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Sometimes you have to go with the flow. Just tested a student out last week, 75 hours Minimum, had to ask twice on that one. No pretrip before hand was needed... He hit the trifecta. thats five in a row...... got to toot my own horn, no one else will..... Pretrips change over time, like the airbrake check, light check, some drop some add..... The pad is getting crowded lately, with plans to have up to 200 students on the road, up to around 160 or so now.... Figure two to three weeks out potentially up to 100 students a week trying to test out, don't quote me on that part, I didn't pay much attention to the message Larson put out on the phone.. I miss the good old days, plenty of trailers and no wait for a pad space to practice on, students who actually wanted to drive a semi, not because they couldn't find a job at home................... enough ranting......

 

ok maybe its a prime or a MO thing whats the trifecta

 

whats the extras?

 

thats is sad

 

Is this because the company is growing or is there that big of a turn over on drivers? How big is Prime? The way you make it sound I wont get a chance to come train because all the open spots would be filled if the company doesnt have enough trucks or enough work!

 

Hey my situation is, i filled out an online application, recruiter has passed my MVR and my history, he said now were just waiting on my former employers to fax stuff back... I made a dumb mistake thats stressing me out now, and the mistake is i said i spent a year at a community college in the employers section when in truth i didnt, i put it down so i didnt have a year gap in employment... i know its wrong, i was wondering what i can expect IF they even contact colleges / schools... and if so am i auto screwed?

 

id say you shot yourself in the foot, it seems that they do check all the formers and referances, they asked me for w-2s cuz a place was out of buisness ( i think dragontamer did for jcw too)

 

If you don't mind my saying so as one of those guys who wants to make an informed decision, when we, the newbies, ask you, the experienced dudes, a question, we really are looking for the correct, current information, not something that happened last year. Or what you think happens on the pad. This industry changes quickly and as a company's demands change, so will the requirements.

So help us out, please. If you KNOW, let us know. If you only THINK you know, say so. Let us make our informed decisions.

And on behalf of all the wannabe drivers out here reading the posts, thank you.

 

thats so true.

 

Trifecta, passed all three tests in single day, pretrip, backing, road test..

Prime is growing, figure turnover rate has allways been high in OTR, that figure is down, less job hopping, less local hiring, etc., but it is still high. To keep growing Prime needs to hire more than its loss. I hear ConWay has started up training, and there retention rates are better than most..