Been an awesome first year! - Otr Tanker Driver Prime Employee Review

5.0
26 Aug 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Excellent dispatchers/staff on tanker side, new equipment, good mileage, top pay in industry, right now tankers get .465 starting out before fuel bonus, avg 2500 miles on weeks you're out. All in all a stellar company to begin a trucking career, I've almost completed my first year and have had an absolutely fantastic experience.

Cons

The same major con for all typical trucking companies, they don't pay the miles we actually have to drive, they calculate the shortest route from zip code to zip code, when we almost ALWAYS take the safer and less time consuming route. That's simply unfair. However this is typical of most trucking companies for their company drivers, not just prime, but if Robert Lowe wants to stand out as an unmatched fleet, change this :)!!!!

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Cons

- Changed insurance for employees, telling them nothing changed. Except for the fact that GLP-1s now cost 600% more than they did last year. As a company who employs many many obese drivers, this decision raises an eyebrow. - Dispatchers who have never driven a truck. They expect you to make the same time as the crow flies and don't understand the issues that drivers encounter - Favorites. Your loads all depend on if your dispatcher likes you. The best loads go to the same people every day. - Loads are slowing down. They won't admit it, but they've started telling drivers to "not come in today" - No accountability for broken equipment, and ineffective mechanics. You either lose revenue pay to get your equipment fixed, or you can just leave it for the next unfortunate driver using it.

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