Prime Reviews

Pros

Will definitely acquire the knowledge you need to be safe on the road

Cons

Lower pay due to being a training school

Pros

The company keeps you moving and the pay is fair as long as you run decently hard. The terminals are really nice places to stop into. They seem to do a good job getting you home when you need to get home. Plenty of freight and some good contracts. Very nice equipment overall. Seem to be pretty understanding of mistakes and errors. Very good training program to get your CDL. Excellent fuel discounts all over the country and good fuel surcharge for loads. Safety is definitely a #1 thing and they stand by it. Your truck is YOUR truck, no slip seating. Communication is overall solid.

Cons

For being an OTR truck driver, the company could sure send you everywhere instead of getting you stuck in a rut running one general area. You're definitely just another number in the system. From what I can tell, they care about drivers more than a lot of companies, however there's plenty of companies out there who will be much more personal with you. Which fleet manager you get really determines your experience. Time lines on loads can be pretty insane to impossible at times, like whoever sold it has never worked in trucking before. The loads that get dispatched to to pick up after you're unloaded can be near impossible to plan for. Zero regard for any kind of sleep schedule, which is just OTR in general. There's always some fuss when you reject a load.

Pros

Good place to get CDL and start your truck driving career

Cons

OTR company with limited home time

Pros

Core values and helpfulness at every level.

Cons

Pay was not consistent because it is based on miles driven and dependent on freight availability. Must be ready to live the 24/7 lifestyle and be open to constant changes in sleep and drive schedules.

Pros

Terminals are nice and they help you get you foot in the door.

Cons

Megacompany style "competitive pay" and you get the freight they give you even as lease. No matter how hard you want to work you will rarely make over 2.5k a week for 80+ hrs

Pros

Atmosphere is generally very positive. Safety is encourage and I’ve never been encouraged / forced to drive illegally, in bad weather, or at any other point at which I feel uncomfortable. Terminals are nice places to stop into, even the micro terminals. Generally keep me rolling

Cons

Trucks move slow, speed limit at 62 / 65 encourages much slower speeds in order to maintain some level of emergency acceleration. (No Passmart on Freightliners as far as I can tell) Pay was a bit janky during the initial couple of months. Sometimes wasn’t paid for time I should’ve been, but quick calls with payroll resolved the issues. Be prepared to be forced into a sleep study, not allowed to get your DOT Physical wherever you want, all equipment you obtain for sleep must plug into Prime’s system even if your sleep is managed by an outside facility. (Large loan for Sleep equipment, $1,700 and the equipment is a cheap Chinese brand Resvent that you could pay around $500 for yourself) They will milk you quite dry during the first few months, if you take the loan during PSD, you will have that, any Sleep equipment you may be saddled with, TWIC Card payment, etc. $900 a week during training doesn’t sound too bad until this stuff starts eating it away.

Pros

Good training , terminals , new trucks.

Cons

Well it's OTR driving , home time sucks.

Pros

Made good money dispatcher was good on the flatbed side

Cons

road assist helped but dog water slow the benefits they offer are legit trash wouldnt even waste the money

Pros

Good training program and great trainers

Cons

Dispatch can be b***** sometime

Pros

Non management co-workers, job security, work from home

Cons

Management, unclear and undefined pay structure