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Discussion in 'Prime' started by bartage, May 6, 2009.

  1. crocky

    crocky Road Train Member

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    I just wanted to add, the reason I opted to go with Prime was because it just made sense. I have 2 CDL schools literally with-in 15 mins of my house here in FL (one in Sanford one in Debary). They both want $5k but one was up to $8K for their premium class.. End result you get your CDL A assuming you pass then they help you get on with a noobie company who all had low pay for your 1st year and you still have to do training as a team driver, but they might pay back some of your school cost.

    I then looked at companies like Swift & Prime who train you but pay you while you train. My thinking was with Prime "assuming" the $700/week TNT pay is legit and I've only ever heard of issues from the 1st week from one guy.. But if I'm on a truck for 2 months training which seems to be the average once you get your CDL, that's $5,600 in training pay.. That on it's own puts me ahead of going to the actual schools where I'd sit not being paid but paying them for about a month and still have to go out most likely for 2 months with one of the company trainers of whoever I hired on with.

    Even if for some reason I didn't finish my year and owed Prime money, as long as I was able to obtain the CDL I'm in the same position as if I would of went to a school. Except I've made a bit of money in the process. Just seems like the logical choice IMO.
     
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  3. CallMeTawanda

    CallMeTawanda Light Load Member

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    Yeah. And I'm not angry with Prime itself. Just the fleet manager and the situation. I would go back to work for Prime. Their facilities, equipment and technology are all really good. I would just have my eyes open a little wider.
     
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  4. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    Nothing to confusing here. Sounds like you had a stop sign or a yield sign and the car that hit you had the right away and you pulled out in front of it not giving enough room for you to get up to speed based on conditions and oncoming traffic. That's a pretty cut and dry ticket there, unless there was more to the story you have left out to paint the picture in your favor.

    That's bs! You would have been put up in a hotel room for a couple days while you finish out the last couple of tests and then get assigned a truck. By the way, it's success leasing that you go see for your truck assignment and if they were out of trucks, they'll have a new batch the next morning. Again, what's the rest of the story? Sounds to me like you were having more safety issue or your trainer didn't think you were ready for a truck. I bet safety issues.
    This leads me to believe that you have left a lot of the story out. You don't get bounced unless you messed up big time and have been given many talkings to about issues. In the tnt phase, you're already an employee at prime, so you got fired from Prime for a reason.
    First, it's a gross weekly amount that is guaranteed for every full week you were available for dispatch. Right now that is $700 a week. You'll have taxes and expenses come out of that, so your take home won't be that guaranteed amount.

    Second, it sounds like your trainer either didn't understand how to operate his business or because of an issue with you he didn't feel safe driving team or there was some situation like winter weather where you got shutdown for a time or two. Him being in the hole running as a team is very very hard to do. It sounds like there is way more to this story that you don't feel like sharing. Maybe the truth is hard for you to accept and you want to blame the big mean company for your failing?

    Third, if you had said glowing reviews from your trainer and dispatcher, then there would be no reason to fire you. That ticket and accident the way you describe it isn't big enough to get you bounced. There had to be other reasons.
    This shows you're mad at Prime because they fired you for what they believed was a good reason. Prime doesn't pull shady stuff as a practice and if something shady is going on, Rob's door was always open for you to bring it to his attention. Trust is what he built his company on and that is the value he treats everyone with.
     
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    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    They do come after you, usually within a couple of weeks of terminating your employment you'll start getting the letters.
     
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  6. CallMeTawanda

    CallMeTawanda Light Load Member

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    You know what, you can think what you want. I'm not the only one that has had issues with Prime or it's employees.

    I'm not going to counteract anything you said because it's quite obvious to me that either you work for Prime, are a friend of Robs or maybe you are Rob. And if you read more of my replies you would see that I'm not mad at Prime itself, I'm not really mad at all. Lesson learned, I was just attempting to help the OP the best way I can. Just trying to make sure their eyes are open and they don't fall into the same situation I found myself in. You want to think I'm some ####head who doesn't take responsibility for mistakes I make, that's fine. I don't know you, you don't know me so I really don't give a #### what you think. Go back to kissing ### and judging others, it seems to make you happy.
     
  7. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    Yes you are right, you aren't the only one who has had issues with Prime or it's employees, but out of 8,000 plus drivers and however many employees at Prime, all you see is 5% maybe of the total company that has an issue. If 95% of the company and those that work there are happy, what's that say about that 5%. Now if that number was 30% or even 50% you would have a valid point.
    Yes, you found me out, I am Rob :laughing-guffaw:That's so funny. I think Rob has better things to do than respond to you on here. I am driver plain and simple, you can see all my other posts on this forum and throughout the Prime threads. I've been around here much longer than you have missy, just look at my profile. @albert l , @FullMetalJacket , and quite a few other Prime drivers who have met me in person out on the road can confirm I am a driver, not an employee or Rob.

    Oh yes I did see how later on you make a post saying you're not mad and would go back to work at Prime. That tells me that whatever happened that go you fired, you were most likely listed as unhireable. You have created a story that puts in the position of the victim and the big old mean company was at fault. There is more to the story I am now 98% positive about that.
    I don't think that at all about you. What I do think is you hopped on here because you felt like you were unfairly treated for something you did and want to paint a story that makes people think Prime is nothing more than lies and out to get you, which isn't the case, and that you had no fault in whatever your issue was.

    What you were trying to do is called slander and weather that was intentional or not, I don't know. Prime is very upfront about there safety policies, hiring practices and anyone who has read a single one of these about Prime threads would know this is Swift or CREngland where if you breath and have a pulse they'll hire you. Prime puts you through one of the longest job interviews in the industry from the moment you walk off that bus and check in at Campus Inn to the moment they upgrade you to and A seat status and give you a truck. That is the same speech they have basically given every Monday morning during the first meeting at orientation. Prime is very fair and give drivers many opportunities to succeed!

    So yes, to the OP and having his eyes wide open, then know this. Prime is not a free ride. They have expectations and standards and they hold you 100% accountable to those! If you are looking for a company where you can be lazy and collect a check, go check out Swift or CREngland or CRST. If you want to work hard, make some of the best money in an entry level driving job the industry has to offer, have an amazing adventure along the way, and an amazing career, Prime is the place to start!

    Kissing ### really isn't my thing there missy. I have made no judgements, just point out some holes in your story and questioned truth of it. I am sorry things didn't work out for you at Prime and since I am not an employee or Rob and I have no way of knowing who you are, I can't go asking about you at Prime to see what there version of the story was.

    I do hope that after you left Prime you were able to find a job that you are happy at and maybe you can start a thread telling everyone your story of success at that company instead of telling everyone how you feel Prime screwed you over.
     
  8. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    So I like to do research, and when people calling my character into question, I like to know who I am dealing with. It seems you really do have an issue with Prime. You posted this in another thread and here you can see there was much more to why Prime fired you. If you want to paint an honest picture about your experience, post the entire story, not just the one that makes you look like the victim.

    Now, here you tell the real story of why you got that ticket for failing to yield. Notice how my comment earlier about you must have turned into traffic that had the right away seems to be true now? You clearly state you were making a left turn and crossing traffic in adverse winter conditions. You basically expected because you were "Bigger" than the little car they would stop for you. That kind of thinking in this job will get you into trouble many times over. Your hard brake incident and what sounds like a roll stability incident both are indications of your style of driving that seems to be unsafe. Just because you didn't have an accident or roll the truck in those incidents doesn't mean had the road been wet, icey, or even loose gravel on it that would have been the case.

    If the sensor was touchy as you put it, how many hard brake and roll stability issues did your trainer have while she was driving?

     
  9. CallMeTawanda

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    The judgment came from you accusing me of painting the picture in my favor, and omitting information to make the "big mean company" the problem. The big meanies in my story was one fleet manager and the situation that led to me getting the ticket. Maybe I just didn't word that right. I consider myself to be an honorable and respectful person. Maybe my emotions got the better of me. Being let go before I was even done training from my dream job really messed me up.
     
  10. CallMeTawanda

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    Well the trainer actually had quite a few as well. I also spoke to other drivers who had similar issues.

    I don't think I was expecting anyone to stop for me because I'm bigger, I literally checked numerous times and never saw the car in question. My trainer never saw anything either. So I feel like I did everything I could to avoid what happened, but still got punished for what I believe was an honest mistake.

    The hard brake and stability control were indeed mistakes on my part, but it was my first time driving a truck of this size, they both happened within the first few weeks of my TNT. Prior to getting my CDL the biggest vehicle I ever drove was my parents F150. Yes I messed up, but really what driver has ever started out and not made a mistake or two?
     
  11. redoctober83

    redoctober83 Road Train Member

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    I completely respect that. Emotions do get the best of us. If you look at my wording, I used many times the phrase "It seems like". That means, the way your wording and message is coming across seems like you are painting a picture in your favor. I don't know everything that happened, only what you put on here. If you compare the post you put here and the posts on the other thread, they give two completely different stories about the same situation.

    As for your fleet manger firing you, he can only let you go with the approval of the other departments, it wasn't his decision alone.

    Ummm.....if this was your first time driving a truck this size, how did you get your CDL? Cracker jack box? Street corner? I am sorry I don't believe this was your first time driving a tractor this size.
     
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