Worried Prime Training

Resigning and requesting leave to attend to a pressing family matter are two different things with likely two different outcomes.

Considering the investment you have made thus far, you allowed "Linda" to derail your career at Prime. Gave her lots of power!

I run into "Linda" each and every day of my life. We all do. As a driver "Linda" dogs us all day long; on the road, at truck stops, in parking lots, at deliveries at shippers... If I quit every time "Linda" tries to mess with me, I'd have no income.

You signed up to be a truck driver, with arguably one of the best companies. I understand the importance of being there for your son...I really do. But you did not need to "throw out the baby with the dirty bath water".

So didn’t speak with Stan, because weekend. I was told to talk with Linda. This conversation was unpleasant as it can be, what surprised me because that’s normally not how Prime operates. I was sick from Wednesday on, and almost had no voice Saturday. Linda was so “nice” to point out that in school you can’t choose your teacher and that you need to be happy to get this chance. Every time I tried to get atleast one word out, she told me to speak louder and clearer because being quit is a weakness in the industry. Trucks need to be loud according to hear. She rented on for some time, even the trainer looked completely astonished, and then she just handed me a paper telling me to ride down what my stupid problem was and that she needs that paper back as soon as possible, but she will set my name on the bottom of the list so I can think about this the next time. This all got me thinking, if I want to be treated this way. What settled the score was a call from Home that my autistic son was in the hospital, so I wrote all my problems and Saft concerns on that paper. And as last sentence l wrote a thank you to Linda for being the only unfriendly person at Prime. And that I resign from the Training. I want this but family comes first and no one treats me like crap if I don’t deserve it. So I’m happy on my way home to my son and family. It was a awesome experience that I don’t want to miss, besides the week out with the trainer(the 8hours driving was awesome) and Linda.

Wow just wow is all I can say. I am not saying what you are quoting here is inaccurate and untruthful, but I do know there are 2 sides to every story. Prime as a company simply does not operate like this. Are they a perfect company? No not by a long shot, but I can tell you that they will bend over backwards to help a driver be successful and will do what it takes to keep you onboard and make sure you have the tools needed to do this on your own. I am very sorry things did not work out for you here and I wish you the best in your future endeavors however I agree with what was stated earlier this is a brutal industry and if you do not have a thick skin then your chances of making it are slim to none.

WOW is right! I'm shocked. Two things come to mind: What a waste of time and money, and perhaps you need to rethink the whole driving thing.

I appreciate every help I got so far. And I thought I made clear that Prime is a great company. My opinion on Prime never changed or will change. I was just telling part of my story. And yes everyone is completely right that you need thick skin to make it. I didn’t and will not now go in too more details what exactly happened between my trainer and me, besides the small thing of the picture I gave out. Because giving every detail would make on lease operator paint a wrongful picture of Prime and I don’t want that. The Company and it’s employees are awesome, the school is top notch. I could dealed with Linda no Question about it. But I decided to not do so. My Son has controlled Autism, that’s why I even made the decision to become a driver. Normally no Problem with him, aslong he speaks with me ones a day. What was never a Problem. That he ended up in the hospital was just a thing that happened because the school he attends forgot his medication. I could let my family handle this and move on with my training. But when I made the decision to get full custody over my son, I promised myself to always make the best decision for him. So even that many of you think you can judge me wrongful, you never walked in my shoes. You never been trough my life, never judge when your not sure what you dealing with. I made this decision after making sure to think about the consequences, and my intention posting the end result her, was just informing everyone that helped me along.

PapaBear, below was your first post on this forum...

This Forum is amazing. So much information and advice. So I am 33 and made the decision, that I want to be a Trucker. My situation is I went from a good paying job, to a job that I am never sure how to pay bills. And I been searching since September for something better but nothing. That’s way I started looking into a new career, I always loved trucks so I was leaning in the direction. Back in September when I was still unemployed i put in a application with Cr England, without any knowledge at all. They called me for a phone interview on my way to a Job interview, i explained and he told me that he’s gonna call again the next day. Never happened and then I found this new job. I’m unhappy because I want to provide for my family, and I want to know that I have a job where I can find something else if needed. So the trucking came back to mind, and this time I wanted to be sure. So I watched a lot of videos, and was reading everything that answered my interest. Then I talked with my wife explained her what I wanted to do, and waited for her “no way”. She listened to every one of my thoughts and then to my surprise said “It will be hard but we can do this, if you think that’s a job that would make u happy” So I started company research more into detail, because I needed a company that did want money from me and paid me for training. After long research I learned my first lesson, I call it the “50/50 lesson”. For every positive review of a company you find one negative one, besides Swift somehow all other companies are not in liking with them. My decision came to Roehl and I got the process running, I hope that the response is just slow because we have almost Christmas, because that’s my most concern with them so far. I talked with a recruiter after trying to reach him for a few days. We set up a phone interview, he told me all he needs is a accident report from a no fault incident I have on my record. He asked if I have a passport and I told him I’m not sure, because of the date but will let him know. So after the interview I got the accident report and my passport and tried to reach him, no chance so I send everything to his email and called a few times. 3 days later I finally got a email that they are looking into the accident report and then we can go on. So far I’m nervous, happy and hope that everything will go forward after the holidays.

Having the benefit of all the wisdom on this forum, had you mentioned having full custody of a special needs child; without any hesitation, we would have advised you NOT to attempt becoming a truck driver.

And your shoes? We have all gone through training and made sacrifices to become drivers. I suggest it's our shoes that you tried to walk-in and realized they didn't fit you. Better now than later.

I wish you well.

PapaBear, below was your first post on this forum...

This Forum is amazing. So much information and advice. So I am 33 and made the decision, that I want to be a Trucker. My situation is I went from a good paying job, to a job that I am never sure how to pay bills. And I been searching since September for something better but nothing. That’s way I started looking into a new career, I always loved trucks so I was leaning in the direction. Back in September when I was still unemployed i put in a application with Cr England, without any knowledge at all. They called me for a phone interview on my way to a Job interview, i explained and he told me that he’s gonna call again the next day. Never happened and then I found this new job. I’m unhappy because I want to provide for my family, and I want to know that I have a job where I can find something else if needed. So the trucking came back to mind, and this time I wanted to be sure. So I watched a lot of videos, and was reading everything that answered my interest. Then I talked with my wife explained her what I wanted to do, and waited for her “no way”. She listened to every one of my thoughts and then to my surprise said “It will be hard but we can do this, if you think that’s a job that would make u happy” So I started company research more into detail, because I needed a company that did want money from me and paid me for training. After long research I learned my first lesson, I call it the “50/50 lesson”. For every positive review of a company you find one negative one, besides Swift somehow all other companies are not in liking with them. My decision came to Roehl and I got the process running, I hope that the response is just slow because we have almost Christmas, because that’s my most concern with them so far. I talked with a recruiter after trying to reach him for a few days. We set up a phone interview, he told me all he needs is a accident report from a no fault incident I have on my record. He asked if I have a passport and I told him I’m not sure, because of the date but will let him know. So after the interview I got the accident report and my passport and tried to reach him, no chance so I send everything to his email and called a few times. 3 days later I finally got a email that they are looking into the accident report and then we can go on. So far I’m nervous, happy and hope that everything will go forward after the holidays.

Having the benefit of all the wisdom on this forum, had you mentioned having full custody of a special needs child; without any hesitation, we would have advised you NOT to attempt becoming a truck driver.

And your shoes? We have all gone through training and made sacrifices to become drivers. I suggest it's our shoes that you tried to walk-in and realized they didn't fit you. Better now than later.

I wish you well.

I seriously hate when these old grizzled veterans come on here and quickly throw around"trucking is not for you,"simply because we complain about something. Anyone who is trucking is trying to make a living and the last thing anyone needs is some non caring huge bear telling every rookie that the only person suited for trucking is them themselves. This toxic behavior needs to stop.

Trucking is a lifestyle that can be suited to anyone.

I don't think trucking is a good career choice for you at this time. It seems you can't afford to be away from home for weeks at a time. You also, need thicker skin. In trucking if everything goes your way today, it may not tomorrow. You have to be flexible and be able to stand up for yourself. Good luck. I hope your child is ok.

I seriously hate when these old grizzled veterans come on here and quickly throw around"trucking is not for you,"simply because we complain about something. Anyone who is trucking is trying to make a living and the last thing anyone needs is some non caring huge bear telling every rookie that the only person suited for trucking is them themselves. This toxic behavior needs to stop.

Trucking is a lifestyle that can be suited to anyone.

I don't think trucking is a good career choice for you at this time. It seems you can't afford to be away from home for weeks at a time. You also, need thicker skin. In trucking if everything goes your way today, it may not tomorrow. You have to be flexible and be able to stand up for yourself. Good luck. I hope your child is ok.

Read the entire thread before you start throwing people under the bus.

Trucking is a lifestyle that can be suited to anyone.

Then how do you explain the fact that about 95% of the people that enter trucking never make it to the one year mark in their career? In fact, a full 50% of all of the drivers that enter company training programs don't even last the three weeks it takes to get their CDL. Half of those that remain never complete training or drive a truck solo even 1 mile in their entire career.

So according to you it's a lifestyle that is suitable to anybody, but 95% of new drivers never make it through their rookie year. How do you explain that?

Please lay your wisdom on us. All of us old grizzled veteran's will step aside and let the rookie student driver in training teach us how the trucking industry really works.

Where's that popcorn eating smiley when you need it?!