Prime still hiring from CDL schools?

I am in the hiring prosse as i write this and i am in a CDL school so they do hire

 

Keep reading. They do hire those with CDL's, but there are some benefits to going through their school.

 

ALOT of benefits actually. I just finished it all

 

Yup! It took me a while to answer the same "should-I-pay-for-CDL-school-or-do-Prime's-PSD?" question and now I wonder why it did. The answer is so simple and logical. DOH!

 

its not a bad program learned a lot in the amount of time ive been here and i guess having a great instructor/trainer didnt hurt either i hope my flatbed trainer is the same

 

For non-Prime school grads, trainees start at .10 or 500 for their first 4 weeks ON THE ROAD. Then they raise it to .12 or 600 for the rest of the training period.

Non-Prime grades do 10k more training miles than PSD students.

Just a note, all trainees (both types) have to be available for dispatch and on the trainers truck all 7 days of the pay period to recieve the 500/600 minimum.

Pay period is bewtween Tuesdays at 1600.

Here is where the complaints start initially:

There is no pay for orientation. No check, nothing, until you start turning miles. Trainees start complaining thinking there is a $500/$600 check that first Friday... even if they havent been assigned to a trainer.

Example: Trainee leaves out, maybe right away, maybe after trainer has some truck repair. Maybe truck gets a load doesnt make a delivery by Tues, or it does but only low miles. Paycheck posts on following Fri after the Tuesday cutoff and there is either no money, or very little... Remember there is taxes. (PSD grads have their $25 loan payback)

Key here is, you dont get the gaurantee if you and your trainer are not ready for dispatch on Tuesday. You just make the milage rate.

Once you hit the road, you're good for the garauntee week to week between Tuesdays.

Unless you go home for hometime... Straddle a Tuesday and thats 2 pay weeks with your hometime.... that is two garauntees you are not getting. Now if the truck turns over 5k miles one or both weeks while you are on it, its a moot point since you will make over the minimum for those miles.

You only get paid for the miles you run on the truck... if a load is 1k miles and your trainer drops you off at home 600 miles in. you are only getting 600 miles for that particular load. Same thing coming off home time. Trainer could be on a 3k mile load and pick you up with 100 miles to go before delivery. You are getting paid that last 100 miles.

 

Almost too many rules for me to remember. I'm woozy with everything that I need to know.

 

It's ok, you'll get it!

 

Wait til you advance... n everythings on you...