Prime has no respect !!

Business's in this country get away with just about anything ever since Ronald Traitor Reagan became President. It's been bad ever since. Just look at the financial disasters that have taken place since he was in office. Look at the life savings that people have lost, IE. Enron.

Addition: Write your representatives.

 

it could be easily fixed if the people of this country came together and stood together to change whats wrong, but, we find it easier to belly-ache than to change things.
if the drivers of this country banded together, the changes that could be made would suprise you.........
we are the economy of this country, we can wield a great power if we wanted to, but
we don't, we waste it.
and that is also due to the fact that we have no great leaders and people to champion the working mans issues.
better to stay poor and hungry than to challenge the existing ruling forces.
if one day we decided to stand up and demand our rights for fair wages ...
i would be one of the first into the trenches getting ready for the fight,
you cannot gain something unless you are willing to risk something..........

 

I think the ooida filed a class action suit that included prime along with Cr England It was a while back.

 

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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]As of mid-November 2007- Filed January 2003 in Circuit Court, Greene County, MO. This case challenges the carrier’s practice of charging owner-operators for workers’ comp insurance. It was dismissed by the original trial court, but OOIDA appealed. [/FONT]
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I drove for them they fired me in jackson,oh and left me there. Prime is terrible. Staw away or join at your own risk.

 

Right on! That should be common sense to most people but frankly they've been duped into believing otherwise. I believe in Christ and do the best I can everyday but any business that has any religion advertised and associated with themselves are 9 times out of 10 straight up crooks! Just like many so called preachers and reverends and fathers are.

Wolves in sheeps clothing!!! I would never work for a company that tries to act all churchy. Every servant is worthy of his hire. Honest days work for an honest days pay and any true Christian wouldn't have to paste verses and symbols all over their logos because a true Christian doesn't need to. They do the right thing and people see it and know it, they don't need to advertise.

 

amen brother!

 

Just to give you a heads up....if you went through the CDL program they have there then and you were told that you would see home after 8 weeks then your doing pretty darn good. When I did the program in 2004 they told me that you can spend as much as 3 or 4 months out before you see your home again. During CDL training you wont see home period, during your 50,000 team miles with a trainer you might see home if you have a trainer who runs in the area you live or lives around that area his or herself.
After 1 fiasco with my first CDL instructor I got an outstanding one with 35+ years in the business who to this day is one trucker that I have nothing but respect for, during my time with him I was a CDL student and so hometime was not condusive to my training and besides he lived in Idaho and I lived in Virginia on the east coast and he said he hasnt run the east coast in probaly 15 years and refuses too so. When I was with my trainer (the gay porn watching homosexual, mentally deranged guy who like smelling womens panties and clothes and wearing them) he lived in Colorado and once again I was in VA and he said he only comes to deliver on the east coast and get out he doesnt go north and south along that side of the nation so that pretty much sealed my hometime.
In short the bottom line is if you really really really want to just run home after a month or so and delay your training and such then request specifics when it comes to the last day of orientation about who your trainer is. Just to let you know dont go complaining if you are waiting for days or weeks for a trainer and if you do get one and do get home time dont be surprised if it leaves you stuck at home for awhile before prime gets that driver routed back your way.
Prime is not my cup of tea but I have found they are not as bad as most and if you are business savy then you can make a pretty decent living with them while still having a home life. If you dont care about being at home and just stay out and use good business sense then you can really really make good with them. It is your choice, I would not go back to them but at the same time I am going to keep my mind open and objective to them and what they offer as I am not a negative person in live.

 

Funny.....I've been back at Prime since June 07.....And have NEVER gotten a QC message that had anything to do with religion. Nor, have I ever heard any phone messages that made any reference to religion. What I DO know is the fact thay my wife and I have made more money since she got her CDL and joined me than we have ever made in a years time......EVER.

Now....are there bad trainers at Prime.....Yes. Not many....but a few. Are there bad trainers at EVERY other company that trains drivers? Yes....it's that simple. Some people should never be put in a position to train ANYBODY.

Do people fail at Prime? Yes. Do people fail at other companies? Yes. Do people fail on their own? YES. Once again.....NO company is going to guarantee your success. Prime doesn't guarantee your success.....They will try to help you succeed. But, SOME people will never make it in the business world.

No company is perfect. That's why there are so many of them out here. If Prime Lease Ops weren't making money......there wouldn't be so many of us out here that have been at it for more than a couple of months. It's all what you make of it. And some just aren't cut out for it. Simple as that.

Sorry you couldn't make it home. I'd say that had more to do with your trainer than anything. I'd be willing to bet that your FM didn't know there was a problem until you had already made up your mind. Too bad, too. This really is a place where a man or woman can go to make a good living.