prime hometime

You think it is freaking normal to have to buy stuff the co should buy. You tell newbies you really need to stay out for 4-6 weeks and say you can take a day off for 7 days out, and the max is 4 days off,, but can you really afford to do that???? Like I said a jacked up co....primed the prime way....

 

I am with mercer, my last OTR before that was maverick.

 

I think that mavericks requirements are 6 months recent now. They used to avg 52.5 a year for newbies, but I don't know what it is now since freight has slowed.

 

In all these posts I've been reading, I don't think I've seen who you work for Notarps?

It seems like you might be an O/O?

NM, it was answere while I was reading LOL

 

That's really great. 6 months recent experience. So oh Great God of Trucking who Knows All... exactly how do you get that 6 months, if you've never driven before? And if you don't want to fall off of a flatbed snow tarping a load in -20 degrees?

 

Troll my foot.. what are you trying to win.... the get newbies to sell their soul to a co award? You ask how I know about the reefer hometime ?? I got that from your posts... you did say you tell the truth on here.. so you questioning me now has me questioning me about what you post on here.... Like I said it is always the brand new guys that prime has programed that comes running to primes's rescue. There was one on here that was a veteran driver, but he was doing some serious recruiting telling how great prime. is..


Like I said I have nothing against you or any other prime driver. I just hate how some of these jacked up outfits program drivers to tell how great it is when the home time stinks. They get you to pay for things they should be paying for and having you telling others this is normal in trucking ( from your own posts) If someone quits prime or has something bad to say there is this little speech on why they couldn't hack it.

Which brings to mind why is it that this is the only co that I ever went to that tells you in orientation that you are going to hear bad things.. then they go on to tell you why drivers could not make it... hmmm seems odd? They know ahead of time,,,, wonder why other co's don't address this???

 

I wonder what the next thing they will try to convince newbies to pay for? Hmmm I reckon if a 4 wheeler caused an accident, they could brainwash a new driver into thinking that the driver should pay the deductable.. of course we will spread it out over time on your settlement... this is normal in trucking....

 

They used to hire new students and train them. When freight picks back up I am sure they will again. You either wait for a good co or go to a jacked up one that will have you pay for things and expect you to stay out for months at a time with a day or 2 off..

Yeah, we are flatbedders. We are used to the elements. It keeps us in shape plus we don't have to live in a truck. Some flat bed gigs care about the driver. Good home time good money to me that is a good trade off compared to being out a month or better and seeing home 2 weeks a year.

 

No I am a company driver. I have never been an O/O

 

He's right Notarps... seriously man... how do you get the experience required to get a "good" job with a company that "cares about you" and gives you good TAH if you're a newbie like me?

I think the answer is that you have to work for the company that will take you and train you well (Prime's Reefer training is good... you said so yourself, that you thought it probably was)... and then, once you get experience, you can shop around for a company with better TAH and such. I always figure that no matter what industry (not just trucking) you are a newbie in, you get the ###### end of the stick anyway... you don't get any privileges being a new guy anyway.

I have heard many guys on these forums tell newbies that they will not get much TAH being a newbie with any of the companies that they can actually get on with.

So what's your advice on that? Seriously... I'm not being a smart arse or anything... I want to know what you would recommend.