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Pride Transport

Nice people, very fair, and even accomodating.  There's plenty of work for running hard month after month.  BUT, driver sets the pace (within reason).  They make a real effort not to be too "bureaucratic" when you need an arrangement that colors outside the lines a bit.  When the truck breaks down, or a highway closes, or there's an act-of-God problem with an appointment, the DBLs don't leave you out there to rot.  You get paid decently for all delays that aren't your fault, and appointment rescheduling is handled swiftly.  During Covid, and then with inflation, they threw down some bonuses and significant pay raises for everyone.  Those inflation pay raises came on fast, too--almost as soon as everyone began noticing how expensive everything had become.  The company takes many opportunities to recognize the humanity of its drivers--like installing refrigerators and APUs in all the trucks and putting in the extra window.  On the other hand, it's not fairy land.  Accruing only one day per week at home is the worst for any trucker with a family, and Pride hasn't cracked the code on getting the miles they need while a driver gets the balance of life that he sometimes/often/usually needs. 

Ok. Here goes. First. I'd actually work for this company again, which I can't say for about 3/4 of the companies (8 in total) I've worked for in the past. Medium sized company. Primarily Western 11 with a few other OTR options available. Generally newer equipment that runs well. My truck however was the exception and ran a bit like a used car that needed to be replaced. Very friendly and happy office staff and only one Terminal in SLC, but feels like a Tech start up rather than a trucking company. Very clean yard and facility overall. Again, there were some issues as with anywhere, but I'd go back there again all things said and done.

I worked for Pride for 8 or so months, and during that short time I had a great overall experience, management was great, as long as I was on time. 

My driver leader was quite knowledgeable on how the industry worked in many aspects, still had a few hiccups, but not anything that was really that bad. They've said several times, and followed through with, "You take care of me, I'll take care of you." I had a time when I was not paid for detention for one load (I was late, but not quite for something that was controllable), but a few weeks later, came across a situation they did not need to pay me detention, but they paid me for a full day of detention. 

When I left the company, I told them that I wanted to get into car hauling, and they tried to convince me to stay, but they did show that they supported my decision, but were sad to see me leave. They did tell me that if I ever want to come back, they would fly me back to Salt Lake on their dime to make sure I could make it back to them (car hauling company was in MI)

I do miss working there sometimes, but I do love where I currently am as well, so it's all good

I'm a neat person so before I move . From load to the next all my paperwork and computer work is done . Been driving California for almost 10 years . You learn the driving patterns.  And time management  and allow enough buffer so your always on time. Don't let other drivers bad Attitude . Bother me its change drivers used to work together.  Most Pride drivers do. But seems like alot of driver don't pay attention.  Or respect the way of trucking used to be . With Courtesy and willing to work and help with young drivers. Who are not familiar. With Trucking rules of the road. I get out offen to help while new drivers are leaning to back up. I remember how nervous I was the 1st couple of years. If you sit in your semi and let them back into you. It's as much your fault as there's. Let's not even talk about how some drivers treat people in cars. I treat people like it my family or yours in the vehicle.  Because that's the way it should be. 

You will get blamed for failed loads by bad dispatched loads. For example, they will dispatch you a load that is 14 hours away and is due at 5:00am after dispatching you at 6:00pm. Tell you it’s ok get there when you can. Load fails your blamed and fired eventually. Be very careful it’s not as friendly as it appears. The dispatchers are not concerned about your well-being if your not perfect. Always chain up, they will send directly into snow roads shutdown, they say loads have to be delivered but what about you getting miles? Don’t stay long is my advice and it has some good qualities but also bad ones. No driver is perfect and you will be forced in some cases to run loads. If you out of hours they will tell you to still drive to customer and pc back, you get pulled over by dot, guess what’s going to happen? You getting fined!!!

What is the best part of working at the company?
Good equipment but they scam you on the bonuses, they will hire you from a state that they can't get a load too , to get you home and fly you home but take your bonus and don't tell you, or if you don't 120,000 miles for the year, you don't get  vacation pay, and when they get tired of flying you home,  they will make up a lie to terminate you and say it was a company policy violation and record it with DOT, the company is dog friendly and allows dogs in their lounge and the drivers wash them in the showers where people shower and dog hair in the vents of there trucks, all this happened to me. And very bad for minorities,  

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
They require you to drive ice roads 

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Very few minorities of color and there lounge stays dirty,

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Driving all night on small highway,  very tired

Overall it was a really good company to work for, the pay was alright, there was usually work. Really only complaint is the office is really disorganized. Some examples of this are:
 after I finished training I was suppose to get a pay raise from .14/mile to .33/mile but it took three weeks for them to do this and it was only because I caught it. The training coordinator never Sent in that I had completed training to the payroll department so I worked for almost a whole month as if i was a trainee as well as a team driver.
 my other example is I got into an accident and I sent in my accident report stating what happened exactly, but when I went in for a review the safety department decided on what happened and it was not what actually happened at all.

What is the best part of working at the company?
I enjoyed my short time at Pride. I had to leave because of family health issues and they were very supportive of my decision. I did what I needed to do. I was shocked when I was ready to return and then I was told I wasn’t allowed to because I wasn’t there long enough, very disappointed!

What is the most stressful part about working at the company?
Lots of miscommunication between week and weekend dispatch!

What is the work environment and culture like at the company?
Good question! It turned out to be the complete opposite of what I expected. If health issues are unacceptable to leave for then all I can say is make sure everyone in your family is healthy!

What is a typical day like for you at the company?
Busy and I loved that part so I was totally shocked to learn that they put me on the list to not rehire

Most management and co-workers are great people who treat you well. Unless you're on a dedicated route, it's very random work, and unless you are someone that can change your sleep schedule with little to no notice, it can be a very difficult and taxing job. The culture at this company is positive though, better than at the mega carriers. The most enjoyable part is just completing your runs, and especially the loads with the long open roads. The hardest part is the random schedule, and many very difficult locations to maneuver in southern CA. 

I started working here in January. From the interview process until now it has been amazing. You can see how much this company cares about their employees.  I can see why the shop employees have worked here for so long, many of them 12+ years. The two things I enjoy the most working here are. One, if you do your job nobody says anything, except thank you. (No Micromanagement) Two, the positive culture at Pride is infectious!!! The people that work here are genuinely nice, welcoming and care about the work they do.  As far as work goes, I'm rounding third (not very fast) heading for home.  I'm truly thankful to Pride for giving me this opportunity.

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Truck driver 3 salaries reported	$66,667 per year
Technician 7 salaries reported	$20.57 per hour
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Dispatcher 2 salaries reported	$22.50 per hour
Maintenance technician 7 salaries reported	$21.11 per hour

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