
It’s a great company to work for only issue I had was trucks wasn’t enough trucks for the Phoenix port side couple of time where they struggled to get me a replacement loss money, but the team was good, driver manager to operation manager was great the shop in Phoenix was on top of everything
You don't deal with top white admins. You deal with the rude, sarcastic deadbeats as a trucker 95% of the time.
I had an accident (not my fault) on i95 in Virginia. The wrecker couldn't get to me for a day, so to save money on hotel ($89), knight told me to call my mom to get me from that town even though my car was on the terminal in Carlisle. That was the last otr job i had. Those folks are heartless. Don't know how they sleep at night
Wow
I usto work for Knight Refrigerator. I love to back
QUESTION!
Can knight drivers visit/use swift terminals? And swift drivers visit/use Knight terminals?
There's only 2 or 3 that you can do that. If you ask the executives they say yes, but in reality not really. Most locations the badge won't open the gate so you gotta have someone let you in. They usually give you the stink eye.
Knight Transportation started a company called Iron Maintenance to focus on owner operator tractor trailer repairs. This new company cost the Swift/Knight team over 1 million dollars per month in lost revenue. So much of that at the cost of loosing great employees that were in charge of the maintenance departments of Swift and Knight.
Yes, they turned the shops into a business instead of servicing only their own trucks.
Now If only swift would build a bowling alley...lol
Can swift drivers use knights bowling alley until they do?
🤔
I have my opinions, number one just pay the drivers what they're worth. I don't think the average driver cares about a basketball court or bowling. We want to be paid, there's money to be made at mega carriers I know drivers who make bank at knight and swift but even they know they can do better on paying drivers. All we want to see is that improve, no more two hours for free waiting to get unloaded, also pay lay overs that's all we want.
Exactly! That's how they paid for all this stuff, by not paying drivers what they're worth.
Ask the drivers 😂
Exactly!
Not sure which company to work for knight or swift. Any information would be greatly appreciated
Out of the two, go to Knight.
Just watched your video and Im trying to decide between the two companies, I just graduated out of school last week.
Congrats!
I just sent all my info over to my knight recruiter Erika , waiting to hear back soon. Trying to decide either Katy, Tx or Gulfport for orientation! I’m ready to start next week🤞🏾🤞🏾🙏🏽
@@roamonwicks249 Welcome to the Knight Family!
I'm considering knight. Hopefully I'll get approved.
I'm interested in primarily interested in southeast/southwest regional.
So... is Swift and Knight kinda like Toyota and Lexus?
i wonder how they will deal witn the negative reputation swift has
These guys make this company look so good smile yes nothing is wrong with the company itself but the people running it don’t really give a shit about the drivers that are actually the company without the drivers there is not company. One thing I don’t like is they make everything sound good but it’s not actually like that. Every terminal is different this is just the headquarter. The most important thing is what the drivers going home with on their pay checks at the end of the day. Also copping with the verbal treatment from DMs. Those guys work in the office they don’t know what drivers going through Tom a daily basis it’s easy to say nice things.
Why don’t not do teams
They don't know how to run teams.
Is they together
This is a Knight yard. Knight and Swift are the same company, but they're run as two separate companies still. In fact, Knight runs a bunch of companies. Mostly the companies they've purchased the run independently. Some they pur have for the property and equipment and they integrate it into their operations.
I was disappointed to find they they don’t hire retired people but from the stories I’ve heard I think they did me a favor. Things worked out well so far…
I drove for knight in 1990 best company
That is 1990 it’s 2023 now it’s not the same, you time is the best time in trucking now. Modern driver having it hard with these companies. There is no way you’ll have madden driver doing a million miles with one company now.
@@leroybrown1152 well modern driver should grow some balls and go guy their own truck cuz we both know no major carrier will make it easy for you guys.