My Prime Adventure

Well just finished my first day at Prime as a Prime Student Driver and have enjoyed it so far. The program is very well run and everyone has been real cool so far. So far I would recommend it to anyone who is coming into the industry.

My day so far consisted of some classes, fingerprinting, DOT physical, pee test, an interview, and some time on the Simulator.

Everything is paid for, from the rooms to your food. On the food, you have a limit to how much you can spend and you gotta pay the difference if you go over. They give you enough for a good meal all week though. (Breakfast, lunch, and dinner) The whole motel you stay at is owned by Prime, you do pretty much everything on the motel campus except for the last day. So this is a nice convenience.

I will have to take the Sleep Apnea test which I'm obviously not to happy about. For people who are curious.

The test itself is $130 which is taken in $50 increments out of your paycheck.

If you test positive for it, you are required to get the machine which is $2000 . This is also paid back in $50 increments over 36 months. You also have to use the machine every time you go to sleep and have to report back to the doctors on your use of it.

I talked to a handful of experienced drivers who all complained about how much they hate the machine. So I really hope I don't test 'positive'.

That's one of the few things I've heard people complain about regarding Prime though. (besides the people complaining we can't drink) Everything else has been real positive. The Millennium building is awesome, has a full gym, full basketball court, big store, and much more in it. Not to mention a great cafeteria.

For incoming people, I recommend putting off buying things besides your sleeping bag prior to coming as you can get just about everything you need at the store.

Anyway, been positive so far, just hoping my sleep test is negative. Here's some pics I took over at the Millennium building.

Prime HQ



Parking Lot






My favorite truck so far



Prime tow truck in a cool green color



Maintenance bays



Hopefully my adventure continues to be positive with Prime and I shall update more in the coming days. Any questions from future Primers feel free to ask.

 

Nah. I've seen the training pad but it's my understanding that we don't start that till Friday. Plus I still got to finish my sim training. Awesome you were here, pity I missed you, so many people there. I probably saw you and just didn't know. haha

It's nice to hear some positive input on it. So many people seemed pissed about it. If it could help me, I wouldn't mind but the money is my biggest issue, even with it coming out of my paycheck. I'll let ya know about my results.