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Complaint Review: Prime Inc. Aka New Prime - Springfield Missouri
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Prime Inc. Aka New Prime
2470 Mayfair Dr. Springfield, Missouri, U.S.A.
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Prime Inc. Aka New Prime Starving truck driving In Texas Springfield Missouri
My husband and I have over 18 years over the road experience combined. We quit a bad company in March after over 6 years there, and thought we were going somewhere good with Prime.
First let me say, in all our experience, we have never worked for a company that had nicer people than Prime. Our dispatch, payroll, and safety people are top notch. If the whole Prime system was as nice I wouldn't be on this web site.
We run flatbed and bust our butts. We take $200.00 a week cash advance which pays for all our food, incidentals, tolls, and extra equipment such as bungee's, patch material, etc. Every week we run at least 5 loads, since March we have averaged 5100 miles a week. This past pay period we grossed $6,310.76. We only brought home $230.43. blahblahblahblah
Our truck is a three year lease. It guzzles diesel like its going out of style. We never drive faster than 65. All our loads are over 40,000. blahblahblahblah
Since we have started with Prime we have got behind on all our bills. The house and the pickup are two months behind. Our electricity got cut off at the house. blahblahblahblah
My point is this: their lease system sucks. We are quitting in 2 weeks and I can't wait. The last four years before we came to Prime we owned 2 trucks that were contracted with another company. We got tired of the responsibility, sold our trucks, but wanted to maintain our freedom without the hassle. Prime made it worse not better.
I wouldn't recommend Prime to anyone, unless you want to be a company driver. That side isn't so bad, I've seen a whole lot worse.
Betty
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.
First let me say, in all our experience, we have never worked for a company that had nicer people than Prime. Our dispatch, payroll, and safety people are top notch. If the whole Prime system was as nice I wouldn't be on this web site.
We run flatbed and bust our butts. We take $200.00 a week cash advance which pays for all our food, incidentals, tolls, and extra equipment such as bungee's, patch material, etc. Every week we run at least 5 loads, since March we have averaged 5100 miles a week. This past pay period we grossed $6,310.76. We only brought home $230.43. blahblahblahblah
Our truck is a three year lease. It guzzles diesel like its going out of style. We never drive faster than 65. All our loads are over 40,000. blahblahblahblah
Since we have started with Prime we have got behind on all our bills. The house and the pickup are two months behind. Our electricity got cut off at the house. blahblahblahblah
My point is this: their lease system sucks. We are quitting in 2 weeks and I can't wait. The last four years before we came to Prime we owned 2 trucks that were contracted with another company. We got tired of the responsibility, sold our trucks, but wanted to maintain our freedom without the hassle. Prime made it worse not better.
I wouldn't recommend Prime to anyone, unless you want to be a company driver. That side isn't so bad, I've seen a whole lot worse.
Betty
Dallas, Texas
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
feed up w/bull crap
Texas,gues u are one of their favorites
#2General Comment
Sat, December 14, 2013
Honesty is the best key when you experience such heart ship at a company and working at this company cause my marriage my husband on the road with prime as a lease operator in the hole more then he got paid the point if you gonna get screwed at least let be with your wife or husband if you gonna be away from home at least be able to have a bill paid and not carry their sh## for free you must have been on their favorite list since they have favorite shippers favorite that is the worst thing I have heard from a dispatcher telling a driver after being at customers for 4 5 6 12 hours they do what they got to do for their customers what about that poor driver that has sat there with a shower food drinks and have the hustle to get the load to the receiver this is a bad company to work for they dont care about their drivers
Steve
Bradenton,Florida,
U.S.A.
Leasing is never the way to go..Always a bad deal..
#3Consumer Suggestion
Sun, July 16, 2006
Betty, You are right about leasing. That is always a losing deal. You incur all of the cost and risk, and they make all of the money. This is just a fancy scam to get the unsuspecting to pay for the trucks for the big companies. They buy those lease returns for next to nothing and put a company driver it them for 2-3 more years at least. It is always best, in my opinion to operate under your own authority. Good luck getting your life back on track.
Ronald
Lyndonville,Vermont,
U.S.A.
not true
#4UPDATE EX-employee responds
Sun, July 16, 2006
I do NOT whey Thay Say That .But in my time with prime i had no and i mean no bad stuff like what was said in that report i cant speke for every one but i kanow for a fact if thay did what thay sujust thay would end up like a bunch fools
