Who would you choose?

Unfortunately most local jobs require a minimum of 2 years experience. Hence, why advise a newbie to waste his time looking for a local job?

 

now it's gone from 6 months to 1 year and now 2 years...


Do I hear 4?

 

I get it, you don't like newbies.

 

Wow....where are you guys getting all this....

I don't like newbies, I don't like mega's....this is great.

people claim it's the insurance companies that make the rules, (more truth to that than fiction)....

It's partly true and it's partly not.

Windsmith is proof positive that a new driver can very easily find a good job and succeed at it. IF one gets out, puts boots to pavements and GOES LOOKING for the right opportunity.

You want something great out of this career and lifestyle, then stop taking the easy route. Because the best things in life are not easy or free.

 

Anyone who has worked for a mega (like I have) knows that its more down than up (and when I say down I mean time) ... What we try to do on here is inform all who come on here that there may be a better opportunity down the street that you just don't see yet.

In my case I spent a year and a half working for PAM when the company I work for now hired ppl with 6 months experience, mind you I did have a contract but my decision was mostly based on not knowing... I'm grateful for the opportunity I got with the aforementioned mega but I look back and tell myself man I shouldve been with this company (my current company) from the get go ... I wouldve made more money that's for sure...

Living in the northeast you should be able to find something better than a mega ...cause nobody likes to run the northeast... Maybe u can't find a company that is in ure state but maybe a company that goes into ure state every other day or even every day ...

If all else fails; Prime will still have their doors open. Use the megas as a last resort, not a first. Either way it'll be a learning experience. Best of luck

 

If someone wants to drive for a mega, then so be it. Why should you care either way? It's their choice. Not yours.

 

Like I am the only one that suggests against driving for a mega.....

 

So far you have been in this thread.

So what if a newbie isn't going to make 50,000+ in their first year. Again, why should you or anyone else care?

 

And you are the appointed post approval authority now?

 

Going back to the OP:

Of the 2 you listed, I'd pick Prime. They have done some changes over their CDL courses and lease to own programs over the last few years. To the point I really wouldn't call them a bottom feeder outfit anymore. A friend of mine got his CDL with Prime 6 years ago and he's still driving for them.