Prime,Swift, And Maverick Training

For sure. The way it was put to me was as long as I was "available for load", I got paid. And I did.

Shoot man, when my trainer went to Vegas for a week I stayed at his house and watched his dogs for him. I ate the groceries he bought for me, I had his personal car at my disposal, I hung out with his dogs, played his PlayStation, and Istill got my $700

Thanks for the laugh!

By comparison from the Great Lakes Truck Driving School

Classroom instruction of introducing students to the trucking industry, it's regulations, laws, taxes and standards it covered a wide range of subjects to strengthen the students knowledge in truck driving techniques, maneuvers and safety awareness.

Driving range instruction consists of teaching students how to properly maintain their equippment, couple and un couple tractor trailer combinations, practice various backing maneuvers to advance student skill levels.

On road instruction introduces the student to various traffic situations and to various roadway systems to develop safe driving techniques. Students apply my speed and space management, visual search, communication, shifting techniques, double clutching , progressive shifting and defensive driving techniques to safely operate a tractor trailer. A total of 450 miles of on road training is implemented to develop the students performance level.

BTW That's 240 hours of instruction + 450 miles

"THERE WERE A HELL OF A LOT OF THINGS THEY DIDNT TELL ME WHEN I JOINED UP WITH THIS OUTFIT!"

"LIFE IS HARD!

ITS EVEN HARDER WHEN YOUR STUPID!"

John Wayne

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I'm am currently with Prime, Inc.

Already having completed their PSD training and currently having completed almost 10,000 of their 30k TNT training, I find myself, back home in Alabama this past week, and the next without an income for these two weeks, and the following week, as I won't be back on a truck until the 5th of September.

I have already incurred financial hardship under going training with Prime since the 28th of June of this year. That's almost two months of essentially being without an income save the $200 advances, and three checks, one for approximately $110, and two for $700 and $800.

I have my Alabama CDL with a eyeglass restriction, automatic transmission restriction, a two year DOT health care, and a TWIC card, (Currently waiting for me at Drivers Line Up in Springfield, Missouri)

I hope you can appreciate and understand my situation and circumstances .

Simply put I need and want to work? At present I'm juggling bills, negotiating with creditors, I'm available for dispatch, but no way to get back to Springfield Missouri except for my lease operator trainer who is on Home Time x two weeks.

I'm available for OTR , have a supportive wife even though she's not understanding that I've a job and only have approximately $1400 gross to show for two months from which there are being taken $25 per week deductions for $200 advances, $126 or so for TWIC Cards, plus taxes.

Meanwhile I've paid out of pocket approximately $66 for a Missouri CDP, $66 for a Missouri CDL, $100 Admin Fee, $93 for a transfer of my CDL'S from Missouri to Alabama.

Added that other out of pocket expenses. It SEEMS I'm spending more than I'm bringing in?

Any input appreciated. I see no other recourse other than to examine other employment opportunities?

Yes, I'm looking for another job.

Any and everywhere. Trucking or not. I'm even thinking about going groveling back to my old low paying, no paying dead end, life sucking, soul sucking manufacturing job.

A dollar is better than nothing.

Talk to Stan?

I know how THAT works.

Twenty years in the Marines, four years of college? And I'm unattainable?

There's the old stand by

COLLEGE EDUCATED IDIOT

NO COMMON SENSE

Yada ~ yada ~ yada

I'm no quiter but damn at this point I'd be better off bringing in SOMETHING rather than NOTHING!

I guess Prime has driver candidates galore just falling off the trees in Springfield with CDL's, 2 year DOT Med Cards, TWIC Cards, willing to fall all over themselves to work for $500 A week, or three weeks no pay due or a freaking negative check after paying for their TWIC card etc.

Stan, Linda, George,

Me against my trainer, fleet manager?

I'm just so much grease monkey gunk

Right now?

I'd take a 01 dispatch out of L.A or Newark, NJ during rush hour traffic across the Washington Bridge hauling Rubber Duckies out of Hong Kong

Or hauling cow manure out of Texas through Dallas/Fort Worth turning high noon!

During high noon on a HOT Summers day durning rush hour in Dallas / Fort Worth

Dan don't give up. I understand your frustrations. If you throw in the towel now its gonna be difficult finding something else worth while. Listen to what turtle has said about still pulling in $700 because your trainer is on hometime. Make a call to prime and let them know whats going on. Everything ive heard from the members here shows that prime truly cares about their employees.

Dan, you were told what to do. So get it done Marine. Call Stan. That's his job! You are but a drop in a bucket full of trainees under his watch. If he doesn't hear from you, he doesn't know there's a problem.

If you didn't agree to take two weeks off at home, then you are entitled to your guaranteed $700!! That's what a guarantee is for, by definition.

But it sounds like you've already adopted a "me versus them" mentality. You'd rather just give up, when you're only 20k miles away from being done. That'll show em!

Seriously Dan, you've got to get in front of this problem now before it gets worse. Calmly talk to Stan or Linda about your concerns.