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Prime Inc - Springfield, MO II

Discussion in 'Discuss Your Favorite Trucking Company Here' started by ironpony, Mar 13, 2011.

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  1. Mar 14, 2011 #21
    ge23ll

    ge23ll Light Load Member

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    whats the starting pay.
     
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  3. Mar 14, 2011 #22
    Cudascious

    Cudascious Medium Load Member

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    I have a CDL, what kind of pay and training would Prime require? I am in Idaho, do they hire from Idaho? Basically Im an entry level driver with all my endorsements and graduated from an accredited PTDI school. I can't find specific info on the Prime site....
     
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  4. Mar 15, 2011 #23
    ironpony

    ironpony Road Train Member

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    U2, Sazook - feel free to jump in here if I've got any mistakes in this...

    For a student driver, they hire you after you earn your CDL through the Prime instruction course. They'll advance you $200 to cover expenses, paid back at $25 per week after you get your CDL and start earning. Once you're on a trainers truck, its $600 per week (before taxes) or 12cpm if you're over 5000 miles for the week. Keep in mind, you have to be available for dispatch to make any money. If you are home, sitting in a hotel room - no pay.

    Coming in with a CDL and no experience, they start you at $500 per week (before taxes) while you are on your trainer's truck. After 4 weeks they bump you to $600 or 12cpm over 5000 miles.

    Either way, you'll do 60,000 miles on your trainers truck. Now, they've made some changes since I did it, so I'm not quite sure how it works after this. It used to be you had the option of going solo for 30cpm for 20,000 miles then upgrading, or staying on your trainers truck for that 20,000 then going in for your upgrade test - staying at the $600 or 12cpm. You get the 20k miles done faster in a team environment.

    At that point they start you out as a A-seat, solo qualified driver on the company side for 33cpm. Or... you can jump into a lease at this point, but I really don't recommend it. You're much better off spending some time on the company side figuring the business out before jumping into the deep end!

    And they do hire out of Idaho - they'd probably want to dispatch you out of Salt Lake City.
     
    ironpony, Mar 15, 2011
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  5. Mar 15, 2011 #24
    sazook

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    Looks good to me. Only things I'd note, if you come thru the Prime program to get your CDL they give you 10,000 miles credit towards training, meaning you only have to do 50,000 miles with a trainer. Also, unless they changed the company pay scale, where you put 33CPM, should be 34CPM.
     
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  7. Mar 15, 2011 #25
    ironpony

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    Cool! I'd heard that they dropped it to 33 - and I thought that was a crock myself. Glad to hear that was just a bad rumor. Gotta rely on you guys for this info - I don't train, and I'm beginning to think the jarring from the bad roads out there is beginning to have its effects!
     
    ironpony, Mar 15, 2011
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  8. Mar 15, 2011 #26
    U2Exit

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    .33 is correct. I have a side by side chart of the new scale vs. the old scale. The old was slightly better than the new... So much for the ads I hear on Sirius about Prime not cutting driver pay.

    Drivers under the old scale stay on that scale. I fall into tha category.
     
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  9. Mar 16, 2011 #27
    Cudascious

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    Thanks for the info! Sounds like a good deal for an entry level driver. I am going to work for a company that starts at .30 cpm and a .01 cpm raise every 6 mos up to .32 or .33 cpm and 350 per week for 2 or 3 weeks while with a trainer then you go solo.

    I suppose its a similar deal, seems like all of the big companies are mostly similar. I guess I will find out. I have spent weeks reading and researching companies, I ended up going with one that is not far from where I live.
     
    Cudascious, Mar 16, 2011
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  10. Mar 16, 2011 #28
    CoJakes

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    Indeed it is 0.33 if you are or once you are an A seat driver.

    I am in Orientation now in Salt Lake City.

    It has been much better than expected :)
     
    CoJakes, Mar 16, 2011
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  11. Mar 20, 2011 #29
    kingsson

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    IP, Sazook, U2 - Everything is approved, so as soon as I get this move done from Omaha to Texas, I will be joining y'all back in the Prime fleet!
     
    kingsson, Mar 20, 2011
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  12. Mar 21, 2011 #30
    btemefordboy

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    i know someone that works for them he keeps on me about rollin with prime. Heard alot of horror stories on the l/p side. as a company driver whats the expected time out and home time?
     
    btemefordboy, Mar 21, 2011
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