Prime Inc. Employer Reviews

i was never home always on the road , my pay check was in the hole just about everyweek was paying too much for the truck i was leasing and didnt have any control picking my loads or advising where i like running

love OTR driving and bosses are very nice people and dispatcher is great and co-workers are good people.

Productive and loved the OTR driving, and good bosses, and co-workers good to work with and helpful and made a good team.

good training school--kept you busy. home every 3 weeks. learned more about load securement

Expect to be out 4-5 weeks. It's a great company to work for with great work values and excellent compensation and benefits. Just don't expect to have a life afterwards.

Driving to assigned location to pick up product, get proper paperwork that was signed, dated, and stamped. Spoke with management to verify product, weight, pieces and destination. Made sure weight was in compliance with state and federal laws. Being on time and giving the company their product in excellent condition.

Learned time management. Hardest part of job was being away from home with no choice in loads delivered. Most enjoyable part of job was the pay and not working with people who don't get along.

Driving on highways and byways to shippers and receivers, handle bills of lading, fueling. time management is important solo or team drivers have a lot to do in a limited time frame per day. I've learned how to operate a tractor trailer hardest part is backing up the truck. The most enjoyable job is the open road and visiting the other states.

prime is a good company to work for if you are single i think that they should bring the guys home every weekend or every other weekend to spend time with their kids and family. my boyfriend and i have 5 kids together and he gets to see them once a month or every 6 to 8 weeks and it is not fair. the money is good but the home time really suxs. being – more... home for four days out of a month isnt enough. it cause lots of break ups and divorces just thought i would post my review. thank you – less

I would go back to prime...I was actually at Wil-Trans but they work the same. When you lease they try to get you to average $4500 revenue to the trk a week...ok great...but if I have a great week and I make $4000 in 4 days y should I sit or get a couple CHEAP loads because u made to much...or make 5-6 or even 7000 that week only to have a very poor – more... week next week so they even out. Their goal is to get every trk at 4500 rev a week

They don't call and bother you as long as you are on time every time you are fine. I got home every time I asked usually a day early. and I left when I wanted to. I usually stayed out 6 weeks and went home for 6 days....if you do that you will fail. you can not take more than 3-4 days off at a time.

You work 60-70 hr weeks (hrs logged) but you really work close to 15-20 hrs a day. which I assume is TRUCKING. Prime has great facilities and GREAT equipment. I did 14 months at Wil-trans (which is a prime advanced lease fleet) I have no complaints on how I was treated I just didn't make enough money to justify being gone from home all the time

you will log 15min for load or unload but it may take your whole 10 hr break and you got no sleep now you back on the road for another day because your log shows you got your 10 hr break im sure this is just another trucking thing but it still isn't good – less

Prime is a training mill. If you goto the Springfield terminal you will see them marching the new recruits around in reflective vests (that they sell in the company store to the students).My time at prime was insane. Be real first for what you are getting into. This is over the road trucking,it is also the first step in starting a career in trucking. – more... suck it up and do it.forget going home,forget your friends.You are driving everywhere all over the US and parts of canada.They will tell you to lease a truck,your instructor may even tell you how great it is hes making 3k to 4k a week. if you lease a truck,tinking you can be your own boss and go home everyweek you will lose everything if you had anything. you are warned.yes the truck makes revenue but that's it. its numbers on paper.you will sucked into trianing and become a prime slave working 80 90 hrs a week and making less than a company driver.YOUR WARNED!! DONT DO IT ITS A SCAM. You are not going to make 200k your first year and solve all your debt proublems. The average wage for a truck driver is 25k - 75k.understand that and you will be ok.drive company. IF YOU CANT DRIVE OVER MOUNTAINS PRIME IS NOT THE COMPANY FOR YOU.plan on making around the 25k mark. as a company driver I made some weeks 300. for 70hrs work. dont get discouraged, your gaining experience and opening doors. after 6 months you can start applying to other companys.
Things I ike about prime over other OTR companies.If you do your job dont bother your F/M dont question anything,dont call him on the phone,they leave you alone. the load comes in te truck know where you have to be and when.Want to hit te S#$% list quick.wake up late and be another worthless driver they cant trust.The trucking industry is full of worthless drivers who you'll hear at te truck stop,let it be late I dont care im tired.Dont be that guy.Its not ok,your DAC will show that and no one will hire you but the training mill.
They have a captain of the ship policy. if you feel it is unsafe shut down,no proublem. I have only shut down a few times and it was because I was in high winds with an empty. I have chained the tires over donner and other mountain passes. Thats just me.it only takes 20 mins and beats hearing the B.S talk at the truck stop.
They are pretty good at getting you home every 3 weeks. you can stay out or go home. they also in most cases let you bob tail the truck pretty much anywhere. you will never see a terminal after training. only to get work on your truck done or swap a load. they have a pet policy requires 1000. deposit they will deduct from your check weekly.I think its a great company but its tuff long sometimes 20hr days. you drive 14 hrs get to your delivery.log off duty its now 12am no sleep yet. you check in at receiving office then bump a dock now forklifts drive in and out of your trailer banging the truck up and down. no sleep yet. now go back check out at receiving .no sleep yet because you cant sleep there also,you need to find a truck wash to get your wash out.then get some sleep.soon as you fall asleep the next load comes thru at 3am your break started at 12am you left your receiver on off duty drive because you were empty and out of hrs. be ready to get broken down and tore a new ASSH%$#@ drive thru the night be tourchered most days. – less

Always claiming to help make you successful in your business but, falls off the cliff when it comes to sales and dispatch. You'll get enough to pay your bills to prime but not enough to live on at times, unless you constantly fight/complain some dispatchers could care less. Upper Mgmt does care its the middle area where it goes wrong. The majority of – more... the people who work at the terminals are just plain rude. The mechanics are unknowledgeable, unprofessional, rude, lazy and simply do not care about the quality of thier work. There are some really good people at Prime that truly care and want you to succeed. The training program needs a entire overall, trainers and instructors should have adequate time over the road and people skills before becoming a teacher. You can make money here, it just shouldn't have to be done on a consitantly confrontational level though. Overall I would recommend working for Prime, They are levels above any other place I have driven for. There is no perfect company and I will continue to work here. If your thinking about coming to Prime then come just understand you may get one of those dispatchers that you will have to stay on top of to make money. The terminals in Springfield, MO and Pittston, PA are nice and full of amenities/services only if you get there during business hours, why the cafeteria isn't 24 hours is sad. – less

Its all who you know here. Its a big click' if you didn't ride the school bus with these people you are nothing to them. They lie about the money you are going to make. The pay is very low. Missouri human resource are the most unprofessional and ignorant so called professionals i've ever encountered. They use people, and act like you should enjoy it. – more... Everything looks good from the outsiders view, but once your in there, its all fake & lies. Your just a number and if you have a family to support look elsewhere. – less

Current Job Responsibilities & Experience:
-Experience in transportation environment, (i.e.Shipping, receiving, assign and distribute loads, new hire training, dispatch,understand shipping lanes and strategies for keeping a fleet profitable.
-Operate mainframe computer system: currently operating AS 400, with knowledge of Xata, Excel, Microsoft Word, – more... Outlook, Pro-TREAD, Lotus notes and Logistics software. -Knowledge in D.O.T., OSHA, QualComm, Citrix, QTracs/400 and Hours of Service.
-Currently researching PEOPLENET’s Blue.2
-Responsible for daily route scheduling and oversight of dispatch management.
-Administrative duties (answer phones, communicate with customers, data entry, work directly with drivers to communicate route requirements, and store delivery windows).
-Customer satisfaction/problem resolution.
-Able to multi-task, work well under pressure, work with a team and willing to be flexible with work schedule.
-Ability to take initiative, maintain confidentiality, and juggle multiple competing deadlines.
-Ability to communicate with people at all levels, strong interpersonal skills, and superior organizational skills.
-Experience working in a high-stress, fast-paced, detail oriented environment.
-Possess ability to communicate effectively with management on all levels and be customer focused.
-Experience working with minimal supervision by managers, leads and assists in resolving transportation problems, and capable of working in an environment of competing priorities.
-Maintain daily records, audit drivers logs regularly, system documentation, and operating procedures.
-Logical, cause and effect thinker; good problem-solving skills.
-Track High Value loads deliveries throughout the 48 contiguous States, Canada and Mexico.
-Maintain vehicles by scheduling repairs and maintenance. – less

I enjoyed my time working with Prime Inc. I was given the best training to become an Over The Road Driver. I met a lot good people and was treated fair.

Work hard, play hard. Walk in believing you're ignorant, and you will drive out an enlightened trainer. I had the rare privilege of an excellent dispatcher whose reputation contributed to this First Class Company. By far, the most important relationship for success.

No good.. they will lie to make themselfs look good.. Dispatch is a load of bull, they only look out for themselves and not you.. If you get a ticket and told not to do something by the local PD you better not listen to them because Prime expectes you to do what they want you to do. Not listen to the Cops that know the law and more.. but if you are – more... concidering Prime Inc. please look somewhere else.. – less

My day usually starts with a pretrip of the truck and trailer. I allways do my paper work, logs, and trip planning as soon as I receive the load asssignment, Im in constant contact with my dispatcher. I live on the road for about 3 weeks before comming home so time management is important.

When training I teach the student how to drive safely aswell – more... as how to live out on the road.

The hardest part of training is allowing the trainee to prove their capibility of handling the truck safely while im asleep in the bunk.

The most enjoyable part of driving over the road is being able to see the country, being in states I've only heard of and seeing things I never thought I would ever see. – less

there is potential to make money. but it seems they keep track of how much you making a week. they tend to lower the load prices just to make sure you make as minimum as possible and juggle you back up when you start arguing for more pay...if you got the energy to fight for your load every time your dispatched the money is there..weekly fixed coast – more... will coast you about $1200.00 a week. this include all your fees,then you got fuel coast...after all you will come up with an income of $900.00 to $1800.00.....here the other side of it if you take a week off you will be on a hole for weeks,because that fix coast is like rent it does not stop unlike other companies out there.
i do know that there training program is one of the best might even the best. i did not train there but i have seen the program...so if your starting as new driver its a good place to start. – less

The equipment was top notch
The trailers were well maintained and inspected regularly