home time for trainee

**cumminscrazybo95** · 08.31.2012

Ok I've search all of this forum lookin for one answer
With prime inc during training do you get home time bc I'm hoping to go in Oct but in November is my daughters first birthday an was wondering if is be able to be home for it

Thanks in advance keep them wheels turning an be safe

**Paluche** · 08.31.2012

If you plan on doing this don't expect to be home when you want to. It really is that simple.

**TRKRSHONEY** · 08.31.2012

Not sure about Prime, but Stevens really frowns on a new hire taking time-off before the intial training phase is completed, unless it is an emergency. They tend to look at it as a lack of committment to the job and the company.

**Keyster** · 08.31.2012

There will not be any special dispensation given to you for your daughter's birthday.
If being with her is more important than your job as a trucker, you are in the WRONG profession friend.
Plan on missing her 2nd birthday as well. It is what it is.
Don't even mention it to anyone at Prime. Just suck it up and drive.

**brsims** · 08.31.2012

Originally Posted by TRKRSHONEY

Not sure about Prime, but Stevens really frowns on a new hire taking time-off before the intial training phase is completed, unless it is an emergency. They tend to look at it as a lack of committment to the job and the company.

Originally Posted by Keyster

There will not be any special dispensation given to you for your daughter's birthday.
If being with her is more important than your job as a trucker, you are in the WRONG profession friend.
Plan on missing her 2nd birthday as well. It is what it is.
Don't even mention it to anyone at Prime. Just suck it up and drive.

Yes, because it's absolutely horrible that you would dare to place your family before the company, and its needs to keep you sitting at some scummy truckstop waiting for freight, and paying you for an ever-so-wonderful 2300 mile week.

And its not just the trucking industry that does this. I've had, and heard about any number of jobs, careers, professions and what have you where the pressure is to put all your time (paid and unpaid) to the company's disposal. Forget friends, family, hobbies, and anything else you might want, the company just might need you to do something useless.

**cumminscrazybo95** · 08.31.2012

I wasn't going to take time off was just wondering if trainees got home time during training an if I miss it I miss it shell have plenty more

**Guitar Man** · 08.31.2012

Originally Posted by TRKRSHONEY

They tend to look at it as a lack of committment to the job and the company.

because it'd never have anything to do with taking advantage of the fact that they have you teaming and driving about 6000 miles/week for the princely sum of (I'm guessing) about $400/week...

**dptrucker** · 08.31.2012

when i worked for swift back in '97..if we were in the area of my house he would drop me off and he would finish thw delivery and pick me up when he was done..and if we were nere on of relatives house he wanted to visit..he would ask me if it was ok if he stopped for afew hours and i would stay in truck.this was happening on the last half of training since i was pretty well knowledgable on things lol.

**Keyster** · 08.31.2012

Originally Posted by cumminscrazybo95

I wasn't going to take time off was just wondering if trainees got home time during training an if I miss it I miss it shell have plenty more

Do yourself a favor and don't "wonder" about such things.
The training period is a BIG DEAL and you need to prove yourself.
Typically you're out 5 weeks. You can't make any plans for home time.
If for some reason your trainer wants a few days and you share the same terminal...maybe, just maybe it will happen.
Once training is over you'll get road tested and perhaps have a few days to unwind.
Then they have truck for you and you're out another 5 maybe 6 weeks. Then you get maybe 4 days and start all over again.
You do this for at least a year, it not two and you can start considering local work.

Why a family man would get into this profession, I don't know.
Make sure you think this through friend. Don't invest all the time and energy into it only to bail a few months later.
This is a very common scenerio. Don't be common.
I can't express to you enough how hard it will be to be away from your family.

**cumminscrazybo95** · 08.31.2012

Well the wife knew this is what I wanted before we got hitched an I come from a long line of drivers I got diesel in my blood an 90w oil in my brain lol I was raises this away I can't change that