New to Prime INC - What to expect (Springfield edition)

Hi, thank you for post and answer everything.. You're awesome!.. My question is if I get my cdl license in my state 6 month ago, but I don't have experience certified, Do I need to take all test again? (pre-trip, backing, test road)... Right now I'm with my boyfriend who is driving with Prime for 1 year and he's buying his own truck. I'd been helping him a lot with the Qualcomm, paperwork and live load call... I went to the school. I wouldn't want to repeat all this process. I'm not sure if I need to take PSD or TNT program... Thx

 

Sitting in SPRING MO right now waiting for a psd trainer to take me out, looks like we have a shortage. Seems like a great company so far, most drivers treat each other like family.

 

Did you find a trainer? Did they not offer the accelerated program to you? That seems to be where the training program is headed. Mostly in-house training for psd phase then with trainer for TNT.

 

Nope, and they said everyone going accelerated is already in it. I'm in the sim lab with about 19 people waiting on psd trainers.

 

That's what I had another trainer told me. Said there were around 20 left from last week's class. Hope you find one soon.

 

Thanks, me too.

 

Only thing that pisses me off is you have people getting calls from 3 different trainers and other people that get nothing. I have no idea how they assign trainers but I've seen people that can't even make it class on time get multiple calls

 

Thank you for the detailed information I feel more comfortable with my decision of attending the program I do have a few questions.
1. About how much time will you be away from home while attending the program?
2. Do you have to reside in MO for the year your working for them?
3. Are there many females in this field of work (i am a female)?

 

Does Prime recruit residents out of Florida

 

1. Expect 6-8 weeks before your first home time.
2. No.
3. More and more every day, but still a small minority of drivers. That said Prime works hard in recruitment efforts amongst women.

Yes. Though you will want to speak to a recruiter with regards to your exact location in the state. Some areas may be harder than others to get back to for home time.