Prime, sounds like a good opportunity for you to get your training done and get some good experience. Plus the paid training is probably important to you because you are new in this field and need some guaranteed money for a while. I have heard conflicting reports on FFE so it might be a good thing in the long run if you miss that first day.
Please help!!! Usa truck or prime inc.
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by scorpiorias, Jan 6, 2010.
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Hhmm.... Ducks, I think you may be onto something.. If those who despise the trucking industry and feel it is at best a dead end, if not a highway to poverty would quit, it would create openings for those who want to be in the industry and make their way...
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Prime would have been a near best option if it wasn't for their forced lease agenda toward new drivers. The training pay and benefits is somewhat competitive for an entry level driver of which I believe is a ploy by prime to lure newbies into there lease program. Upon realizing that future employers will probably see it that if you can pull a reefer, you can pull a dry van but same cannot be said in reverse; I felt it will probably be of more advantage to get that (Prime) reefer rather than (USA) dry van experience just for the sake of being more marketable. Does anyone agree with me?
I know very well that if I happen to go with prime, I will be seeking employment somewhere else as soon as I am done with the training face. It will be great if I could find a company where I don't have to device a plan for departure before I actually get the job. Thats why I have been obsessively calling Crete, and letting them know how bad I want it. If I don't hear anything from Crete by Friday, I will be heading to prime. But I wont stop there, I will keep on calling Jenny until she says something I wanna hear. -
If you plan on leaving any company immediately after training, I'm not sure what employment opportunities will be available to you with only the training experience under your belt. Most companies want 2 years experience... some one... and there are a few that will accept you with only 6 months.
I'd encourage you to choose a company you're willing to commit a year or two to before leaving -- whether it be Prime, USA, or any other company.Brickman Thanks this. -
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RickG, grow up. You're obviously challenging me because I called you out first thing on here. You apparently don't do much except sit on this forum and naysay everyone and everything whenever you're not driving. Unemployment is up EVERYWHERE. Stop throwing the numbers around for trucking like it's some major deal. Life sucks, yes. Big whoop. I'm going to take a gamble, yes. Again, big whoop. I'm going to try to do what I want to do to enjoy it and survive rather than suffer at something that gets me through but I absolutely hate. I'd rather be broke and happy than rich and miserable.
I say this with conviction.... To hell with you and your opinions, your beliefs, your views. I am choosing what I value and running with it. This is the last I will ever say to you because your attitude is not worth my time anymore. I hope you enjoy your reclusive life of trying to shatter others' dreams, wishing you had something better to do with yourself.
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Some wannabes would make good truckers and deserve a job but the high number of misfits keeps raising the odds against the deserving people . Even worse , potentially good drivers get shafted without good reason at orientation because carriers bring in more applicants than they need at the time .
Fathers could put a lot of food on the table and buy a lot of clothes for kids with the thousands given to CDL mills . But what else are you going to do ? Wouldn't it be smart to ask that question before spending thousands of dollars and then asking the same question months later when you either can't get a job , get rejected with a negative DAC , or find out you can't survive on the low pay you get because you can't get enough miles ?
Some wannabes are going to deservedly hear their wives tell them the rest of their married lives how dumb it was to try to get a CDL .JustSonny Thanks this.
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