Do I have to speak with my assigned recruiter?

Dartco Inc. will probably hire you. They have their own in-house training program for drivers that already have a cdl.

 

Check Craigslist for local or home weekends jobs.

 

Jim Palmer Trucking is a 48 state refrigerated outfit.
Trekker Logistics has flatbed division.
Jones Bros. Trucking is flatbed and has enhanced training.

 

Try calling at 7am cst right when they get in, the recruiters are notoriously difficult to get ahold of. I got all my stuff taken care of in a couple of days but that was 2 years ago.

I would take the comments in this thread from people that don't drive for prime with a grain of salt...

 

The problem is, the OP is being ignored. Time to move on.

 

Otto, move out here to Las Vegas when you can. It's summertime year round and plenty of good trucking jobs.
A&R Logistics has a terminal there; check their website. They hire with 6 months experience. Plenty of other good outfits hire from Las Vegas, including Jim Palmer and the others I listed.
No personal income taxes in Nevada.

 

@mem some of those people might know what they're talking about.

 

Chinatown certainly provides a valuable service to the forums with his encyclopedic knowledge of trucking companies, and to say it's been two weeks it's time to move on is a fair assessment.

I have no investment if Otto works for Prime or not, but if he has a strong desire to a little persistence might be in order. I just suggested that he should be skeptical about comments about Prime from people that don't work there.

Large orientation classes = being pushed through like cattle? Training is one on one and I imagine not too different than Palmers.

Really that comment was more towards the "Prime has no redeeming qualities" post though, which is laughable. It's certainly not for everyone, but it's a solid company that has treated me well.

I run company team on the reefer side with the wife, and we pull down around 4k a week which is pretty competitive with any company I've seen, especially otr. I had a solid training experience, and have always been treated well by our office folks. My dispatcher/fm has always done me right, and believe it or not he actually recognizes me if I head into the office, ha.

 

@mem - I certainly wish all drivers had your experience with their first company. Wouldn't be much turnover.