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    Prime Reviews

    Updated September 17, 2017
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    Prime President Robert E. Low
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    91 Ratings

    155 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Good pay, benefits, growth, pays entry level drivers same as pros (in 13 reviews)

    • This is a great company to work for and to train under (in 10 reviews)

    Cons

    • They just run there Driver a little to much not enough home time if you have a family (in 18 reviews)

    • We (company drivers) are limited to 62mph, but you really do get used to it (in 10 reviews)

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    1. "Owner operator who lease the truck"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Owner Operator in Springfield, MO
      Former Employee - Owner Operator in Springfield, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Prime (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Money-making potential for sure, if you're willing to run you should expect to bring home anywhere from a thousand to 1200 a week

      Cons

      If you do not have a great relationship with your dispatcher you're going to be in trouble

    2. "Great Company to Work For!"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Driver Payoll Coordinator in Springfield, MO
      Current Employee - Driver Payoll Coordinator in Springfield, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Prime (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Great facility, friendly environment, open atmosphere.

      Cons

      None that I can think of.

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    3. "Best place for over the road"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Bus Driver in Springfield, MO
      Current Employee - Bus Driver in Springfield, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Prime full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Great pay, experience, great staff, compensation

      Cons

      Little time at home, can be stressful,

      Prime Response

      Sep 12, 2017 – Media/Recruiting Coordinator

      Thank you for your review!

    4. "Line manager"

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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in New York, NY
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at Prime full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Good payouts ,and good remuneration

      Cons

      Lack of rest time, improve pay for overtime.

      Advice to Management

      Keep up the good work

    5. "good company"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee

      I worked at Prime full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Great School for beginning truckers

      Cons

      its for beginners in the truck indistry

    6. "Great company"

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      Former Employee - OTR Truck Driver in Springfield, MO
      Former Employee - OTR Truck Driver in Springfield, MO
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Prime full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      making good money with lease

      Cons

      As any truck driving job family time

      Advice to Management

      New drivers will become professional from there mistakes just give them some time

      Prime Response

      Sep 12, 2017 – Media/Recruiting Coordinator

      Thanks for the great review!

    7. "Terrible"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      Pros

      Everyone is very friendly for the most part. Rob Low is an amazing guy.

      Cons

      I went through the psd training program. The first week was great on campus. They send you out with any trainer it doesn't matter which one for the most part. These trainers are very inexperienced and have not been driving very long. When your on there truck they feel as if they own you and can just toss you out in any state if stuff goes wrong. My trainer was repeatedly texting and driving. His response when I would say something would be is during TNT you'll be sleeping when I'm driving so why does it matter? I feel as if I'm just a little extra money in his pocket. Why should I have to fear for my life when I'm asleep. I also needed to get back to test out and kept hearing we will get you back there but the little pay you get doesn't pay your bills and your repaying that back after. I honestly should of went through a actual training school so I didn't get pushed through everything. Also sometimes when you go to talk to someone about issues your having with a trainer they could completely care less. You either deal with it or go home.

      Advice to Management

      .send trainers through more training
      . Make sure they know how to back
      . Take pride in your employees safety
      .psd students need more time driving before they go out on the road not just 20 min.
      .need to look more into friendly management

      Prime Response

      Sep 12, 2017 – Media/Recruiting Coordinator

      We're sorry to hear you had such a poor experience. We appreciate your feedback and advice to management. We will review and address as we can. Thanks!

    8. "One of the better trucking companies out there"

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      • Comp & Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Driver Trainer
      Former Employee - Driver Trainer
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Prime full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Prime cares about, or appears to care about, their drivers. Good amenities, pay is good (especially for trainers), management is responsive.

      Cons

      Trend is sacrificing driver pay for safety. Management inflexible in certain areas. It's trucking- be prepared to wait around (reefer loads) a lot and deal with some uncomfortable stinky smells in some cases.

      Advice to Management

      I understand safety is important, but there's always a balancing act involved regarding safety vs. profit. Prime can afford to shift the balance far toward safety, but some drivers need to weigh the pros and cons of it.

      Prime Response

      Sep 12, 2017 – Media/Recruiting Coordinator

      Thank you for your review! We are always working to become a better and safer fleet. We appreciate your feedback.

    9. "Best job ive had"

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      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Santa Ana, CA
      Former Employee - Anonymous Employee in Santa Ana, CA

      I worked at Prime full-time

      Pros

      Good company to work for

      Cons

      Home time isn't very good

      Prime Response

      Sep 12, 2017 – Media/Recruiting Coordinator

      Thank you for your review! We know the hometime makes for a hard lifestyle. We try to be upfront and honest about it from the start. Hopefully, we can develop more and more regional routes in the... More

    10. Helpful (1)

      "Otr driver"

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      Current Employee - OTR Truck Driver
      Current Employee - OTR Truck Driver
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Prime full-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Free training if you stay for 1 year. New equipment. Decent pay. Not too bad IF you get a good dispatcher but they are a sort of rare. Not a bad job if you just want to live your life on a truck, have zero other responsibilities, and don't care about your health.

      Cons

      There's a lot of stupid little games where you are just trying to run hard, get sleep, and then get home on time but the company asks for all these little favors that screw those things up. If you stop doing favors though they will punish you and screw those things up anyway. You also get shorted between 10 - 30 miles on just about every load company side while lease side is forced to compete with company drivers on high paying loads. Company culture for drivers has a "drink the koolaid" feeling similar to what you'd experience selling Kirby vacuums. Add to this DOT regulations, miserable lumpers, 62mph governor and I can see why the turn over is so high.

      Advice to Management

      I get the feeling Prime knows what's doing and is more interested in growth than quality of life for drivers. Of course that's just the nature of the industry it seems.

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