Prime- only newbies sing the praises 2

When you sign up for prime you really expect prime to treat you as a human.

What I discovered was quite surprising.

One year was all I could take. You see, I love my wife and have no plans to replace her anytime soon or ever - not with all the mostly terrible choices out there at those truck stops and the immediate environs.

I really tried to be a prime asset and succeeded really well. But I could never come home to the wife. I am blessed with a great girl but I'm a man! I need my wife!

Before this begins to sound like the tale of a love/woman-whipped man remember that men have REAL needs that only a woman can fill. Remember the 24-7 factory with the limited-capacity warehouse? Well, that's us men.

I went local and life just seems much more normal now. For those expecting to get home regularly with prime...FORGET IT!

 

Well good. Because some of us like a gypsy lifestyle. Now why don't you go bash a really winner of a company like...

Arrow for instance.

 

Well cactusjack it looks like you are doing alot more cheerleading against Prime than anyone is for them. What's this about a hidden agenda?

 

Well I don't know about you, boys and girls, but I'm bummed!

The Dark Side... aka Prime... only rates a 21 on the CactusJack 23-point evil scale. And after all the efforts by "Darth Low" to get us to the next level. Total Bummer!

 

I don't think there is any good OTR company. Just degrees of bad. Most all lie to and cheat and steel from the drivers. that's not a opinion it's a fact. Anyone who thinks Prime is different is delusional.

I would say that the biggest lie that Prime could tell their truck renters is that they will be able to have any life outside of driving a truck and succeed when they sign on with them. But then they have no choice because there probably is just not enough social misfits out there that want to be a hobo on wheels for them to keep the doors open without lying to the drivers.

After many years in the industry I always chuckle when I see a OTR trucking AD that says they offer freedom and care about the driver and their family.

A new person considering a OTR career must remember that it's more then just a Gypsy lifestyle. It's weeks of long hours (many unpaid) doing one of the most dangerous jobs their is.

Can a driver succeed at Prime? well I am sure their are some that do. but at what cost? Life is to short , so if you have one why waste it looking at pavement, docks and truck stops?

 

Yep here's the hidden agenda.

Now does everyone know which forum they are posting on?

 

After 34 years in the white collar world, you're welcome to cubi-hell. You can have it. Don't forget your kneepads - you're going to need them! I'm doing quite well at Prime, and I don't spend my life looking at pavement, docks and truckstops.

 

wow!!! i just read this whole thread,and find that some will do whatever it takes to get their point across. i do wonder why prime takes such a beating when it is very apparent that are many companies out there with terrible track records. it really makes me wonder why someone would apply so much negative energy towards any one company. did they get rejected or fired? i don't think anyone will ever know the motive.