Pre-hire

I've done vans. Lewiston Walmart.

 

We still don't... Walmart does.

 

Doesnt matter if the trailer says Walmart... we are still pulling a dry van. Ive pulled them too. Boy are they POS. The Walmart reefers were nice, although the soft walls and "zone temp" settings were a pain in the butt.

If I remember correctly the "V" series Prime trailers used for the special FedEx container loads have no reefer units on them either. Someone may correct me on this but I think those trailers specifically run just between Newark and Dallas.

 

I also had a slight delay with the employment part. I am self employed and hand two part time jobs. They where clients, that decided to put me on their payroll for tax purposes. The person in personnel for one part time job was never in the office (The woman must have had 40 weeks of vacation; no matter when I called during the five years that I was there that was the answer LOL). The second employer gave up the business and moved to Florida. My recruiter had me send copies of my contractor’s license all of my 1099’s and W2’s and a copy of my last pay stub from each of the two employers. She ran them up the flag pole and said it was acceptable. I don’t know if they ever heard from either employer, but during the paper work process at Prime they said everything was in order.

I hope they straighten this out for you.

 

In terms of vans... they got 'em, we pull 'em.

"V-series?" Never seen one.

Did you part that employer on good terms? If you can, contact them and see if you can smooth things over.

 

They are probably the oldest trailers we have. They are designed to hold air cargo containers... When I say designed, it's just the floors allow them to roll on, and there are floor securement mechanisms.

I've pulled one as a trainee. Ive seen them as recently as this year at the terminal.

 

You could sue. Employers can be liable for any response other than whether they would or wouldn't rehire you.

 

I've been self employed since early 2011 and I've got most of the documents Prime has ask for, however a few of my clients paid me on payroll not 1099. But that's like for a day here or there... I just included that in my Self employment time frame as I did not think of it as part time work. How does prime view this? I hope they don't come back and say you're our cause you got paid W2 for 5 days of freelance work during your self employment and did not tell us.