Prime 200 dollar training advance

I would RUN from any company that charged me to go to their orientation!!

 

Anyone who charges you to go to work for them is scamming you. Look around, there are plenty of companies that will put you to work if you have the qualifications. Do a search of these forums to see what people have to say about Prime. I have only dealt with their broker side and I can tell you they are on my do not haul list.

 

At the end of orientation, prime will give you a Comdata card with 200 loaded on it. Then every Friday you'll get 200. Until you get you cdl. When you switch to a team status, you'll get a minimum of 600 before tax of course on the card or deposited to you checking account. Before you get the card, prime will give you meal vouchers to tide you over until then. One bit of advice for you. Hang with the positive guys in class and don't eat at the truck stops!

 

Just to be clear. This $200 advance per week is for students. Students are not official employees until they pass their CDL test and get their license.

It is so the student can live on the road with their instructor

My trainee took home almost $650 dollars this week after taxes. We had an exceptionally good week of 6200 miles. With me being a company driver he also got half of my extra stop pay ($10 for him this week) and a 1/4 of my fuel bonus... which was $50 extra for him.

5k miles is the break even point... anything less is the flat$600... anything more than 5k miles is paid at $.12/ mile. Then taxes are subtracted and advances the trainee takes too.

 

U2, Tell me what the pay process is for a licensed grad? I just got my CDL from my community college, I'm heading there soon and am wondering what the process will be? Thanks. TD.

 

what the hell? they CHARGE you to go to orientation, and people are stupid enough to fall for this?

 

the guy is going to "school" thru Prime to get his cdl... Its not orientation.

charge is for the DOT Physical and background check

 

zero pay during orientation... room and food provided.

Non-Prime School Grads with little or no experiance start as "C Seat drivers" at.10/mile or $500 for the first 4-5 weeks... after that they are upgraded to "B Seat" at .12/mile or $600 therafter until training miles completed.

Prime School Grads skip "C Seat" go straight to "B" and get a 10k training mile credit for the experiance they got during the 4-5 weeks out with their instructor during their CDL-Permit phase.

500 and 600 minimum are only paid on weeks where you are on the truck all 7 days (Tues 1600 till the following Tuesday 1600) You go home you only get paid the .10 or .12 per mile for dispatched miles (loaded and unloaded) that you were on the truck for.

Its a good idea not to straddle hometime over that Tuesday or you will be out the gaurantee min for both weeks if your truck doesnt turn 5k miles to make up for it.

Also you may get stuck at home longer than you planned... trainer has to get a load back in your direction to pick you up. Trainees should always pack and take all their stuff everytime they go for hometime... Trainer could quit... get in accident... get sick... just plain not want to train you anymore... Or circumstances with a load and his hometime just might not jive and getting another trainer is the better option.

My trainee went home within 2 weeks of getting on the road... he had to get home as a close family member passed. He found out on a Wed. He wanted to get home for 3 days but wanted to wait until the funeral was set... By Sat. we found out the funeral was Wed, and my FM made arrangements for us to pass thru my trainees town Tues night.

I continued on and delivered the load... and ran a couple more loads... it ended up being 5 days by the time the loads lined up to get me back thru to pick him up.