New to the trucking world-Prime Inc.

Please keep us informed on how he is doing !!!
Enjoy the new adventure !!!

 

Having the permit ahead of time isn't necessary, but he won't have to do the cram session at orientation to get it.

He will start getting the $200 a week once he goes through and passes all aspects of orientation and is assigned a instructor. He'll continue getting the $200 a week for 30 days or when he finishes the instruction phase and passes his CDL skills test...whichever comes first.

Once he passes his CDL skills test, he will officially become an employee of Prime and make $600 or .12 a mile each week...whichever is greater. At this point, he'll be in the training phase.

 

My dh works for Prime. He started orientation on October 20th and went out with an instructor the following Monday. Came back in the weekend before Thanksgiving for some pad practice and on the Monday before Thanksgiving took and passed the CDL skills test. At that point, he was assigned a trainer, but his trainer wouldn't be in to pick him up until later on in th week. He was going to come home, but decided to stay in Springfield because if he came home, he wouldn't get paid. So, we did the next best thing...we went to be with him in Springfield and were able to spend Thanksgiving together.

My dh was told in orientation not to expect to go home before 8 weeks into it. However, it worked out the he could have come home just over 4 weeks. There will be home time during the instruction/training phase, it depends upon what your dh and his trainer work out. We had decided going into it that my dh would take as little home time as possible, as it would allow him to get through the training process quicker.

 

Try to stick to that thinking as much as you can and you two will get through it just fine.

 

Good to hear it.

Nah, it wouldn't make sense to have them make him test for the permit if he already has it.

 

I'm at orientation, I have my A permit already, they don't take their test till Thurs.